Archive for May 26th, 2008
Big Power Goes Local
via Newsweek.com In the late 1990s, the town of Freiamt in Germany’s Black Forest decided to take the fight against global warming into its own hands. Three hundred of the town’s 4,300 residents chipped in to buy the four 80-meter-tall Enercon wind turbines that now top the surrounding hills, generating 1.8 megawatts each. An additional [...]
Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up $10bn clean energy project | Environment | The Guardian
Uruguay has huge potential for replicating these wind farms on a smaller scale. via The Guardian T Boone Pickens is famous for thinking big. He founded his Texan oil company, Mesa Petroleum, in 1956 with just $2,500 (£1,200) in the bank. After a string of audacious takeovers he turned it into an independent empire that [...]
Better farming outlook
Uruguay struck me as the New Zealand of South America – small population(3.5 million), more cattle(12 million) and sheep(10 million) than people, strong component of agriculture and forestry in GDP. New Zealand’s example would serve the country well. via Stuff.co.nz New Zealand’s lamb and beef production will be down this year and next, due to [...]
Wine and song
The Hindu Business Line Aman Dhall, Executive Director of Brindco Ltd, the exclusive distributor of Frescobaldi wines in India, said that in retail, and after paying the stiff import duties, a bottle of this wine would cost Rs 1,800 in Mumbai, Rs 1,400 in Delhi and Rs 1,200 in Bangalore. Needless to say, one cannot [...]
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