By Paul Brown, Climate News NetworkDec 9, 2013
Scandinavian researchers say they have devised a scheme to link wind and hydropower in a unified system that would ensure a constant energy supply. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Paul Brown, Climate News NetworkApr 4, 2013
Critics of renewable energy have always claimed that sun and wind are only intermittent producers and that back-up fossil fuel plants are needed to make them viable. But German engineers have proven otherwise. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkMar 1, 2013
There may be limits to how far society can rely on wind power to replace fossil fuels, scientists say -- limits imposed by the effect of numbers of turbines sited close together. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Paul Brown, Climate News NetworkJan 16, 2013
Australia could rely on renewable energy for all its needs, according to new research -- if it could just find the political will to make the change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2011
Google is investing $55 million in the Alta Wind Energy Center, one of the largest wind farms in the world, a move expected to help California reclaim its status as a leader in the industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJan 21, 2011
As "Buy China" policies now economically supercharge the world's most populous nation, the White House and congressional Republicans have opposed many of the very "Buy America" proposals that might help us keep up -- and that obstruction has come at a steep price. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2010
You’ve heard of offshore oil drilling, how about offshore wind farming? The first offshore wind project has been approved to be built five miles off the Massachusetts coast over the objections of Cape Cod residents and vacationers who worry it might disturb their view. The $1 billion project could power 400,000 houses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2009
President Obama outlined a plan on Earth Day to lease federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf for wind and tidal power projects. Speaking at a turbine factory, Obama said wind could generate 20 percent of the nation's electricity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 9, 2008
Former Vice President and presidential hopeful Al Gore seized upon the "change" theme that Barack Obama so successfully rode to victory in this year's election to remind readers of Sunday's New York Times that there's one kind of change we don't need: climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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