SD House axes wind energy tax revenue sharing plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The South Dakota House defeated a bill to give townships a slice of the wind energy tax that now goes to counties for wind farms located within their borders.

Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.

Wind Power Generators – A Realistic Alternative

With the world starting to shift toward green living many are looking into conserving energy. Many people think of solar panels first as this is the most common choice for residential customers. I don’t know about you, but in my area of the world the wind is always blowing. Nothing compliments solar panels than a [...]

Letter of the day: Clean wind energy should be one of Michigan’s priorities (Detroit Free Press)

Michigan has nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline where clean wind energy is available. Why is it taking us so long to take advantage of this?

What is a Wind Turbine ?

Dotted across landscapes throughout the world, one can now see small, stick-thin structures with three spokes poking out from the central column. These structures are alarming, and almost sinister, the first time you see them. The world now recognises them as wind turbines, and their presence in the modern world is becoming more apparent.
Wind turbines [...]

Solar Energy…when Will it be Affordable to the Average Homeowner?

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Global warming impact to our quality and cost of living is large and very catastrophic. Homeowners are well aware of the increasing energy costs to heat, cool and illuminate their homes. The increasing costs of oil and other fossil fuels are daily headlines. The insatiable demand for energy to fuel world growth guarantees that the [...]

AWSL’s Atlantic Solar Inc. Receives Letters of Intent From Green Energy Funds to Negotiate Major Financing Agreements (Marketwire)

TORONTO–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : AWSL ) is pleased to report that negotiations with several Green Energy funding companies are advancing toward finalizing a financing that would fund AWSL’s current activities, including numerous JV Ontario rooftop solar projects, production ramp up of the Company’s outstanding Inverters/Converters, continued …

Wind Energy

Wind energy is a converted form of solar energy. The sun’s radiation heats different parts of the earth at different rates—most notably during the day and night, but also when different surfaces (for example, water and land) absorb or reflect at different rates. This in turn causes portions of the atmosphere to warm differently. Hot [...]

Facts About Solar Energy

Solar energy consists of the light and heat emitted by the sun, in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
With today’s technology, we are able to capture this radiation and turn it into usable forms of solar energy – such as heating or electricity.
Although one could go into technical dissertations on the subject of electromagnetic [...]

Energy investor to erect wind turbines near factories (Daily Telegraph)

The man who oversaw the sale of British Energy to France’s EDF has launched a new venture to build small wind farms near to heavy industrial users of electricity.

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