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Wind Power News: South Carolina
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PSC hears presentations on solar, wind energy
Solar and wind energy boosters gained attention Tuesday from an influential state board that could help decide whether alternate forms of energy expand in South Carolina, a state historically reluctant to embrace non-traditional power sources. The S.C. Public Service Commission spent more than two hours listening to presentations and asking about the expansion of solar and wind in the Palmetto State – and when the session ended, members said they were impressed with what they heard. “I’m sure it’s going . . . Complete story »
Three scandals shatter our trust in the federal government
Three current scandals should concern every American, because they attack our traditional faith in a government of laws, a government that treats all Americans alike and fairly. Americans have always trusted that this was a government where the freedom of speech and the freedom to disagree with the government was sacred. Federal officials could not retaliate against you because you disagree with them. We always realized that in other nations, the government would subject dissidents to added scrutiny and specially . . . Complete story »
Sanford, Colbert Busch differ on Clemson wind turbine stimulus money
Republican congressional candidate Mark Sanford hit the 2009 federal stimulus package that went to Clemson University’s wind turbine effort – where Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is employed – as an example of bad public policy and a poor return on taxpayer investments. By Sanford’s calculations of Obama administration stimulus figures, the Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility received $43 million and “created or saved” an estimated 134 jobs. When divided, the numbers calculate to about $320,000 per job, he said. “It’s a great . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines could be in the Grand Strand’s future
Tuesday evening an offshore wind energy panel held an open discussion about the future for wind turbines off the Grand Strand’s coast. The panel discussed the future for the Grand Strand and offshore wind energy turbines. “They see an opportunity for not just North Myrtle Beach, but the entire region to insert ourselves into the equation as far as emerging wind energy in South Carolina,” said North Myrtle Beach councilman Greg Duckworth. Our stretch of the beach is best suited . . . Complete story »
Clemson wind-turbine test facility readies for second massive concrete pour
NORTH CHARLESTON – Construction of Clemson University’s Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility at the Restoration Institute reaches another milestone Friday when the foundation for the larger test rig is poured. Beginning late Friday, engineers with Choate Construction will pour 1,900 cubic yards of concrete into a pit 50 feet wide by 100 feet long by 15 feet deep, all resting on 115 seventy foot-deep piles, to form the 15-megawatt test rig foundation. If those piles were placed end-to-end, they would cover . . . Complete story »
City officials split on wind energy
Georgetown, S.C. – Georgetown city officials debate whether or not to allow wind turbines in the area. The City Planning Commission denied a proposal for a test wind turbine at Morgan Park. The unanimous vote will serve as a recommendation to the city council. The city council has the option of agreeing with the commission or overruling the commission’s decision. Officials say the test site could be a 45 foot wind turbine with 6 foot blades. Experts say a turbine . . . Complete story »
Coastal wind power pushed, but Santee Cooper not so sure
WASHINGTON – The strong winds off the Atlantic Ocean could become a cost-effective way to power much of the East Coast – especially North and South Carolina, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia, a new study released Tuesday says. The report by the conservation advocacy group Oceana argues that offshore wind could generate 30 percent more electricity on the East Coast than could be generated by the region’s untapped oil and gas. It predicts that wind from the ocean could be . . . Complete story »
Wind-power project expands to Georgetown
Georgetown County will be the site of the third wind-power test site along the state’s coast, aimed at showing whether it is feasible to make electricity from wind. The announcement was part of an update Thursday on research conducted by Coastal Carolina University’s Burroughs and Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Santee Cooper and Clemson University. The wind-power test location will be built at Hobcaw Barony in cooperation with the Belle W. Baruch Institute and Clemson’s Restoration Institute. Santee . . . Complete story »
