Suddenly, wind power as an energy source looks more feasible than it did just a few weeks ago. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has discovered a new way to store energy produced from solar power so that the energy is still available when the sun goes down. A July 31 news release from MIT says that [...]

The American Wind Energy Association is pulling its 2009 convention out of Minneapolis because there’s not enough space to hold it here, the group said Friday. The move will leave a big hole in the city’s summer convention schedule next year, and convention officials called the loss “devastating”.

Turning Cell Phone Towers into Wind Turbines It’s a novel idea, turning cell phone towers into wind turbines.  No doubt, cell phone towers dot across the US, in fact there are over 200,000 cell phone towers in the US, in a study completed in 2007. A San Marcos company wants to take advantage of the already built [...]

Oklahoma Wind Power In prime territory to capture wind resources, Oklahoma has made major strides in wind power generation–without a policy that mandates electricity production from renewable sources. The state is in the industry’s top 10 wind energy generators in the U.S., producing 689 megawatt hours in 2007. Oklahoma still has a long way to go [...]

Bergey Wind Power, Norman, Okla. The Sooner State, “where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain,” as the Rogers and Hammerstein lyrics go, is home to the nation’s No. 1 manufacturer of small wind turbines used mostly in homes. Co-Founder and President Mike Bergey says revenues have doubled in the past year, primarily from sales to [...]