Posts Tagged ‘wind turbines’
Green Job Market Growing in Kansas
Kansas Wind Farm near Salina
If there are two things Kansas has plenty of, it’s sun and wind– things that used to make life hard for farmers, but that are now powering a new and growing green job market in the Sunflower state. According to the Kansas Green Jobs Report, just released by the state Department [...]
On the Radar: Wind Power and National Security
When it comes to renewable energy, there are a number of considerations beyond the obvious ones (cost, appearance, CO2 emissions saved, etc.) This may not have been on your radar, but wind power and National Security have had an uneasy co-existence… until now.
The U.S. Defense Department has recently announced that the Pentagon is stepping up [...]
World’s Largest Wind Farm to be Constructed in Oregon
This week, General Electric (GE) announced a huge renewable energy deal right here in my home state of Oregon. $1.4 billion will go to supply over 300 wind turbines for the largest wind farm in the world – the Shepards Flat Wind Farm – which will be owned and operated by Caithness Energy.
In just a [...]
Improving Wind Power Efficiency
Improving wind power efficiency is one of the primary hurdles to making wind energy a successful and viable alternative energy source. This is because wind speeds can vary even more greatly than the strength of ultraviolet light (required for solar power). We cannot control the wind – darn it anyway – so what can be [...]
Central Oregon Wind Farm Generating Controversy
The Central Oregon area in which I live is gorgeous. Snow capped mountains to the west, sparkling blue skies about 300 days a year (yes, we are lucky), Ponderosa pine trees and plenty of wildlife. Its also frequently windy here. A perfect place to site a wind farm, right?
Maybe not, if you believe the claims [...]
Wind Energy in the Northwest
It has been said that the strength and viability of renewable energy alternatives in the Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) is comparable to the power of Silicon Valley with respect to computers. The area is flush with sunshine, running waters and wind. In Oregon, in particular, wind energy has made news with the [...]
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- Solar-Powered School Buses2010 is turning out to be the year of the electric vehicle. With back to school season in full swing, kids in Wisconsin can soon get a lesson in energy efficiency before they even reach the school steps. A new fleet of plug-in electric hybrid school buses will be transporting students in the Oconomowoc school [...] […]
- Solar Energy DisadvantagesI’m sure that we can all agree that finding reliable alternative energy sources is critical in the coming decades. Regardless of whether you believe that the planet is warming, we simply cannot continue to burn fossil fuels as if they will always be available for our use. Obviously, I’m a proponent of solar power since [...] […]
