Monday, October 27th, 2008
Quieter than a whisper, the SWIFT Wind Turbine, the first rooftop wind turbine installed in the United States, was pioneered by Cascade Engineering. The first rooftop installation went live early today in Muskegon, Mich., providing businesses and homeowners in windy environments an effective solution to lower energy bills and reduce ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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Small-scale wind power has attracted new attention as a promising microgeneration technology for reducing greenhouse gases. The technology includes any wind turbine that generates less than 50 kilowatts when operating at capacity.
In the past few years, multiple new small scale wind power products have entered commercial markets in the ...
Posted in Carbon, Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Private Equity, Research, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Cape Farewell, Greenland: The Windiest Place in the World
Greenland is the world’s largest island, with an area of over 2 million square kilometers; however, much of the island is covered by an ice cap that can reach thicknesses of 3 kilometers. This photograph (taken by NASA) illustrates the southernmost tip ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Continental Wind Partners, a major renewable power developer, and CEZ Group, the leading CE power utility, finalized the sale of two massive wind farms in Romania today -- Fantanele and Cogealac wind farms. CEZ purchased the two projects, which will together be the largest onshore wind farm in Europe ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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Map of Promising Sites for Wind Power
The Bureau of Land Management eclipsed the promise of solar energy in the United States yesterday. The tragic fate of the U.S. wind power industry in the 1980s illustrates how the BLM's decision will impact the still embryonic U.S. solar energy industry.
U.S. Windpower, the ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Venture Capital, map | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
A Wind Turbine: Parts and All
The terms "wind energy" or "wind power" describe how the wind generates mechanical power or electricity. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical power, which can be used for a mechanical task like grinding grain or pumping water. Alternatively, a generator ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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Understanding Wind: Wind is a manifestation of solar energy that results from the uneven warming of the earth's surface. This creates pockets of cold and hot air masses with low and high pressures that constantly negotiate to find a balance. As pressure rises, air speed and strength rises.
Understanding Wind ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
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Location: Tel Assania, Israel
Developer: Mei Golan Wind Energy
Built in: 1992
Turbines: Villas Wind Technology
In 1992, Mei Golan Wind Energy, a subsidiary of the Israel-based mineral water company Mei Golan, developed the first commercial wind-power project in the Middle East at Tel Assania, Israel. The wind farm has 10 turbines generating 6 ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology | No Comments »
