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Windmills Sight Seeing in San Gorgonio

Learn about green energy and take a tour among Californian Deserts Turbines There are many local attractions one can exploit in the Coachella Valley. Here are a few examples: • A Hot-Air-Balloon flight over the desert at sunrise
• A Camel Ride through a date farm
• A Chuck Wagon Ride along the San Andreas fault… Read the rest

The Greenbird – A New Wind Powered Car

A totally new and record-breaking wind powered car has emerged. A carbon fibre composite vehicle named The Greenbird is powered by nothing else but wind. The world land speed record for wind powered vehicles has been broken by a British engineer with this new groundbreaking “Greenbird”gimmick. The engineer achieved exactly 126.1 mph which is 202.9 kmh… Read the rest

UFO attacks Windmill in the UK?

CNN has questioned whether or not a wind turbine damaged by an unidentified flying object? UK inquiry launched into ‘UFO attack’ on wind turbine. An investigation was under way into how a 65ft blade was mysteriously torn off a wind turbine amid reports of strange lights in the sky. The 300ft turbine at Conisholme in Lincolnshire… Read the rest

New Windmills Coming As Old Ones Are Still Disputed

In Stoneycreek Township – Somerset County, the push by the local county for cleaner energy continues but local residents are not pleased at all and are pushing right back. The fact that more windmill turbines are going to be erected in the Somerset and Blair counties is stirring up some heated debates.
Somerset County wind mills… Read the rest

UK plans for offshore wind to plug into electricity grid – Cost Of Wind Power

The UK plans for 25GW wind power contribution to national grid. The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem announced a new regulatory framework to connect island offshore renewable projects to the onshore grid. The objective is to connect huge amounts of UK offshore wind energy to the national grid . The two… Read the rest

Youngsters make mini windmills

SCHOOLCHILDREN have been taking part in an art project to mark two centuries of Rayleigh’s historic windmill in the UK. Involved in the Rochford Arts Ccouncil Sails Wind Project were pupils from the Fitz Wimarc School.
The school in Hockley road was visited by Artist Nicola Burrell last Friday and worked with the Year 9 pupils… Read the rest

Where to buy the Jellyfish Wind turbine?

Is the Jellyfish Wind Turbine already available for sale and purchase and where can I buy one? Unfortunately, The Jellyfish is currently still in the development phase and additional design refinements are undertaken by Clarian Technologies so that it is compliant with all necessary safety and regulatory requirements. Clarian Technologies is a Research and Development Firm… Read the rest

The Jellyfish Wind Turbine And The Google Zeitgeist

Jellyfish’s inventor Chad Maglaques’s vision on his micro-turbine invention and does it fit with Google’s current perception on Zeitgeist? Chad Maglaques’s micro-turbine invention is only 3 foot high and can be mounted onto any rooftop. The difference to other small scale wind turbines, the Jellyfish wind turbine can be plugged directly into a standard residential household… Read the rest

The 10 Most Beautiful Quotes About The Wind

Did these writers know the importance of renewable energy, the future of residential wind power? They have certainly understood the emotional power of wind. Wind quote No. 1: ‘Madame, bear in mind that princes govern all things–save the wind’ Victor Hugo Wind quote No. 2: ‘A breeze came wandering from the sky, light as the whispers… Read the rest

PLUG-IN WIND POWER For Every Home – The Jellyfish

‘The Jellyfish’ – A micro-wind turbine Mass production of this amazing wind power generating device is the objective of Inventor Chad Maglaque, who wants to bring a little change to the world. The man from Seattle has invented an affordable version of a micro-wind turbine named the Jellyfish that can create enough wind power to help… Read the rest