Posts Tagged ‘Wind-power’

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That there is power in the wind is not a new discovery, man has been using it for thousands of years.
What most people don’t realize is how much experimentation has been going on in this century.

There is no shortage of energy…

20% wind by 2030

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_2030.html

Shifting to Renewable by 2030

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/jacobson-energy-study-102009.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-path-to-sustainable-energy-by-2030

China takes lead in Wind Development

Oil spill animation

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/animation_gulf_of_mexico_oil_s.html

Wind History part1

Wind History part 2

National Academy – Bird and Environmental impacts
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11935&page=72Pumped storage plants in the US

http://www.industcards.com/ps-usa.htm

Wind lowers electricity prices in Europe

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aGDZMpv5Y9Vo&pos=13#

reuters _ “Loss of Wind” event

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2749522920080228

Why the Texas event raises no concern about wind

http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1701

ERCOT study of “loss of wind” event

http://interchange.puc.state.tx.us/WebApp/Interchange/Documents/27706_114_577769.PDF

Denmark: Best for Doing Business_2 years in a row

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/6/bizcountries09-best-countries-for-business_Denmark_CHI001.html

New York Times – a Sea of Untapped Energy

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/nyregion/02about.html

Nordpool implements negative price

http://www.nordpoolspot.com/Market_Information/Exchange-information/No162009-Nord-Pool-Spot-implements-negative-price-floor-in-Elspot-from-October-2009-/

Denmark: Happiest people in the world
http://www.visitdenmark.com/usa/en-us/menu/turist/nyheder/nyheder/danes-happiest-people-in-the-world.htm

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Natural gas is clean, abundant, reliable, efficient, safe, domestic, versatile and needed now.

“Right Here Right Now”
Performed by Jesus Jones
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

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Congress is considering legislation that would ensure that the U.S. gets a growing percentage of its electricity from renewable sources like wind power. This policy would create the first long-term commitment to renewable energy in America and would enable the growth of a new manufacturing base in the U.S., creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality American jobs. Go to PowerOfWind.com to tell Congress that you support a national renewable electricity standard.

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and professor emeritus of Physics at Stanford, returned to campus to speak about the role of clean energy in combating global climate change. A sustainable energy revolution, he said, is not only vital in mitigating climate change, but is a critical step in ensuring U.S. economic competitiveness.

Stanford University:

http://www.stanford.edu/

Stanford News:

http://news.stanford.edu/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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(April 16, 2008) Christina Archer, consulting assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, discusses the importance of win power in a clean and renewable future. The Energy Seminar meets weekly during the academic year. For a list of upcoming talks, visit the events page at the Woods Institute for the Environment website.

Stanford University

http://www.stanford.edu/

Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford:

http://woods.stanford.edu/

Christina Archer

http://www.stanford.edu//~lozej/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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