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Industrial wind threatens the golden eagles of the Allegheny Front.
In a superb, must-read post, naturalist writer Marcia Bonta takes us to the “Cadillac” of hawk watches, the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch. Beyond her wonderfully descriptive conversation about the bounty of wildlife witnessed during the encounter, Ms. Bonta has this caution … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 3, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Move over Windy! Wind farms could be forced out by oil rigs– Telegraph 2-“Is Germany helping to show the way to a more effective approach to the expansion of carbon-neutral energy production?” Germany’s Nuclear Bridge to Tomorrow’s … Continue reading
Edison Electric Institute – The Case for Baseload
A reader pointed us to this important article, written by Charlie Bayless for EEI (Edison Electric Institute). Mr. Bayless is a former provost at West Virginia University Institute of Technology and has served as CEO for several electric utilities and … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 2, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Excellent piece at WCO – “Ontario government knew early on that shutting the coal plants would not make a significant improvement in the air quality. Despite having this information, they stifled the report and claimed otherwise. ~ … Continue reading
Could solar energy’s “holy grail” be the final nail in industrial wind’s coffin?
National Review Online suggests MIT may have found the “holy grail” of solar energy – a process which permits it to be stored. The brief source article at Energy Matters claims that MIT researchers may have perfected a process which … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 1, 2010
Items of interest: 1-I know, for some of you, this is getting old … but I’ll pose the thought again – And the US is building windmills? “This summer China surpassed the United States as the world’s largest producer of … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 31, 2010
Items of interest: 1-And the US is building windmills! “Under the deal, Russia will initially build two power units in Vietnam with a capacity of 1.2 GW each. Overall, Vietnam plans to build eight nuclear power plants in five provinces … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 30, 2010
Items of interest: 1-And the US is building windmills? What is the computer going to be used for? Solar panels? Windmills? Butterfly Power? Hardly. As the China Daily reports, their new computer “has begun trial use among target clients including….the … Continue reading
“Trick or Treat”
BOO! (Courtesy of our great friends at Windtoons)
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 29, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Opponents of nuclear powered suffered a setback in Berlin on Thursday as the federal parliament approved legislation that would effectively repeal Germany’s planned withdrawal from atomic power. A Green Light for Atomic Power – German Parliament Extends … Continue reading
