Renewable Energy
Planet Forward
From UC Berkley Professor of Renewable Energy Dan Kammen
Planet Forward
Here on Planet Forward the virtues of wind energy have been extolled in a Texas town, the future of wind has been explored with NREL, and you can watch a wind turbine getting built in Rhode Island. We’re infatuated with wind.
Cleveland, Ohio, has the opportunity to build the world's first fresh water wind farm, offshore on Lake Erie.
Planet Forward
A recent article in the Seattle PI states that a proposed solar power plant near Cle Elum in eastern Washington is suffering some significant setbacks.
BRISTOL, RI __ Block Island is located 10 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, which means it's "off the grid" both physically and metaphysically. To meet its power needs, the community uses diesel generators but wants to replace them with wind... Read More
PORTSMOUTH, RI __ In 2009, this little New England community raised its own wind turbine to generate its own power supply. A year later, Planet Forward (RWU) returns to Portsmouth to see what the fuss was all about.
BRISTOL, RI __ Roger Williams University converted one of its diesel buses to run on canola oil. Planet Forward takes you beneath the machine for a Q&A with the mechanic.
