Posts tagged "aljazeera"

Designing North America’s first offshore wind farm

Professor Habib Dagher is building the first offshore wind farm in North America that will float off the coast of Maine – a state that some consider to be the Saudi Arabia of wind power. Test models have performed well in the laboratory, but the farm’s real turbines will need to stand up to the region’s bleak weather. If they do work, experts believe that they can generate enough electricity to power the US four times over. Critics, however, worry that the cost of such a development will be passed on to consumers, as the US has no formal energy policy. Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from Maine.

Debate in UK over benefits of green economy

The economy regularly gets in the way of climate change action as green initiatives give way to budget restraints. In the UK, environmentalists say the future for the Britain should include hundreds of wind turbines – creating free and clean energy well into the future as well as stimulating the economy. But its government has suggested that cutting carbon emissions would threaten jobs instead. Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee reports from northeastern England.

Rise of solar panel energy in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s power plants do not generate enough energy to meet demand, leaving 70 per cent of villagers without electricity. The government has encouraged local companies to invest in solar energy. Nicolas Haque reporting from Bangladesh

Afghanistan’s struggle to tap wind energy – 21 Nov 08

It was in the Panjshir Valley that both the Soviets and the Taliban were repeatedly repulsed by Shah Massoud. Now, as Al Jazeera’s David Chater reports, the lair of the Lion of Panjshir is the site of the country’s first ever wind farm.