Spinning Out A True Tale

An update and some timely (or is that “timeless”) commentary…

I was pleased to arrive home last night to find it spinning: generating clean, usable, efficient electricity. They got it up and running really quickly.

Judging by my intimate knowledge of how windy it is down here at Point Lookout » Read more..

The “Skinny” on the “Big” Wind Turbine at Point Lookout

This article was published today at Long Beach blog Sea By The Citywho are always hot on the trail of local news.
I felt a wider audience was needed, and saw the readership needed some information.
Thanks to Anthony at Sea By The City for helping get the word out.

Point Lookout Wind Turbine Sunny Day View

Some pics in the daylight from this weekend.
Stay tuned for an upcoming article!

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Work of the Windsmiths Revealed

Part 2

A little daylight shed…

The skies cleared, the fog lifted, and this morning the work of the “windsmiths” was revealed.

Point Lookout Wind Turbine Installed

Point Lookout Wind Turbine Installed

 

The 156 foot tall (at maximum blade tip height) “landmark monument to energy independence and environmental stewardship” (as I call it) stood proud. » Read more..

Wind Power Comes to Point Lookout, NY

The first of several ongoing parts…

Point Lookout, NY- The future has arrived here in this quiet, seaside hamlet in Long Island’s Nassau County.
That is, in the form of a 100 kilowatt wind turbine, the latest addition at The Town of Hempstead’s Point Lookout Energy Park.

Point Lookout Wind Turbine Tower Installed

Dawn breaks on a new day for Point Lookout

 

This falls under their extremely interesting » Read more..

Long Island Solar Farm

On November 18, 2011 the switch was flipped on at The Long Island Solar Farm (LISF), a joint project between Brookhaven National Lab, BP (British Petroleum) Solar, and MetLife through the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).

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Made up of 164,312 solar panels, it is the largest photovoltaic (PV) array in the eastern U.S., rated at 32-megawatts (MW) capacity, with the smallest footprint for a solar array of its output. » Read more..

Climate Change, Meet Feed in Tariffs

With no doubt, we are in the energy-climate change era, as discussed in the acllaimed bestseller “Hot, Flat And Crowded” by Thomas L. Friedman. It is obvious that it is being caused by humans burning fuels that power, heat and move our modern world. It is obvious that the answer is switching our energy use to renewable energy as soon and as widespread as possible. But how do we do that?
We have the methods at hand » Read more..

Fish help wind farm design?

A long standing problem in wind farm siting may have been solved by researchers at cal tech.

According to BBC news, Schools of fish help squeeze more power from wind farms, the study of schools of fish and their “aqua-dynamic” schooling patterns has led researchers to » Read more..

Does Renewable Energy Need to be “Perfect” to Work?

Oh, the bickering! I can’t stand it when I’m following articles, blogs and the like and see the disagreement over meaningless(at least to the overall “big picture”) items or ideas.
All the while

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Moved by Moving Planet and 350.org

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Moving-Planet.org

My friends, community wind leaders Windustry,  made me aware today, September 24, is slated for a worldwide positive demonstration called “Moving Planet”. 

According to Moving Planet organizers, today is “a day to put our demands for climate action into motion—marching, biking, skating » Read more..