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• NRG Energy sees the (green) light, buys Bluewater Wind

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 796
  Filed under: Energy , Company News , Green NRG Energy ( NRG ) a $3 billion company with 24,000 megawatts of coal, natural gas, nuclear, and solar power plants in its portfolio, has acquired Bluewater Wind , based in Hoboken, N.J., for cash on hand. The deal, announced in a press conference on Monday with Drew ...
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• Michael Jantzen’s Awe-Inspiring Wind Farm Celebration Center

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 746
  The newest building concept to spring from the mind of eco-designer and artist Michael Jantzen is a testament to the power of renewable energy . His monumental Wind Farm Celebration Center is designed to serve as a visitor center and is very appropriately powered by an awe-inspiring 1.5 MW wind turbine that sprouts ...
  2 days ago

• Wind Integration: Incremental Emissions from Back-Up Generation Cycling (Part I: A Framework and Calculator)

  
  MasterResource — Authority: 524
  Editor note: This post will be followed by Part II on additional technical documentation. Mr. Hawkins’s study is presented to increase the interest in this highly important,  politically sensitive issue of incremental pollution from firming up industrial wind power. Integrating random, highly variable wind ...
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• Is small wind a big deal?

  
  Marc Gunther — Authority: 492
  When it comes to energy, GE is all about big: big coal plants, big nuclear plants, big wind towers. So why would the $183-billion a year industrial conglomerate bother to invest a small amount of money—just a few million dollars – in a small company that makes wind turbines so small they can be erected in your ...
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• Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 746
  Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create beautiful, environmentally sensitive structures that help contribute to a more sustainable future. A dramatic example of the confluence of design, technology and environmental sustainability can be seen ...
  3 days ago

• Alternative energy down on the farm: A still-untapped resource

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 796
  Filed under: Energy , Technology , Green As the federal government hands out billions of dollars to subsidize, push, prod and canoodle companies into jump-starting a green revolution in the U.S., one segment of the economy has been more or less left out. That would be farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
  6 days ago

• Small Wind Turbine Flaps Wings Like a Bee

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 746
  The Birds and the Bees have inspired one startup to send forth a hovering turbine. Green Wavelength , “committed to finding ways of applying nature’s solutions to our man-made energy problems,” presented its xBee prototype to an entrepreneurial buzz at The Perfect Pitch 2009 . This biomimetic windmill ...
  1 week ago

• STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , Hydrogen , Solar , Green Daily , USA One of the reasons that a vehicle powered by something other than gasoline is such a popular idea in the U.S. is that it helps us become less reliant on other countries for our transportation needs. To this end, biofuels ...
  1 week ago

• CleanTech Goes to Washington, VC Leader Testifies Before Senate

  
  CleanBeta — Authority: 428
  Statement of Stephan Dolezalek VantagePoint Venture Partners , CleanTech Group Leader Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act October 29, 2009 Chairwoman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chinese technology to power U.S. wind farm

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 796
  Filed under: Energy , Green It is a sad day for the U.S. renewable energy business. A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. ( APWR ), a Chinese producer of wind power turbines, has won the contract to provide turbines for one of the largest wind farms in America. The project, located in West Texas, will cost $1.5 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Totally Tubular Wine!

  
  EcoSalon — Authority: 523
  It’s not your grandmother’s wine box! This 3-liter tube contains a premium, rich and structured California Cab – the first release by winemaker Barry Gnekow, who went looking for a way to drink outside the box and to entertain without the waste. “My goal was to produce the equivalent of a $25 bottle of wine ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Cross-Wind Bridge’ captures wind to illuminate by night

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 137
  In this hour of need, we just cannot afford to sit aside and go on consuming energy in the form of electricity. It’s high time we sit up and take control of what and how much we use and consume lest a day comes where all natural resources get exhausted. Solar energy and wind energy are the richest sources of energy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Intellectual Property: IPR threatens China’s new energy sector

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 127
  Stimulated by governments’ supporting policies, a large number of Chinese firms have turned to new energy and related industries. Over 10 large scale new energy bases have been established . However, experts say that China’s emerging new energy sector may face a lack of core technology crisis. In the wind ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ridgeblade Wind Turbine Silences NIMBYs

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 746
  Rooftop solar panels are unlikely to elicit complaints from neighbors–they’re silent and relatively unobtrusive. But loud rooftop wind turbines? That’s where the virtually NIMBY-proof Ridgeblade turbine comes in. The turbine, designed by a former Rolls Royce turbine engineer at UK-based The Power Collective ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ankida - The futuristic wind-powered yacht

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 137
  The unique feature of the ‘Ankida’ yacht designed by Lila-Lou is that it is wind powered. In Ankida, there is a natural integration of the mast, sail and keel configuration with the hull thus moving away from a traditional centre-alignment. The vessel is made in the bow-like arrangement thereby allowing the forces ...
  2 weeks ago

• John Prescott lambasts selfish landowners over wind energy solutions

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 141
  Former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott has launched a new attack on landowners who disrupt plans to build wind farms because they might spoil their view. He points out that the government wants to be able to produce thirty gigawatts of electricity from wind energy by 2020. At present wind farms provide four ...
  3 weeks ago

• GE, clean tech and your tax dollars

  
  Marc Gunther — Authority: 492
  Let me state my bias upfront: I’m am admirer of GE and its chief executive, Jeff Immelt, and the company’s ecomagination initiative. GE and Wal-Mart are, as I have written , the most influential companies in America, and it’s great that they are serious about becoming more sustainable, and working with their ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wind companies ask “Is this heaven?” — No, it’s Iowa

  
  VentureBeat — Authority: 788
  With eco-friendly legislation looming on the horizon in the U.S. , states are racing to roll out their green economic development plans. With the crown champ California, solar-happy Arizona and the efficiency-conscious Northeast coming down the home stretch, few would have predicted Iowa to break into their ranks. ...
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• Estimating Energy’s Hidden Costs

  
  CleanBeta — Authority: 428
  How much does energy “cost” in the United States?  The market price provides only a partial answer to this question, according to a new report by the National Research Council exploring the “hidden” costs of U.S. energy production and consumption.  The report estimates the dollar value of these ...
  3 weeks ago

• It is imperative the global community acts now on climate change

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Looking around the world British business led by the CBI is one of the leading voices for action on climate change. As we enter the endgame for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen beginning with the Major Economies Forum in London today that voice is more vital than ever.
  4 weeks ago

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