Time to time military objections to wind power projects seem to pop up, but here’s one with some seriously big impact: The Guardian reports that the UK Ministry of Defence is blocking plans for a total of 1 gigawatt of wind power in north-west England and south-west Scotland because the seismic noise from the wind turbines will prevent detection of nuclear weapons testing around the world. …
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Nuclear Weapons Testing Concerns Halt 1 Gigawatt of Wind Power in UK
August 22nd, 2011
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Alaska Governor Authorizes $4.5 Billion Dam Project, Which Will Create 39-Mile-Long Reservoir
August 14th, 2011
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Susitna River photo via Wikipedia CC While many environmentalists are cheering the removal of dams as a way to bring health back to rivers and restore fisheries, a new project slated for Alaska could put one of the nation’s tallest dams in place in the state. It would create a reservoir 39 miles long, and as much as 2 miles wide at its broadest point. …
World’s Largest (400MW) Solar PV Farm Planned for Somewhere in USA
July 22nd, 2011
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Image credit: NSP It wasn’t that long ago that solar plants competing for the “World’s largest” title were talking in the range of about 5MW, then 10 or 15. But as the 100MW solar farms going up in France , and the massive expansion of plans for a San Antonio solar plant from 50MW to 400 show, the scale of what’s impressive has changed …
Seaweeds Could be a Source of Next-Gen Biofuels
July 12th, 2011
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC Offshore Wind Farms Might be Best Place to Grow Seaweed ‘Farms’ Biofuels made with food crops are generally a bad idea. By competing with food production for land, they increase the price of many commodities which are already expensive for the poorest people on Earth. This is so bad that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has released a warning that U.S.
