Category:Wind
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Wind power has until very recently provided only a small percentage of US power, but is rapidly increasing. One problem that is being addressed is bird kills.
Earth Policy Institute overview/stats/status Link
Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy. TEDtalk video.
PBS Global Focus special segment on Denmark, which bought wind energy industry the US abandoned and is now the world leader. Includes segment on Samso Island, which is now carbon neutral after ten year effort.
UC's Lawrence Livermore National Lab's Julie Lundquist explains how wind turbines convert the forces of the atmosphere into electricity for our homes, businesses, and even cars. UCTV video 3/10 one hour
Inspiring story of the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
California captured an early lead in wind power, thanks to ambitious tax incentives in the 1980s. In recent years, we've fallen behind states like Texas and Iowa. But nobody beats Denmark. It generates fully one fifth of its electric power from wind. audio 12/09
NY Times reports "the American housing market remained in the doldrums in 2009 and automakers sputtered along, but the wind industry continued to boom, according to a report released Thursday. A record 10,010 megawatts of new wind capacity was installed in the United States last year, accounting for 39 percent of new electrical generation, the American Wind Energy Association said in its annual report.
That raises the nation’s total wind energy capacity to more than 35,000 megawatts, or enough electricity to keep the lights on in 9.7 million homes. “Over the past five years, wind power and other renewable energy technologies, combined with natural gas, have provided over 90 percent of all new generating capacity in the U.S.,” the report’s authors stated..." More 4/10
UC's Lawrence Livermore National Labs Julie Lundquist explains how wind turbines convert the forces of the atmosphere into electricity for our homes, businesses, and even cars. video 1/10 50 min.
