Dignitaries visited northern Arizona on Monday to dedicate the state’s first wind farm, which sends power to Salt River Project customers in the Valley when the wind blows on the turbines between Holbrook and Snowflake.

Seven Northwest Florida counties submitted “Request for Information” site submissions before last week’s deadline, said Cristie Kedroski, a spokeswoman for the economic development organization said.

A new report has been release entitled “US Wind Energy Market Analysis and Forecasts” which takes a comprehensive look at the United States wind industry following extensive research in the global and domestic wind industry and includes growth forecasts.
The report documents the evolution of the U.S. wind energy markent and contains detailed data on global wind energy capacity. The report features the following:
 

The tallest hurdle the average homeowner faces when considering whether or not to invest in a renewable energy system for their home is the up-front cost of installing such a system. However, an announcement by Arizona electric utility company APS has turned that around and put solar and wind energy within reach of hundreds of state residential homeowners.
The new GEOSmart loan is designed to eliminate the up-front cost of installing a renewable energy system which will enable more APS customers to take advantage of federal and state rebates and tax …

You see them everyday and everywhere. Large retail outlets like Walmart, Kohl’s, and Whole Foods Market with vast floor space. They’re so big that by the time you’re finished shopping in one of them you’re exhausted and ready for a nap. But, have you ever thought about their roofs? Chances are you haven’t, but large-scale retailers are beginning to realize that they can put that square-footage to work for them. How? By installing solar energy systems to generate a substantial portion of their electricity needs.
For instance, Kohl’s last year began …

As famous for winning the Noble Peace Prize and for winning an Academy Award for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth as he ever was being vice-president of the United States, senior statesman and CO2 arch-enemy Al Gore has purchased what the company that sold it to him calls the Toyota Prius of boats. That means it’s friendly to the environment.
The large houseboat is moored on a lake in Smithville, Tennessee is called “Bio-solar One.” It runs on bio-fuels and only needs to be filled up once a year. Also, solar …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Tuesday that the conflict in Georgia threatens a strategic world global energy region. Just hours before, British oil giant British Petroleum closed two more oil and gas pipelines blaming the smoldering conflict.
“Recent escalation in military engagement between Russia and Georgia poses a threat to certain key oil and gas pipelines which transit Georgia,” the IEA said. Meanwhile, Georgia claimed Russian aircraft had attacked the region’s main oil transportation vein known as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline but did not know if any damage had …