Comments on: WVU Energy Institute to Merge into NRCCE for Clean Energy Research https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2019/04/07/wvu-energy-institute-to-merge-into-nrcce-for-clean-energy-research/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Wildfire https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2019/04/07/wvu-energy-institute-to-merge-into-nrcce-for-clean-energy-research/#comment-231615 Mary Wildfire Sun, 07 Apr 2019 11:37:55 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=27688#comment-231615 I posted this on the Intelligencer site: Very confusing. We see repeated use of the terms "renewable energy" and "clean energy" but ALL of the specifics are about coal, oil or gas. So apparently WVU has TWO energy labs dedicated to coal, basically, not counting the NETL, which is not connected to WVU but also in Morgantown, and also dedicated to fossil fuel energy. Does this mean the labs at WVU will merge and then move into renewable energy, or that they're working on greenwashing, pretending that some dubious carbon capture scheme makes gas "renewable"? Maybe the public relations department should take over this work, if so. Mary Wildfire, Roane County, WV I posted this on the Intelligencer site:

Very confusing. We see repeated use of the terms “renewable energy” and “clean energy” but ALL of the specifics are about coal, oil or gas. So apparently WVU has TWO energy labs dedicated to coal, basically, not counting the NETL, which is not connected to WVU but also in Morgantown, and also dedicated to fossil fuel energy.

Does this mean the labs at WVU will merge and then move into renewable energy, or that they’re working on greenwashing, pretending that some dubious carbon capture scheme makes gas “renewable”? Maybe the public relations department should take over this work, if so.

Mary Wildfire, Roane County, WV

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