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Canadian Spud Farm Opens Potato Waste-to-Biogas Plant

by admin on October 16th, 2009

Canadian potato processing facility will use biogas produced in its own anaerobic digesters to fire two commercial boilers.

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LG Unveils Solar Powered E-Book Reader

by admin on October 13th, 2009

LG Display unveils solar-powered e-book that may eliminate wall-chargers—at least for those outdoorsy types.

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Plans for Floating Offshore Wind Farm Making Waves in Mass.

by admin on October 10th, 2009

Boston-based Blue H USA has submitted a permit to the U.S. Army Corps of engineers to test a structure that would be used for floating offshore wind turbines.

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Wind Turbine Tower Falls From Truck, Breaks Road

by Tim Hurst on September 16th, 2009

The cost of moving a complete wind turbine unit generally varies from roughly $100,000 to $150,000 — but this one will likely cost a little more.

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FloDesign Triples Efficiency of Traditional Wind Turbines

by admin on September 13th, 2009

FloDesign has tested a prototype wind turbine based on jet engine technology that is "three to four times" more efficient than the traditional three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbines.

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StatoilHydro Launches First Full Scale Floating Wind-Turbine

by Tim Hurst on September 9th, 2009

Norwegian energy giant, StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) inaugurated its much-anticipated Hywind floating wind turbine pilot project Tuesday, six miles off the coast of Southwest Norway in the North Sea.

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A REALLY Inconvenient Truth

by Matt on August 28th, 2009

Dan Miller of the Roda Group (and the former CEO of Ask.com) explains to the Hillside Club in Berkley why “we are really f#@ked.” Miller is part of the Al Gore’s “Climate Project,” a group that trains speakers to go around the world delivering the “Inconvenient Truth” talks. He explains that part of that training is [...]

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The Smart Chopper from Siemens and Orange County Choppers

by Matt on August 13th, 2009

On Wednesday Seimens unveiled the first custom electric motorcycle dubbed the “Seimens Smart Chopper.” The bike was designed and built by the prolific motorheads at Orange County Choppers. The chopper sports the signature OCC style but being electric it lacks the ground rumbling roar. OCC founder Paul Teutul Jr. admits that everyone loves loud pipes [...]

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1GW Vertical Axis NOVA Wind Turbine

by Matt on June 17th, 2009

This unorthodox design may be the future of off-shore wind power. The NOVA or Project Novel Offshore Vertical Axis turbine utilizes a 120 meter tall “V” shape turbine, instead of the traditional design which gives it several advantages.

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Green Clear Cutting – Aqua Logging

by Doug on March 31st, 2009

The practice of harvesting underwater timber is profitable. All over the world wood sources are submerged from artificial damming and disregarded logs from normal lumbering practices. The wood can remain usable, and sometime highly prized for its size and age. Rare and exotic woods can be found as far away as Ghana by the same [...]

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