By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The solar system may not be a nice round shape, but rather a bit squashed and oblong, according to data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring the solar system's outer limits, scientists said on Wednesday.
“Imagine a balloon is being blown up by the solar wind. You might imagine that if you took a balloon, which is mainly spherical, and pushed it against the wall, it would be blunted on one side,” said Edward Stone of the California…
A solar and wind-powered electronic billboard will debut in New Yorks Times Square in December, becoming the flashy intersections first eco-friendly ad. Forty-five solar panels and four wind turbines will power the nearly 6,000 square foot billboard, resulting in a reduction of carbon dioxide usage by 18 tons a year
The new billboard will wrap around the corner of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street. The exact image is yet to be announced, though an artist's rendering with a dummy image has been released.
The U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will today hold its first-ever hearing focused exclusively on renewable energy and transmission, inviting renewable industry, utility, and government leaders to discuss ways to invest in new transmission that will tap the nations vast ? but currently stranded ?renewable energy resources.
“Like any infrastructure, the U.S. transmission grid is aging and needs upgrading to function reliably and to meet future load requirements,” said Don Furman, Senior Vice President at Iberdrola Renewables, President-elect…
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Because wind power is proving to be a cost competitive source of power for this energy thirsty nation, the Chinese are aggressively ramping up capacity wherever wind resources can be found. China, currently the world’s 5th largest generator of wind energy, is accelerating their capacities at an astounding rate.
According to a National Development and Reform Commission plan, Shanghai will build a total of 13 land and sea-based wind farms in Nanhui, Qinjian and three islands (Chongming, Changxing and Hengsha). By 2020 Shanghai will have a total…
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Norway could become “Europe’s battery” by developing huge sea-based wind parks costing up to $44 billion by 2025.
StatoilHydro (STL.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) said last week that it will invest $80 million to build the world's first full-scale floating wind turbine to start up in 2009. Power from such installations is likely to be more…
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The U.S. can greatly boost clean wind power for 2 cents a day. So, what's holding back America's clean energy revolution? Strong Presidential leadership and a Congress committed to clean, renewable energy.
While wind has not been able to compete with large central-station electric power plants for most of this century, it began to see a resurgence in the 1970s because of the energy crises and government support. Those wind turbines, however,…
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Fluor Corporation announced today that it signed a contract to design and construct the 500 megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The $1.8 billion venture is the world’s largest offshore wind farm project to move into the construction phase and will be built approximately 25 kilometers off the Suffolk coast of the United Kingdom.
The first UK offshore wind farm to be built outside territorial waters, the project will feature 140 wind turbines each having a rated capacity of 3.6 MW. The turbines will be supplied by Siemens Wind Power A/S under a separate contract with SSE….
The clicking sound that you will hear is produced by the water passing through the cells and cavitating. Tree-listening is made possible by a specially designed, listening sensor… Interesting project, check it out.
As you approach the installation you will see 9 sets of headphones suspended from the branches of a very large and impressive Sessile Oak tree, and a beautiful Chestnut Leaved Oak. From these headphones the public is given the opportunity to…
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After announcing huge multi-billion oil profit earned in last 3 months, Shell blatantly canceled big project of off-shore wind farms in Britain. They use their huge influence and financial power to stop renewable energy sources all over the world. Just another trick of dirty oil lobby.
In the same week oil corporation Shell announced their truly fantastic $7.8 billion profit earned just in last 3 months!!!, due to historically record oil prices, Shell also canceled its involvement in London Array wind farm project, which should…
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone ? and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar wind that influences everything in our solar system.
APL will design and build the spacecraft, on a schedule to launch in 2015. The compact, solar-powered probe would weigh about 1,000 pounds; preliminary designs include a 9-foot-diameter, 6-inch-thick, carbon-foam-filled…
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