Anyone could have predicted how Donald Trump might address the subject of wind power. He’d start by falsely claiming that he “knows a lot” about the topic, then, in an effort to denigrate clean energy, he’d prove the precise opposite …
“I Know a Lot about Wind,” Trump Says. Well, Maybe Not Read More »
Here’s an investment opportunity in a wind project that I thought you may find interesting. When deployed, it will be the first privately owned wind farm in Bosnia (two government owned projects are already operating).
A reader asked for my viewpoint on this vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). On its best day, small wind is extremely expensive and inefficient.
We live in a time of great partisanship among our country’s leaders, and with even greater willingness to tell bald-face lies in order to manipulate voters. Most of this, of course, has nothing to do with renewable energy.
The subject of high-altitude wind isn’t new.
WindStream is a small wind concept I once promoted; see pic at left depicting a version of the product they eventually hybridized it with solar PV. It’s built around an extremely important set of facts, which its founder, Dan Bates …
Small Wind Is Dead, But Some Don’t See It That Way Read More »
Here’s a page from GE’s website, announcing their new 12 MW offshore wind turbine, not much shorter in height than the Chrysler Building in New York City and the Eiffel Tower, boasting a swept area of seven U.S. football fields.
As we’ve discussed so often, environmental stewardship and economic strength are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they often go arm in arm. Of course, there are people who deny this; they’re called “corporate polluters.”
As the legendary mandolinist Sam Bush puts it in this classic: Same ol’ river Same ol’ sea Same ol’ waters rushing over me
My school friend “isn’t having” my contention that wind energy makes sense, but instead of refuting my point about the attractive EROI (energy return on investment), he writes:
