Posts Tagged ‘wind power’

• Denmark to end their reliance on fossil fuels, aims for 100 percent renewable energy in 2050

  The new red and green government in Denmark wants to end the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. In a proposal presented to the parliament last week the Danish government laid out their new and bold energy plan. By 2050 Denmark …

• A Wind Farm For North Carolina

  With energy prices rising and increasing emphasis placed on finding renewable alternatives to the fossil fuels that power the multitudes of cars behind every garage door in America, the whispers of a wind farm coming to the Northeastern coast of …

• Wind farms unscathed by the massive Japanese earthquake disaster

  While the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan continues to be severe, following the devastating and massive earthquake earlier last month, it seems that none of the wind farms in the country have been reported damaged. Kelly Rigg, …

• Sweden to build Europe’s largest wind farm

  Photo credit: jesse.millan Sweden might be the host for Europe’s largest wind farm if the Swedish government approves the proposed plans. The wind farm will be located in Markbygden near Piteå in northern Sweden and will have a total of …

• Renewable energy could power 40% of global electricity demand by 2050

  Photo credit: Blyzz New research from the Helsinki University of Technology’s Advanced Energy Systems in Espoo, Finland, shows that with the help from global cooperation and investment renewable energy will “exceed all previous estimates.” According to the new findings renewable …

• Madness: Sweden wants to invest in new nuclear reactors

  The Swedish right-wing government seems hell-bent on continue its climate wrecking journey. After calling for as much as 88% of the EU emission cuts to be allowed to do overseas in development countries the government now want to scrap a …

• Sweden’s biggest wind farm is in planning stage, will supply as much energy as a nuclear plant

  Photo credit: phault Sölvesborg, a small village near the coast located in southern Sweden, was first in the world with sea-based wind power. And now it might become the place for Sweden’s and northern Europe’s largest offshore wind farm. The …

• 10% of U.S. Energy Now Comes From Renewable Energy Sources

  photo credit: James Bird According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration renewable energy now accounts for more than 10% of the domestically-produced energy in USA during the first half of 2008. Most of the energy comes from renewable energy sources …

• Solar power from Africa could power all of Europe

  The French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this summer launched, with the support of EU, a new Mediterranean union with the aim to “tackle issues such as regional unrest, immigration to pollution.” The new international body will include 16 non-EU states …

• Windmill Destroyed by Wind

  The video below shows a windmill in Hornslet, near Århus in Denmark, being ripped apart by… wind. Oh the irony. But it does show the power of renewable energy, and in this case wind power.