By Colin Houghton In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we don’t need nuclear power, coal, […]
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Strange Bedfellows: Wind Farm Alongside Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Rokkasho, Japan
By Colin Houghton Since 2003, the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, has shared the area with 77 large wind […]
Japanese Government to reduce nuclear power
By Colin Houghton, August 29, 2011 Japan’s parliament is about to approve a historic bill on renewable energy. It hat was championed by Prime […]
Wind Power Developments in Ohio, United States
August 28, by Colin Houghton On February 11, 2010, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory released the first comprehensive update of the wind energy […]
UK Parliament Eases Path for Renewable Energy Projects Plans
London, 15th August 2011 – by Colin Houghton.As the last session of the UKParliament drew to a close in Ww32 prior to the Summer recess, it […]
Siemens Direct Drive Turbines To Be Used in Minnesota 105 MW Project
The project with the name Bison 2 will be built by Minnesota Power in Central Dakota, using 35 3MW SWT-3.0-101 Direct Drive Turbines by […]
Upwind – Downwind – Definition – What is Upwind? – What is Downwind?
UPWIND & DOWNWIND DEFINITIONS Confused about the definitions for ‘Upwind’ and ‘Downwind’?…or even argue with colleagues about the exact definitions? Well, then here we’ll […]
Jellyfish Wind Turbine – What Happened To It?
What Happened To the Jellyfish Wind Turbine? Huge amounts of questions had been asked lately about what happened to the Jellyfish Wind Turbine? You […]
US Customer Special: All Power America Complete Wind Package 3.5KW
All Power America Complete Wind Turbine Package — 3500 Rated Watts, Model# APWT-3500H All Power America provides a complete wind turbine package that includes […]
Alternative Energy – The Facts – Part 9 – Hydroelectric Dams
HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Hydroelectric dams produce electricity by using the dammed water to turn turbines. By opening the dam’s sluices, falling water then turns propeller-like […]
Tornado Generating Wind Turbine – A Revolution in Wind Turbine Design
This is the story of Raymond Ellis, a former Mechanical Drawing Student from Shorewood, Illinois, Inventor and Director of the TWECS project and his […]
