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Thursday, September 25th, 2008I was going to write about the Senate passing a bill to expand and encourage investment in renewable energy, but Ecogeek.org has a nice synopsis of the bill, so just go there instead. The House gets to put their spin on the bill next, so we’ll see what happens with that. Hopefully the House [...]
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The Energy Ball wind turbine
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008A Swedish company named Home Energy has just released a new wind power turbine that spins in a circular fashion and also looks very cool. According to Inhabitat, the Energy Ball uses a principle called the Venturi Effect, which channels air thru the six blades and around the generator. This results [...]
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Five new French wind farm projects now online
Monday, September 1st, 2008Back in February of this year, five new French wind far projects went online with a total capacity of 77MW. The wind farms, which totalled 42 turbines, came about as a result of a joint venture between EOLE-RES S.A., a French wind park developer, and a UK company, Renewable Energy Systems.
You can read [...]
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JC Penney adding solar and wind projects to its stores
Friday, August 15th, 2008Retailer JC Penney announced this week that they would be adding solar and wind power projects to 10 of their stores and one of their distribution centers. They also announced plans to obtain Energy Star certification for at least 200 of their stores.
The company has asked SunPower Corporation to install solar power systems [...]
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Blue H USA eyes Maine coast for wind power
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Blue H USA, one of the companies developing wind turbines for deep water wind farms, has been meeting with Maine state leaders about placing a large wind project off the coast of Maine.
Blue H USA is looking for a site that will not have any impact on local fisheries and the environment and is far [...]
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Texas beefing up transmission lines for additional wind power
Saturday, July 19th, 2008The Texas Public Utility Commission has just approved the construction of almost five billion dollars worth of electricity transmission lines in order to carry power generated by new wind power farms in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle to the more populated parts of the state like Austin, Dallas, and Houston.
The new lines, [...]
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Construction begins on new Michigan wind power farm
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Construction of a new wind farm in the Ubly area of Michigan has begun. Â The wind farm, which is being built by Nobel Environmental Power and RMT WindConnect, will consist of 46 GE wind turbines in Bingham and Sheridan townships, and will generate 1.5 megawatts of wind power - enough for about 23,000 homes. [...]
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Delaware legislature clears way for offshore wind farm
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Delaware Senate Bill 328 passed both chambers of the Delaware legislature last week, paving the way for the creation of what may be the first offshore wind farm in the US.
The wind farm, which will be located 11 to 14 miles off of the Sussex County coastline will initially consist of 55-70 wind turbines. Â [...]
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T. Boone Pickens - more power lines needed for wind
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008The Senate Committe on Energy and Natural Resources held hearings on the energy crises the other day, and T. Boone Pickens once again had some interesting things to say.” According to this article in the Washington Times, Mr. Pickens says that America can curb its dependence on foreign oil by adding more power [...]
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UK wind power supply to be increased
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The BBC reports that the British government has announced plans to a large increase in UK offshore wind power. The plan calls for up to 7,000 new turbines in 11 offshore zones to be built by 2020, which would triple the amount of electricity to be generated by the wind farm projects currently under development [...]
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