AeroFarms in New Jersey
Visiting the huge AeroFarms indoor ag facility in downtown Newark NJ is like watching Matt Damon grow potatoes in The Martian. Unlike on Mars, the farming in Newark is done without soil. A cloth medium is used instead. Add plenty of LED lighting and voila, beautiful greens for your salad.
No Two Are Alike
Energy Bar Association, Oct. 16-17, 2017
PUF Editor-at-Large Pat McMurray attended this annual event, held this year on October 16-17 in Washington DC. The agenda was packed as usual, for this gathering at the Renaissance Hotel, with outstanding speakers on the most pressing energy issues and the role of the industry's legal community. EBA president Robert Weishaar, of McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC, opened the conference.
Combines CEO and DIY Roles
First Fantastic Forty
The first transformational transmission line design in nearly fifty years? They developed it. The world's first battery/gas turbine hybrid system at existing peakers. They developed it too.
The world's first underground spent fuel storage facility at an operating nuclear plant. They developed it. One of the first distribution utility natural gas compressors. They developed it too.
Vertical climbing inspection robots. They developed them. Transmission line crawling inspection robots. They developed them too.
PUF's Steve Mitnick was given a special tour.
Senior Program Manager
Transformational Line Design
American Association of Blacks in Energy, Oct. 16-17, 2017
Program Manager