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NASA Sustainability Base Showcases High-Tech, Eco Friendly Design

Architecture • June 3, 2011 • 2 Comments

NASA’s space expertise means it’s virtually unmatched when it comes to creating efficient and sustainable environments for humans to live and work, and the innovative new office facility at their Ames Research Center near San Francisco is a showcase of intelligent and environmentally friendly design. Designed by William McDonough + Partners, the Sustainability Base draws […]

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Wind Power Gains Speed: Efficient, Clean, Endless Energy Source

Uncategorized • October 8, 2010 • 2 Comments

Wind power produces no pollutants like carbon dioxide, and it requires no input of water or fuel resources, making wind one of the planet’s cleanest and most abundant sources of renewable energy. And it’s been front-page news in recent weeks: the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm in England officially began operations in September, becoming the largest

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Is This The World’s Most Efficient Windmill?

Household & Building • May 11, 2009 • 16 Comments

Sometimes the epitome of efficiency is using whatever tools are available to accomplish the job at hand. No one understands this better than William Kamkwamba, a teenager from rural Malawi whose ingenuity provided his family and neighbors with electricity from a most unlikely source.

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Korean Village Runs On 100% Solar Power

Uncategorized • May 10, 2008 • 7 Comments

The Korean village Donggwang gets 100% of its power from the sun. The village is located on the semi-tropical island of Jeju-do. Near the village, Halla Mountain, a volcano and the tallest mountain in South Korea, rises from the island’s center amidst a patchwork of small farms. The village’s forty houses and the school all

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Costa Rica Is 99% Powered By Renewable Energy

Uncategorized • April 8, 2008 • 60 Comments

Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% of all its electrical energy from clean sources, and it’s aiming to be the first country to become carbon neutral (more about that below). Some of Costa Rica’s energy sources include geothermal energy, the burning of sugarcane waste and other

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German Parliment To Use 100% Renewable Power

Uncategorized • March 25, 2008 • 2 Comments

The German Reichstag is expected to become the greenest parliament building in the world, thanks to a decision to rely solely on renewable energy. From late summer the building is due to swap to green power sources such as water, wind and solar energy, replacing the conventional power that it has largely relied upon until

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Windspire: Propeller-Free Household Turbine Gets Approval

Uncategorized • February 9, 2008 • 57 Comments

We just featured the largest wind turbine in the world, now here’s something at the opposite end of the spectrum: a household wind turbine. In the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of mini-wind turbines that haven’t turned out to be very useful. But the Windspire turbine from Mariah Power sounds interesting. The Windspire

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New Record: World’s Largest Wind Turbine (7+ Megawatts)

Uncategorized • February 3, 2008 • 469 Comments

The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor diameter of 126 meters (413 feet). The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind turbine and rated at 6 megawatts. This new turbine is officially rated at 6 megawatts too, but will most

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