Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Wifi hotspot powered by wind turbine and solar panel
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

"Students at the Rochester Institute of technology have put together this WiFi hotspot that is powered by a wind turbine and a solar panel. It gets its signal through a parabolic antenna pointed at a near ...

2. Spain to cut subsidies to renewable energy producers (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - The government of Spain, a world leader in the renewable energy, said it has reached agreements with producers to slash subsidies for wind and solar power.  ...

3. Fresh-Water Wind Farm on Lake Erie
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

A fresh-water wind farm is taking shape at Lake Erie and when completed will provide 20 megawatts and get on to about one gigawatt power by 2020. Huge individual turbines 300 feet tall, to be built ...

4. New 146 Megawatt Wind Farm in Missouri Reveals the Future Beyond Fossil Fuels
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Atchison County, Missouri has just dedicated the new Farmers City Wind Power Project, consisting of 73 turbines that produce 146 megawatts of clean power, enough for 33,000 homes.  In stark contrast to ...

5. Cleantech attracts $190M, led by solar and nuclear energy
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Chinese wind turbine maker pulls back IPO plans and a VC firm seeks ag-bio funds, among the 47 deals we spotted in the past seven days. ...

6. Airborne Wind Turbines?
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Yes, the day is not far off when reaching for sky is the new motto for generating cost-effective renewable energy. Initially it was considered to be technically non-viable to tap high-altitude winds. ...

7. Asia Weekly: Goldwind shelves IPO, four funds commit
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Wind turbine maker cancels its $1.2B IPO, while Origo Partners, Gensol Consultants, IDG Capital Partners and Solvay look to invest in Asian cleantech innovation. ...

8. Wind Power Catching Up With Natural Gas in Europe
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

"The amount of power generated by new wind turbines in the European Union this year will be about the same as the amount from new gas plants, according to the European Wind Energy Association, an industry ...

9. AWEA: U.S. Market for Small Wind Turbines Gained Ground in 2009
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The U.S. market for wind turbines grew by 15% in 2009, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). That's a far slower growth than the U.S. market experienced in 2008, ...

10. 5 turbines in the works for wind power project in Lake Erie
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A local nonprofit development group racing to erect the first offshore wind turbine in the Great Lakes has reached an agreement with General Electric Co. to supply five turbines ...

11. Scientists Study Fish Schools for Wind Farm Ideas
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Presently Fluid Dynamics Expert, John Dabiri, is very much on the quest of improving designs of wind turbines. Spotting behaviours that may throw light on energy-related practices in biological system ...

12. Google-backed Makani seeking $25M for wind tech
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Alameda, Calif.-based startup claims its technology offers double the energy generation of conventional wind turbines with one-fifth of the material. Details in the Pitch of the week. ...

13. Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

When the federal government approved the Cape Wind project in April, allowing 130 power-generating turbines to be placed in the waters off Cape Cod, it gave a significant boost to the prospects of wind ...

14. Bladeless Wind Turbine – Inspired by Nikola Tesla
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

A research company in New Hampshire recently patented its bladeless wind turbine, which is based on a patent issued to Nikola Tesla in 1913. This wind turbine is christened as the Fuller Wind Turbine. ...

15. A More Durable Wind Turbine
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

New design does away with the need for a complex gearbox.

16. Good data needed for small-wind turbines to spin
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Massachusetts has revamped its small-wind rebate program with more stringent requirements, a reflection of how important brisk wind is to small-wind turbine installations. ...

17. Interior Department Approves Cape Wind, the First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on April 28 that it has approved the first U.S. offshore wind farm, the 130-turbine Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. The agency is requiring additional ...

18. Cape Wind project approved by Dept. of Interior
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has approved the nation’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, a $1 billion project that has survived nine years of regulatory review ...

19. Sea Wind Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

To this date there is not a single offshore wind turbine been built in the United States. Meanwhile Europe, China and Japan are far along in developing a water based wind power industry. All one needs ...

20. Offshore Wind Farm Gets Government Go-Ahead
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

After years of delay, the Interior Department has given Cape Wind Associates the go-ahead to develop a 130-turbine wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the project and ...

21. Cape Wind project approved by Dept. of Interior
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has approved the nation’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, a $1 billion project that has survived nine years of regulatory review ...

22. Sea Wind Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

To this date there is not a single offshore wind turbine been built in the United States. Meanwhile Europe, China and Japan are far along in developing a water based wind power industry. All one needs ...

23. 3 Questions: Stephen Connors on offshore wind farms
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Stephen Connors is director of the Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA) at the MIT Energy Initiative. He is a graduate of what is now the Wind Energy Center at UMass-Amherst and an inaugural ...

24. FloDesign Aims to Expand Wind Turbine Business
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Backed with a $3 million assistance from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Wilbraham-based FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. will expand its operations in the state. The company is recognized ...

25. Energy Grid Could Make Offshore Wind Power More Reliable
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Scientists believe that natural resources can meet the energy needs of the entire human population. Wind energy too has huge potential to generate power for us. Researchers are trying to trap offshore ...

26. Evanston ILL. Looks At Putting Wind Farm In Lake Michigan - WBBM 780
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

John Cody reporting EVANSTON, Ill. (WBBM) -- This evening, the Evanston City Council considers the possibility of placing 40 wind turbines in Lake Michigan about 8 miles off the shore of the Northern  ...

27. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Wind Turbine Siting Guidelines
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has sent final recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior about how to minimize the impacts of wind power facilities on wildlife and habitats. The recommendations ...

28. Wind Power Complications with Radar
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Air Force is threatening to halt construction of a 845-megawatt wind farm in eastern Oregon that would be the world’s largest wind project, citing concerns that the wind turbines would interfere ...

29. Wind Power Complications with Radar
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

The U.S. Air Force is threatening to halt construction of a 845-megawatt wind farm in eastern Oregon that would be the world’s largest wind project, citing concerns that the wind turbines would interfere ...

30. Wind Power Complications with Radar
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The U.S. Air Force is threatening to halt construction of a 845-megawatt wind farm in eastern Oregon that would be the world’s largest wind project, citing concerns that the wind turbines would interfere ...