Jalopnik: Wind Power

Now That's Some Clean Wind Power

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:30:00 EDT

Occasionally, a wind turbine's overspeed brake fails and causes a lubricant-igniting nacelle fire. It's just like the Deepwater Horizon disaster... only much, much smaller and easier to fix. [TheDetroitBureau] More »

Jalopnik Reader Helps Environment With S2000

Peter Orosz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EDT

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Here’s a real world example from someone who has already ditched daily driving for subways and sports cars. More »

PG&E Looks to Wind-Power Electric Cars

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:30:00 EST

Pacific Gas & Electric, California's largest utility, is working on a plan to add around 4,600 megawatts of wind power as part of a larger scheme to incentivize electric car ownership in the Golden State. Using smart meters, the cars would charge during off-peak hours and the batteries would be used as storage units for the company to draw from during peak demand periods, with the cars' owners receiving credits on their bills for the juice drawn out. – Davey G. Johnson More »