The recent spike in electricity supply on the European grid illuminated the problem of storing wind energy, which reamins one of the biggest obstacles to large scale adoption.
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High Winds + Wind Farms = Falling Electricity Prices
(via cleantechnica.com)
Submitted by ecopolitico on Fri, 2008-04-18 23:39. | Tags: science | Energy Storage | Europe | grid | renweable energy | technology | wind energy
Support for Cape Wind Surging. Opponents Successfully Appeal fo 30-day Public Comment Extension
(via redgreenandblue.org)
A recent survey (pdf) found that 87 percent of Massachusetts residents say they are now “more likely to support Cape Wind†in the wake of the recently issued draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that found no major environmental harms resulting from the proje
Submitted by ecopolitico on Thu, 2008-03-13 03:24. | Tags: politics | cape wind | energy | environment | offshore wind | renweable energy | wind energy