US renewable energy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:17:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 US Can Run Entirely on Renewables by 2050, Scientists Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-run-renewables-2050/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-run-renewables-2050/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:17:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55201 If all states make full use of the best available renewable sources, the US can run entirely on renewable energy by 2050. A study conducted by a team of scientists from Stanford University, established that the U.S. can go 100% renewable if everything- homes, cars, factories, etc., runs on electricity. And before anyone comments that it is […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-run-renewables-2050/feed/ 2 55201 28% More Wind Turbines Installed In 2012, Compared to 2011 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:29:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36338 The wind power industry in the US is growing in leaps and bounds with the country particularly keen on tapping its offshore potential. This is evident with the industry’s strongest year to date being 2012 which saw the number of wind turbines increase by 6,700 or 28% over the previous year, according to a report […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/feed/ 0 36338 U.S. Now Testing Country’s First Floating Wind Turbine https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-floating-wind-turbine-20121217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-floating-wind-turbine-20121217/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:07:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29905 Engineers in the University of Maine are testing the United States’ first floating wind turbine. The purpose of the project is to help make use of the massive potential of wind energy that is available around the Maine coast. Habib Dagher, the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center in UMaine stated, “We have […]

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