Mon, Dec 14, 2015
HENLEY, Mo. • Other than a bent sign marking this tiny stop on the long-gone Rock Island Railroad, there isn’t much left. The feed mill closed. So did the sandwich shop, store and bank. Only a few stout stragglers remember when trains, loaded with grain and lumber, connected Henley to the outside world. “There were […]
Wed, Dec 9, 2015
The new IKEA store at I-64 at Vandeventer Ave. boasts the largest solar panel rooftop in the state, and a women-owned, IBEW Local 1 contractor was at the helm of the project. Aschinger Electric, of Fenton, installed the retailer’s 259,000-square-foot solar array, which is comprised of a 1.28-megawatt system built with more than 4,000 panels. […]
Mon, Dec 7, 2015
When it comes to cyberwar and cyberterrorism, we need to think the unthinkable, says veteran TV journalist Ted Koppel. And for Koppel, the unthinkable is this: Someone hacks into the nation’s electric power grid and causes large parts of it to crash for a prolonged period. Anyone who has endured a blackout from a storm […]
Mon, Nov 30, 2015
A case can be made that the electric power grid is the nation’s most critical infrastructure, based on America’s dependence on electricity. A siloed view of the power system must give way to an understanding of interdependencies among the power sector and other critical services. Telecommunications, financial systems, transportation, fuel, national defense and emergency services […]
Sat, Nov 28, 2015
THIS past summer, the Group of 7 nations promised “urgent and concrete action” to limit climate change. What actions exactly? Activists hope for answers from the coming United Nations climate conference in Paris, which begins Monday. They should look instead to Washington today. The single most important action we can take is thawing a nuclear […]
Wed, Nov 18, 2015
Kansas City Power & Light Co. has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission to build a solar power generation facility in southeast Jackson County. A release from the Public Service Commission said KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Co. — part of Kansas City-based investor-owned utility Great Plains Energy Inc. (NYSE: GXP) — applied […]
