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How Schools Of Fish Can Lead To More Efficient Wind Farms

More salmon, please! A new study shows how biomimicry can help generate energy.READ»

First Offshore Wind Farm In The U.S. Gets Approval After Decade Of Red Tape

The first offshore wind farm in the U.S. received final approval this week to start construction after 10 years of wrangling. What took so long?READ»

Google Sinks $100 Million Into World's Largest Wind Project

Is Google a search engine, an ad outfit, or a clean energy company? Every day it gets a little harder to answer that question. READ»

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iFive: First Stem Cell Treatment Trial, Google's Wind Farm, Ngmoco Bought, Irish Three Strikes Law Defeated, Spotify Phone

Spare a thought for Gray Collins, as you ponder the prospect of all those work-related emails you've got to send: Collins is in the middle of a non-stop Twitterthon for charity. His tweet burden is one every 10 minutes, which doesn't ...READ»

Infographic: Nantucket Windfarm vs. Gulf Oil Spill, Which Impacts the Environment More?

Both the oil spill and Cape Wind will leave lasting impacts. But the negative impact of the toxic oil spill outweighs that of our biggest, latest, best effort at a sustainable energy project.READ»

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E.ON Unveils World's Largest Wind Farm

Texas is home to the world's biggest wind farm, according to officials at E.ON Climate & Renewables. The wind energy company recently put the finishing touches on its 781.8 megawatt (MW), 627-turbine facility in Roscoe, Texas. ...READ»

Forget Global Warming; Could Wind Farms Affect the Weather?

Everyone (well, mostly everyone) is worried about the effects of climate change on global weather patterns. But what if wind power--one of the most prominent clean energy solutions--affects the weather too? According to scientists at ...READ»

Pickens Drops Wind Plan, Cites Transmission Costs

T. Boone Pickens has dropped his much-ballyhooed plan, chronicled in our pages, to build the world's largest wind farm, in favor of a handful of smaller wind farms scattered around the Midwest. He cites many of the same factors that ...READ»

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Sweden Aims to Build Europe's Largest Wind Farm-but It's Still a Breeze Compared to Texas

The country that unleashed ABBA, IKEA and H&M on the world is gearing up to impress us once again--this time with Europe's largest wind farm. Swedish company Markbygden Vind AB wants to build 1,101 wind turbines in the northern ...READ»

Let’s Hear it For T. Boone Pickens

If you have cable TV, you’ve probably seen the new “energy awareness” commercial, paid-for and narrated-by T. Boone Pickens. For those of you who haven’t laid your eyes on this, watch it here. The half-scowl, ...READ»

Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy

Texas tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been dubbed the "Oracle of Oil." So why is he building the world's largest wind farm?READ»