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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 Schools Of Fish Can Lead To More Efficient Wind Farms

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

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Cash For Kites: Government Gives $10 Million to Green Pioneers

ARPA-E is the U.S. Department of Energy program that awards grants to "moonshot" green technologies. The latest round goes to offbeat ideas like cryogenic carbon capture, nano-magnets, and some very large kites.READ»

Wind Turbine Blades Could Cause Planes to Disappear From Radar

There are reasons to be wary of wind turbines--they're dangerous to transport, emit unpleasant noises, and have the nasty habit of killing birds and bats that come crashing into them. But we never thought that turbine projects could be considered a threat to the militaryREAD»

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Lake Erie Becomes Site for GE's First Ever Freshwater Wind Farm in the U.S.

The U.S. is to see its first ever freshwater offshore wind farm, courtesy of GE and the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), GE announced today. It's the culmination of a four-year campaign by The Great Lakes Energy ...READ»

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Windfall for Europe as GE Invests $450 Million in Offshore Turbines

Four European countries are to benefit from GE's announcement this morning that it is to invest 340 million euros in the offshore wind business, which will include manufacturing, engineering, and service facilities. The company is ...READ»

Strata Tower: The First Building With Wind Turbines Incorporated Into Its Design

Plenty of buildings around the world have wind turbines perched on their roofs at this point, but the Strata tower in London's Elephant and Castle area is set to become the first to incorporate turbines into its original design. ...READ»

What Fish Can Teach Us About Wind

A new model for building wind farms inspired by the way fish swim in schools could decrease costs while increasing power density.READ»

Almost Genius: Philippe Starck's New Wind Turbine

This might be the worst, most useless product Starck has ever designed.READ»

Break Like the Wind: Turbine Industry Is Turbo-Charged

The turbine industry is taking off.READ»

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Where America Shops

The next time someone says we can’t conserve our way to a cleaner future or eliminate fossil fueled generation completely, point out that America could shop at Sears - - and find quite a bargain.READ»

Creating Longer Lasting Wind Turbines

If you want to know what's the hold up with realizing all these great ideas for green technology that you see, you might look to a paraphrase of an old saw: It's the economics, stupid. When deciding whether it makes sense to install ...READ»

Easter Island Comes to Detroit

When I saw the photo on the cover of the NY Times this week of the congregation at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, rallying around three huge white SUVs (yes, there were gas guzzlers on the altar), I first thought of the scene in ...READ»