Population booms and increasing signs of global warming have brought nuclear power to the forefront as an alternative to fossil fuel energy, especially in South Carolina.
Last year, when state-owned utility Santee Cooper partnered with Coastal Carolina University on a solar photovoltaic, renewable energy project, the sun became a serious player as a future energy source in the already sunny Palmetto State.
In an effort to meet a growing energy demand in the Southeast, Kinder Morgan Inc., the energy transportation, storage and distribution giant, has asked federal regulators for permission to redevelop its Charleston facility and nearly triple its capacity to handle imported coal.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties have become a nexus for the nation’s burgeoning homeland security industry. Billions of dollars are spent in the region on a wide range of security-related initiatives.
Travelers heading from Charleston to Beaufort or Savannah travel a timeworn route little changed for most of the 20th century. Along the narrow corridor lined with dense forests, dark swamps and old rice fields, motorists on U.S. Highway 17 cross rivers named for ancient American Indian tribes and pass country stores and produce stands selling boiled peanuts, peaches and tomatoes.
Population booms and increasing signs of global warming have brought nuclear power to the forefront as an alternative to fossil fuel energy, especially in South Carolina.
Last year, when state-owned utility Santee Cooper partnered with Coastal Carolina University on a solar photovoltaic, renewable energy project, the sun became a serious player as a future energy source in the already sunny Palmetto State.
In an effort to meet a growing energy demand in the Southeast, Kinder Morgan Inc., the energy transportation, storage and distribution giant, has asked federal regulators for permission to redevelop its Charleston facility and nearly triple its capacity to handle imported coal.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties have become a nexus for the nation’s burgeoning homeland security industry. Billions of dollars are spent in the region on a wide range of security-related initiatives.
Travelers heading from Charleston to Beaufort or Savannah travel a timeworn route little changed for most of the 20th century. Along the narrow corridor lined with dense forests, dark swamps and old rice fields, motorists on U.S. Highway 17 cross rivers named for ancient American Indian tribes and pass country stores and produce stands selling boiled peanuts, peaches and tomatoes.
