https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/wind-energy/ Recent content in Wind Energy on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:25:17 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-column-end-earth/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:25:17 -0400 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-column-end-earth/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/geologic-column-end-earth/shutterstock_116135356_NCG.jpg" alt="Tilting at windmills is just as futile these days. credit: ©Shutterstock.com/NCG." loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Tilting at windmills is just as futile these days. credit: ©Shutterstock.com/NCG.</figcaption> </figure> <p>When you think of Spain, what images come to mind? The impoverished sailor from Genoa who was bankrolled by Queen Isabella to sail westward looking for China, but found a New World instead? The conquistadors who used guns, germs, steel and horses to topple two great civilizations? Or (my favorite) a fictional madman called Quixote who tilted at windmills?</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/i-42b-7da-c-7.jpg" alt="The primary hurdles have finally been cleared to allow Cape Wind to put a wind farm similar to this one in Nantucket Sound. Siemens" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>The primary hurdles have finally been cleared to allow Cape Wind to put a wind farm similar to this one in Nantucket Sound. Siemens</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/Mooneydriver" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </figure> <p>Humans have harnessed wind energy throughout history for milling, pumping and transportation &mdash; in a way you could say it&rsquo;s the &ldquo;original&rdquo; form of industrial energy. But only recently have we built massive, powerful turbines to convert that wind into electricity. As concerns about pollution, carbon emissions, resource depletion and energy security mount, wind farms are an increasingly attractive alternative for meeting growing energy demand.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/wal-mart-use-wind-energy/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/wal-mart-use-wind-energy/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/wal-mart-use-wind-energy/i-da-7d8-b-19.jpg" alt="Wal-Mart" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Wal-Mart</figcaption> </figure> <p>Wal-Mart&rsquo;s reputation for cheap prices precedes it, but recently the retailer showed its greener side when it announced plans to supply 15 percent of its total energy load with wind power.</p> <p>The energy will come from Texas wind farms constructed by Duke Energy, which will go online this spring, a Wal-Mart press release said.</p>