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Small Wind Turbine Growth Projected to Keep Booming
I wrote a piece on the considerable growth of the small wind turbine market in recent years just about a week ago. That growth is projected to continue. By 2015, the installed capacity small wind...
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Win a Vespa!.. from a Home Wind Turbine Company
I've written about Sauer Energy a number of times over the years. About a year ago, the company released a new vertical-axis wind turbine with a unique design to improve the efficiency of this...
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Small Wind Turbine Market Sees Strong Growth (2010 Market Growth Report)
I published preliminary stats on the American Wind Energy Association's 2011 report on small wind turbine growth about a month ago. The official release of the study results is now out. Here's AWEA's...
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New EV iPhone App, LEDs, Airline Controversy News, & More (Clean Links)
Some more top cleantech news of the past couple weeks, to go along with the 60+ articles we’ve published. 1. Despite recent/upcoming solar feed-in tariff cuts, UK energy minister Greg Barker...
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Support Open-Source Kenyan Wind Turbine Project (TODAY)
http://youtu.be/ACTSHNjMWqs The deadline for getting a cool, open-source Kenyan wind turbine project funded is today. Check out the video above for an intro on the project. This is not about creating...
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Clean Links (More News on Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Transportation, &...
Some more top cleantech news from the past day or so. Solar 1. We’ve written about the large solar boat known as Planetsolar many times in the past. Our good old friend Tim Hurst of Live Oak Media...
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“Low-Cost” Wind Power Demonstration Project Now Under Construction
Wind power company Mass Megawatts has started work on a demonstration low-cost wind power system that uses “the company’s patented wind augmentation technology.” The demonstration project will...
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Computer Modelling Could Help Boost Urban Wind Power
Researchers from Murdoch University in Western Australia are hoping to use three-dimensional modelling of urban wind flows to improve the design and efficiency of small wind turbines located in the...
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Portable 50kW Wind Turbine Unveiled (Video)
Uprise Energy has developed a wind turbine that is portable and easier to maintain in numerous ways. It is called the Uprise Portable Power Center. By portable, the company means that it can actually...
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Small-Scale Wind Energy Systems (VIDEOS)
Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here’s one on small-scale wind energy systems (not the type of wind turbines that dominate the wind power market) Small-Scale Wind Energy...
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Delhi Students To Generate Power From Wind Produced By Metro Rail
Students of one of India’s most reputed universities are planning to harness high speed winds generated by Delhi’s metro trains. A team of ten students of Delhi University is planning to strategically...
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Record Year Blows United Kingdom Small Wind Installations Past 102 MW
2012 turned out to be a huge year for small wind in the UK. The industry doubled in size to pass £105 million in value and 102MW installed capacity Record Year Blows United Kingdom Small Wind...
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World’s Largest Cleantech Accelerator Selects Top Midwest Startups
The Cleantech Open is reportedly the largest cleantech accelerator program in the world. It conducts regional cleantech startup competitions which then lead to a national (US) competition, the...
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Why Is There So Much Confusion About “Small Wind”?
Have you ever noticed energy blogs or articles about small wind turbines comparing them directly with big wind technology and solar? I am writing this article to provide a little background on where...
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Micro Wind Turbines: Another Big Headache For Big Oil
An industry shakeout will follow the oil price crash, but the survivors will face new competition from micro wind turbines and the distributed wind sector Micro Wind Turbines: Another Big Headache For...
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The Value of Building-Scale Microgrids & Small Wind
There’s no doubt about it: our energy landscape is changing. If anyone tells you they know what it will look like in 50 years, be very skeptical — there are a lot of unpredictable factors yet to hit...
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Bladeless Wind Turbine — Reality Check
The Vortex Bladeless wind turbine recently covered here on CleanTechnica and many other sites is, unfortunately, yet another example of an impractical, uncompetitive wind turbine that is getting too...
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Wind + Solar Power Systems For Homes Or Businesses
Maine-based Pika Energy* makes some very interesting products. One of its most notable is the T701 residential wind turbine, which has a capacity of 1.5 kW. Another is the REbus microgrid, which can be...
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Wind Orchard Energy — Chasing Wind… For Electric Cars
My journey dates back over 15 years. I now call it “chasing wind.” This path stemmed out of frustration with the small wind industry, which was not adopting the technologies that big wind had...
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Micro Wind Turbines Still In Play As US Wind Energy Vaults To #1 Worldwide
Two new reports on the US wind energy sector indicate falling prices and strong growth, with a glimmer of hope for fans of micro wind turbines Micro Wind Turbines Still In Play As US Wind Energy Vaults...
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