One Day Those Wind Chimes Will Generate Clean Energy
Wind power conjures up images of giant spinning turbines, but one day it could be as close as those wind chimes hanging from your porch.
Wind power conjures up images of giant spinning turbines, but one day it could be as close as those wind chimes hanging from your porch.
Japan is preparing to bolt turbines onto barges and build the world's largest commercial power plant using floating windmills off the coast of Fukushima, to help cut its reliance on atomic energy.
Wind Power up by 25% Over Last Year
China's emissions of carbon dioxide fell last year for the first time in 13 years - a drop of 2 percent during a year when their GDP was still growing by 7.4%. This decoupling of economic growth from emissions is significant and should buoy clean energy efforts around the world.
A Dutch study has found that offshore wind turbines have hardly any negative effects on wildlife, and may even benefit animals living beneath the waves.
In the first three months of 2015, wind farms in Scotland produced a record amount of electricity, enough to power 960,000 Scottish households for a year, according to government data released Thursday.
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