Wind power is being harnessed in New York at an unprecedented level now with a new record being set after hitting 1,000 megawatts last week. February 19 saw wind power output hit a level high enough to supply almost five percent of all of the 21,000 MW required by New York. To put into a [...]

Dell relies on various forms of renewable energy for about one-third of its power requirements at its American facilities and now wind power is responsible for even more of their energy needs. The Dell customer service center in Oklahoma City has just contracted OG&E to provide power for 100 percent of the building’s needs. This [...]

In May of last year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report titled “20% Wind Energy by 2030“. The report showed that the U.S. has access to enough wind energy resources to greatly exceed even the 20% goal. But, it also pointed out that major hurdles would have to be overcome before the [...]

The primary operator of North Texas’ electrical grid, Oncor Electric Delivery, has secured a contract to install $1.3 billion worth of electrical transmission lines to join the massive wind farms of West Texas to the State’s grid. As the American state with the most wind power generation (8,000 megawatt capacity), Texas is seeing a steep [...]

Not to be the bearers of bad news here, but scientists are saying that climate changes are occurring more rapidly than previously predicted. Scientists recently revealed that industrial greenhouse gas emissions have increased more quickly than expected, while emissions from burning fossil fuels since 2000 are much higher than previously estimated. “We are basically looking [...]

Think you have to spend a bunch of money to buy contraption to be a member of the wind turbine club? Think again. Rooftop wind turbines are becoming more and more popular. Rooftop turbines send the electricity they generate straight on to the homeowner’s circuit box, thus reducing their utility bills while using a renewable [...]

The English wind farm that had allegedly suffered a UFO attack that led to the destruction of a £1 million wind turbine several weeks ago has now announced that the cause was actually quite terrestrial after all. Dale Vince, owner of Ecotricity, the wind power facility in question, originally reported that he had seen glowing [...]

With the wind industry booming, many owners of wind farms built during California’s wind boom of the 1980s are thinking about upgrading their wind turbines. However, with everyone thinking greener these days, many are finding alternatives to sending their worn-out wind turbines to the junk yard. An increasing number of new companies are buying up [...]

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has come up with some interesting stats and it seems 2008 has been a good year for the wind power industry. Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8 percent last year to reach total global installations of more than 120.8 GW at the end of 2008. The U.S. and [...]

General Electric pushed renewable energy this year, running two spots at this year’s nail-biting Super Bowl. The first ad was for G.E.’s SmartGrid technology, while the second ad (above) was on wind energy to promote their ecomagination site. Do you think it was a success?