Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Are Heading Out To Sea
Vertical axis wind turbines will soon be coming to a rooftop (or ocean) near you, if all goes according to plan.
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Will 3rd-Party Financing Open Up China’s Rooftop Solar Market
Originally published on Sustainnovate. A new funding model in China may allow some people to get solar power for “free,” or at very low upfront cost. Third-party financing is the way this could happen, and it is already used in the United States. In China, a firm based in Singapore … [continued]
Huuuuuge Solar Energy Buy For UGE
This solar energy acquisition by the US company UGE could be huuuuuuuge, to borrow a phrase from a unique presidential candidate.
Top Solar Cities In US, Vivint Solar Employee Unexpectedly Meets With Obama… (Clean Electricity Link…
Some top clean electricity reading for your Tuesday (& more?) pleasure: Solar America’s Top Solar Cities Rankings Might Surprise You (Also: Top 10 Cities For Solar Power) Vivint Solar Employee Sent to ‘Casual’ Roundtable Meeting Gets a Shock Colorado Utility To Bring Solar Power To Low-Income Families Yingli Solar Profits Rise 53.4% in 2014, Ships Over 3.3 … [continued]
Eiffel Tower’s Custom-Painted Micro Wind Turbines Will Wow Millions
Micro wind turbine doubters step aside: the Eiffel Tower got a major green makeover, and included in the mix are two custom painted micro wind turbines.
A Bipartisan Group Of Senators Is Pushing For Distributed Wind — Here’s Why It Matters
By Nick Blitterswyk, CEO, UGE International. A group of Senators recently urged the US Department of Energy to continue funding programs for the domestic distributed wind energy industry. The bipartisan group, led by Sen. Al Franken, wrote a letter highlighting the clear potential for distributed wind power to “contribute many … [continued]
Digging Deeper Into The UGE
Earlier this month, UGE launched its latest vertical axis wind turbine – VisionAIR3. Tina Casey’s coverage on Clean Technica sparked some lively discussion about the small wind industry, both in the comments on the article and in a separate article by Mike Barnard. Barnard and UGE CEO Nick Blitterswyk recently engaged in … [continued]
UGE Vertical Axis Certification: Behind The Hype
UGE has taken an excellent and necessary step, one most small wind turbine manufacturers never do: they have had independent certification of one of their devices performed. A wholly praising article was published in CleanTechnica on April 22, 2014, just a couple of days before this article. The article, as with … [continued]
UGE Raises The Bar For Vertical Axis Micro Wind Turbines
The wind turbine company UGE first crossed our radar in 2012, when it teamed with GE to launch Sanya Skypump, the world’s first EV charging station powered directly by a wind turbine. Now the company is back with the launch of VisionAIR3, a ramped up, high efficiency version of the … [continued]
Whole Foods In Brooklyn Is *Jacked Up* On Cleantech
A new Whole Foods Market store in Brooklyn is totally jacked up on cleantech, as well as other cool stuff. It includes: 19 UGE solar/wind-powered street lights (completely off the grid) 2 wind-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations 360kW solar car port (installed by a local financier) http://youtu.be/IbJ1JIaW6yQ Using distributed … [continued]
