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Wind in Virginia Gains Support
in IfEnergy, on June 7, 2009
...o the Associated Press .
I live in an area where the proposed construction of 400-foot high wind turbines has become a contentious issue. Supporters of the region's coal industry see wind as a ...
Renewable energy and the recession
in Sox First, on June 5, 2009
...ention is certain to hold up prices and provide security for investors. That said, setting up wind turbines, wave energy outlets and solar grids is capital intensive which means the sector can only f...
GM's bad ad
in Sox First, on June 2, 2009
... after it filed for bankruptcy. You can watch it courtesy of AdvertisingAge . With images of wind turbines, public transport and butterflies, GM proclaims it is a new beginning. "the only chapt...
Small Wind: GE Is Investing
in IfEnergy, on April 16, 2009
...eported earlier this month that GE is sinking money into wind power. But it's not the big super-turbines, it's small personal wind turbines that GE is focusing on. Southwest Windpower, which m...
Baker Hughes appoints new VP for supply chain
in Supplychainer, on March 16, 2009
...pany, and a major player in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Mr. Soucy held a variety of management positions across diffe...
The Bernanke-Obama dance
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
...these jobs will be in the private sector - jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit." Trouble is how do we ...
BP, Dominion Power Look to Bring Windmills to Bluefield
in IfEnergy, on February 4, 2009
...chian county.
BP Wind Energy and a power company called Dominion want to put 400-feet tall wind turbines on a mountain in the Clinch Mountain range here, according to our local paper . They'v...
Does the green jobs promise add up?
in Sox First, on November 3, 2008
... would actually be created in the US, and how many overseas in for example the construction of wind turbines and other pieces of equipment? And what about skills? Is there a big enough skills base for...
More Siemens woes
in Sox First, on March 20, 2008
...ael . The allegations are that bribes were paid to a former judge in order to promote the sale of turbines to Israel Electric Corporation (IEC). Löscher clearly has his work cut out. He might want t...
Irland: Thrifty Car weiter auf ökologischem Kurs
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on November 23, 2007
...ommitment to the environment going forward. The fact that Thrifty uses energy generated by wind turbines means not only a lower energy bill, but a green solution to office workings. In recent times a ...
Rolls Royce uses RFID for asset tracking in suply chain
in Supplychainer, on November 21, 2007
... Rolls-Royce , the manufacturer of gas turbines and engines, has been testing RFID for use in tracking its internal supply chain. Ultimately, the company hopes to determine whether the technology c...
Solar Lasers: Mmm, Toasty!
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 1, 2007
...ea-water, which contains a lot of magnesium. This process gives off heat-which can be used to power turbines to generate electricity, and hydrogen-which can be used to power a hydrogen-powered car. Th...
Green Energy
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 27, 2007
...wind and solar but also biomass, ethanol, distributed generation plays such as fuel cells and micro turbines. One other emerging technology play is the rising interest in photo voltaic nanotechnology ...
Solar Heating 101
in IfEnergy, on May 29, 2007
...the subject of using solar, after summer. Home based renewable energy concepts include small wind-turbines and solar heating and so far, solar energy for water heating has been the easiest and most ...
Wind Farms and Air Pollution
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
... wind energy. But this study says otherwise. In fact it says:
"...Building thousands of wind turbines would probably not reduce the pollutants that cause smog and acid rain , but it would...
The Tide Comes In to New York's East River: New York's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2007
... New York is looking at underwater turbines to generate electricity in the East river and is known by its long name, New York's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project. The project will u...
Netherlands Takes on Wind Farms
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2007
...llion offshore project was recently inaugurated in Egmond a an Zee, northwest of Amsterdam. With 36 turbines churning out a more than 100 MW of energy, this clearly is a statement for the country that...
140 Wind Turbines at Outer Thames Estuary
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
I recently reported the UK breaching the 2 GW wind power mark. It looks like they are not stopping at all.
This month, UK Secretary of State Alistair Darling approved the first offshore wind farm outside British territorial waters. Airtricity and Flour of Texas are beginning to design a 5...
Pump Technology Produces Clean Water and Energy
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
...on. The salted portion of the water is returned to the sea after it is passed through hydroelectric turbines. Developed by Independent natural resources Inc., a Minnesota-based company, this te...
Japan Gets Ready for New Wind Farm
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
... prefecture of Hyogo has just signed a contract with Repower Systems AG for the supply of ten turbines to add to the 43 turbines that have been installed and is supplying almost 70 MW of power n...
Wind Power in Antartica
in IfEnergy, on January 30, 2007
...gy generation? Where else but the place you are trying to save from GHG led destruction! Eight wind turbines will be erected in the South Pole to power Antartic research stations . Once erected,...
Top 10 Green Business Ideas of 2006
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 29, 2006
...et. Here's a quick run-down.
1. hybrid cars .
2. Consumer generated power through wind turbines.
3. Household recycling plants.
4. Green rental cars.
5. Sustainable fashion.
6. Innova...
Wind as a Business Venture
in Bizinformer, on December 22, 2006
...he location is available for download.
Key elements of the London Array project are:
• Up to 271 turbines, installed over a four year period
• Associated offshore and onshore substations
• Cabling (b...
