Renewable Energy Sources – Part 4 – Wind

29. May 2008 · Comments Off · Categories: Wind · Tags: ,
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Today we’re taking a look at yet another renewable energy source, one that surrounds us constantly. That is wind power. Wind power is on the rise in popularity, as evidenced by an announcement by T. Boone Pickens that he was building a 4,000 megawatt wind farm in the heart of oil country in Texas. T. Boone Pickens is a name that’s synonymous with old school energy like Oil, so when he places a huge bet on old fashioned wind power, people tend to listen.

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Renewable Energy Sources – Part Two – Hydropower

27. May 2008 · Comments Off · Categories: Hydropower · Tags: ,
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Hydropower is a commonly used renewable energy source. In fact, hydropower is so common that 20% of the electricity in the world and 10% of the electricity in the United States comes from this source. Canada is the largest producer of hydropower in the world and the United States comes in second.

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