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Which way is the wind blowing? Toward Europe says wind study

Which way is the wind blowing? Toward Europe says wind studySide effect of wind farms: Lots of dead birdsThe big problem with wind farms, is the amount of birds that it kills on a daily basis. Drive near any wind farm, and you will see the unfortunate...

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Discussion threads 2008-03-30

No clear sailing for wind power

Courtesy: US Geological Survey In many venues wind power can be as controversial as nuclear power. In Scotland there's a big fight brewing over mlountaintop windmills to generate electricity. One charge: the tall towers holding the turbines uglify the once beautiful landscape. Critics...

Tags: Turbine, Farm, North Dakota, Wind, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-02

Photos: Wind turbines on the roof

Photos: Wind turbines on the roofWind Turbines on the roofThese are all-most computer fan looking devices.The inventor or home ever is lost in the architectural designer look of them and not in the Funtionality of them. Not to say I have not thought of using a setup looking like this...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine, Wind turbine, wind, photograph

Discussion threads 2006-02-16

'Micro' wind turbines are coming to town

'Micro' wind turbines are coming to townIt's about time.There is no need to go thru withdrawl from the oil addiction. Now all these companies need to do is ramp up production, while we got oil for the machinery to make them. Put a lot of people back to work.It sounds...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine, WindMill, wind

Discussion threads 2006-02-10

Photos: Harnessing the wind

A new 148-foot wind turbine towers above the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester, Mass.

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Image galleries 2005-12-07

Photos: Harnessing the wind

A new 148-foot wind turbine towers above the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester, Mass.

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Image galleries 2005-12-07

Additional Resources

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

The little wind turbines that could

The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...

Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

The little wind turbines that could

I have to admit, I'm more used to reading about U.S. tech firms expanding abroad rather than the reverse. But in the case of certain green tech innovations, I suppose it makes sense to flip this idea on its head. Just heard about the example of Proven...

Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Are solar-energy materials in short supply?

Are solar-energy materials in short supply?Need Ink ContractsImprovements in solar photovoltaic sources of materials brings to my mind the need of inks that will allow painting your own photovoltaics in colorful designs and patterns stressing advertising as much as is possible to enliven the circles of users. Inks of N-type...

Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

MSI to build LG's X110 netbook?

MSI has been pretty successful grabbing headlines with their Wind -- and it seems they've impressed LG, too. Today's DigiTimes is reporting that LG is hoping to solicit MSI's services in order to build its own X110 netbook. The mini laptop is said to boast an 8.9-inch...

Tags: LG Electronics Inc., MSI, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-23

More big money for work on wind. Yes, that's $1 billion.

Finavera Renewables which has both wind and wave energy projects around the world has negotiated a deal with an unnamed corporate investor who plans to put up $1 bilion for wind power projects that will create up to 300 megawatts of capacity in British Columbia. The money...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Agreement, mW, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear

First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appearPerception IS reality.The damage is done. Apple is #3 in US home computer sales today. Perception [b]is[/b] reality and unfortunately for microsoft they've got battered, much of it being well deserved. This is the proverbial finger to plug a dyke breach.RE: First hints...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

SAP to shut down TomorrowNow; Oracle gets its sacrifice

SAP's purchase of TomorrowNow in 2005 sounded like a great idea: Undercut Oracle on support and squeeze your biggest rival. And then came Oracle's lawsuit. SAP said Monday that it will wind down the operations of TomorrowNow, which provided third party support for Oracle applications. In a...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Pricing, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2008-07-21

GrowFX (exe)

GrowFX - a new system of modeling and animating plants for 3D Studio Max. Now you can recreate digitally a lifelike 3D model of any plant, from grass and trees to woodland using a refreshingly simple interface and an essential set of parameters that you can set up yourself. GrowFX...

Tags: 3D, Animation, Plant, Exlevel, GrowFX

Software downloads 2008-07-21

MB Hanuman Chalisa (exe)

MB Hanuman Chalisa is a Vedic oracle software. This is a Hindi poem written by the poet Tulsi Das in reverence and praise of Lord Hanuman, the Son of Wind. This is usually recited as a prayer on Tuesdays and Saturdays to ward away all evil and attain happiness and...

Tags: Prosperity, Poem, MysticBoard, MB Hanuman Chalisa, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-21

California greenlights two renewable energy development projects

Southern California Edison has received the thumbs-up from the California Public Utilities Commission to contract to buy clean energy from two new alternative energy projects. The first, the Granite Wind development in San Bernardino County, will see the construction of a 41-megawatt wind farm slated to come...

Tags: Renewable Energy, California, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...

Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

My mother and I chat a lot about different alternative energy options, mainly because she is lucky enough to live in Hawaii where solar hot water has been mandated for future construction. But one thing that has been ultra controversial on the Big Island has been wind power for the...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-19