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NIU offers virtual learning lab for renewable energy experiments
Feb 23, 2021 11:18 AM - Northern Illinois University is wrapping up a four-year project this May designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists to work in the field of renewable energy. Through an interactive virtual laboratory, college students can learn about renewable energy by conducting virtual experiments. -
Why some Texans are getting sky-high energy bills
Feb 22, 2021 9:15 AM - After unusual icy weather left millions of Texans without power, some are facing another crisis: Sky-high electricity bills.
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ComEd gives $10,000 grants to 12 arts programsSep 24, 2020 10:12 AM - ComEd and the League of Chicago Theatres have announced grants of up to $10,000 each to 12 nonprofit arts organizations throughout northern Illinois to support the arts and encourage creativity.
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After problems with energy supplier, Arlington Heights picks a different firm
Sep 23, 2020 5:30 AM - Citing "skeletons in the closet" and communication problems, Arlington Heights officials will flip the switch to a different green energy electric aggregation supplier once their one-year trial is done with a firm ordered to pay a $1 million settlement over deceptive sales tactics. -
As they reach retirement age, wind farms become prime investments
Jun 28, 2020 6:00 AM - Renewable energy assets all over Europe and the U.S. are about to reach retirement age, and are therefore ready to be reborn or otherwise transformed. -
Constable: Clean skies give us glimpse of future possibilities
Apr 22, 2020 9:42 PM - Air and water have gotten cleaner, and people are hearing the sounds of nature during the COVID-19 shutdown. It's like a postcard from nature's future, explaining how our environment could be if we change our ways.
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Cunningham appointed to governor's Offshore Wind Energy task forceDec 17, 2019 4:54 PM - Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham has been appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to serve on the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force.
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Broadwind Energy names new CEODec 9, 2019 9:17 AM - Broadwind Energy's board of directors said Eric Blashford will become the company's new CEO and president, following the retirement of Stephanie Kushner.
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Trump secured Syria's oil, but there's not much to start with
Oct 24, 2019 8:31 AM - President Donald Trump says he's secured "the Oil" in Syria, while Senator Lindsey Graham is floating the idea of tapping that bounty to help fund military operations in the war-torn nation. -
Exelon CEO abruptly retires as federal probe continues
Oct 15, 2019 7:34 PM - Anne Pramaggiore, CEO of Exelon Utilities and the first woman CEO of subsidiary utility ComEd, retired abruptly Tuesday as the Chicago-based energy company continues to be questioned in a federal investigation involving Democratic state legislators.
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