Posts Tagged ‘wind’

Everyone’s favorite bright yellow family took a satiric look at renewable energy this week. After receiving an exorbitant energy bill, the Simpsons decide to visit a renewable energy trade show to get themselves off the grid. The jokes fly pretty fast, so pay close attention to see the battle between switchgrass ethanol and corn ethanol, [...]

If you’ve ever considered installing a wind generation system at your house, MapAWatt has a helpful primer on calculating your home’s wind potential. Turns out, it’s not quite as straight-forward as the calculation for solar potential, but those living in the mountains, plains, and coastal regions may have sufficient wind speeds to make the project [...]