Friday, December 30, 2011

renewable energy - Backyard Wind Power




Some homeowners are installing wind turbines in their backyards. These windmills are connected to the grid, and deliver renewable, green energy to the owner's home. MarketWatch's Stacey Delo talks with San Francisco homeowner Robin Wilson about putting in a wind turbine in an urban area. Video originally aired October 8, 2008. Check out more videos at www.wsj.com



In the News:




Keller district campus is plenty green, but what about that wind turbine?
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Paid for with voter-approved bond money, the Skystream turbine is billed by its maker as a product that can "produce electricity in your own backyard." "It's the first compact, user-friendly, all-inclusive wind generator (with controls and inverter ...

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Wind Power Far From Trouble-Free
Wheeling News Register
That will increase to a million within a few years, the conservancy predicts. Wind power isn't looking as green as it once did to many Americans. But they're not in Obama's political backyard, so to speak, so he simply doesn't care.

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Hundreds turn out for CAW turbine meeting
Shoreline Beacon
By SARAH SLOAN , ASSISTANT EDITOR It was a standing room only crowd at Lakeshore Recreation in Saugeen Shores last Monday night as more than 150 concerned residents packed in to take part in the CAW Wind Turbine information night. ...

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Rooftop turbines put house among the greenest
The News Journal
Mark and Tami Wygant are hoping to sell their surplus electricity to Delmarva Power. They also can earn credits that can be sold on the open market. / SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL / JASON MINTO The vertical-axis wind turbines will function in winds of ...

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Wind power makes sense for Humboldt County
Times-Standard
We live on a small, beautiful planet and there's no somewhere else -- every place is someone's backyard. The privileged, energy-intense lifestyle we enjoy comes with responsibility. Accepting some of the downsides of wind power development for its much ...




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