e2 On Harvesting the Wind

A 3 minute trailer from the e2 series on PBS. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this particular video focuses on the story of a wind energy project taking place in southwest Minnesota. The farmers featured in the video have joined with a local developer to set up a wind farm, supplying energy to residents and businesses in their area.

According to Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, United States wind power grew by 45 percent in 2007 and $9 billion was invested. In addition, through their annual year-end report, The American Wind Energy Association noted that wind power accounted for 30 percent of all new power generation in the US. In comparison, 2006 only saw a wind power growth of 20 percent and $4 billion was spent.

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Offering some blue sky inspiration for the transportation industry, this particular bad boy is called “the Animaris Rhinoceros Transport”. It was conceived of and designed by Theo Jansen, an artist who creates what he calls “Animari”. They are best described as large, multi-legged creatures that come alive when hit with wind. See more of his work here…