I wonder how many people in this country, or the world for that matter, really think we will make any kind of a strong financial recovery without coal and oil? Our manufacturing plants and all of our industries, as well as our small businesses need an ample, dependable and reasonably priced supply of coal and oil, as clean as possible, preferably from the U.S. Wind, sun and battery needs to continue to be developed. I wonder, though, how many windmills, solar panels and batteries would be required to run a car manufacturing plant, along with the tires, glass and steel necessary - once, all very successful; once all very successful in this country. Pollution you say? Are you saying China, North Korea, South Korea, India and Iran, etc. are running their manufacturing plants without coal and oil? Our coal and oil would be used much cleaner in this country. Pollution you say? Ours would be cleaner and doesn't all pollution go into the same sky? ...more

November 22, 2009

Those green m&m's are getting greener. A New Jersey candy factory that produces m&m's flipped the switch Monday on a dedicated solar array that is the largest in the nation to serve a single manufacturing complex, according to Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. ...more

November 10, 2009

The scene made no sense: A remote Florida field. A former orange grove now converted into a giant solar energy farm. Solar panels shifting with the sun like thousands of sails catching sunbeams. ...more

November 1, 2009

A federal stimulus grant of $200 million announced this week will help charge a smart grid for Progress Energy Florida customers. ...more

October 31, 2009

Greg Bove steps into his pickup and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business. ...more

October 28, 2009

Saying the nation's electrical distribution system is badly outmoded and inefficient, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his administration is awarding $3.4 billion in "smart grid" energy technology grants, including $267 million in Florida. ...more

October 28, 2009

President Barack Obama is in the small town of Arcadia, where is delivering an energy policy speech at a solar power plant. ...more

October 27, 2009

Progress Energy and its Florida customers are generating more than 1 megawatt of solar power, a "significant" milestone for the St. Petersburg-based utility, company officials said Monday. ...more

March 24, 2009

Imagine being able to track your electric bill during the month with the touch of a button, adjusting your usage if the bill is getting too high. You would have more control over your energy costs, and the surprise of your monthly electric bill would be gone. ...more

March 22, 2009

Imagine being able to track your electric bill during the month with the touch of a button, adjusting your usage if the bill is getting too high. It would give you more control over your energy costs and take the surprise out of your monthly electric bill. That's one of several energy-saving technologies that will be placed in up to 5,000 homes and businesses in west St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach in a grand experiment with what has been dubbed "smart grid" technology. ...more

March 19, 2009