Tagged: alternative energy

More Snow, More Energy
8:05 am
Wed January 2, 2013

Idaho Power Uses Cloud Seeding To Enhance Winter Snowpack

Credit Aaron Kunz
Idaho Power's Derek Blestrud and Brandal Glenn study the type of snow thats falling as a result of cloud seeding.

Cloud seeding has been around for decades. It started out as a way to make rain for growing crops. But these days in the Mountain West, it’s used as a way to make more snow.

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Alternative Energy
11:45 am
Wed December 19, 2012

Not Easy To Find Room For Ocean Energy

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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 5:29 pm


GLENEDEN BEACH, Ore. - It goes without saying that the Pacific Ocean is vast. So it may come as a surprise to hear the sea described as "crowded." Perhaps even too crowded to make room for the nascent industry of wave and tidal energy.  Taxpayers and investors have pumped tens of millions of dollars into finding ways to turn the ocean's power into electricity.  In recent weeks, high stakes negotiations to identify wave energy sites on the Oregon Coast are finally getting somewhere.

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Alternative Energy
12:00 pm
Tue December 4, 2012

Harvest The Wind With Philip Warburg

Credit Flickr photo/Ethan O'Connor
A Wind Turbine in Washington

If you've driven through Eastern Washington lately, you've probably noticed the wind turbines. For some, they're a blight; for others, they look like the future. To Philip Warburg, that future looks bright. He writes about it in his book, "Harvest the Wind: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence and Climate Stability." He'll try to blow away Ross Reynolds with his story of wind's power.

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