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Credit: SourceOne By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself as the bellwether for carbon-neutral transportation. The hydrogen will power two Toyota fuel cell Highlanders and a fuel cell / gas bus. Thus, Hempstead NY may become an important test [...] Renewable energy is growing fast in California. The state has mandated 33% renewable energy by 2020. That’s a long way to go and a short time to get there. Wind, solar, geothermal, big and small hydropower, tidal power, and wave power can probably get California to generate that much power by 2020. But that’s [...] Think Progress A new study released this week by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection finds that “there is no evidence for a set of health effects…that could be characterized as ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome.’” The supposed health impacts pushed by wind opponents include mental health problems, heart disease and vertigo. From the comments. Why [...] Map produced by National Renewable Energy Laboratory for U.S. Department of Energy James Wimberley over at The Reality Based Community takes a look at the geographic distribution of solar, wind and geothermal sites in this country, using some nifty maps from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and considers some implications, including political ones. [...] The Oil Drum Obstacle 1: Wind energy is dependent on large subsidies. All renewable energy is. Most big wind and solar farms are backed in some way by the government. Obstacle 2: Wind energy is more variable than electricity produced by fossil fuels and nuclear. This is also true for solar. Variable power requires [...] It’ll be the biggest wind farm in the Americas. Austin now has the biggest solar plant in Texas at 300 MW while San Antonio plans 400 MW more in the next five years. Texas leads the country in wind power and is now moving fast on solar too.
From the cover of their annual report And more is coming from Scottish and Southern Energy Deploy huge offshore wind farms in the deep waters of the Gulf of Maine that could power the entire State by 2030—with an equal amount of energy left over to sell. Maine is ideally suited. It is out of range of most hurricanes and close to urban centers. The waters are deep, so one [...] |  | ||||
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