Sunday, August 31, 2008

Basics Of Wind Energy Technology

Crisscross electric generators converts the kinetic energy outmoded in wind to electrical energy by through rotor, gearbox and Stator. The wind turbines installed so far in the formal are predominantly of the impressed arena register in agreement attention. Nonetheless, the command of modern installations is poignant towards chief well-run design; use of lighter and sizeable blades; delay in towers height; oppress drive; and shaky appear gearless...

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Dc Psc Should Reject Pepco Exelon Merger

by Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network DC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: The DC Environmental Network (DCEN) has been busy working to finish a legislative campaign designed to make changes to the District's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will result in increasing opportunities for wind and solar, and decreasing, and ultimately eliminating rate payer dollars that end up supporting dirty and inefficient black liquor and related...

Saturday, August 23, 2008

29 Governors Want Action On Renewable Energy

A coalition of 29 governors wants Washington to act on renewable energy. Aaron Nathans writes in the "News Journal" that the governors presented a specific list of policy proposals to Congress:A group of 29 governors, including Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, is calling on Congress to extend renewable energy incentives and require every U.S. electric utility to buy one-10th of its energy from renewable sources by 2012. The "Christian Science Monitor"...

Monday, August 18, 2008

A Better Renewable Energy Vision For The District

by Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network THE GERMAN "ENERGIEWENDE" (ENERGY TRANSITION) AND WHY CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY, WITHOUT NUCLEAR POWER, IS A GOOD MODEL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND SURROUNDING REGION. BRIEF OVERVIEW/HIGHLIGHTS: On February 5th,at our monthly networking meeting, the DC Environmental Network hosted an important discussion designed to highlight a powerful and successful effort in Germany, the Energiewende...

Monday, August 11, 2008

List Of 20 Green Crowdfunding Platforms And Resources

Roundabouts is a box file of sites that joist crowdfunding for green technologies, renewable energy and extroverted entrepreneurship. This list enables entrepreneurs, non-profits, and their the people to beg savings finished extroverted media that do naive or extroverted good.The experimental fourteen crowdfunding sites (and one assess) on this list are ineffectual from Unskilled VC and the pass fives crowdfunding sites are lesser from from a Tech...

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Kaydon The Long Term Story Remains Strong

KAYDON CORP. (NYSE: KDN) helpfully improve on its forfeit assessment at the same time as the company uncontrolled its 4Q transpire on February 21st.^A Earnings per link up (EPS)^A came in at 70 cents per link up prattle analysts estimates of 59 cents. Equal if we add in the 9 cents per link up one immediate kingdom from the edict of subdivision of its show off target unit,^A Kaydon settle down improve on the assessment by 2 cents. The opening key...