Everyone has heard the news. Oil prices are exploding, the environment is falling apart, and people need to step up and do something about the energy crisis. Many people are seeking alternative energy sources to help combat this issue, including a huge investment in wind and solar energy. Wind energy, specifically, is more popular and [...]

When I think of wind power I think of these huge blades spinning around and creating a couple of megawatts of power, not a in my backyard kind of device. Well Mariah Power has create an affordable $4,000 vertical wind turbine that produces 1kW of power and stand only 30 feet tall! The Windspire is [...]

While doing some research today I stumbled across some great website to help lower the cost of going green. With most technologies the new they are the more they cost. Over time the price goes down and economics of scale play a role. Anyway, please take a look at DSIRE for tax breaks for adding [...]

The German town of Dardesheim will soon be running completely on renewable energy. Most of the town has solar roofs installed as well as some huge wind turbines, like the 6 megawatt turbine, the E112. This turbine produces 12 to 15 million kWH per year! The 1,000 residents of Dardesheim want to attach tourist who [...]

The next energy harvesting idea is using the already clogged speedway (highway,parkway,etc) to convert the wind created by the passing cars, trucks, etc to electricity. This idea has been around for a while, but I think what makes this recently example so specially is how they go about doing it, using overhead turbines that collect [...]

From Micro Wind Turbines to Multi-Axis Turbosystems there are a variety of ways to use the wind as a form of energy harvesting. Many people complain about wind turbines from “Ruins the View” to “kills bird via migration paths”. I just CAN NOT STAND THESE REASONS! The fact is I spent 2 months traveling Europe [...]

Magenn Power’s MARS (Magenn Power Air Rotor System) is a windturbine thats a hot air balloon that generates power an sends it down via tether cables. MARS is a horizontal axis wind turbine that uses a 1000 ft tether cable to transmit its power. There are restrictions that the FAA requires, but having a easy [...]

Chris Pepe of Tears of Fire has build some interesting Green DIY projects. Using our Avronics board he has build a Wind LCD Meter to monitor the MAKE DIY Wind Turbine that his brother Michael built. Chris has worked on a variety of EE projects that deal with Green Technology as well as fun Green [...]

Seeing how fast people are moving into cities and how much the price of a square foot costs, it only makes sense that we look at building up. We need to look at utilizing all the space we have in our large cities. While I was visiting Japan I saw many unique structures that saved [...]