When Bill Pannell was considering how to redesign a windmill used for military operations in Afghanistan, he never thought his idea would start a statewide competition among high school and collegiate students. Pannell oversees the energy lab at the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center within the System Simulation and Development Directorate. “I …
Let’s Push TVA for a Sustainable Energy Plan for the Future: guest opinion Our CEO, Daniel Tate, shared a guest opinion on AL.com, encouraging the TVA to follow through on their Integrated Resource Plan. A few days ago, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released its draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This plan takes a long-term …
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Hartselle High School Engineering to Compete in Switchblade A group of nine Hartselle High School engineering students will be competing against four other teams April 22 in the Switchblade Competition at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Shelby Center. Team BladeRunners is redesigning and manufacturing the blades of a wind power system originally used for …
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“Switch Blade”, A Statewide Collegiate Wind Turbine Competition, Announces Full Slate of Teams Huntsville, Ala. – “Switch Blade”, a wind turbine competition in which high school and college students redesign and manufacture the blades of a military wind power system, has successfully filled all slots for open teams. Participating teams come from the University of …
Energy Alabama, a north Alabama nonprofit organization focused on clean, sustainable energy was recently selected as a semi-finalist for the Echoing Green Fellowship Program in New York. Read the full article from AL.com
Huntsville, Ala. – Energy Alabama, Energy Huntsville, and Avion Solutions, Inc. announce the formation of the North Alabama Buildings Performance Challenge (NABPC) to reduce energy consumption in participating commercial buildings across Huntsville. The NABPC will use a process of energy benchmarking, auditing, and substantive energy-efficiency upgrades of university, hospital, and commercial buildings as a means …
Let’s Talk About Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Daniel Tait, CEO of Energy Alabama, was recently interviewed on GASP. Take a moment to check out the interview and be sure to leave a comment or two there letting them know your thoughts. As temps dip down into the teens this week, many people are looking for ways to …
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We’re excited to bring this service to Madison only a block from the library and great restaurants! Jeff Baker, a Madison resident, loves his electric car so much that he installed an electric car charging station at his home, and is allowing anyone to use it. The simple set-up arrives a few months after a …
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We’re honored to play a small part in this project! The men of Phi Kappa Psi have created a Foundations for Tomorrow, a program to help provide Huntsville’s homeless vets with tiny homes. Alabama Center for Sustainable Energy has partnered to provide solar panels for the “tiny home” village, which will include a garden to …
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We’re ‘electrifying’ this community! Alabama Center for Sustainable Energy is providing solar panels to help electrify a new village of tiny homes being created by a UAH student and his fraternity brothers. They’re called tiny homes, but the idea is anything but tiny. A UAH student and his fraternity are working to raise enough money …