Wind Turbines

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The Midwest Is Going Off The Grid ... One Turbine At A Time

Jeff Bocan | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Alternative Energy Sources, Venture Capital, Jeff Bocan, Wind Turbines, Wind Energy, Alternative Energy, Beringea, Business News

My infatuation with wind power was titillated in the unlikeliest of places: the background of a Monday Night football game where a tall wind turbine spun gently beyond the stadium's walls.

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Help People More Effectively With One Question

Victoria Fine | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Blueenegy, Nonprofit Efficiency, Wind Turbines, Volunteering, Impact News

Simple, I know. But nonprofits and individuals can often let their enthusiasm distract them from the basic needs of others that must be met.

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Israelis Bring Green Power To West Bank Village

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Solar Panels, Wind Power, Solar Energy, West Bank, Wind Energy, Israel-Palestine, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Solar Power, Green News

SUSYA, West Bank — Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors – a g...

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The Economy "Doesn't Need You Anymore"

Piers Fawkes | Posted 11.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Piers Fawkes, Hank Williams, Recession, Economy, Energy, Solar Panels, Food, Inventions, Innovation, Technology, Wind Turbines, Technology News

We are nowhere near where we need to be, but it is obvious that eventually everyone will be able to produce his or her own energy, with things like rooftop solar panels and less expensive wind turbines.

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As Homeowners Turn To Windmills, Resistance Lingers

nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Residential Windmills, Windmills, Renewable Energy, Green News, Green Living, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Green News

When Mrs. Howland tried to take the next step in green living -- installing a 132-foot windmill in her backyard that would generate enough electricity...

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Could China Hold the World's Clean Technology Hostage?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Beijing, Toyota, Mining, Hybrid Cars, Clean Technology, Wind Turbines, China, Green Technology, Green News

China could tighten its control over metals essential for a wide array of green technologies, raising the specter of a unilateral OPEC for rare earth metals.

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Climate Change Protesters Superglue Themselves Together

Telegraph | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Wind Turbine, Green Living, Reuseable Energy, Super Glue, Climate, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Green, Climate Crisis, Wind Turbines, Global Warming, Green News

A group of climate change activists were arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department in support of workers staging ...

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AWEA: Record US Wind Power Growth in First-Half 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Climate Change, Electricity, Wind Turbines, 2009, Global Warming, Green News

US wind capacity continued its impressive growth in the second quarter while fossil fuel consumption continued to fall.

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Pickens Abandons Plans For Largest Wind Farm

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Oilman, T Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Pickens, Wind, Wind Turbines, Boone Pickens, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Green News

T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oilman, has abandoned his plan to build the world's largest wind farm....

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The Ultimate Power Play

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Vermont, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Alternative Energy, Green News

For the last 18 months, I've patiently waited for our local alternative energy company to bring their wind turbine product to market. While they work on perfecting their technology, I've decided to move ahead with a 10 kilowatt Bergey wind turbine.

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HuffPost's Dave Burdick On Wind Turbines, Obama's Fuel Rules, And Peeing In Old Faithful

Huff TV | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Dave Burdick, Current, Wind Turbines, Green Winners and Losers, Obama Fuel Efficiency, Current.com, Peeing in Old Faithful, Green News

Huffington Post Green Editor Dave Burdick weighed in on this week's green winners and losers over on Current.com. Topics included bird-friendly wind ...

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Study: Think Wind Turbines Kill Birds? Try Fossil Fuels!

Scitizen | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Wind Turbines Bird Deaths, Environment, Animals, Wind Turbines, Bird Deaths Per Kwh, Green News

Avian wildlife can perish not only by striking wind turbines in the ways described above, but by smashing into nuclear power plant cooling structures,...

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Small Wind Turbine With A Blender Motor (VIDEO)

Seattle Times | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Google Contest, Video, Wind Turbines, Small Wind Turbine, Green Technology, Google, Poll, Green News

Wind-powering one's home typically means one of two things: buying into a pool of money that offsets the cost of running a wind farm -- that is to say...

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5 Weird Wind Turbines (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Slideshow, MagLev Wind Turbine, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Green Technology, Green News

One way or another, it seems that wind turbines will increasingly be part of our landscapes. It only makes sense, then, that we find a bunch of intere...

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Pickens Plan Floundering, But Has Helped Raise Grid Awareness

Wall Street Journal | NEIL KING JR. | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Natural Gas Cars, Energy, Gas Prices, Energy Grid, T Boone Pickens, Cars, Pickens Plan, Trucks, Green Infrastructure, Oil Prices, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Green Technology, Natural Gas, Green News

Mr. Pickens is also amassing a nationwide cadre of supporters, including a "Pickens Army" of 1.3 million online adherents. One such foot soldier is Ry...

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17 States Subsidize Wind At Home, But Is It Worth It?

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Subsidies, Wind Power, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Wind Energy, Green News

Buying a small wind turbine to power a home can be costly -- in the range of $12,000 to $70,000 (including installation fees), according to Ron Stimme...

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Troy the Turbine Builder: Creating the New Energy Economy

Clint Wilder | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Clean Energy, Wind Turbines, Barack Obama, Economy, Manufacturing Jobs, Green News

Unlike Joe, Troy Galloway, who works at the Gamesa wind turbine plant in Pennsylvania, is an actual turbine builder, goes by his first name, and has never owed back taxes.

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Renewable Businesses Bring The Green To Portland

The Wall Street Journal | Maura Webber Sadovi | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Oregon's bid to cash in on its green appeal has given Portland's weakening commercial-real-estate market an early holiday gift. Denmark-based Vestas ...

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South Australia 10 Years Ahead Of Renewable Energy Target

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia Wind Power, Australia, Australia Renewable Energy, South Australia, Kevin Rudd, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, S Renewable Energy, Green News

The ninth wind farm in South Australia just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who...

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Journey to the Center of a Windmill

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, G Word, Solar, S Renewable Energy, Discovery, Cnbc, Windmills, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energies, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Action, Wind Turbines, Discovery Planet Green, Entertainment News

In between doing some Planet Green events I've been filming for G Word, one of Discovery's new shows. Here's a recap on one of my favorite episodes. S...

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Wind-Powered Chipotle Draws Its Wind Power From Actual Turbine

Slashfood | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Chipotle, S Renewable Energy, Burritos, Environment, Wind Turbines, Wind-Powered Chipotle, Money Saving, Green News

So often, it feels like in order to grab a quick meal you have to check your environmentally friendly ways at the door. However, for some lucky people...

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5 Myths About Wind Power

LiveScience.com | Michael Schirber | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Cost of Renewable Energy, Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Turbines for Homes, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Wind Turbines Kill Birds, Green News

Wind energy might be the simplest renewable energy to understand. Yet there are misconceptions about what makes the wind industry turn. The United St...

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Surprise Wind Turbine Victims: Bats Drowning In Air Pressure Shifts (VIDEO)

ScienCentral | Joyce Gramza | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Wind Energy, Bats, Animals, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Green News

The big knock on wind turbines has been that they're dangerous to birds. But researchers have found that they actually kill more bats, and the reason ...

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Corruption In Wind Power: Upstate New York's Intimidation Problem

New York Times | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Corruption, Wind Power, Burke New York, Wind Rush, Wind Turbines, Intimidation, Wind Power Rush, Green News

BURKE, N.Y. -- Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy looked, the wind companies had been there first. Dozens of people in their small town had already s...

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