http://wfae.org en http://wfae.org/post/ikea-charlotte-now-operates-partly-sunshine <p>Furniture giant IKEA has just installed 4,228 solar panels on the roof of its store in Charlotte. The panels are expected to generate up to half of the store's electricity.&nbsp;</p><p> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:21:32 +0000 Tasnim Shamma 28761 at http://wfae.org IKEA-Charlotte Now Operates (Partly) On Sunshine http://wfae.org/post/optimal-energy-investments <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The world’s thirst for more energy has led us down the path to climate change. Some politicians have said that alternatives to fossil fuels may help us reverse that, but the problem is that alternative forms of energy aren't ready on the scale we need. And recently scientists at </span>UNC<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Charlotte came to an even more alarming conclusion, that the problem is unsolvable. Two of the people working on that project talk about their troubling conclusion, when Charlotte Talks.</span></p><p> Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 26773 at http://wfae.org Optimal Energy Investments http://wfae.org/post/smaller-reventure-plan-moves-forward <p></p><p>The developer whose plan to turn Charlotte trash into electricity was squashed by public opposition last year, has now received a permit for a much smaller power plant that will run on sawdust.&nbsp;</p><p>Tom McKittrick's original vision at a contaminated industrial site on the Catawba River was an 80 megawatt plant powered by household garbage.</p> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:01:00 +0000 Julie Rose 16750 at http://wfae.org Smaller ReVenture Plan Moves Forward