Tag: business
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Advocacy Groups Say 1,000 Wind Turbine Project Could Cause Eagle Deaths
Groups like the American Bird Conservancy and Biodiversity Conservation Alliance are willing to be allies to wind energy, but only when they don’t believe that animals are at grave risk. The two organizations voiced opposition this week to plans for a large wind facility in Wyoming that would include 1,000 turbines on an equal amount…
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Watch Activist and Race Car Driver Leilani Munter Achieve Her Goal of Going Solar
About three years ago, Leilani Munter, an Automobile Racing Club of America driver dubbed the “Carbon-Free Girl,” set out to go solar at home and electric on the road when she wasn’t competing. The driver’s goal became a reality this week when Boulder, CO-based Main Street Power installed panels on her home after she made it known that…
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Slideshow: Tweets Show Why Advocates ‘Heart’ Wind Energy
Earlier this week, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) hoped renewable energy advocates would save a little bit of love for wind on Valentine’s Day. A look at the #IHeartWind hashtag on Twitter shows that the group’s wish has been granted. AWEA’s account asked followers why they love wind energy. The results were creative and photogenic,…
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How a Glass Orb Could Change Solar Energy
By Emily Atkin André Broessel’s latest invention looks like something out of a superhero movie. The bifrost device depicted in Thor, perhaps, or Eric Selvig’s wormhole machine in The Avengers. In reality, though, it’s a stand-alone solar energy generator. And if nothing else, it’s much more interesting to look at than your standard photovoltaic solar panel. [caption id="attachment_321467" align="alignnone" width="500"] German architect…
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World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Opens For Business
It’s official—the world’s largest solar thermal plant has opened for business. Located in in the Mojave Desert, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, near the California-Nevada border, Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System has begun generating power from three units, its proprietors announced Thursday. It will generate 392 megawatts for the California grid—enough to power 140,000 homes in…