Bob Morris

Bob Morris

Active in Never Trump since it started on the Bird site in 2016. Leftie politics. Climate Change. Water. Cats. Vegas.

Tidal turbines online in Pentland Firth producing 6 MW

Tidal turbines, unlike other forms of renewable energy, produce absolutely predictable amounts of electricity because they use tides to generate energy. Atlantis Resources has just completed installation of four tidal turbines in the north of Scotland that look somewhat like wind…

Nevada is funding startups for water innovation

Before someone gets snarky, please be aware that Las Vegas is a world leader in recycling and reusing water. Rainfall is captured in flood basins, goes through water purification and wetlands, then flows back into Lake Mead to be reused.…

Iowa wind farms to produce 95% of power for customers

MidAmerican Energy is replacing motors and blades in hundreds of wind turbines in Iowa. They say the upgraded turbines will last 20-30 years and will generate substantially more power. When the four year process is completed, their customers will get…

Biomass energy is saving logging in Maine

Stand-alone biomass plants that create electricity from sawdust, logging and lumbering scrap, and other plant waste can have a difficult time being profitable. However, in Maine and other areas, the logging industry depends on selling their scrap to biomass plants…