Alternative Energy

Test drive electric and hybrid cars at Green Day [Russett]

2013-04-18 12:19:00

Happy Earth Day! Monday, April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. Did you know the first Earth Day was held April 22, 1970, and in the 1990s it went global? No matter how big or small, we can all make a difference, not just on Earth Day but everyday....

A wind-win for Maryland and a beacon for the bay

2013-04-14 05:00:00

After protesting at a nearby coal plant in 2008 and becoming discouraged with his own dependence on unsustainable energy, Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson decided to build a wind generator on his coastal property and get off the grid. He became...

House panel kills 'black liquor' bill

2013-03-29 16:15:00

Legislation that would have phased out millions in ratepayer-financed subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills died in a House committee Friday, just a day after the Senate passed a companion measure. The House version of the so-called "black...

'Black liquor' phase-out clears Senate

2013-03-29 06:05:00

A phase-out of renewable energy subsidies for paper mills has cleared the Maryland Senate, though with a provision that guarantees the state's only paper plant in Allegany County would continue to receive payments underwritten by taxpayers....

End this outrageous 'black liquor' subsidy

2013-03-28 12:00:00

Tim Wheeler's most recent article about the fight over black liquor in Maryland's renewable energy standard ("'Black liquor' bill resurrected," March 25) highlights the overwhelming need to reform our state energy policy. Over the last seven years,...

'Black liquor' bill resurrected

2013-03-25 06:55:00

Some Annapolis lawmakers have gotten in the Easter spirit a little early.� A bill that would curtail millions in renewable-energy subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills comes to the Senate floor Monday, after being killed last week and then revived...

Easter a time to renew — and for renewable wind energy

2013-03-25 09:45:00

Easter's message of hope and new life is a universal and much-needed one throughout the world, but particularly for Marylanders this year as we celebrate the passage of the offshore wind bill by the Maryland General Assembly. I'm filled with thanks to...

Wind picks up steam

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Would you pay a little bit more on your monthly utility bill to help build a wind farm generating as much as 200 megawatts of electricity 12 miles or more off the coast of Maryland? That's really all Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed offshore wind bill...

Anti-fracking legislation is not premature

2013-03-12 05:15:00

Commentator Harry Alford's claim that focusing on fracking legislation in Maryland constitutes a waste of time and effort suggests a shocking ignorance of what is happening in other states ("Anti-fracking legislation is premature," March 7). Maryland's...

'Black liquor' deal goes sour

2013-03-14 04:00:00

A deal environmentalists thought had been worked out to stop mostly out-of-state paper mills from cashing in on Maryland's renewable energy law by burning so-called "black liquor" has come unglued. The state's only paper plant in Allegany County has...

Transportation Center to open at APG

2013-03-08 00:00:00

In the wake of a lengthy BRAC process that has brought more jobs – and traffic – to Harford County, a transportation assistance operation has been set up to help Aberdeen Proving Ground's 21,000 employees find alternative ways to get to work....

Old-fashioned meat market, cutting-edge power

2013-02-21 14:56:44

Fifty-eight years after it opened in Highland, Boarman's Old-Fashioned Meat Market is still, in many respects, living up to its name. Boarman family members still mix spices for the pork sausage made in house, the staff butcher still stuffs the sausage...

Staff of a solar power plant works on their solar panels in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2013. The EU executive on May 8 proposed heavy anti-dumping tariffs of around 47 percent on imports of Chinese solar panels, a European Union source said.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Schematic of Combined Power's reflector field showing basin of non-potable water, completely. covering water-ballasted tubular reflector structures, reflective facets, and linear solar energy receiver.

2013-04-10 23:54:00

At San Diego State University's Center for Energy Sustainability in Brawley, Combined Power LLC is performing a demonstration of a renewable energy technology.

2013-04-10 23:23:00