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T. Boone Pickens unveils "The Plan" - big on wind power and natural gas

If you listened to or read our post on T. Boone Pickens speaking at the AFVI Expo in May, then you know that he's a big proponent of wind power and natural gas (some say he needs to learn more about hydrogen cars). Mr. Swift Boat is all over the media today because of an announcement regarding something called "The Plan," Pickens' big new idea to shift some of the $700b the U.S. spends each year on foreign oil into increasing domestic energy production. Unsurprisingly, Pickens says that wind and natural gas are the ways to go. Maybe this is ... Read more →

Nereus, a kite-powered, submersible water concept Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more shots of the Nereus concept The idea of using wind power on the water is anything but new. These days, though, sails have taken a back seat to kites as the primary method of ...

Nissan installs more wind turbines at Sunderland plant Xavier Navarro

Nissan seems to both boost its green image and save some money in electricity by installing two additional windmill turbines at its Sunderland plant. This means that the eight wind turbines there ...

Rock baloons will store excess wind energy underground for future use Jeremy Korzeniewski

One problem with wind power is that you can never be sure when the wind will be blowing. If you rely on wind power, you've got problems when the weather chooses not to cooperate, which is like... ...

Popular Mechanics samples the Venturi Eclectic solar buggy Sam Abuelsamid

T. Boone Pickens unveils "The Plan" - big on wind power and natural gas 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nereus, a kite-powered, submersible water concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the Nereus concept The idea of using wind power on the water is anything but new. These days, though, sails have taken a back seat to kites as the primary method of capturing the wind. Here is a new concept, though, that we've yet to see: a kite-powered submersible ...

Nissan installs more wind turbines at Sunderland plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan seems to both boost its green image and save some money in electricity by installing two additional windmill turbines at its Sunderland plant. This means that the eight wind turbines there will be able to produce six percent of the electricity the plant needs to keep running. Its estimated ...

Rock baloons will store excess wind energy underground for future use 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One problem with wind power is that you can never be sure when the wind will be blowing. If you rely on wind power, you've got problems when the weather chooses not to cooperate, which is like... always! One obvious way to collect the excess electricity to be used later would be with big batteries, ...

Popular Mechanics samples the Venturi Eclectic solar buggy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We first saw the aptly named Venturi Eclectic at last year's Paris Motor Show and the company has now brought one to sunny southern California. The sunny part is important since the roof is covered with photo-voltaic cells. If left parked in the sun all day it can absorb enough energy to extend the ...

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