If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) is an innovative lighter-than-air tethered device that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, efficiently generating clean renewable electrical energy at a lower cost than all competing systems. This electrical [...]
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Big Wind Potential In Michigan
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
A new report by Michigan State University’s Land Policy Institute reports that Michigan could produce as much as 321,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind, if turbines could be erected at any depth, without regard to shipping lanes or aesthetic concerns.
That’s more than 10 times the amount of electricity generated now statewide, at its peak, [...]
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Green Jobs & Tax Breaks
September 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Saturday is the first ‘Green Jobs Now‘ national day of action in the US. In true power of the people grass roots traditions Green Jobs Now is co-ordinating a National Day of Action to empower citizens to stage hundreds of grassroots events throughout the country. The partners in the project extend from national organizations [...]
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Quiet Revolution In Urban Wind Power
September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
At first glance it looks like a piece of public art, a moving sculpture and it doesn’t have the howl of other wind turbines. The QR5 is the first of British company QuietRevolutions urban wind turbines. QR5 is 16 feet tall and appropriate for larger building rooftops or with a freestanding mast. According to the [...]
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Two Directions For Renewable Energy
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Day by day things are advancing as we move towards a renewable energy future. Regardless of which renewable energy source we can look at there are really two options that already exists and will continue to grow. The first is large scale energy production and distribution by private companies and utility providers. A [...]
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Largest European Wind Farm Gets Green Light
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Continuing the worldwide growth of wind energy Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) has been granted consent to develop a 456 MW wind farm called Clyde in southern Scotland located between Biggar and Moffat.
Costing £600 million [US $1.2 billion] project will be built in two phases, and is to be The wind [...]
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