In a stand against wind power plants built in a specific area of the Golden State that is home to various birds and bats, the National Audubon Society recently announced that it is suing a California county. The environmental group said its reason for doing this was to improve bird … [continued]
Wind power critics sometimes try to say that this form of clean, renewable energy is bogus because a number of bird deaths result each year from collisions with wind turbines and towers. What they fail to mention is the context, so they leave out certain very key facts. The number of birds killed by wind turbines is relatively tiny.
Google has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to acquire the energy generated by California’s Altamont Pass wind farm to power its North Bayshore campus in Mountain View. The power purchase agreement (PPA) is not the first time Google is entering into agreements for clean energy, … [continued]
