Sub-Topics Offshore Also Try Flywheel Energy Storage Hydroelectric and Wave Power Lists Alternative Energy - By Type of Information (About.com - Teuwen) Provides news, facts, statistics, jobs, research, and more. Includes solar, wind, biofuels, and other sustainable energy sources that are alternatives to fossil fuels. 2-01 Alternative Energy Suppliers and Manufacturers (About.com - Teuwen) Provides sources of altnerative energy sources, such as solar, wind, biofuels, and more. 2-01 Alternative Power Systems (AAPSPower.com) Provides sources of products that provide alternative energy, such as wind energy. 3-01 Wind Generator Projects (CADDET) Provides information about wind turbine energy projects, especially in Europe. (Resources do not seem to include after 1996 so some may be out of date.) 1-01 News -07-07-09 Pickens Gives Up on Largest Wind Farm (Time.com) "Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines." 07-09 Papers Building a Wind Turbine (OtherPower.com) "Other critical factors are rotor size and tower height. The power a wind turbine can harvest goes up by at least a factor of 4 as you double the rotor size. And making a tower higher gets you above turbulence for better performance and substially increased power output. Putting a wind turbine on a short tower is like mounting solar panels in the shade!" 03-08 Cape Wind Project (PBS.org) "Cape Wind's project, slated for completion in 2009, is a 24-square-mile project five miles off the shore of Cape Cod on Horseshoe Shoal. The 130 wind turbines are expected to have a total maximum output of 420 megawatts, creating enough electricity to power three-quarters of the Cape and Islands when working at average capacity, the company says." 11-05 Denmark Moves Aggressively on Wind Energy (New York Times) "The incidents also make the recent proposal by the Danish government — to generate half the nation’s power from wind within eight years, up from less than a quarter currently — look all the more ambitious." 01-12 Oil Billionaire Puts His Money on Wind Power (CNN News) "Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power." "The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist on Tuesday unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable natural resources." 07-08 Power Grid Has Limits for Wind Energy (New York Times) "When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent $320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to shut down even with a brisk wind blowing.""Politicians in Washington have long known about the grid’s limitations but have made scant headway in solving them. They are reluctant to trample the prerogatives of state governments, which have traditionally exercised authority over the grid and have little incentive to push improvements that would benefit neighboring states." "In Texas, T. Boone Pickens, the oilman building the world’s largest wind farm, plans to tackle the grid problem by using a right of way he is developing for water pipelines for a 250-mile transmission line from the Panhandle to the Dallas market. He has testified in Congress that Texas policy is especially favorable for such a project and that other wind developers cannot be expected to match his efforts." 08-08 Sources of Energy 1975 - 2005 (PBS.org) Shows that wind, petrol, and natural gas are the quickest growing forms of energy used in the United States. Coal represents about half of the energy. 11-05 Study: Wind Farms May Put Bats at Risk (BBC News) "Bats are at risk from wind turbines, researchers have found, because the rotating blades produce a change in air pressure that can kill the mammals." "Some research groups are investigating ways to keep bats away from wind farms, and a University of Aberdeen group recently suggested radar emissions might act as a 'bat-scarer'. 08-08 The "Green Energy Gold Rush" (Time.com) "Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year, in what the United Nations describes as a 'green energy gold rush' gaining speed the last several years." 07-08 What 10 Megawatts of Wind Energy Can Do (American Wind Energy Association) "Although 10,000 MW is an important milestone, wind power provides a small share of the nation’s electricity. The Energy Information Agency reports that 985,285 MW of all kinds of generating capacity is installed in the U.S. Today, we are providing less than 1% of the nation’s power. However, wind power is one of the fastest-growing electricity sources today, and can be expected to be an important source of our power needs in the future. The U.S. first started installing electricity-generating wind power in the early 1980s. The country had 1,000 MW of wind power installed by 1985; 2,000 MW installed by 1999; and 5,000 MW by 2003." 02-07 Wind Generator Projects in the USA (EREN - Wind Powering America) Provides a map of wind energy projects in the United States. 1-01 Wind Generators Replace Fossil Fuels (U.S. Department of Energy) Describes a project to use cost-effective wind generators for electricity, even with low wind speeds. Payback is estimated at 8.9 years. 12-00 Wind Generators for Cities (American Wind Energy Association) Provides information on wind generators for use for cities and towns. 02-07 Wind Maps in the U.S. (Bergey.com) Provides wind maps by state for positioning wind turbines. 11-03 Wind Maps of the USA (Bergey.com) Provides wind maps of the USA. 6-01 Wind Potential in Texas and in the U.S. (InfinitePower.org) "While the strongest winds are located along ridgetops in mountainous areas, the Great Plains from Texas to North Dakota contain the preponderance of the nation's wind power potential." 06-06 Wind Power Basis (PickensPlan.com) "Studies from around the world show that the Great Plains states are home to the greatest wind energy potential in the world — by far." "The Department of Energy reports that 20% of America's electricity can come from wind. North Dakota alone has the potential to provide power for more than a quarter of the country." 07-08 Wind Turbin Electricity Generators (Australian Renewable Energy Website) Describes and provides diagrams of types of wind turbines for generating electricity. 12-00 Wind Turbine and Water Pump - Portable (Marlec) Provides a wind turbine and a water pump. Awesome Library provides this listing as an example and does not endorse this product. 9-05 Wind-Powered Charger (TreeHugger.com) " 'Spend an hour outside in the sun with HYmini and you’ll get enough power for 2 full hours of MP3 playtime. Ride your bike for an hour, with HYmini strapped on your arm, or mounted on the handlebars, and you’ll have enough power for over 50 digital photos or about 15 extra minutes on your cell phone. Mount HYmini on a car window, drive about 40 MPR, and you’ll generate enough power to listen to over 8 hours of music on your MP3 or chat on your cell for over 40 minutes.' " 04-08 Wind-Powered Skyscraper Planned for Paris (MSNBC News) "Developers have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower — and powered partly by the wind." 11-06 Projects Wind Turbine (Journey to Forever) Provides information on building an inexpensive model wind turbine, designed for children to make. 3-01 Purchase Resources Solar Power Systems - Residential (AlpineSurvival.com) Provides provides different "turnkey" systems. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 04-06 Wind Generator (Solardyne) Provides a 400 watt wind generator. Awesome Library provides this as an example of the technology and has no knowledge of the product's quality or the company's reputation. 5-01 Wind Generators (SolarProductSource.com) Provides Air X wind generators costing from approximately $700 - $1,000. 01-06

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