Green Technology

American Superconductor, an energy technologies company, has licensed its proprietary WT1650 wind turbine design to Model Enerji, a megawatt-class wind turbine manufacturer based in Turkey.  

Board of selectmen chairman Peter Norton has written a letter to the Minerals Management Service regarding its review of the Cape Wind turbine project.  

The latest wind turbine from East Kilbride manufacturer Proven is the Proven 15.  

The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday declined to discuss in public the proposed wind turbine specifications and possible text changes to the zoning code.  

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has licensed its proprietary WT1650 wind turbine design to Model Enerji Ltd., Turkey's first megawatt-class wind turbine manufacturer. Under the terms of the contract, Model Enerji...  

About 200 people turned out for the dedication of KILI Radio's wind turbine near Porcupine during its 25th anniversary celebration Thursday, July 31, including the vice president of indigenous affairs for Venezuela.  

A state panel evaluating proposals for an offshore wind turbine pilot project will have until Oct. 2 instead of Aug. 20 to make a recommendation to the state Board of Public Utilities.  

The new, multimillion-dollar rest area being built near Anaconda is expected to be completed in about another month, according to an official with Montana Department of Transportation’s Butte District.  

Delays in obtaining critical information for a wind turbine plant in Butte has stalled the completion of a feasibility study by another month.  

Image source: GradProfiles.com Thanks to a grant from Dominion Power, the University of Richmond (Virginia) will get $100,000 to improve their energy efficiency. The money will go towards purchasing and installing a monitoring system in all 14 of its residence dorms. Over 1,000 students signed...  

More than 200 people sign a petition against plans to build a 90m-high wind turbine in Stoke-on-Trent.  

Photo: Søren Krohn via windpower.org It was good news for eco-conscious New Yorkers (and a joke to others) when Mayor Bloomberg suggested the installation of wind turbines atop city buildings and bridges or wind farms a ways offshore. The question is: which would be more effective? And which is...  

photo: Wally Gobetz If the wide-ranging renewable energy vision that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg articulated last week at the National Clean Energy Summit are to be truly able to have a significant effect on fossil fuel usage, energy efficiency programs and demand reduction efforts...  

Ben Vander Heiden, a sixth-grade teacher at Woodbridge Elementary School in California, likes to include lessons about solar power and renewable energies into his science lessons. His most recent pet project: A solar-powered tricycle he assembled for less than $500 out of bike scraps and two...  

A good read for the eco-serious is The Archdruid Report, a collection of perspective on industrial society which is written by John Michael Greer. The posts are characteristically druid-like - long, thoughtful, laden with wisdom - and although sometimes grim, are superb. The one on "Net...