Tag: Wind Power - Page 9
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The Week in Animal News: Powerful Sea Cucumber Poo, Giant Pythons Invade Florida and More
Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.
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Phase One of UK's Nationwide Electric Car Charging Network Complete
A wind energy company is turning its attention to electric car charging. And the results are appearing in rest areas up and down the country.
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Obama Admin Fast-tracks Offshore Wind Power in Mid-Atlantic
Currently the US has only one offshore wind power project approved, and none built, while constuction pushes ahead in Europe and China.
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5% of California Now Powered by Wind
And California is a biiiiiiig state.
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Energy News Recap: Judge Says Vermont Can't Shut Down Nuclear Plant, Wind Turbine Syndrome Debunked, More
Nuclear power phase outs, good and bad news there; Obama backs fracking; and another look into whether or not wind turbines have much affect on human health. Here's what we're reading this morning:
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Energy News Recap: More Shale Gas Cuts Renewable Energy Investments, Solar PV Cheap As Fossil Fuels in Mideast, More
Plus, more on misinformation about Keystone XL and US energy independence, New Yorkers speak out against fracking, plus Occupy Wall Street energy bikes redeployed to Occupy DC.
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Scotland Guns for 100% Renewable Energy by 2020
A strong year in renewable investment, a new partnership with Abu Dhabi's clean energy company Masdar, and 7 GW of clean energy projects underway bode well for the nation's prospects.
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Energy News Recap: China May Soon Burn Half of All World's Coal, SuperFracking, Vestas Closing Wind Turbine Plants, More
Lots of energy news today; unfortunately, apart from the notion that peak oil is actually an opportunity for massive positive societal and environmental change which we'll get to in a few words, it's not really good news.
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Photos of Ill-Fated Antarctica Explorer Robert Scott's Last Journey on View in London
It is the centenary of the death of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the explorer who died with his entire crew during an attempt to reach the South Pole.
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Wyoming to Get North America's Biggest Wind Farm (3000 MW)
New 1,000-turbine wind farm's a-coming.
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Energy News Recap: Morocco Continues Big Wind Power Push, Plus Better Biofuels Though Zoo Poo
A bit less dramatic energy news coming down the pike this morning, but pretty interesting nonetheless.
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Energy News Recap: 2.4 GW Seawater Pumped Hydro Project; China Ups Wind Power Target to 1000 GW
Plus... a former IEAer says oil to decline shortly after 2015 and Chevron smacked (again) by a judge. Here's what we've just been scanning in energy news.
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Over Half of Germany's Renewable Energy Owned By Citizens & Farmers, Not Utility Companies
A democratic shift in control of energy production is well underway in Germany.
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Energy News Recap: Record Energy Efficiency Investments In 2011, Chevron Still Must Pay $18bn Rainforest Destruction Fine
From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.
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Cube-Shaped Kite Uses 3D-Printed Tech To Sail the Skies (Video)
Using 3D-printed joints, sail material and feather-light carbon rods, this seemingly heavy cube is actually a kite that can fly.
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Five US States Now Get 20% Of Their Electricity From Wind Power
It's pretty easy to get down on US renewable energy policy if you're just paying attention to the nonsense coming out of legislators bought and paid for by the polluting class, but there were some truly great milestones in 2011.
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Wind Power is America (Video)
So letting the wind industry languish without necessary tax breaks is un-American, right?
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Expiring US Wind Power Tax Credits Threaten 37,000 Jobs - As German Renewables Overtake Nuclear, Gas
Two graphic examples in renewable energy policy: One from Germany on how to do things properly and reap the clean energy results, and one from the US on how exactly not to do things.
