July 4, 2008
by Eize de Vries, Wind Technology Correspondent for REW magazine
Will direct drive bring down the cost of energy from large-scale wind turbines? Next week, Siemens Energy will install a highly innovative 3.6-megawatt (MW) direct drive "concept" turbine at a location near Ringkoebing, Denmark, where it will undergo a two-year test...
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July 3, 2008
Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University. Using these lands for energy crops, instead of...
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July 2, 2008
by Stephen Lacey, Staff Writer and Lily Riahi, Correspondent
In Canada these days, it's almost impossible to talk about renewable energy without talking about nuclear power. With the recent freezing of Ontario's Renewable Energy Payment (REP) system and a proposal from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to procure 14,000 megawatts...
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July 1, 2008
by Jennifer Runyon, Managing Editor
If recycling is green, and wind turbines provide green energy, then how green would it be to recycle the wind turbines themselves? That's the plan for Aeronautica Windpower, a Massachusetts-based company that is hoping to refurbish and find new homes for...
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