New Jersey Offshore Wind FarmNew Jersey has approved a new huge offshore wind farm (346 megawatts). The 96 turbines will be installed in a grid pattern between 16 and 20 miles from land. The project, which would be in deeper water than most other offshore wind farms, would cost more than $1 billion and wouldn't start producing electricity until 2013. The state has set itself a goal of 20% renewable energy by 2020.NIMBY or No Big Deal?As you can see from the image above, turbines that are between 15 and 20 miles away are very hard to see. This should help with the Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) fac...
photo: Mike RosalesRenewable energy developers across the United States can sleep a little easy tonight. After nine (count em, nine) tries, the Senate has passed an extension of the renewable energy tax credit package which sat bobbing in the dold...
We are now in a time where renewable energy is becoming increasingly sophisticated, viable, and affordable. That is, if you're in the developed world. What if you are on the Caribbean coastal region of Nicaragua, the poorest in the country, Nicaragua...
'Ma, did you know the towers routing this call are now powered by biofuels?' Photo: Eirik NewthIn many parts of the developing world mobile phones have brought communications capabilities to places where building regular telephone lines would be impr...
