"A republic, if you can keep it."
"A republic, if you can keep it."
Huge offshore wind turbines are coming to market. Each turbine can generate 7-8 MW, enough for 4,000-5,000 homes. The SCD 8 MW behemoth is pictured. It has a rotor diameter of 551 feet and an innovative two blade design, which…
California wind turbines kill more birds per megawatt than elsewhere. No one is quite sure why. Disturbingly, data from Altamont Pass wind farms, notorious for bird kills, was not included. However, even in California the mortality rate of birds from…
Twenty kilometers offshore from Fukushima is an experimental floating wind turbine. It is connected the the world’s first floating substation. If tests go well, 140 floating turbines, which are tethered to the ocean floor, will be installed, generating a gigawatt…
An innovative new design in wind turbines is being tested and is aimed at the home or small business market. Designed to be inconspicuous, the Dragonfly can produce electricity even in very light winds. Also, big wind turbines can afford…
Between rooftop solar for homeowners and big companies building microgrids, traditional power utilities are facing a major threat to their traditional monopolistic ways of doing business. We don’t need them nearly so much as we used to. It makes sense for big companies…