Siemens Energy’s North American business has the wind at its back. Europe’s largest engineering company racked up orders for 293 wind turbines from six wind power projects – four in the US, one in Puerto Rico and one in Canada – from July to October.
Solar power, wind power, and even geothermal power have boomed in recent years in the U.S., making the country a leader in these fields. They’ve partly boomed due to dropping costs, more efficient technologies, and more energy-conscious people and businesses. However, a huge part of their growth has been due … [continued]
Tidal power on an as-yet unheard of scale is at the center of a hugely ambitious plan to redevelop the energy & transportation infrastructure of the Thames Estuary. The 50-billion pound proposal calls for construction of a new tidal barrier with in-stream tidal power turbines capable of powering some 70,000 homes, as well as construction of a new airport to replace Heathrow and high-speed rail links to ports, the Channel Tunnel and England’s North and Midlands.
Almost 90% of Americans think it’s important the US develop and use solar energy, while more than 80% support federal tax credits and grants for the solar industry. More than half said they would pay more for products made using solar power. So what’s up in Congress?
Scalable and made from recycled materials, British designer Phil Pauley’s hybrid solar-wave power system generates clean, renewable electricity from solar energy and wave motion.
Prolific inventor and Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Kent Kernahan and partners believe they’re on to a way for US inventors, and local governments and communities to play a direct, pivotal role in revitalizing US manufacturing and job growth. Through their latest ventures, Ideal PV and Locally Grown Power, they’re looking to leverage Kernahan’s latest solar power innovations in building solar PV panel plants with local governments and community groups that will produce and consume clean, renewable power locally and sustainably over the long term.
From one of the 400. To the other 399. The great recession is my fault. This was the news flash that dawned on me in January this year. Ok, its not just me, but it is the fault of somewhere between just 0.008% of the US population on the high … [continued]
Researchers at Iowa State University’s new Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory are on a mission to lower the price of wind power down to six cents per kilowatt hour by 2020, and they are taking a somewhat unusual path to get there. Instead of focusing on new wind turbine technology, the … [continued]
Two important reasons to cut back on oil consumption and why more oil consumption actually results in unneeded economic harm.
Marine power – generating clean, renewable electricity primarily from ocean waves and tidal currents – has been high up on the energy policy and political agenda across the UK, particularly in Scotland. Proposed increases in government investments and subsidies is boosting investment, start-ups and attracting growing interest on the part of multinational energy and engineering companies.
