Tag: wind turbines
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A Super Green Building Planned for Brussels
Architect Vincent Callebaut is well-known for his ambitious sustainable architecture project proposals, and this latest one that he’s proposing for the EU city of Brussels is no exception. His plans call for turning the city’s industrial area of Brussels into a sustainable community. They plan to renovate existing buildings, as well as build new high-rises,…
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Wind Energy Threat to Birds Is Overblown
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, most abundant, sustainable and cost-effective ways to generate electricity. It’s also one of the fastest growing U.S. electricity sources. At the end of 2013, there were enough wind turbines across the country to power 15.5 million typical American homes and cut annual power sector carbon emissions by 4.4…
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Teaching Children About Renewable Energy Through Kits
This is a guest post by Liz Nelson from WhiteFence.com. She is a freelance writer and blogger from Houston. Questions and comments can be sent to: liznelson17 @ gmail.com. While building your own solar array to provide enough power to your home to be 100-percent sustainable could cost tens of thousands of dollars, you don’t…
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Wind Power at the Center of the New Energy Economy
Wind turbines are here to stay. They are increasing in numbers every day, and industry figures show that the amount of energy they are able to generate has reached tremendous levels. The nineteenth century belonged to coal, the twentieth to oil, and th…
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Wind Technology Bringing Us Closer To a Clean Energy Future
The U.S. Department of Energy talks about significant investments it has made in wind turbine testing capabilities. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.