The Fastest-Growing Wind Power Market in the World
22 August 2009 | Wind Power | No Comments
U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that wind power market has grown very fast in the last 4 years. The use of wind power increased by 60% in United States in 2008 which means that Americans invested $16 billion in wind projects. “At this pace, wind is on a path to becoming a significant contributor to the U.S. power mix…” Ryan Wiser from Berkeley Lab said. The electricity produced from wind energy currently represent 2% of the whole energy in U.S. This thing has an explanation: the need to reduce the cost of electricity production and electricity consumption has led to intense use of alternative energy sources.
Eco-Friendly Chukka MP3 Player is Charged by Motion
3 August 2009 | Green Technology | 4 Comments
Portable electronic devices are very popular today, and the technology used to produce them is also advanced and is improved every day. We can find daily new gadgets with various shapes, for different purposes and different priced.
Beijing Will Save $35 Million Every Year, Using 10 Million Eco-Friendly Lightbulbs
3 August 2009 | Green News | 1 Comment
We can easily see that nowadays, in the world people try to save natural resources and protect the environment, by using alternative energy sources and advanced technologies. I think we all agree that China and Japan are two countries with a high developed technology and every day in these countries appear new ideas and new revolutionary things.
Solar Forest Could Shelter and Recharge Your Electric Vehicle
25 July 2009 | Solar Power | 3 Comments
The pictures of this post may be somewhat scary…trees are replaced with these “green giants” which look like trees.The ideea of this project is not bad, because these solar trees can make two good things at the same time: you can keep your EV cool under the trees shade and this “solar forest” can produce electricity for your EV.
540 MW Shetland Islands Wind Farm Could be Closed due to Disappearance of Local Bird Populations
24 July 2009 | Wind Power | No Comments
Alternative Energy Sources represent the energetic future of our planet. People realized this, so they try to create more and more wind farms or solar power plants, to produce electricity from the sun or wind. Few months ago was opened a 540 MW wind farm in the Shetland Islands but now it faces several problems that could close it.