ithaca Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:59:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ithaca Company Studies New Self-Regulating Wind Turbine, Starts Production in 2014 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/weaver-wind-energy-wind-turbine-20120913/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/weaver-wind-energy-wind-turbine-20120913/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:59:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26008 Weaver Wind Energy, a company from Ithaca, NY is developing a new system for wind turbines that knows which way the wind blows and what actions it should take in order to shut them down in case of imminent damage. Art Weaver, the company founder, makes an analogy with car gearing: “If you put the motor […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/weaver-wind-energy-wind-turbine-20120913/feed/ 1 26008 Widetronix and Ithaca Making Progress in Betavoltaic Battery Research https://www.greenoptimistic.com/widetronix-and-ithaca-making-progress-in-betavoltaic-battery-research-20091119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/widetronix-and-ithaca-making-progress-in-betavoltaic-battery-research-20091119/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5414 Nuclear power has been discarded for decades since the tragic accidents from the 80's that led to numerous environmental damages in Ukraine and other parts of the world. Still, nowadays there is a trend of reviving nuclear power, to make it 100% safe and to convince people it's worth investing in it, as an alternative to coal or petrol.

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