Flow Batteries
in IfEnergy, on November 27, 2006
... Renewable energy technologies, particularly solar generators and wind turbines, are often criticized for their inability to store electricity in large amounts. It looks like this will change soon, ...
Canada's Largest Wind Farm
in IfEnergy, on November 27, 2006
...Called the Prince Wind Energy Project located in Sault Ste. Marie, the wind farm boasts of 126 wind turbines producing almost 200 MW of renewable energy. This development is a significant breakthrough...
New 25 MW Wind Farm in British Columbia
in IfEnergy, on November 27, 2006
... electricity in the area. According to Jonathan Raymond , COO of Katabatic Power Corp., AAER's turbines are proven and ideal for their project.
The transaction was reported to cost $80 million i...
Popularity of domestic wind turbines rises in the UK
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 28, 2006
... According to WorldWatch , and Reuters , 80,000 homes in the UK are now using domestic wind turbines:
Now turbines have been embraced by mainstream retailers like B&Q, a chain of hardware st...
Eisenhower Fights Another Battle
in IfEnergy, on September 13, 2006
...'s landscape and is opposing the development of a £20m wind farm which will have 250 feet high turbines.
Ms. Eisenhower is fighting for the Culzean Castle, an 18th century estate owned by the N...
Reliability Questioned
in IfEnergy, on September 10, 2006
...wever, concerns about its reliability have always been asked, especially by wind detractors.
Wind turbines require between ten to twenty five miles per hour winds to produce electricity. If it does ...
Plant seeks to make landfills obsolete producing power from trash
in IfEnergy, on August 22, 2006
...ctricity. Taking a gasification approach (materials are converted to gas which is then used to turn turbines instead of the conventional approach of garbage being burnt, producing steam, and then turn...
Breakthrough in Gas Turbine Design
in IfEnergy, on August 22, 2006
... use a re-circulating exhaust system to lower emission levels.
These modifications make gas turbines more efficient by 1) extracting waste heat from the exhaust which makes the engine run with...
3-In-1: Power, Water and Refrigeration
in IfEnergy, on August 21, 2006
... produce cool air that ties in with the turbine making them more efficient (studies showed that gas turbines lose efficiency when operated in warm climates) and potable water while the gas turbine is ...
A Minister, Parrots, and Wind Farms
in IfEnergy, on August 6, 2006
...hich take advantage of wind avenues, are often in conflict. Bird strikes (birds colliding with wind turbines) have become a serious concern especially for environment advocates but the climate-mitigat...
Tidal Power Being Pursued Worldwide
in IfEnergy, on August 5, 2006
...l power with the approaches significantly veering away from the case of simply inverting "wind turbines". This should be an interesting development, one that we should keep track of. Do you ...
India's Wind Power Success
in IfEnergy, on July 31, 2006
... making these possible by providing incentives, such as concessional import duties on components of turbines, tax exemptions, accelerated depreciations, and loan facilities from financial institutions...
Noiseless and More Efficient Wind Turbine
in IfEnergy, on July 27, 2006
...ush Turbine , a wind turbine that is significantly advance in design .
Unlike present wind turbines that are being set up at residential areas and are fast becoming eyesores and earaches ...
The Ultimate Deadly Living System
in IfEnergy, on June 26, 2006
...rough a primary secondary loop interface the steam generator. The steam then powers both electrical turbines for electricity and propulsion turbines for propelling the sub.
Life Support: Nuclear sub...
Spinning Wind Turbines and Bird Death
in IfEnergy, on June 21, 2006
...t any subject can be spun for political use and this just might be the case with bird loss and wind turbines. Often times one does not know what to believe. Not at all surprisingly birds have some pol...
Learning from Danish energy independence
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 27, 2006
...ble energy in Denmark, and more than 20% of the total power generated in the country come from wind turbines, - a world record. In a US market eagerly looking for fossil fuel alternatives, Denm...
Embracing alternative energies
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 22, 2006
.... It is expected to cost $1 billion to $2 billion and should be ready in five years.
Its 400-foot turbines would generate a total of 500 megawatts of electricity, or enough energy for 125,000 homes....
Spinning Wind Turbines and Bird Death
in IfEnergy, on May 15, 2006
...t any subject can be spun for political use and this just might be the case with bird loss and wind turbines. Often times one does not know what to believe. Not at all surprisingly birds have some pol...
Capital Investing (Two) Seabreeze Power Corp.
in IfEnergy, on May 2, 2006
...Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia.
The Knob Hill project will consist of 66 wind turbines with a total installed generation capacity of 99 megawatts.
Part of the reason this compa...
Tilting at Windmills
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2006
...ects across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. In Western Maryland, a proposal to build wind turbines alongside a coal mine, on a heavily logged mountaintop next to a transmission line, has jus...
The Wind Report
in IfEnergy, on April 14, 2006
...ankings, which include the leading states for wind energy development, the suppliers of wind energy turbines, and owners and purchasers of wind energy, provide a useful measure of the size and breadth...
Sustainable Energy Model Harnesses Solar Energy From The Sea
in Philoneist, on January 5, 2006
...ves harnessing the temperature differences between surface and sub-3000 feet regions to power vapor turbines, producing both electricity and fresh water. Unlike solar cells there is no dependency on...