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A project entitled Cape Wind is hoping to be the first offshore wind farm in the United States. The location selected is near the coast of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was recently released and signals that the project is approved as far as environmental concerns go. However, the project still must go through [...]
What would the world look like without petroleum-powered cars, or buildings powered by carbon-producing plants? A number of cities in Europe and Asia are on-track to build prototype future-cities using environmentally friendly forms of energy and waste reduction.
In the United Arab Emirates the city of Masdar is currently under construction. Started in 2006, the city is [...]
It is named for a shallow dwelling sea snake and appears just as serpentine at a length of 140 meters. It is the latest innovation to tap nature’s power for our own. Pelamis is the world’s first commercial wave power project set up off the Portuguese coast. The Scottish engineering company, Pelamis Wave Power Limited [...]
If you are flummoxed by a problem where do you go? Well, if we don’t have the answers Mother Nature certainly does. Animals have been on Earth far longer than us humans and they are infinitely better at taming the elements than we are. Thus perhaps was born the scientific field of ‘Functional Morphology’. One [...]
With rising energy costs, many people are seeking ways to cut down on energy usage, from hybrid cars to hanging clothes on the line. On my seven-acre plot, we’ve decided to look into the purchase of…
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First, it was the oil boom. Now it is the “wind boom”. Texas made a boom in the energy market with oil, and now it is looking to make another great impact with a new power—wind.
The market for wind…
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Renewable resources. Environmentally friendly power. These terms are tossed around like salad almost on a daily basis.
The truth is renewable energy sources are finally being recognized as…
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