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LEGO to spend $500 million on offshore German wind farm
Have you ever wondered just what LEGO does with all its riches? Well, you probably might’ve ignored the financial background of the company, given that you were too busy building childhood castles with these lovable building blocks. Rest assured, LEGO puts its funds to good use. The company has now invested a good $500 million…
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World’s first zero-emission polar research station opened in Antarctica
On Sunday, a research station was opened in the continent of Antarctica that uses only alternative energy making it the world’s first zero-emission polar research station. The scientists welcomed this initiative stating that this proves that alternative energy is viable even in the coldest regions of the planet. Global warming, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions,…
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InVentus team wins wind-powered racing event
The idea of using wind power to propel us forward isn’t something new; we used it to push our boats for 100s of years before the automobile was invented. When it came to moving masses across vast spaces of land we were limited by horse or donkey carriages, which took ages to move things across.…
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Leeds sports centre annoyed by wind turbine
Sure there are many firms now eager to get the greenest and the cleanest form of energy into public use, but rarely has such an initiative lead to a complete opposition from an organization. The South Leeds Stadium is part of the multi-million pound John Charles centre for sport which incorporates the Aquatics centre, indoor…
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Offshore Wind Power Farm to be built at Delaware
Bluewater Wind, an offshore wind power company has won the contract to build America’s first offshore wind turbine park off the coast of Delaware. Using electricity generated by the wind, “Delmarva Power will be able to light about 50,000 homes a year, every year” for the duration of the 25-year contract, with first power expected…
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Cefira-The First Wind-Powered Building is in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Say Aye to Green Power! And the building Cefira sure knows how to conserve. Taking inspiration from the Wind God Cefrio, this building in Buenos Aires has a generator called IV 4500 which can produce 4,5 kilowatts of electricity; more than sufficient for the building’s common-spaces requirements. Two entrepreneurs Francisco Moreno Ocampo and Franco Tocagni…
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Enercon E-126 – World’s Largest Wind Turbine.
The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. Its capacity is rated at 6 MW (although this will be ramped up to 7+ MW), and 20 million kilowatt hours per year, that’s enough to power about 5,000 households of four in Europe. Let’s do a quick US calculation. 938 kWh per home per…
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Google harnessing the winds
Its unlikely that you will find googles name on a search result for windpower, the independent internet search engine will now generate its own electicity by harnessing windpower. BNIM Architects, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company, says that Google is considering the possibility of building a 20-megawatt wind-powered data center in Greensburg, Kan. Bob Berkebile ,…
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Italian Town Boasts of Running On 100% Renewable Power
This town has another reason to rejoice. Not only are they privy to picturesque locales, pasta and siestas on a regular basis, they have their town running on 100% Renewable Power. The town in question is Varese, situated in Northern Italy. The town uses a mix of wind, solar and small-scale hydropower. As a result,…
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Huge offshore wind farms being setup to supply half of UK’s power
In a bid to resolve power supply issues, John Hutton, the energy secretary, is set to make announcements regarding Britain’s offshore energy supply efforts. Britain aims to launch big expansions in offshore wind-power plants with plans for thousands of turbines in the North Sea, Irish Sea and around the coast of Scotland. They want to…
