http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/georgia-power-slams-brakes-on-solar-power-initiative/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/georgia-power-slams-brakes-on-solar-power-initiative/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:35:30 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21879 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/06/georgia-power-slams-brakes-on-solar-power-initiative/feed/ 2 Utility's 'green power' program is out of cash http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/22/perdue-signs-clean-energy-legislation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/22/perdue-signs-clean-energy-legislation/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:54:26 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18859 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/22/perdue-signs-clean-energy-legislation/feed/ 0 Size of new 'green' energy grant program to be determined by D.C. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/21/georgia-tech-solar-power-pioneer-honored-by-epa/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/21/georgia-tech-solar-power-pioneer-honored-by-epa/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:41 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18740 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/21/georgia-tech-solar-power-pioneer-honored-by-epa/feed/ 1 Ajeet Rohatgi receives lifetime achievement award for clean energy research http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/salazar-wind-power-along-atlantic-coast-equals-3000-coal-plants/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/salazar-wind-power-along-atlantic-coast-equals-3000-coal-plants/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:06:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18102 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/salazar-wind-power-along-atlantic-coast-equals-3000-coal-plants/feed/ 0 Interior secretary says turbines could replace most, if not all, carbon belchers. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:10:00 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18031 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/feed/ 1 Department of Interior secretary says wind power off Atlantic coast is 'high priority.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/abc-norcross-based-solar-company-inks-deal-for-aerotropolis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/abc-norcross-based-solar-company-inks-deal-for-aerotropolis/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:16:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17975 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/abc-norcross-based-solar-company-inks-deal-for-aerotropolis/feed/ 1 Suniva's products will help supply 10 MW of power to massive redevelopment of shuttered Hapeville Ford plant. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/18/whats-atlantas-carbon-footprint/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/18/whats-atlantas-carbon-footprint/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:10:31 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17233 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/18/whats-atlantas-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 It's the size of Tyler Perry's bedroom slippers. Ba dum ching. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/jim-powell-fundraiser-at-manuels/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/jim-powell-fundraiser-at-manuels/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:53:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6300 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/jim-powell-fundraiser-at-manuels/feed/ 0 At Manuel’s Tavern on Tuesday night, there were chicken wings, some hummus, lots of beer, and a roomful of residents who were tired of Georgia’s reputation as a coal-dependent embarrassment when it comes to energy. In other words, it was a typical night at Manuel’s. But on this night, the crowd was talking with someone [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/24/bell-bioenergy-to-produce-wonderfuel-at-fort-stewart/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/24/bell-bioenergy-to-produce-wonderfuel-at-fort-stewart/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:07:34 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/24/bell-bioenergy-to-produce-wonderfuel-at-fort-stewart/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/24/bell-bioenergy-to-produce-wonderfuel-at-fort-stewart/feed/ 1 The man who invented powdered peanut butter has inked a deal with the U.S. Dept. of Defense to produce oil and gasoline out of our waste. J.C. Bell, an agricultural scientist in Tifton whom we’ve written about previously on Fresh Loaf, will build a pilot facility at Fort Stewart and several other military bases around the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/forbes-georgia-3rd-state-in-nation-for-biomass-energy/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/forbes-georgia-3rd-state-in-nation-for-biomass-energy/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:02:10 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/forbes-georgia-3rd-state-in-nation-for-biomass-energy/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/11/forbes-georgia-3rd-state-in-nation-for-biomass-energy/feed/ 2 And they’re not even considering the wind potential off Georgia’s coast. From the office of Gov. George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue: According to a recent Forbes article entitled “America’s Best Places For Alternative Energy,” the abundance of biomass in Georgia’s Bioenergy Corridor ranks third in the nation as a potential source of renewable energy. [...]