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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-10
- Photos: Harnessing the wind
- A new 148-foot wind turbine towers above the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester, Mass.
- Image galleries 2005-12-07
- Photos: Harnessing the wind
- A new 148-foot wind turbine towers above the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester, Mass.
- Image galleries 2005-12-07
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- Midwest tech firm now wind driven
- Other World Computing OWC is in McHenry County, Illinois, and now their power comes from the wind. OWC claims the title of "first 100 percent on-site wind powered technology manufacturer/distributor in the U.S." It's using Vestas-made wind turbines for all its daily electricity needs. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Windmills stir up opposition
- Let's do some mathHarry:How much energy is recoverable, year in, year out, for vertical turbine blades?What percentage of the US' domestic energy usage does that amount to?This is very basic arithmetic.Likewise, when you factor in the energy costs needed to make the lithium ion batteries of the Prius, and assume...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- Windmills stir up opposition
- In many parts of the U.S. you can't simply put up a windmill to generate electricity for your own use. Grandpa may have used one to pump water out on the farm, but now it's NIMBY time. After all, one of them might topple over and kill the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?
- Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Wind energy: recession proof?
- UselessDrive-by repost of some non-IT related energy news. I'm watching you - when is a good, important, relevant article coming from you?Unintended consequences?You had a blog recently about the "unintended consequences" of geo-engineering. What about trapping wind energy? Wind is one of the primary erosional forces, along with water. What...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Rural energy grant deadline approaches: Aids renewable energy technology investments
- I'm not sure how many farmers and ranchers read these posts, but certainly I can claim some rural business owners among my readers. So, if you are in a rural area of the United States AND you are a small business with fewer than 15 employees, you have until July...
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?
- The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-24
- News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- How smart is your wind turbine? Intel is on the case.
- Most of the time, when someone says the word "embedded system" to me, I think about a traffic light or some piece of specialized manufacturing equipment or medical technology. Turns out, though, that Intel has an interest in seeing the wind turbine market accelerate as it were. So, sometime in...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Moving on offshore
- President Obama moved toward more exploitation of America's offshore energy resources. Only this time it's not drill, baby, drill. It's about wind and waves. Obama made his announcement at a former Maytag plant in Iowa, a plant now being turned into a wind-turbine tower plant....
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Eco-crooks and endangered rivers
- Eco-crooks and endangered riversWho is smart enough to dam a river?It your mind try to design a working hydro electric dam.Hydroelectric power is cheap, green, and abundantwe just need to look at it a little differentlya water turbine is more reliable than a wind powered one. Rivers do not need...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Photos: Small wind turbines take shape
- There's growing interest in microwind power for homes or buildings. Here's a look at available turbines and turbine designs. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-03-17
- Big week for utility-driven solar tech investment
- Who would have thunk that the erst-while Garden State could be such a big player in solar energy? The way the wind has been blowing literally for the past two days, it's pretty clear that wind resources are big. But the sun is far less reliable here in New Jersey....
- Blog posts 2009-02-14
- Forget red or blue, is Washington turning green?
- More tax breaks for alternative energy could be in the offing. And one of the largest wind farms in planning stage awaits a Presidential yay or nay. A House committee has just approved a $20 billion dollar alternative energy package. Much of that money would go for...
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
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