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FILTER RESULTS ►Google Acquires Airborne Wind Power Company Makani
Already a backer of the kite-based turbine designers, Google brings it fully under its wing
Google Acquires Wind Power Company Makani Power
When it comes to going green, you know that the folks over at Google do have something good going on there. Sure, search might still be their bread and butter, but for quite some time now, the company has moved [...] Like It, +1, Tweet It, Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.
Compressed Air Energy Storage In The Northwest — Enough Wind Energy To Power 85,000 Homes For 1 Month Can Be Stored In Porous Rocks
Around 85,000 households in the Northwest could be powered every month by the energy that could be stored deep underground in the region’s porous rock, according to new research. By utilizing such an energy storage solution, the region’s substantial wind energy resources could be put to full use. Show More Summary
Can Energy Storage Make Wind and Solar Power As Reliable As Coal?
Wind and solar power generated 3.5% and about 0.1%, respectively, of US electricity last year. These figures represent large increases from much smaller levels in the last decade as the cost of these technologies declined significantly, particularly for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. Show More Summary
A HAIRY SKYSCRAPER TO CATCH THE WIND
STRAWSCRAPER – an urban power plant May 2013 (Belatchew Arkitekter) “Strawscraper…[would have] a new energy producing shell covered in straws that can recover wind energy…Belatchew Arkitekter wants to…explore new techniques [in central...Show More Summary
Anti-Renewable North Carolina Bill Defeated!
As solar and wind power grow, rich but out of date industries such as the coal and nuclear industries are beginning to quiver. Naturally, with buildings full of money, they’re also fighting back and paying others to fight back. They’re struggling to survive. Show More Summary
Google X acquires Makani Power, an airborne wind turbine manufacturer
Larry Page just picked up another bird for his flying craft collection, and this plane doesn't even carry passengers. In fact, it's not used for transportation at all -- the aircraft is tethered to the ground. Google X, the tech giant's experimental arm, recently acquired the device's designer, Makani Power. Show More Summary
Google to Acquire Airborne Wind Turbine Maker Makani Power
Search giant Google is acquiring Makani Power, the maker of airborne wind turbines. The turbines are tethered wings that generate power by flying in large circles, which the company says eliminates 90% of the material needed in conventional wind turbines. Show More Summary
Projections Put Wind Power Up 34% in 3 years
Extended tax credits could push up wind power production over the next three years and beyond, according to an Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released today. After Congress' January approval of an extended "renewableShow More Summary
Projections Put Wind Power Up 34% in 3 years
A tax credit extension increases output.
Google to Acquire Airborne Wind Turbine Maker Makani Power
The search giant purchases a small airborne wind turbine maker that can tap wind power in high altitudes and at sea.
Google X is acquiring high altitude wind startup Makani Power
Google's moonshot lab Google X is buying up Makani Power, a startup that makes a kite-like wind power device. It's probably the best place for the long shot, big idea that is high altitude wind.
Next Up for Google X, Airborne Wind Turbines: Google Acquires Makani Power
Google has acquired Makani Power, which makes wind turbines that fly like kites, for its Google X unit, Bloomberg Businessweek reported and Makani confirmed. Google had previously invested directly in the company, which said it "completed the first ever autonomous all-modes flight with our Wing 7 prototype last week."
Google Bought A Company That Collects Wind Power From Airborne Turbines 2,000 Feet Above Ground (GOOG)
Google confirmed to Bloomberg Businesweek today that it bought Makani Power, a company that makes airborne turbines that collect wind power and delivers it to the ground via a tethered cable. Makani Power will become part of Google X,...Show More Summary
Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines
After previously investing into the company, Google has now acquired Makani Power, a green energy startup that is currently building airborne wind turbines. The acquisition was first reported in Brad Stone’s Businessweek story about Google X and judging from Stone’s story, the team will join Google X. Show More Summary
QUICK NEWS, May 22: WHAT THE U.S. CAN LEARN FROM GERMAN SOLAR SUCCESS; EARLY RESULTS SHOW WIND CAN PROTECT EAGLES; TEXAS GROWING NEW ENERGY, QUADRUPLES SUN
WHAT THE U.S. CAN LEARN FROM GERMAN SOLAR SUCCESS Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins John Farrell, February 8 and May 20, 2013 (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) “…[Most have figured out it is not the Germany’s solar resource or policies make it a world solar industry force. Show More Summary
Washington Gas Energy Services Selected to Provide Groundswell 100 Percent Wind Power for its Commun
Washington Gas Energy Services Selected to Provide Groundswell 100 Percent Wind Power for its Community Power Program Bid Participation of 26 Mission-Based Organizations and Residents of Washington, D.C. and Maryland Will Reduce Environmental...Show More Summary
Power of Moore, OK tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale [...]
Search and rescue winds down a day after deadly Oklahoma tornado
As evening drew to a close in Oklahoma, after a day of tireless searching for survivors among the debris left behind by a powerful tornado, officials said the operation would end by nightfall Tuesday.
"We will be through every damaged piece of property in this city at least thre …
NASA's IRIS mission readies for a new challenge
NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar wind. In late June 2013, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Show More Summary
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