SCBIZ - Fall 2007 Issue
Wind monitors serve as 'road test' for larger wind farms
wind.jpgThe latest efforts to bring some measure of wind power to the Palmetto State are under way with the construction of two wind monitoring stations, one in the Grand Strand area and one in North Charleston. Both stations are part of a project that will determine the feasibility of using wind power to generate commercially viable electricity.
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A 'matter of principle'
The extra 10 million gallons of water needed daily to support two booming North Carolina bedroom communities outside Charlotte, N.C., isn’t likely to leave South Carolina high and dry, at least not anytime soon, even though the two states share access to the Catawba River basin. But you might call South Carolina’s lawsuit against North Carolina a “matter of principle,” said Jeff Allen, director ...
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State's commercial fishing industry is sinking fast
shrimperwshrimp.jpgHaddrell Street in Mount Pleasant, where the smell of fresh seafood fills the nostrils, Wayne Magwood is staring down reality. He can make a decent living shrimping, and selling the day’s catch from the shop he runs, C.A. Magwood & Sons Inc. Fresh Seafood.
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A blended industry
sc_production12.jpgThe composites industry has been around since man mixed straw with mud to make a brick. Seeking the perfect recipe, technicians and engineers have over the decades blended materials in hopes of producing products that are stronger, more efficient and better than the original materials were on their own.
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