Denmark is leading the wind power race. And they’re doing a little too well. Denmark gets about 20% of its total electrical power from wind, and on more blustery days, that percentage can double, putting a strain on their electricity grids. And although this may not seem like a problem for us consumers, on a [...]

She’s big on energy issues gosh darn it. But last we heard her mantra was, “Drill, baby, drill!” It seems her tune has changed and now Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has released a new, and very ambitious, renewable energy mandate for Alaska. Sarah Palin now intends to get half of Alaska’s electricity from renewable energy [...]

Rural regions of Vermont will see expanded service for cell phones thanks to a new plan from Vermont Telecommunications Authority. The plan involves building 200 home wind turbines around the rural areas of Vermont and then mounting them with cellular antennas. The Authority has already struck a deal with a wind turbine manufacturer who will [...]

Southwest Windpower CEO Andy Kruse is currently in Washington lobbying the government for better small wind turbine subsidies. Individual homeowners would stand to benefit, as the Skystream wind turbine would fall under this new subsidizing should it be approved. Currently the wind power stimulus package has a $4,000 cap on it. Kruse would like to [...]

It’s official: The next big thing is looking to be wind power, folks. Can we get a hoo raah? Amongst the grim economic news comes the silver lining that one million people will be employed worldwide by the wind-power industry by the end of the decade, despite the impact of the financial crisis. “It has [...]

Barack Obama is now officially the 44th President of the United States. “Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real,” Obama said in his inaugural speech. “They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — [...]

If the plans of Scottish Power Renewables are accepted, the largest wind farm in Scotland will see the addition of another 45 wind turbines. The energy output of the wind farm would be sufficient to power every household in Glasgow. With 176 wind turbines Whitelee is already the biggest onshore wind farm in Europe. With [...]

This week will see the opening of Maine’s second wind energy farm. The new 57-megawatt wind farm will provide the energy equivalent of the power required for 23,500 homes. The wind farm, known as the Stetson Project, was developed by First Wind with a total of 38 wind turbines strung along a low mountain ridgeline [...]

Barack Obama spoke at an Ohio plant that manufactures small parts used in wind turbines, to build support for his economic stimulus plan. He told the small company of about 65 workers that the U.S. is in the middle of crisis unlike any “in our lifetime.” “Renewable energy isn’t something pie-in-the-sky,” Obama said. “It’s not [...]

The proposed 130-turbine wind farm off the coast of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts, earned a victory today when the federal agency that oversees it released a favorable environmental impact statement. Cape Wind, which has been under review since 2001, has faced some resistance from opponents who say it may cause radar interference to boats and [...]