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Windturbines & Condors
Wind turbines are thought to be one of the (potentially) most successful aspects of renewable energy available, given the current state of technology and economic conditions. Some of the largest wind...
View ArticleOcean Renewable Energy: a National Security Perspective
Transitioning to clean renewable energy must be done in a matter that does not jeopardize American national security interests. Although this transition must be viewed as a step toward a more secure...
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Biomimetics
The great artist Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain.” The developing field of biomimicry seeks to...
View ArticleEnergy Politicized, and Paralysis, Part 1
“I’m a boring speaker and I like it that way…I doubt that people are attracted to whatever the persona is…People are interested in the issues, and they’re interested in the issues because they are...
View ArticleEnergy Politicized, and Paralysis, Part 2
In my first post I gave a brief explanation of the inseparability of emotion, or politics of identity, from issues that some would consider as being strictly scientific, such as the development of...
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OWC Desalinator
In our world today over 780 million people lack access to clean drinking water. That’s approximately one in nine people This staggering statistic has spurred the development of desalination plants,...
View ArticleGlobal Warming: An Economy of Truth
It’s no secret that Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth. One of the most arresting images from that documentary was the time-elapse footage...
View ArticleCape Wind and the Real Face of Environmentalism
Cape Wind, a 1500 GW h wind farm located in Nantucket Sound, is slated to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States of America. It’s been approved and construction will...
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Getting energy from currents AND wind
Japan has released the world’s first floating wind current turbine plant. It will produce electricity from both the wind and the currents. How efficient! According to the article, the device can...
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Large Waves Call for Large Wave Farms
Aquamarine Power, a Scottish marine engineering corporation, has started building what will be the largest wave farm in the world. The project will be located off the Lewis coast in the Northwest of...
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Awesome Osmosis
Oceanic renewable energy is becoming more and more popular as we have discovered the vast amounts of energy that is contained in the ocean. A great many of techniques and strategies have been brooding...
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The NC Government Struggles Against the Environment While the Federal...
President Obama releases new energy proclamations Obama has recently unveiled his plans for the Energy crisis in the United States. He begins his list by giving the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Visibility of Offshore Wind Energy Structures
(Sullivan 2013) Wind is a significant renewable energy found near the coasts of many continents. A factor causing the lack of harnessing coastal wind renewable energy is the dislike, by coastal...
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Appropriately Responding to Bird Fatalities caused by Wind Turbines
One of the most widely publicized disadvantages of wind turbines, on or offshore, is the threat that the spinning blades pose to migratory birds. It’s no secret that thousands of birds, including...
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Kyoto Protocol Carbon emission goals
Today’s problem: Controlling the Carbon Market with increased emissions from developing countries? On December 11, 1997 the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol (more info), an agreement that set...
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Frack: Forget the Facts
The passing of the Fracking bill was news in North Carolina. Its passage had many outraged because of how quickly the legislation passed and how heavily influenced by private energy companies the...
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Less Natural Gas more PECs
Petroleum is a significant source of energy in the United States. Recently, Natural gas is emerging as a preferred source of energy in the U.S. Both of these energies are not clean and release many...
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Solar Power Takes Flight
Whether you’re aware of it or not, solar power has truly taken flight. I’m not just talking about the drastic increases in photovoltaic energy production worldwide, estimated to be increasing 40% to...
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Offshore, Inshore: Wind Development in the Great Lakes
When asked to consider offshore wind, I would always think of potential installations along the Atlantic coast of the US. Perhaps it is because I am an OBX local, I often forget that there are other...
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Carbon / Emission Trading
Problem: Is it as functional and beneficial for environmental concerns as it sound? On my last post, I discussed some of the issues related with the Kyoto Protocol in regards of the developing...
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