Mark it down in the diaries, folks… Provided the world doesn’t come to a cataclysmic end next year, the UN believes that humankind can get 80 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2050. More »
Google is positioned to be a major investor in a proposed transmission line for offshore wind farms on the Atlantic seaboard, a bold plan that could radically reshape the electrical map in the region. More »
Google announced that they made their “first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project” – $US38.8m to two wind farms in North Dakota that generate 169.5 megawatts of power, enough to keep the lights on in about 55,000 homes. More »
In an effort to figure out the best areas to harvest wind energy, scientists from NASA’s Earth Science Division have used several years of QuikSCAT satellite data to produce some pretty awesome looking wind power density maps. According to them, if the areas with high wind power–an average wind of greater than 30 knots (45 miles an hour)—were tapped, they could potentially supply 10 to 15 percent of the world’s energy needs.
