wind energy
California-based Green St. Energy has obtained a three-year option to buy 4,840 acres of land in wind-energy-rich Tehachapi. The company already owns 160 acres in the area, purchased from the same property owner. With some 10,000 wind turbines already spinning across the landscape, the Tehachapi valley area boasts
wind energy
Seattle-based Principle Power Inc. this week signed an agreement with Energias de Portugal to develop a deep-water offshore wind-energy installation off the Portuguese coast. The project will use Principle Power’s WindFloat technology. The WindFloat system relies on floating foundations to allow wind turbines to be located in high-wind-energy areas
wind energy
The Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica over the weekend began powering its facilities with wind energy, courtesy of eight new wind turbines supplied by Scotland’s Proven Energy. While the polar research base already had the distinction of being the only Antarctic station powered entirely by renewable energy, wind previously
carbon emissions
Can’t keep up with all the developments in cleantech? Here are some news stories you might have missed: * Carbon capture and sequestration technologies are too expensive to be viable as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, leading cleantech venture capitalist Vinod Khosla told attendees at the World Future
biofuels
What else is new in cleantech? Following are some headlines you might have missed over the past 24 hours: * Colorado-based biofuel firm Range Fuels has received an $80 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture to help build a cellulosic ethanol plant in Georgia. The plant is expected
energy efficiency
Done right, home-based wind turbines can be an effective way to produce energy and reduce your carbon footprint. Sadly, though, it appears that home-based wind turbines are too often not done right. That’s the conclusion reached by a recent study financed by the UK government and the British Wind
clean energy
Planning to tour one of the US’s most infamous prisons? Now you can do so while minimising your carbon footprint too. Alcatraz Cruises, which contracts with the US National Park Service to provide sightseeing ferryboat service to Alcatraz Island, last week launched the Hybrid Hornblower, a vessel powered by
alternative energy
What’s the best overall source of energy if you take into account factors like climate change, sustainability, pollution, human health and reliability? Not biofuels, nuclear power or so-called clean coal, according to a new study from Stanford University. Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, concludes
