Source: nytimes.com Published: January 17, 2015 By Diane Cardwell Before dawn one morning in October, a handful of Americans gathered at a lonely pier on Samso, a small Danish island about four hours from Copenhagen. Bundled in layers of fleece and wool, the...
Source: theguardian.com Published: December 19, 2014 The coast of Caithness, Scotland, near where the tidal project will be based. Photograph: Albaimages/Alamy MeyGen project could power nearly 175,000 homes through network of turbines on seabed at Ness of Quoys off...
Source: architectureanddesign.com.au Published: April 12, 2014 A group of French engineers has produced a prototype of an artificial tree that uses leaf-shaped turbines to generate power from air currents. The ‘Wind Tree’ prototype stands at nearly eight metres tall...
Source: gizmag.com Published: May 13, 2014 The Windpax wind turbine system can be set up in less than two minutes and mounted on a number of surfaces. By Angus MacKenzie Keeping mobile electronic devices powered up can be difficult for the modern camper and hiker....
Source: upworthy.com Published: July 3, 2013 Watch this teenage MacGyver fight famine in Africa with only a picture, junk scraps, and a dream. If this guy can build a renewable energy source with scraps, what’s stopping a huge country like America? We have the...
Source: mnn.com Published: August 29, 2011 Karl Burkart A surprising aerodynamic innovation in wind turbine design called the ‘wind lens’ could triple the output of a typical wind turbine, making it less costly than nuclear power. Snapshot from video NOTE: Some major...
