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• Wind Power Could be Stored as Ice

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  A perfect way of storing electricity generated by wind turbines has been elusive so far.  Ideas like super-sized batteries , compressed air and hydroelectric storage have all been floated.  One company though thinks the answer could be as simple as making ice. Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank ...
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• Wind Turbine Turning Is Called Kinetic Energy

  
  Data Porch — Authority: 129
  The motion of the wind turbine turning is called kinetic energy, this power is converted into electricity.Converting wind into electricity Wind power is converted into electricity by magnets moving past stationary coils of wire known as the stator. As the magnets pass the stator, AC electricity is produced. It is ...
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• Residential Wind Turbines Can Produce Electricity

  
  Anemated — Authority: 131
  A residential wind turbine can produce all of the electricity you need if given the right conditions. The turbine systems include: blades- which convert the wind’s energy to rotational energy, a tower to support the rotor and drive train, a nacelle containing the drive train, and electronic equipments such as ...
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• BBC sells the wind farm scam to farmers

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  The BBC loves to talk about wind farms but not about the glaring matter of their costly inefficiency says Christopher Booker.
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• Al Gore Visits 30 Rock, Cleans Up Environment

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  As I pointed out yesterday, last night Al Gore was on a special green episode of 30 Rock !  His cameo comes late in the show but as usual the entire show is funny and it is totally worth it to wait a little while to see Al Gore interact with Kenneth. Beyond the Gore cameo the show showcased (and admittedly made fun ...
  2 days ago

• Largest Wind Turbine Company to Provide Free Wind Energy Training Online

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 134
  Vestas a world leader in providing Wind Energy Solutions has  installed over 39,000 wind turbines in 63 countries on five continents and in 2008, the company installed a new turbine every three hours worldwide. These new turbines generated more than 60 million MWh a year, enough power to provide electricity for ...
  2 days ago

• Inka Curve: Innovative Self Sustained Vertical Solar Micro-farm

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 141
  If you are an eco freak and are interested in having a small micro-farm to grow your own fruits, vegetables, herbs etc that too in a sustainable way but don’t have enough space in your backyard then you could get yourself Inka Curve. Inka Curve is a complete ecosystem – it is a vertical micro-farm connected to ...
  2 days ago

• Working from Home Brings a Lot Benefits

  
  The Day Loans Blog — Authority: 131
  Working from home brings a lot benefits. It saves you from commute and dressing up everyday, it gives you tine for that extra minutes of sleep and it lets you work from your most convenient hours. But working from home it may also increase your energy bills - unless you carefully choose your office equipment and do ...
  3 days ago

• Race the Sun - the Solar Movie

  
  Cyber Poems — Authority: 130
  I was first introduced to solar energy in the movie, Race the Sun with James Belushi and Halley Berry in the lead. It was a story about low- income and under achieving Hawaiian students encouraged by their teacher to join the Solar Car race. In the movie, a car shaped like a cockroach and covered with solar panels ...
  3 days ago

• Jimmy Fallon Performs Eco-Friendly Remixes (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Last night Jimmy Fallon performed a hilarious set of eco-friendly remixes to pop songs, creating an amazing sustainable soundtrack for NBC’s Green Week .  Some of my favorites of the environmentally-inspired rewrites include Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” adapted to celebrate Jimmy’s ...
  3 days ago

• Al Gore to Appear on 30 Rock Tonight

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  I love 30 Rock and I love Al Gore so news that Al Gore has a cameo on the comedy program tonight has love just gushing out of me. The cameo is set to align with NBC’s Green Week and if the preview clip below (no Gore, but some good environmental commentary) is any indication the episode should be hilarious. ...
  3 days ago

• Planning Rules Change for Small -Scale Renewables

  
  Wind Energy Planning — Authority: 117
  Should people need planning consent for small scale renewable energy ? This is a question the UK government has been contemplating for several years. In 2008, the Town and Country Planning Order was amended to grant permitted development rights to domestic properties for solar panels, ground source heat pumps and ...
  3 days ago

• Helix Wind to power-up cell phone towers in Southern California

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 498
  Helix Wind, the company which we’ve already mentioned in the past, will trial its cell tower-powering wind turbines in Southern California. Installation will occur in early 2010, and the test…
  3 days ago

• Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Chinese Turbines

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 807
  The Breakthrough Institute issued a new report Wednesday, and it’s not good news. Teryn Norris , a senior adviser at the institute, discussed the report – Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant – in the diary Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy for American Leadership . You can read an overview and an ...
  3 days ago

• Where I have been and what I have been doing and why

  
  MGx - Musings, Essays & Ballads — Authority: 123
  Coos County and the entire Southern Oregon Coast, without question, is an exquisitely beautiful area, so six years ago I thought this would be a wonderful place to raise my daughters. Within a year, however, some hard realities and culture shocks began to set in.
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• Saving Energy - Help save the Environment as Fast as You Can

  
  EigenAnalysis — Authority: 131
  As the cost of living continues to rise, energy reports and broadcasts are crammed with energy saving tips and suggestions. Some energy saving tips require initial investments, some just solicit a change of lifestyle. The best energy saving tips are those that require almost nothing but changing a habit. This one is ...
  4 days ago

• Saving Energy and Saving Money

  
  Mystic Toad Press Blog — Authority: 127
  Saving energy and saving money should not be your sole responsibility as parents. Your kids must also learn to contribute in keeping the electric bills down. This way, your effort will not get wasted and at the same time, your kids will learn good values while growing up. Because teaching your kids to be energy ...
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• Saving Energy - Using CFLs Gets You 66% Less in Energy Cost

  
  The Beckoners — Authority: 131
  For most homes in the developed countries, lighting alone accounts for 9% of the total energy requirement. For other parts of the world, it is far more than that. Thus, using cost-efficient lights can be a real life-saver, or should we say, energy-saver. Compact fluorescent light bulbs are made to be very efficient; ...
  4 days ago

• Majestic 12 Brings Green to the Cinema

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Good news for fans of movies and fans of sustainability, a movie theater in Tennessee called Majestic 12, part of Carmike Cinemas Inc., is the first real green cinema! From the Huffington Post : U.S. Green Building Council spokeswoman Ashley Katz said Carmike has applied for LEED certification for the ...
  4 days ago

• UK to Ease Rules for On-Site Renewable Energy Installations

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 630
  Aimed at helping cut carbon emissions, the UK has proposed new planning rules that will allow home owners, offices, schools, stadiums and railway stations to install solar panels without planning permissions, reports the Telegraph. Councils will also be able to install charging stations for electric cars in public ...
  4 days ago

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