Often times we (myself included) think of solar and wind power as the technologies leading the fight in the transition to generating our country’s electricity from clean, renewable resources. This is certainly true, and as regular readers of this blog know, I fully support the development of both these technologies on a massive scale. But [...]
Could solar and wind power destroy our nation’s electrical grid?
November 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Green Technology, News on Climate Change
Tags:Electrical Generation·NERC·Solar·Wind
Solar Panels + Wind Turbines = A Solar Wind Farm?
October 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Green Technology
Moncada Energy Group, an Italian producer of wind farm technology plans to add solar technology to it’s renewable energy repertoire in 2009 by placing solar panels in the same fields as it’s wind turbines. The panels will be placed under the turbine towers and will use the existing infastructure to feed electricity into the grid.
Moncada [...]
Tags:Alternative Energy·Italy·Solar·Solar Panels·Wind·Wind Turbines
Wondering About Wind Turbines?
September 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Green Technology
This is a pretty good step by step description (using Flash Multimedia) of how a wind turbine works.
Tags:Turbines·Wind·Wind Farms