Mass-Marketing Wind Turbines

This Autumn you should be able to buy your own personal wind turbine from Ace Hardware. The turbine is made by Honeywell (look familiar? Look at your thermostat), who claims that this turbine can be efficient enough to power about 18% of the average home. While not quite as cheap as some of us would like (MSRP at a steep $4500 for one turbine), Honeywell and Ace Hardware are taking a big step in helping America become a little more green.

Note: You can also make your own small turbine from recycled parts on our website. The link is at the top of the page. Great project for kids this summer!


Read the whole story:
http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2009/20090047.html

-Leslie

Solar Powered Bus Stops

San Francisco has started to build solar powered bus stops. These bus stops will use solar panels located on the roof to power LED lights, the intercom, and Wi-Fi for the people waiting. San Francisco plans to have 1100 of these bus stops built by 2013.

Read more here:
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wi-fi-bus-stops/#comments

-Leslie

New kind of solar energy plant.

Sunlight + molten salt = energy for 100,000 homes. There is only one plant, which won't be completed until 2013, near Las Vegas. These plants are meant to be used in the desert.

Read more:
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/molten-salt-solar-plant/#comment-6631

-Leslie

Eastern Hemisphere Powers Up Stadiums

Taiwan is now home to the first completely solar powered sports stadium. There are 8,844 solar panels that can produce about 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity every year. As an added bonus, the World Games 2009 will be hosted here in July. Maybe the word about solar energy will be spread and this will inspire more stadiums or similar buildings.

Read the whole article here:
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-stadium-in-taiwan/#comments


-Leslie