Author: mgorman

Michels is a Top 10 utility contractor in North America that draws on its vast experience constructing major utility projects to manage and execute all construction operations on wind farms, including: Access roads and crane pads, foundations and rock excavation, collection systems, turbine erection and wiring, and substations and transmission lines.

There are many opinions out there concerning alternative power and its uses. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who speak out against pursuing these resources and building the facilities to generate them. For example, take Rush Limbaugh and his opinions on the topic. While most of the time I agree with what he has to say, our thoughts differ on when it comes to alternative power sources. There is a negative campaign taking place against renewable resources and I’m not sure why.

Those who oppose alternative power are claiming that for every job created in the market, two jobs will be lost in the existing structure. However, we have not seen any good data that backs that idea up. The need for power will not decline and alternative power will eventually reduce the cost of power production, thus trickling into the overall economy. For every new idea or way of doing something, there will always be someone who disagrees with it, and the practice of alternative power production is no different.

Let’s say the alternative power movement is a car and it holds the consumers, the providers and the government. Who should drive? Whose interests provide the fuel? How involved should the government be?

 

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Change is on its way and everyone wants to be a part of it. Alternative Power Construction wants to help fuel that change. President-elect Obama has a plan, T. Boone Pickens has a plan, Al Gore has a plan - everyone seems to have a plan for our energy future.  As contractors, municipalities, and owners, What are your plans ? We want to help you, the ones responsible for financing, building and implementing our power future. Should Power supply be public, or private ? What has your facility done recently to implement power savings ? There are big ideas and small ideas, what we need now are a lot of ideas on powering our future, so we can come up with best. Please use this blog to help share your ideas.