Category Archives: wind power
Home Made Wind Turbine
Build your own wind generator. Very affordable very efficient. This system provides a marvelous opportunity for self employment. Check out the Green Employment Channel at lifeandlove.tv Alternative energy can be created by individuals. In these times of massive job losses ideas like these could pay your mortgage. Technorati Tags: alternative, electric, employment, energy, generator, grid, … Continue reading
A Look at Floating Wind Farms: Harnessing Offshore Energy
Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Habib Dagher, Structural Engineering Professor at the University of Maine, describes the concept of offshore wind turbines that float in deep water. Currently, the only fully operational floating wind turbine in the world is located in Norway and serves as a model for a planned offshore wind farm in Maine. … Continue reading
Clean Energy – Wind vs Coal
Complete video at: fora.tv Sierra Club’s Bruce Nilles argues for complete replacement of outdated coal power plants while ‘clean coal’ advocates Joe Lucas and Ray Lane challenge him, arguing that wind and coal are complimentary. “There’s no such thing as a perfect energy source,” says Lucas. —– Is clean coal hope for the future, or … Continue reading
Why Wind: Energy Independence and Wind Energy
www.firstwind.com for more First Wind videos about wind energy. Why is wind power important, and how will it help take on some of our national energy burden? Learn about the reasons why wind will help to achieve energy independence. Technorati Tags: benefits of wind energy, First Wind, nation energy independence, reasons for wind, why wind? … Continue reading
Wind Turbine Shadow Flicker and Noise, Byron Wisconsin
When industrial wind turbines which are 40 stories tall are sited too close to people’s home there is trouble with noise and shadow flicker. Wind developers deny these problems exist and in the state of Wisconsin want to put them 1000 feet from houses. That’s 350 steps. This video shows what happens when wind turbines … Continue reading
UGE-4K Urban Green Energy’s 4kW VAWT
This is Urban Green Energy’s new 4 kW turbine spinning on a rooftop. Technorati Tags: 4kw, 4kW VAWT, Axis, energy, Home, renewable, residential, rooftop wind turbine, uge, uge-4K, urban green energy, vawt, Vertical, WIND TURBINE
University of Iowa Policy Matters: Wind Energy
David Osterberg, University of Iowa. Energy poses a vexing political challenge, in which immediate needs must be balanced against future supplies and environmental impacts. In this session, David Osterberg presents practical and political issues surrounding the use of wind power, as part of a class on Public Policy. Technorati Tags: David Osterberg, energy policy, Forkenbrock … Continue reading
Indian village embraces wind energy
Emerging nations have been accused of ”climate change freeloading” for failing to engage in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But as international government struggle to come to a consensus on how to tackle climate change, India and China have led the way in promoting wind energy to try to meet their massive demand for … Continue reading
DIY Solar Energy: Homemade Solar & Wind Power System
Make your own solar panels and save $$$, www.12path.com The finished panels looked great and it was easy to make. Technorati Tags: do, electricity;wind, energy;energy, energy;solar, energy;wind, footprint;how, green;save, independence;make, it, money;saving, my, own;diy, panel;solar, panels;solar, pannel;solar, pannels;going, power;homemade;home, power;solar, project;global, Science & Technology, to;solar, turbine;windmill;wind, turbines;wind, yourself;solar
Wind Power – to Combat Climate Change
Not a single day goes by without mention of the environmental and climate challenges facing the world. The ice caps are melting right before our eyes and the oceans are rising as we quest for answers and durable solutions to the worlds growing energy needs. Wind is one of Denmarks most abundant natural energy sources, … Continue reading