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Nature, Politics, Jun 14th, 2011,
With over 37 million inhabitants, California is by far the most populated state in the US. Despite its enormous physical area of 160,000 miles (414,000 square km) California still has 6 times the population density of its northern neighbor, Oregon. Oregon is lush, diverse and wild, with mountains, rugged coastline, forests and desert. Long known as a state with strong environmental policies, Oregon is increasingly becoming a large supplier of renewable energy to California. An area that spans parts of Oregon and Washington State is soon to become home the largest wind farm in the world. Who will buy all…
Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, California, hydro, northwest, Oregon, renewable energy, salmon, turbines, wind, wind farm
Green living, Sep 9th, 2010,
Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, located south of Glasgow, Scotland, is set to get a lot bigger. Whitelee wind farm on Eaglesham Moor will add 75 new turbines by 2012, for a total of 215, enabling it to power an impressive 300,000 homes. From a BBC News report: Whitelee wind farm is already the largest onshore wind farm in Europe and this extension pushing the overall capacity to 539MW will make it one of the largest in the world. –Simon Christian, UK director of ScottishPower Renewables The new turbines will be supplied by the firm Alstom, a multinational specializing in…
Tags: Alstom, Europe, Scotland, turbines, Whitelee, wind farm
Green living, Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Mar 16th, 2010,
The buzz around London’s new Strata SE1 skyscraper isn’t coming from the 3 wind turbines that crown its razor-like pinnacle, but from the attention this futuristic piece of architecture is garnering. The tower is part of a project to regenerate the central London neighborhood of Elephant and Castle. The rejuvenation project has been praised by a former U.S. president as an example of ‘sustainable growth’. No need for any obvious Clinton jokes there, I think. From an article in the Guardian: While wind speeds in the concrete jungle at the tower’s base would render a wind turbine pointless, at 42…
Tags: Castle, elephant, Guardian, london, Razor, SE1, skyscraper, Strata, tower, turbines, wind
Green living, Science & Technology, Mar 2nd, 2010,
The energy crisis of the 1970s kick started an energy revolution in Denmark. Previously dependent on foreign oil, the Scandinavian country ‘learned the hard way’ about the importance of diversifying its power sources. Government subsidies for wind power, a carbon tax and energy efficiency investments – as well as the discovery of North Sea oil, it must be said – all lead to Denmark’s successful endeavor for energy independence. Denmark is home to the largest offshore wind farm in the world and gets the highest proportion of its energy from wind turbines. Wind power in Denmark is sourced not only…
Tags: CNN, denmark, energy, oil, power, turbines, wind
Nature, Politics, Dec 22nd, 2009,
![]( "<!--:en-->Renewable energy or conservation: Wind and solar power vs.")
' src='http://gf1.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/3147.jpg' alt='renewable-energy-or-conservation-wind-and-solar-power-vs-nice-views' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> Being a conservationist and an environmentalist may not always be the same thing; and definitions of both terms are clearly open to interpretation. Indeed, sometimes environmental or ‘Green’ interests may compete or clash. For example, Sting’s recent resurgence in campaigning to protect indigenous lands in Brazil has fallen foul of those in favor of building a massive hydro-electric dam, which would be a significant source of renewable energy for the country. According to an article in the New York Times, U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein has more or less successfully opposed the development of solar energy plants and wind farms in…
Tags: energy, Feinstein, Mojave, nice views, renewable energy, Senator, Solar, turbines, wind
