Wind Power
Mandating Energy Storage In California May Become Reality
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California is considering mandating energy storage. This mandate would mean that during peak demand energy would come from wind, solar and other intermittent sources. By 2020 California wants renewable sources to provide 33 percent of their energy. This is ambitious but encouraging.
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Giant Battery Stores Energy Using Gravel
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Cambridge University engineers may have found a way to store energy using gravel. A small test pilot plant will be built to test the idea and could store 16MWH at full capacity. There is no shortage of gravel in the world so this could be an awesome way to store energy.
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Obama Administration Approves Construction of Off-Shore Wind Farm
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Obama Administration has approved the nation's first off-shore wind farm, despite being opposed by an unusual coalition of opponents like environmentalists and tribal leaders
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Future Site of 845-megawatt Oregon Wind Farm in Jeopardy
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Construction of the world's largest wind project has come to a screeching halt. The U.S. Air Force is worried that wind turbines would interfere with radar detection on a nearby radar station.
Read more »Evan Bayh Hates The Environment
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Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana votes against the National Renewable Energy Standard that even some Republicans support
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Understanding Smart Grids
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Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy gives a 3 minute introduction of the components of Smart Energy Grid technology at the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco
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Shell Still Thinking Small
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Shell Oil announced that it will make no investments in wind or solar energy for the foreseeable future, claiming they are struggling technologies for investment
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United States Making Significant Progress Towards Alternative Power
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The U.S. has taken the lead from Germany and become the world's largest wind power producer at 25 gigawatts, and is on pace to becoming the largest solar producer as well
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Wind Turbine Manufacturer's Need Help Now
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Even with promises of a new Green Economy and the New Administration promising quick action, wind turbine manufacturers are laying off employees
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Study Suggests Windmills Are NOT Buzzsaws That Kill Birds
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Scientists studying the risk of Wind Farms in the UK show that wind turbines are not as deadly to smaller native flyers as previously thought
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