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.
Vertical axis wind turbines will soon be coming to a rooftop (or ocean) near you, if all goes according to plan.
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]
This solar energy acquisition by the US company UGE could be huuuuuuuge, to borrow a phrase from a unique presidential candidate.
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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.
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]
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 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]
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]
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]