Been waiting for this for while

I made a post earlier about this wind-turbine design. I believe small-scale wind energy will become more prevalent in the future. Designs like this will be paramount.

Interesting New Wind Turbine Tech

It floats up to a 1000ft in the air and transmits it's power back down to the ground via it's grounding cable. Can be retracted and redeployed elsewhere with minimal fuss. Check it out here.

New Laser System to Predict Wind

This system can 'see' gusts before they hit the turbine and also make small adjustments to the angle of the turbine. End result? Longer lasting turbines...

Off-shore wind development website

Happy New Years!

An index of North American offshore wind development projects and their current status. Powered with Google Maps: http://offshorewind.net/

Also a concise summary of many wind-industry developments in the near future and recent past: http://environmentalresearchweb.org/blog/2010/01/going-off-the-deep-end-in-2010.html

Nicaraguan Wind Power

Not exactly news here but I just got back from Nicaragua and while I was there I stumbled on a 19 turbine wind farm.

Given the completely corrupt electricity infrastructure there (the president has his hands in three of the companies involved and all three buy over-priced products from each other), and given the proximity of the farm to the Costa Rican border, I actually thought this farm was in Costa Rica. But no, it turns out that it's in Nicaragua. Nicaragua's current primary power source is diesel.

Is the pipe big enough?

Questions about the capacity of Ontario's electricity infrastructure are raised by the Toronto Star in this article in response to the speed with which the Samsung Deal was pushed through. Although, the ministry claims that it's too early to be worrying about it...

New Wind Turbine on Grouse Mountain

I'm sitting in Lisa's apartment at 15th and Main enjoying my coffee with a view. From her place I can see from Golden Ears and SFU all the way to The Lions. The sun is about a hand above the eastern horizon somewhere over Metrotown and the bustle on Main Street is picking up to a pleasant din. There's a new addition to the skyline in my view. A giant turbine on top of Grouse Mountain is shouting loud and clear: Canada is going with Wind Energy. Whether it's a political statement, practical placement, or moral abatement the turbine is now there.

http://www.canada.com/technology/addition+skyline+shows+going+with+wind/1742677/story.html