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Small Wind Turbines Prominently Displayed at Obama Inauguration
Two small wind turbines, the type that would power individual homes, farms, or businesses are currently on display at the National Mall and contributing to the Washington, D.C. power grid. The turbines will remain in place through January 2009 as part of a sustainability exhibit at the Botanic Garden. [Cross-posted at Red, Green, and Blue] [...]
Swiss Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Settles In
The Swiss, famed for their democratic traditions, chocolate, and knives with corkscrews, have adopted an aggressive feed-in tariff to promote the rapid development of renewable energy. The Swiss federal government has launched an aggressive system of feed-in tariffs that pays any renewable energy generator for every kWh of electricity generated. The Swiss system, which is [...]
Congress Passes New Small-Wind Tax Credit
New investment tax credit of up to $4k a boon to small turbine industry Squeezed into the much-ballyhooed $700 billion economic bailout were several “sweeteners” that were necessary to push the package through quickly. Extended were the tax credits for solar, wind, and geothermal as well as tax credits for green building and energy efficiency. [...]
Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: The Future of Micro Wind?
Walking the floor of WINDPOWER 2008, the annual conference and trade show for the wind energy industry, one couldn’t help but be transfixed by all of the different types of turbines – at least I couldn’t. The wind turbine has become the iconic of clean, renewable energy. But the classic three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbine, [...]
More Coverage of WINDPOWER 2008 [w/video]
My various blogging responsibilities have kept me from posting everything I’ve wanted to about WINDPOWER 2008, the American Wind Energy Association’s annual conference and trade show held in Houston two weeks back. I do have a couple more stories I am working on that will eventually be published at Green Options and here at ecopolitology, [...]
Five of the Best Micro Wind Turbines
I recently published a list of five of the top ‘micro’ wind turbines at CleanTechnica. Despite that list’s billing as a ‘top-five,’ it was really intended to showcase five very different products, sizes, and applications. It wasn’t exactly scientifically rigorous, but it was hardly random. Please use this information with caution: you must not cloud [...]
Michigan Bill Proposes First U.S. Renewable Energy Feed-in Law
State Representative Kathleen Law (D) of Michigan’s 23rd district has introduced House Bill 5218 (the Michigan Renewable Energy Sources Act), which is the first comprehensive renewable energy “feed-in tariff” (FIT) introduced in any American legislature. By fixing a guaranteed price for small-scale electricity generation, the proposed legislation would help build the distributive infrastructure needed for [...]
Small Wind on the Cape: A Joke or a Stroke of Political Brilliance?
[Here's some more juicy Cape Wind fodder] Is Christy Mihos joking or is he using some some of that well placed “strategery.” Mihos owns two properties on Great Island in West Yarmouth, supposedly within sight of the proposed Cape Wind location. And now the former gubernatorial candidate of Massachusetts, and present co-chair of the Alliance [...]
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