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REopt Lite Adds a Fresh Dimension: Combined Heat and Power Feb. 8, 2021 Photo courtesy of Solar Turbines The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) free online REopt Lite™ web tool has been used to perform feasibility analyses for grid-connected photovoltaics, wind, and battery storage for several years running. The tool crunches tailored facility data (including utility rates, billing history, and local weather) to help users identify optimal system sizes and battery dispatch strategies that minimize energy costs. REopt ...

 Mike and Missy MacIvor seemed to be a charmed couple. The pair were young, good-looking, and loved by those who knew them. Missy, who taught at an elementary school, was pregnant with their first child. But during a massive Florida tropical storm, their bright future together was swept away. It was on August 21, 1991, that Tavernier Keys, Florida was rocked by a fierce tropical storm. Afterward, family members were concerned when they were unable to reach 30-year-old Mike or Missy, who was 29. “I had a premonition, an almost impending feeling of doom. I wasn’t sure if it was the storm c...

Mowat, who's novels include  Owls in the Family and  Never Cry Wolf — was an officer with the Canadian military during WWII, then served with military intelligence after the war. Major Harold Skaarup is a 40-year veteran of the Canadian Forces where he served as an intelligence officer. Since retiring in 2011, he has written numerous books on military history. Skaarup tells The Current's Matt Galloway of Mowat's post-war escapades after being tasked with retrieving items of intelligence value from Europe. Here is part of their conversation:  Tell me about Captain Farley Moat's...

Winnipeg Free Press The life and destructive legacy of Graham James Twenty-five games into the Swift Current Broncos’ 1993-94 season, Darren McLean had reached his breaking point. Days earlier, star forward Todd Holt had revealed a litany of horrors that he endured for years at the hands of their coach, Graham James. The two players, who had been friends since playing minor hockey together in Estevan, Sask., were rooming together for the first time on a Broncos road trip. About this series Graham James was last seen in a courtroom in the summer of 2015. Appearing via video link ...

December 15, 2020 By David Murray The last bargeload of the season was unloaded at the Port of St. Joseph, Mo., over the weekend of November 21. Bill Becker, CEO of Transport 360, which has revitalized the port since taking it over, told a local news source the facility has lost about 15 bargeloads during the past year due to shoaling and light-loading. He expects the next barge at the port in mid-January. The Corps of Engineers began reducing water flow from Gavins Point Dam in late November; by December 9 it had reached its wi...