Green Technology

Jatropha curcas photo by Dinesh Valke One teething problem in the burgeoning biofuel industry is the issue of sustainability: Some biofuels actually increase greenhouse gas emissions while being claimed to prevent them; others add to food price inflation pressures; in some parts of the world...  

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

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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

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

Standing taller than any building in East Lynn, the 120-foot wind turbine at the small town’s north end resembles a large fan ready to send houses flying with a strong burst.  

photo by poppy via flickr A few weeks back I wrote about what may be, for a little while at least, the world’s largest fully-permitted onshore wind farm, the Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm. Located near Arlington, Oregon the farm will consist of 303 wind turbines spread over 30 square miles. It is...  

photo: CDC/Chris Zahniser via pingnews The Indian National Mission on Biodiesel may have been quietly shelved recently, but that doesn’t mean that state governments aren’t continuing forward with their plans to cultivate Jatropha for biodiesel. 40% of Uttar Pradesh Wastelands Alloted for...  

BELCOURT (AP) - A wind turbine is now helping power Turtle Mountain Community College.