According to this scientist it may be feasible to harness the power of tornadoes to generate electricity. Essentially these power plants would create safe vortexes which are fed through turbines. It's estimated a power plant of this type could generate 200 megawatts of electricity enough for a small city.
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Generating electricity from man made tornadoes
(via www.msnbc.msn.com)
Submitted by TheMonk on Thu, 2008-06-26 03:40. | Tags: science | city | electric | electricity | megawatt | plant | power | tornadoe | vortex

Nanosolar Cheap Solar Cells Are Shipped
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Nanosolar with the help of the Google Guys has developed cheap solar panels that don't use silicon and are now bringing them to market. You can even buy one on eBay.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Thu, 2007-12-20 18:27. | Tags: technology | cells | cheap | electricity | megawatt | nanosolar | panels | plants | power | solar