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Empowered: Energy Heroes

EMPOWERED: ENERGY HEROES is a four-part documentary series celebrating the human ingenuity behind a global renewable energy revolution. This is a turning point for humanity as monumental as the Industrial Revolution. Meet the modern-day heroes whose work is empowering us to end our use of fossil fuels and save our planet and ourselves. This series gives us reason to be hopeful and even excited about the future.

Empowered: Energy Heroes  
  • Workin' with What You've Got
    Saturday, December 28
    3:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Vermont generates all of its electricity without burning fossil fuels. The innovative leaders of three utilities show Chloe Goshay how they create energy using Vermont's own natural resources, including the waste from its two largest industries. Now the state has a plan to use that clean electricity to remove fossil fuels in all of the energy the state uses. Vermonters will have to switch to electric vehicles and electric heat pumps to reach their goal.
  • An Hour of Sunlight
    Monday, January 13
    8:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The energy that hits the earth in an hour of sunlight is equivalent to all the energy the entire planet uses in one year. We can create all the energy we need from the sun. Chloe Goshay visits a microgrid in Sonoma, California where she meets researchers who show her how to do it.
  • An Hour of Sunlight
    Monday, January 20
    1:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    The energy that hits the earth in an hour of sunlight is equivalent to all the energy the entire planet uses in one year. We can create all the energy we need from the sun. Chloe Goshay visits a microgrid in Sonoma, California where she meets researchers who show her how to do it.
  • The Grid
    Monday, January 20
    8:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Grid failures due to extreme weather events are causing deadly situations around the country. The electric grid caused the deadliest fire in California history. Now the grid is preemptively turned off during hot, dry wind events. Chloe Goshay explores how the grid was designed to work over a hundred years ago and the new challenges it faces today. A microgrid in the South Side of Chicago keeps the lights and the heat on during the worst winter storm. Batteries and fuel cells replace backup generators and help the grid balance the supply and demand.
  • The Grid
    Monday, January 27
    1:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Grid failures due to extreme weather events are causing deadly situations around the country. The electric grid caused the deadliest fire in California history. Now the grid is preemptively turned off during hot, dry wind events. Chloe Goshay explores how the grid was designed to work over a hundred years ago and the new challenges it faces today. A microgrid in the South Side of Chicago keeps the lights and the heat on during the worst winter storm. Batteries and fuel cells replace backup generators and help the grid balance the supply and demand.
  • Winds of Change
    Monday, January 27
    8:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Chloe Goshay goes to Somerset, Massachusetts, a small coastal town that has ridden the waves of our national energy policy. Once the home to the largest coal-burning power plant in New England, Somerset lost its bread and butter when the low cost of gas put the plant out of business. The town's state representative, Pat Haddad, writes a bill that brings offshore wind to Massachusetts and revitalizes her small town. Now Somerset will be home to North America's first offshore wind manufacturing plant.
  • Winds of Change
    Monday, February 3
    1:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Chloe Goshay goes to Somerset, Massachusetts, a small coastal town that has ridden the waves of our national energy policy. Once the home to the largest coal-burning power plant in New England, Somerset lost its bread and butter when the low cost of gas put the plant out of business. The town's state representative, Pat Haddad, writes a bill that brings offshore wind to Massachusetts and revitalizes her small town. Now Somerset will be home to North America's first offshore wind manufacturing plant.
  • Workin' with What You've Got
    Monday, February 3
    8:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Vermont generates all of its electricity without burning fossil fuels. The innovative leaders of three utilities show Chloe Goshay how they create energy using Vermont's own natural resources, including the waste from its two largest industries. Now the state has a plan to use that clean electricity to remove fossil fuels in all of the energy the state uses. Vermonters will have to switch to electric vehicles and electric heat pumps to reach their goal.
  • Workin' with What You've Got
    Monday, February 10
    1:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Vermont generates all of its electricity without burning fossil fuels. The innovative leaders of three utilities show Chloe Goshay how they create energy using Vermont's own natural resources, including the waste from its two largest industries. Now the state has a plan to use that clean electricity to remove fossil fuels in all of the energy the state uses. Vermonters will have to switch to electric vehicles and electric heat pumps to reach their goal.

 

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  • Winds of Change
    Saturday, December 21
    3:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Chloe Goshay goes to Somerset, Massachusetts, a small coastal town that has ridden the waves of our national energy policy. Once the home to the largest coal-burning power plant in New England, Somerset lost its bread and butter when the low cost of gas put the plant out of business. The town's state representative, Pat Haddad, writes a bill that brings offshore wind to Massachusetts and revitalizes her small town. Now Somerset will be home to North America's first offshore wind manufacturing plant.
  • The Grid
    Saturday, December 14
    3:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Grid failures due to extreme weather events are causing deadly situations around the country. The electric grid caused the deadliest fire in California history. Now the grid is preemptively turned off during hot, dry wind events. Chloe Goshay explores how the grid was designed to work over a hundred years ago and the new challenges it faces today. A microgrid in the South Side of Chicago keeps the lights and the heat on during the worst winter storm. Batteries and fuel cells replace backup generators and help the grid balance the supply and demand.
  • An Hour of Sunlight
    Saturday, December 7
    3:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The energy that hits the earth in an hour of sunlight is equivalent to all the energy the entire planet uses in one year. We can create all the energy we need from the sun. Chloe Goshay visits a microgrid in Sonoma, California where she meets researchers who show her how to do it.