As President Barack Obama stresses the need for independence from fossil fuels, filmmaker Emma Cott examines one alternative energy project that is looking to harness wind power from Mexico to help meet California’s energy demands.
Baja Wind Energy Project to Help Fill Calif. Sails
Puget Sound Energy’s Wind Power
Clean, renewable energy is becoming a core part of Puget Sound Energy’s power supply. PSE’s goal is to meet up to 10 percent of its customers’ total electricity need with cost-effective renewable resources by 2013. A major step in that direction is PSE’s ownership and operation of two large wind farms in Washington state. More info located at: www.pse.com
Wind Power
Each wind turbine in the wind park near Freiburg cost 2 million Euros. Six of these 1.8 MWh wind turbines were installed at a cost of 13 million Euros. Out of this total individuals invested in a share of the operating company in order to provide 4.6 million in capital. Five hundred and twenty people invested a minimum of 3000 Euros. Each 3000 Euros generates 12000 kWh. Each investor gets money back over twenty years from2003 to 2023. Over this time each investor gets 280% of their money back. To start with each investor gets 3% in the first year, then 5% the next year until in the last year the investor gets 20%. The tower is 98 metres height. On the top is is the 100 tonne generator. The tower was made of concrete since it is too difficult to bring steel up the mountain. The concrete tower was constructed over about three weeks. Unlike the first generation of wind turbines this new generation has no gear. The blades turn 22 times per minute transforming DC to AC. 95% of German wind turbines are privately financed. People invest because they get money back. The federal subsidy makes it a good investment. Normal electricity has a once cent per kilowatt additional cost added so that wind and other renewable’s can be purchased at a premium. Wind gets paid a couple cents more than conventional power. Solar gets paid many times more.
Where does Wind Power come from? Climbing Inside a Wind Turbine
www.firstwind.com for more videos from First Wind about wind energy. Find out what the inside of a wind turbine looks like and how it works as Liz from First Wind embarks on the 6 minute climb inside the tower to the top.
DIY Wind Power – Excellent DIY Wind Generator Plan!
EarthEnergy.BestReviewed.Net – If you are looking for some complete DIY wind power plans to learn how to build DIY wind generators, here they are. Watch the video and click the link above to learn more. You can learn how to build a powerful, efficient and well engineered turbine with the guide at the link above which is also inexpensive to build. As I said in the video, you can build one for as little as 0 (thats the best I’ve done, anyway). The turbines made from this guide are strong and can handle powerful gusts of wind, and also produce relatively large amounts of power from slow winds. You can’t buy equivalent turbines in stores for less than 0 or so. So check it out now at the link above and get your guide and start building diy wind turbines! You can totally forget about your power bill and you’ll also be helping the environment.
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Wind Power – to Combat Climate Change
Not a single day goes by without mention of the environmental and climate challenges facing the world. The ice caps are melting right before our eyes and the oceans are rising as we quest for answers and durable solutions to the worlds growing energy needs. Wind is one of Denmarks most abundant natural energy sources, today accounting for one-fifth of the electricity supplied through Danish outlets. In just under 30 years, Denmark has become world champ when it comes to harnessing the otherwise tough-to-control wind energy in the power system. But how? This is precisely what this film wants to clarify.
New Underwater Transmission Lines Proposed
The last overhead high voltage line to cross state lines took 18 years to complete. That’s 2 years to build, 16 for the various permits and lawsuits. But with a need for more high voltage lines to keep up with demand, could the answer lie at the bottom of lakes and rivers? Clean Skies Lee Patrick Sullivan explains.
Turby: Urban personal wind power
Vertical turbine for low noise, small foot-print wind power.
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Wind turbines make bat lungs explode
Read more: environment.newscientist.com Researchers at the University of Calgary have found out why bats have been dying near wind turbines.
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Re-Building Greensburg
Greensburg, KS – A town that was devastated by a tornado in 2007, yet came back to be one of the Nation’s most energy-efficient, sustainable communities. Civic leaders and entrepreneurs helped rally residents behind the idea of “greening” Greensburg, inspiring the construction of numerous energy-efficient buildings, some of which generate their own renewable power with solar panels and wind turbines. Many of the town’s government buildings use cutting edge energy-saving technologies, saving the local taxpayers’ money. Greensburg has demonstrated to the world that any city can reach its energy efficiency and renewable energy goals today using widely available technologies.
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