Wind Could Drive 20% of World Power Needs By 2030, With China in Lead
Despite earlier setbacks, wind power may have reached a tipping point. This morning we learned that Google (of all companies) is investing up to 0 million in infrastructure to support a massive wind farm 10 miles off the East Coast that will be operational in 2016. And approval was granted just last week for the first offshore wind project in the U.S., a billion 130-windmill affair off the …
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Harnessing the wind
The Conservation Foundation has put into place the last piece of gear it will use to illustrate the power — both economic and environmental — of wind, sunshine and rain. Workers from Monarch Renewable Energy in Elgin were at the McDonald Farm site in south-central Naperville Friday, putting in a …
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A model home
Imagine living in a home powered by solar panels, photovoltaic cells and micro-wind turbines. There would be no thermostat or electrical wiring and coffee would be made from purified rainwater. With new and expanding ideas of ways to reduce the…
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