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DIY Hacks & How To’s: Wind Activated Lights
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In this episode of DIY Hacks and How To’s, Jason Poel Smith hacks a solar-powered LED walkway light with a motion sensor to create a cool light fixture that comes to life in the evening breez...
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May.2.2013
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Could Wind Turbines Be Toxic To The Ear?
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The U.S. is embracing wind energy, with wind turbines making up half of the new electricity added to the power grid last year. But a smattering of people who live near the turbines say they’r...
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Apr.5.2013
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Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
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Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over ...
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Feb.20.2013
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US Blows, But China Blows Much, Much Harder
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China installed more than one third of the world’s new onshore wind capacity in 2012, positioning the nation as the world’s largest wind market in terms of yearly capacity. China installed 15.9 gig...
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Feb.5.2013
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BC Offshore Wind Signs Up Siemens, And Hopes
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The United States isn’t the only North American country lagging on offshore wind power. While Europe had 1,502 turbines with a generating capacity of 4,336 megawatts connected to the grid as of Jun...
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Dec.26.2012
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Italy raids target mafia moves on wind, solar farms
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Source: Phys Italian police on Friday arrested six people in an operation to combat the penetration of mafia families in the renewable energy sector in Sicily. Police said mafia bosses had obtained...
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Dec.10.2012
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Mitt Romney’s winners and losers
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Source: Grist The Big Energy industries (oil, coal and gas) along with their political allies like Mitt Romney are waging war against sustainable energy and efforts to transform our energy system a...
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Oct.15.2012
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Wind is the Cheapest Power Source in the World, Report Says
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Source: Treehugger Electricity generated by wind farms might just be the cheapest in the world. IF, that is, you take into account the myriad costs that polluting energy sources like coal impose on...
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Oct.4.2012
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Solar & Wind Energy Stabilize the Power Grid
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Source:Cleantechnica Solar power, wind power, biogas, and other renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly important in the generation of electricity. As the quantity of wind turbines and p...
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Sep.24.2012
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On Trying to Catch the Wind Energy?
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Source: National Geographic A lack of wind won’t stall our future renewable energy economy, but Congress might. Debunking the Myths That Take the Wind out of Wind Energy’s Sails Wind has its downsi...
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Sep.21.2012
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EU votes to accelerate work on new solar and wind friendly Supergrid
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Source: RTCC The EU has backed proposals to speed up work on a new interconnected grid across the continent in a key vote in Brussels this morning. The move will make it easier to transfer electric...
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Sep.19.2012
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Wind farms are inefficient says new Environment Secretary, as DECC prepares to launch review
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Source: The Telegraph Wind farms are “inefficient” according to the new Environment Secretary as the Government plans to look again at subsidies to the industry. Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of...
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Sep.19.2012
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How Offshore Wind Can Power New York And Boston
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Source: Earth Techling Here’s something we didn’t know about offshore wind: Unlike land-based wind, which tends to blow strongest at night and in the early morning hours — when energy demand is low...
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Sep.17.2012
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An Argument Over Wind
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Source: New York Times With the wind industry facing the expiration of a production tax credit at the end of the year, the sector’s main trade association is facing off against Exelon, the big powe...
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Sep.17.2012
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UK windfarms generate record amount of power
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Source: The Guardian Britain’s windfarms broke a new record on Friday by providing over four gigawatts of power to the National Grid – enough to light and heat more than 3m British homes. It ...
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Sep.17.2012
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South Carolina’s Offshore Wind Development Has Been Slowed By Natural Gas And The Recession
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Source: Huffington Post Developing wind energy is important to South Carolina’s economy and environment even though lower natural gas prices and the Great Recession have slowed development of...
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Sep.14.2012
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Clean energy photography competition winners
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Source: The Guardian Highly commended, Micky Thompson: ’Approaching Glasgow in the early morning we flew over this windfarm. Every photographer must have a bit of luck sometimes. The window w...
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Sep.13.2012
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Jobs on the line as wind tax credit hangs in the breeze
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Source: Midwest Energy News Every week this fall, 170 workers will toil in the farm fields north of Elwood, Indiana. But they’re not growing corn or soybeans. Instead, a major construction project ...
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Sep.13.2012
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Wind Power = Clean Energy Future
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Source: EcoWatch Wind energy provides clean, renewable power that doesn’t pollute our air, harm our health or keep us tied to the fuels of last century. But as two new Natural Resources Defense Cou...
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Sep.12.2012
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Enough Wind to Power Global Energy Demand: New Research Examines Limits, Climate Consequences
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Source: Science Daily There is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world’s demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier and faster high-altitude winds into energy could ...
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Sep.11.2012
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