By: Rainco | 2011-05-03 | Communications Duke Energy intends to store electricity generated at its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas using an energy storage and power management system developed by Austin-based Xtreme Power. read more
By: Searchme4 | 2010-12-27 | Manufacturing Wind turbines are one of the earliest devices that are used for power generation. Windmills originated from the country Persia (present-day Iran) as early as 200 B.C. read more
By: Mike Dickinson | 2010-10-26 | Manufacturing Recent years have seen tremendous focus on renewable energy in the US. Emphasis has been on wind and solar energy and a lot of attention seems to have been concentrated on the desert areas of Southern California. With millions of acres of sandy area, the Mojave and Colorado deserts offer an ideal opportunity for huge wind and solar farms. read more
By: Susan McDonald | 2012-03-06 | Environment People have harnessed the power of the wind for years, but now wind power has advanced beyond pumping water on farms and grown into larger renewable energy producing sources with Tooele, Utah wind farms. read more
By: Richard Solare | 2006-08-17 | Wildlife and Environment Wind power is an incredibly clean renewable power source. To capture the energy in wind, wind farms are used. So, how about wind farm efficiency? read more
By: Dianna Eure Smith | 2010-05-20 | Cooking Let's start at the beginning where some of the most satisfying Cajun dinners originate, on crawfish farms. Approximately 120,000 acres in Louisiana are dedicated to crawfish farms. If you ever wondered where crawfish come from, read on! read more
By: Manish Sing | 2011-04-09 | Business A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind... read more
By: gaga | 2010-12-29 | Business Click to see more exciting information Guangdong Lu Fenghai yesterday held the upper hand wind energy resource assessment report of expert review meeting, Po new Energy Official said, Bao new offshore wind energy will be dedicated to the construction of the planned 125 MW offshore wind farm is expected to become the country's largest offshore wind farm. Learned, Lufeng a Qianhu Bay (offshore) wind power project planning capacity of 1.25 million kilowatts read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-08-08 | Business A number of successful businesses around the world are family-owned or family-operated enterprises. Initially, may be they are small stores in a small town, but until now, these companies are truly the largest family businesses globally including Bechtel., Mars, Meijer, SC Johnson & Son and so on. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-09-05 | Business There are more than 40,000 producing oil fields found around the world, though most of them are small. There are estimated just 100 to 125 giant or supergiant oil deposits supplying around 50% of the world’s oil. read more
By: DZ Perez | 2011-01-13 | Economics Garbage is considered to be the largest gold mine in the world for it offers unlimited financial opportunities. Nowadays garbage is a multi-billion industry worldwide. Since it is found everywhere, the opportunity in this industry is huge. read more
By: Taylor Paige | 2010-05-28 | Destinations The Kimberley Diamond Mine also known as the Big Hole is considered the largest hand-dug hole in the world. After the first diamond was found in this mine in the 19th century, there were 50,000 workers rushed to here, looking forward to change their life thanks to diamonds. Workers who worked tirelessly dug up to 2.720kg diamonds. Surprisingly, these miners did not use any advanced machines but only used human power and very simple tools such as hoes and shovels. Big Hole has a diameter of about 463m and 215m deep. This means that the volume of soil that the workers had dug and moved was extremely enormous. It was estimated that the miners dug and moved about 22 million tons of rocks, of course without machine aid. read more
By: James G Quinn | 2010-03-30 | News and society The American people are like sheep being led to slaughter. Our Founding Fathers declared that the common people were in control. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government. The time has come to abolish the corrupt system and institute a new Government. read more
By: Tayne Van Dingjan | 2012-03-15 | Environment Many regions across Canada and the United States are looking into wind power as a viable source of energy, and now Vancouver Island is jumping aboard the bandwagon as well. A brand new, $280 million Vancouver Island wind farm was recently given the go-ahead by the British Columbia government, and will provide significant amounts of energy to the province’s power grid. read more
By: Justine Olausen | 2010-03-30 | Environment Can we make more use of our natural resources such as wind? Between the passage of time and the development of humanity we are slowly beginning to realize how vital our world is. The benefits of wind power needs to be seen in a broad context. read more