North Carolina
05/31/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Duke suspends its plans for a new gas power plant and will focus on generating energy from pig waste
Duke University has indefinitely suspended its plan for a natural gas power plant on its campus. According to an article in the Energy News Network, the school will be getting its energy needs from methane biogas made from hog waste. The decision is the culmination of a two-year struggle between the similarly-named but unrelated Duke Energy and an alliance […]
02/26/2018
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By David Williams
Renewable makeover: Michigan farmers switching from tobacco to solar arrays
With tobacco use declining more and more in the U.S. each year, there are some who have realized that it may be on the way out. But when that happens, what is going to take up tobacco’s place in all of the currently used farmlands? Two researchers from the Michigan Technological University (MTU) believe that […]
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