Truemors
Construction Starts On Grouse Mountain Wind Turbine
Construction on a 65-metre (213 feet) tall wind turbine is set to start on Wednesday, according to the newspaper Metro. The turbine was approved by the District of North Vancouver in October 2008 in a close vote which ended 4-3. The project was delayed in July due to safety... 
Thomas Edison: Champion of Renewable Energy
Thomas Edison knew what he was talking about... I wonder why we didn't listen"Thomas Edison, father of the electric light, saw the value of renewable energyBy Larry West, About.com American inventor... 
Floating turbines offers a new approach to offshore wind power
Floating wind turbines; cheaper and simpler than turbines fixed to the sea floor. Offshore windfarms take advantage of stronger and more consistent winds, and aren't an eyesore to land-dwelling humans."Floating in the Mediterranean Sea 12 miles off the coast of southern Italy...
European Union boosts Renewable energy up to 20% by 2020
SEPT-11 2008 Europe The Parliament's Industry Committee has almost unanimously backed EU legislation that paves the way for massive investment in renewables. EU countries are set to back the main...
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Vertical WindSpire Turbine Promises 100% Energy [used by avg. household]
Comparatively small, less noisy, more bird-friendly and reduces dependency of the People on big utility corporations. Based on an ancient Egyptian design for grinding grain."At a height of 30 ft. tall and only 2... 
Wind Turbine That Imitates Flippers Could Increase Efficiency
"For all its merits as an everlasting, carbon-free source of energy, wind has its drawbacks. There are hefty up-front installation costs associated with wind turbines, and these turbines run intermittently and...
Tidal power feeds electricity to National Grid in world first
"Working like an underwater windmill, the turbine's two rotors are propelled by some of the world's fastest tidal flows that stream in and out of the Lough at speeds of up to 8 knots. It is moored to the sea floor...
Stiff sea breeze blows away school's electricity bill
Hope this effort could be followed by others. " One of Britain’s most windswept schools has taken advantage of its position on an exposed Cornish headland to reduce its electricity bills by up to 90 per cent....
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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NASA reveals where best to build a wind farm.
Last month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged that the UK should be a world leader in renewable energy calling for a national debate on achieving the UK's target of 15% renewable energy by 2020."Mr Brown... 
Multibrid eyes Ontario for offshore turbine manufacturing
Ontario's economy has really been gutted over the past few years. the manufacturing sector has been a key factor in the erosion of Ontario's, once mighty manufacturing base, as the big automobile manufacturers (GM and Ford) have imploded, due to rising gas prices and poor...
Power That Infrastructure, Ye Seadogs!
Yeah, I just wanted to use that headline, but there really is a prototype hydroelectric generator called a Seadog, which converts ocean wave energy into electricity without any electronics of its own. The idea is for delsalination plants (which suck up a lot of power to...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Wind power should be a breeze in Ohio, adding thousands of jobs along the way
"Environment Ohio has released a report predicting the creation of approximately 3,100 jobs in the state if the use of wind power in Ohio increases to 20 percent of the state's energy production.Most of the jobs would come from the manufacturing of the actual wind turbines...
CALIFORNIA MONSTER PV SOLAR FARM
CALIFORNIA MONSTER PV SOLAR FARM $ 1 bn investment would create world's largestPV photovoltaic electricity power plantin California.Simple design for service free operation .OptiSolar driving the idea to...
Barack Obama was NOT wearing a "turbine"!
One Citizen's Opinionby Lee Dunkelberg Monday, when I wrote about the picture reportedly leaked by the Hillary Clinton campaign that showed Barack Obama in a turban, I explained that the picture was Obama in... 
created by dunkelberg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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