Other than common sense, there is nothing that prohibits investors from pumping cash into companies like Flower Turbines, that one day, owners claim, will build and sell devices that capture small amounts of wind energy. In fact, until about a …
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Wind Harvest
If you’ve ever wondered how the physicists who have been studying how to extract the most energy out of the wind for the last three hundred years, whose work has been greatly accelerated in the last few decades, these people …
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Wind Tree
If you want one of these “wind trees” for your back yard because you find them attractive, that’s up to you. If you think they could represent a cost-effective way to generate electricity, you’re completely incorrect.
New Approach for Medium-Speed Wind
Here’s a business plan from a team of engineers in the wind energy space. I have my reservations, but I’ll keep them to myself, and simply ask for comments.
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Are Wind Turbines Causing Birth Defects in Portuguese Horses? Er, No, But Does That Matter?
Here’s an article from NPR that provides a partial explanation for the slow adoption of wind energy in the U.S.: misinformation. Americans seem to have a voracious appetite for BS, regardless of the subject matter, and that hunger is amplified …
Shine: A Portable Wind Energy Charging Unit, An Idea Straight Out of Hell
Over the 12 years that 2GreenEnergy has been beating the bushes for new concepts in clean energy, we’ve introduced readers to countless bad ideas, suggesting, of course, that they be avoided. There are many devices that help campers charge their …
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Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy
Some of the short videos on the pros and cons of renewable energy that I made back in 2012 have gotten a decent number of views; the one below has over 166K. Unfortunately, most of these people aren’t exactly the …
Renewable Energy in Scotland
The meme here is a reminder that the bagpipe is one of the best tools for social distancing. Kidding aside, as a result of its heavy commitment to renewable energy, wind in particular, Scotland is generating twice as much power …
From Guest Blogger Emily Folk: How Renewable Energy Can Make Food Manufacturing More Sustainable and Efficient
Renewable energy has become cheaper to implement in recent years, giving companies more incentive to use it in their daily operations. An increase in renewable energy means less reliance on fossil fuels — which the food industry frequently contributes to. …
Trump “Tellin’ It Like It Is” on Wind Energy and Electric Transportation
Here is the result of some fact-checking on Trump’s recent statements on wind energy and electric transportation; readers can guess how it turned out. The only thing that makes it noteworthy is that it suggests that someone somewhere could possibly …
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