Power Ahead

Midday's Power Ahead series closes with a look toward the future. We'll look at the innovations being made for the energy future. Our guests this hour are: Malcolm Woolf, director Maryland Energy Administration, Greg Reed, director Power & Energy Initiative, and Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Byron King, Agora Financial, Kathy Magruder, executive director, Maryland Clean Energy Center and Kate Galbraith, energy reporter, The Texas Tribune.

Midday's week-long special series Power Ahead concludes. The focus of today's first hour is wind's potential as an energy source. We'll look at it's potential as an energy source. Taking part in the discussion are Tom Landers, Environment Maryland, Jay Hancock, business columnist The Baltimore Sun, and Daniel F. Ancona III, Vice President for Renewable Energy, Princeton Energy Resources International

 Day four of Midday's special series Power Ahead focuses on nuclear energy. During the first hour we look at whether there could be a nuclear power renaissance.

 Hour two, on day three, of Midday's special series Power Ahead continues looking at natural gas and solar power. The focus of this hour is solar energy. Our guests this hour are Brad Heavener, Environment Maryland, Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of Powering The Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology and Vadim Polikov, president of Maryland-based Astrum Solar, installer or residential and small commercial solar panel systems.

 Day three of Midday's special series Power Ahead focuses on energy. During the first hour we look at natural gas with Steve A. Gabriel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Michel Boufadel, professor of civil and envrionmental engineering, Temple University, David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute Fellow and Amir Arif, Stifel Nicolaus

 Hour two, on day two, of Midday's special series Power Ahead continues looking at fossil fuels. The focus of this hour is coal. Our guests this hour are Richard Heinberg, author and senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute., Don Shields, executive director, Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh, Roger Bezdek, clean coal and energy security advocate and Mike Moore, president, Maryland Coal Association.

 Day two of Midday's special series Power Ahead focuses on fossil fuels. During the first hour we look at coal with Robert Bryce, author of Power Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and The Real Fuels of the Future, Bill McKibben, leading environmentalist and award-winning author of The End of Nature and Richard Heinberg, peak-oil expert, author and senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute.

 Midday begins a week of daily programming devoted to one of the most urgent matters facing people of Maryland, the United States and planet Earth -- our energy problems and solutions. The week begins with a look at energy consumption and sustainability.