Category: Sustainable Practices
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Surf the Wave in Oregon for Power
This just crossed my desk tonight, while Walker Engineering doesn’t work directly with power projects we have a passing interest in what goes on in Oregon in emerging technology. The idea of harvesting power from wave action has got to be, on the surface (pun intended), one of the most interesting developments recently. Read the…
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Wind Power and Burgerville
I was in a Burgerville yesterday, getting my Walla Walla Sweet Onion Cheeseburger, when I spotted this. If you are using Chrome as a browser, then QR Reader Beta is a great extension and the one we use at Walker Engineering for reading QR codes from images on the Internet. Or pop up your cell…
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Success in Business can Actually be a Poor Indicator of Skill
From a recent article in Time entitled We Should Follow Those Who Finish Second, Not First comes an interesting reminder about all of the fad following that organizations from Education to NGOs, Government to Business, continually attempt. The success story is a staple of business books and magazines: the faces of top investors and executives…
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Floating Windmills in Japan
From Bloomberg a couple of months ago I found an article I had heard about, Japan building floating wind farms and wondering if this might be the next thing considered in the NW. Could it be that transmission lines for this sort of concept also include an improved infrastructure for tidal power generators? It does…
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Grain of Salt: Wind farms can cause climate change
Wind farms can cause climate change, according to new research, that shows for the first time the new technology is already pushing up temperatures. Wind farms can cause a rise in temperature, found a study in Nature. Photo: Alamy Read the entire article, related articles, and updates directly off the original site http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9234715/Wind-farms-can-cause-climate-change-finds-new-study.html I included…