Noise from wind turbine blades, inadvertent bat and bird kills and even the way wind turbines look have made installing them anything but a breeze. New York design firm Atelier DNA has an al... Read more
Later this month, Helix Wind Corporation will deliver its first test wind turbines to Eltek Network Solutions Group for installation at two test sites in Nigeria. Sites in the US are... Read more
There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. Read more
Wind turbines are being placed too close together While there are increasing numbers of large wind farms being built around the world, many of these projects are underperforming and not prod... Read more
Poo isn’t something generally talked about in polite company but like it or not, all of that human waste has to go somewhere. In smaller rural communities, it usually goes to wastewate... Read more
Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could u... Read more
It would seem kind of strange if you were driving on a back road at night, far from any known source of electricity, when you suddenly came across a working streetlight. Such a thing is poss... Read more
“There is enough energy in high altitude winds to power civilization 100 times over; and sooner or later, we’re going to learn to tap into the power of winds and use it to run ci... Read more
A cunning plan to store energy underwater may help fulfil the promise of wind power THE problem with wind power is that is cannot always be relied upon. The wind—and other transient, environ... Read more
Few people would argue that having a rooftop wind turbine could help offset your power bills. Your neighbors, however, might not appreciate the sight of a windmill on your roof, nor would th... Read more