September 25, 2012

A Proposal for Fisk Power Plant: Museum of History and Industry

2 Comments / Economic history, Economics, Electricity / By

Lynne Kiesling After a long and contentious series of battles over the past three decades, two of the original coal-fired steam turbine power plants in Chicago powered down at the end of August. The Fisk plant and the Crawford plant were the last two coal-fired power plants in operation within a major U.S. city, and …

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Any Reason to Be Worried About Wind Power Industry Layoffs?

4 Comments / Energy markets, Environmental policy, Politics / By

Michael Giberson In an article titled “4 Reasons All Americans Should Be Worried About Wind Layoffs,” you’d think there would be at least one reason that people should be worried about wind industry layoffs. Sadly, no. Instead the author tells the reader: (1) wind power installations are largely in GOP-held congressional districts, (2) the U.S. …

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