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About Tina Casey

Tina Casey specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues. Tina’s articles are reposted frequently on Reuters, Scientific American, and many other sites. You can also follow her on Twitter @TinaMCasey and Google+.

MISO Passes 10,000 MW Mark As Veterans Petition Congress For Wind Tax Credit

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  MISO, the regional grid operator for 11 states in the upper Midwest and part of Canada, just announced that it reached a new record wind peak output of 10,012 megawatts last week, adding up to more than 25 percent of the system’s energy use. Word of the milestone comes as a group of veterans travels to Washing today. The group will petition Congress to keep the wind industry humming along, by extending the federal … Read More

New Solar Cell Efficiency Record Set by Solar Junction

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  The U.S. company Solar Junction set the gold standard for solar cell efficiency last year at 43.5 percent, a worldwide mark that it has just shattered with a new solar cell efficiency record of 44 percent. This baby ain’t no hothouse flower, either. All the lab work is behind it and it’s ready for commercial production, which (by the way) will take place right here in the U.S. thanks to support from the Department … Read More