Pinwheel Concept Lights Up With Wind Power. So Why Is It Called Solarlight?
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It’s called the Solarlight but it has nothing to do with sunlight. It actually generates electricity with wind power. The concept by designer Eon Tae Yoon is a way to teach children about sustainability for energy generation; specifically, how a bit of breeze can provide us with light. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Hawaii Plans Billion Dollar Undersea Cable to Bring Wind Power to Oahu
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Being pretty much smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it’s no great secret that Hawaii is utterly dependent on imported energy. But it’s also looking to change that, hoping to develop 400 MW of wind farms on the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The trouble is getting the electricity from these islands to where the majority o…Read the full story on TreeHugger
First Freshwater Offshore Wind Farm in US Planned for Lake Erie
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The potential for developing offshore wind power in the Great Lakes has been something touted for some time now, and has now moved one step closer to reality. GE and the non-profit Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation have <a href="http://www…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Portable Solar Windmill Gathers Gusts for Gadgets
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Portable wind power is, on the whole, a failure for a viable way of gathering up a charge for gadgets. There are a few winners out there on the market, such as the HyMini, but personal wind turbines are really only a good idea if you’re a cyclist and want to keep your iPod turned on during your commute from home to work. And even then a charger that runs off your pedal power is probably a better option. Still, the <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Your Dream Beach House: Clean Powered, Water Saving Condos in Brazil
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Conceito Next, a project for a new condominium in Brazilian beach destination Florianopolis is announced as the first to incorporate wind power for residential use. The project is located in the Novo Campeche region, and will have clean energy, water saving technology and more….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Pickens Still Has a Plan, Even If It Doesn’t Include Wind Turbines
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T. Boone Pickens hasn’t been showing up as much in these pages since the wind power part of the Pickens Plan went south during the Great Recession, but, as Greentech M…Read the full story on TreeHugger
New Report Claims China Squeezing US Firms Out of Its Renewable Market
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A new industry report claims that China is favoring its local wind power firms, and that it’s effectively squeezing out US firms attempting to set up operations. The report suggests that this is particularly unfair since China is going ahead with its controversial investment in a massive 600 MW, $1.5 billion wind farm outside Dallas, Texas with US firm McGarr. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Texas Sets New Wind Power Record with 6,272-Megawatt Peak
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For a Little While, %19 of the State’s Electricity Came from Wind Power
It looks like the wind is blowing strong these days in Texas. On Sunday Feb. 28th, it broke a wind power electricity generation record with 6,242 megawatts on the ERCOT grid, and that record was broken again 5 days later on Friday March 5th with a 6,272 megawatts peak, and this is just for ERCOT, it doesn’t include wind turbines on the “Panhandle” part of the state because they are…Read the full story on TreeHugger
US Gains 2500 Gigawatts of Wind Power Potential Thanks to Taller Turbines
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A new analysis of the United States’ wind power potential for the lower 48 states has been released by AWS Truewind and shows that increases turbine height mean the nation gains an additional 2,500 gigawatts of onshore power….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Recession Struck Michigan Will Create 130,000 Jobs, $25 Billion with Climate Action Plan
Wind power on the Great Lakes. Photo via Wind Power Ninja
Michigan has one of the bolder plans to fight climate change out of any state in the nation–drawn up last year, it looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a solid 20% below 1990 levels. That’s far, far more than the climate bill that passed the House last summer pledges. And there’s more good news–a recent study from the independent …Read the full story on TreeHugger
