Posts Tagged ‘wind power’

EarthSure announces AirRay: Sleek green car to run solely on solar and wind power!

Monday, November 9, 2009 17:19 By Neo

Unleashing the perfect green vehicle on to the roads is the dream of every automaker right now on the planet. There obviously is more reason than one for this very ‘green and clean’ outlook that automobile firms have taken up. Green in terms of the cash they make might also depend on eco-friendly features as [...]

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World’s First Floating Wind Turbine On Ocean

Thursday, September 24, 2009 19:03 By Radhika

Energy company Statoil has started use of the first full size Hywind floating wind turbine.
Aimed at eliminating the complications of setting up wind turbines to produce energy on land and setting up base on the ocean beds, this one has been set up 10 kilometres off the Norwegian coast and floats. Having such turbines to [...]

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The Downside of Wind Power

Friday, July 17, 2009 17:59 By GSerrano

Touted as a clean, renewable, and environmentally-friendly energy source, wind power may have its ‘own environmental problems.’ The energy source’s infrasonic waves produced by the windmills’ rotors may cause health problems in humans that manifest in muscle pains, headaches, tremors, and insomnia. Incidences in Japan have been reported.
“Wind-power generation has been a business success, costing [...]

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The World (of Energy and Environment) According to Obama

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:08 By GSerrano

Obama’s energy plan costs $150 billion for clean technologies. This funding will be spread over a period of 10 years. The keywords are energy efficiency, low-carbon fuels, renewable energies, and dramatic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. His administration will initially tackle smaller measures since the energy legislation will take some time to pass. The US [...]

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Britain Becomes World’s No.1 Wind Power Producer to Power 300,000 Homes

Thursday, October 23, 2008 14:51 By Ramya

UK is in the news for ousting Denmark from it’s position of the world’s biggest producer of offshore wind power succeeded by the set up of its new offshore wind power plant at Lincolnshire, along the coastlines of Skegness and it now has enough offshore wind farms to provide power to 300,000 homes.

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