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Bluetooth Company Spins Out Startup That Prevents Wind Turbines From Garbling Radar Systems

Little known fact: Wind turbines make air traffic control nearly impossible. But Cambridge Consultants is testing a new kind of radar that would let planes and clean power play nice.READ»

How The Department Of Energy Plans To Wean The U.S. Off Rare Earth Metals

The DOE's latest round of funding focuses on finding alternatives to rare earth metals, which are found in everything from wind turbines to computer hard drives.READ»

Next-Gen Wind Turbines Use MRI Tech To Generate More Energy

When you're a sprawling company like GE, you can make bizarre connections between your products. This time, they've found that tech from medical imaging makes wind power more efficient.READ»

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Recharge Your Electric Car With Your Own Personal Wind Turbine

Personal charging devices for electric vehicles are starting to hit the market. Now your EV can have its very own dedicated wind turbine to combat NIMBYs everywhere.READ»

China’s Wind Power Woes

The country is investing heavily in renewable energy, but despite all its turbines, it's not getting the clean power it should be getting. How will that affect its ambitious renewable energy plans?READ»

10 Clean Energy Trends To Watch In 2011 And Beyond

As the clean energy industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downturn, it is entering a stage of rapid change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty. READ»

T. Boone Pickens Ditches Wind Power

While there is still so much money in natural gas, those turbines will have to wait.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»

The Wind Industry Fights Back Against Claims Of Uselessness

We stage a debate between wind power evangelists and those who think it just doesn't work very well.READ»

Wind Farms Often Don't Produce as Much Energy as Advertised: Report

A new study from the John Muir Trust--not the sorts who would attack wind farms just for the fun of it--debunks five important industry claims.READ»

Transforming Sustainable Energy In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, living off the grid isn't a tree hugger's dream -- it's reality. but a renewable-power startup called Sustainable Energy Services Afghanistan is lighting up Afghans' lives, with help from the sun and the wind.READ»

Coming Soon: A Massive Wind Farm to Power Kenya

The new project is the biggest on the continent and will increase the total amount of electricity produced in Kenya by 30%.READ»

U.S. Spending $50 Million to Hasten Offshore Wind Power

The National Offshore Wind Strategy is a five-year comprehensive plan to turn the U.S. into an offshore wind powerhouse.READ»

India Claims Asia's First Tidal Power Plant

Atlantis Resources has inked a deal with Gujarat Power to build a 50MW plant in the Gulf of Kutch. A "mega marine power project" could combine offshore wind and tidal power sources.READ»

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"WindScanner" Uses Laser Beams to Measure Wind Conditions

Though it seems like something a Bond villain would dream up, the laser-enabled WindScanners might make the world a better place, by helping wind farms exploit energy more efficiently.READ»