Small wind could become a big dealGE has just pumped millions into a small company in Arizona that has created backyard wind turbines which allow households to generate their own clean, cheap energy. Could the future of energy be DIY?
Wind turbines
Councillors quash Hobart’s Windy City plans
A controversial plan to put 11-metre high wind turbines on top of an inner-city Hobart building has been quashed by local councillors, although it was claimed the wind turbines would drop the power bill by 10%.
Global warming could be slowing wind speeds
How are we going to save the planet if climate change decreases wind speeds to the point where turbines won’t work?
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Opposing windfarms on environmental grounds
Fran Baily is standing alongside concerned residents in the battle against a Victorian windfarm project. And it may turn out her stance may be pro-environment as well as populist politics.
AGL’s abandoned wind farm — the story behind the story
Locals rejoiced yesterday when AGL withdrew plans for a controversial wind farm in Dollar, in Victoria’s south east. The company said it was a commercial decision, but there is another story to be told here, one about the power of citizens to repel dubious development, writes Lionel Elmore.
