wind power

Everybody wants to have a cleaner Earth, but few of them take any actions. One of those people is Doug Selsam, who designed high-power wind turbines that can generate enough energy to power a home. The wind turbines measure about 14-18 inches in diameter and they can generate an impressive amount of 200 watts for a 20 mph wind, but the wind turbines could do better if the winds are stronger.

A new report by the US Department of Energy says that with enough support wind energy could provide 20% of US electricity needs by the year 2030, for only $6 per per a year. Not a bad deal!

From Green Options - a book review of 'Off the Grid Homes' by Lori Ryker, a new book that presents the new look of off the grid homes, or in other words: appealing architecture is meeting high sustainability.

The Energy Department said yesterday that the United States has the ability to meet 20 percent of its electricity-generation needs with wind by 2030...

Norway, a country known for oil and natural gas exports and certainly not concerned about foreign oil, is making the switch to wind power.

Dale Vince discusses whether demand generation is as effective as actual generation in terms of changing the way electricity is created and distributed.

A brief description of several wind and solar power systems that may be appropriate for your home or business.

The European Parliament has set a target of having 25% of their energy come from renewable energy by 2020. Of that 25%, half is planned to come from wind energy.

Europe is already well on their way to making this happen as well, with 5 countries (Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Germany) having more than 5% of their energy provided by wind farms. Currently there exists 80 GW of installed wind capacity in the EU, though only 3.5 GW of that is derived from wind farms built off-shore.

A very ambitious project by the Belgian government to build a wind turbine park 30 kms (20 miles) off the Belgian coast on the Thornton bank. The first wind turbines base towers left Ostend.

U.S. wind power is growing at a breath-taking pace. Representatives from top wind turbine manufacturers including GE Energy, Gamesa, Siemens and Vestas, discuss U.S. wind energy's future outlook.

Lists the most ambitious clean energy and environmental-sustainability projects in the world today.

Cool list generated by the EPA yesterday.

Environmentalists are used to fighting battles, but this week’s rejection of the Lewis wind farm in Scotland highlights how they are lining up against each other in countryside battles, as issues like protecting birdlife habitat conflict with the need to produce clean energy.

Great idea - a $100 wind turbine to power $100 laptops? (or LED lights, mobile phones and possibly fridges)

Plans to build one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms in the Outer Hebrides have been formally rejected after Scottish ministers ruled the £500m scheme would devastate a globally significant peatland.