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Solar and wind powered traffic lights

Gabriel — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:27:52 +0000

Reworking traffic lights may not be the first thing that comes to mind when local governments consider ways to save money. But a project in Lincoln, Neb., is researching if traffic lights could pay for themselves by feeding renewable energy into the power grid. A solar and wind powered traffic light project at the University […]

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Carnegie Mellon University Purchases 100 Percent of its Energy From Wind Power

Gabriel — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:36:12 +0000

Carnegie Mellon University has announced that it will purchase green power to offset 100 percent of the university’s electric consumption for 2012. The purchase reflects CMU ‘s longstanding commitment to promoting environmental sustainability. CMU will purchase 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of Green-e certified renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy. The power supported by the […]

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Oasis like power plants designed to gather solar and wind power

Adrian — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:27:21 +0000

Solar Wind Desert Power Plant is a new design proposal of the artist and inventor Michael Jantzen. He imagine a large public gathering place inspired by the shape of a flowering plant. In its vision this Solar Wind Power Plant should be located in a hot and dry climate to use efficient solar power and […]

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LEGO goes on renewable energy using wind power

Adrian — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:18:22 +0000

LEGO Group decided to go on renewable energy after KIRKBI, the parent company announced it will invest in an offshore wind power development. The Denmark firm Kirkbi will invest $534 million in the largest wind farm made by a Danish company for renewable energy. This will happen after a join venture with Danish companies Dong […]

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Germany bets on renewable energy

Adrian — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:51:52 +0000

Germany produces over 20 percent of all its electricity from renewable energy sources. Very interesting, more than 51 percent of all renewable energy in Germany is owned by individuals, citizen or farms, totalling $100 billion of private investment in clean energy. Moreover, 50percent of solar power utilities are owned by individuals and farms, while 54 […]

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Wind energy capacity doubled in 2011 by Canada

Adrian — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:18:12 +0000

A record year for Canada’s wind industry according to the data from Canadian Wind Energy Association (Can WEA) show us that 2010’s goals were exceeded and 1400 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in 2011. The country holds ninth largest wind power capacity in the world enough to power 1.5 million homes. As an […]

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Micro Wind Turbines as the next stage of the wind energy sources

Adrian — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:55:05 +0000

Solar power and wind energy are the currently green and clean energy sources. Because of their intermittence in generating energy at global level it contributes only with 6 per cent. Clean energy’s share remains small but the benefits prevent construction of more fossil fuel power plants that would emit CO2 for next years. Power outputs […]

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How do windmills create electricity based on wind speed

Gabriel — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:16:55 +0000

Power output continues to grow as the wind speed increases, but at a slower rate than it does right after the cut-in point. The windmills create electricity when reaching maximum rated wind speed, above which the power output holds steady under ideal conditions, generally 22 to 36 miles per hour, depending on the type of […]

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IKEA Goes on Renewable Energy

Adrian — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:20:31 +0000

Ikea Group intends to become much greener until 2015. Their goal is to have 80% of the electricity in every store generated by renewable energy. To achieve this goal IKEA will hardly invest in solar and wind power. The advantage of their huge stores with flat roofs seems to be perfect for solar panels installation. […]

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Wind Turbines Revolution in Gdansk

Adrian — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:07:39 +0000

An historical moment for Gdansk Citiy was in 1980 when some 17,000 ship builders went on strike to change the comunist government. Thirty years later, the same shipyard city shock the world in a green sense. All clean targets seted out by European Union and the hard decision of Germans to shut down its nuclear power plants […]

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