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Category: Wind Energy
How We Measure the Validity of a Certain Source of Energy
One of the most important ingredients that figures into the analysis of energy in the 21st Century is “Energy Return on Investment” (EROI). It takes energy to generate energy; this is true; there is no free lunch—but how much energy? …
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Compressed Air Energy Storage
Given that the two least expensive forms of renewable energy (solar PV and wind) are variable in nature, common sense tells us that large-scale storage of energy will be required if we are to have large rates of integration of …
Dubious Market for Small Wind
A reader who claims to have a great improvement in wind-turbine design on a per-kW basis sent me a fairly detailed treatment of his invention. I respond: Thanks for this very interesting analysis. Here’s the problem, to stay with your …
Dow Chemical Helps To Integrate Wind Energy Further Into Our Grid Mix
Here’s a story that illustrates my main contention about renewable energy: the good guys have already won this war; now it’s time to get the casualties off the battlefield and move on with our lives. Dow Chemical Company’s decision to …
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Understanding “Baseload Power” and Debunking the Myths that Surround It
Here’s an all-too-typical comment I received recently, which I present here to clarify an important point about variable energy resources, including wind and solar energy, and to clean up a common misunderstanding: Wind power and solar, produce variable amounts of …
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From Guest Blogger Pano: Wind Farms for Renewable Energy: Is It Worth Investing in for the UK?
The UK Government has just backed £315 million worth of renewable energy projects and earlier this year it was announced that the UK is on track to hit our green targets. So it’s evident that providing a sustainable energy source …
Environmental Benefits of Wind
I’m part of a large email group that promotes the concept of “advanced nuclear.” Most of these people are extremely well-informed, intelligent, and kind people. Some, however, have a bizarre hatred for renewables, like the guy who started this conversation: …
Wind Energy Resources Vary According to Geography
This morning I awoke to: Hi, my name is Josh Sowers and I’m a senior at Marais des Cygnes Valley high school (in Kansas). I am writing a essay on wind power and was wondering if I could ask a …
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Want To Be a Wind Farm Operator?
No one understood this when I was a kid, but from one person to the next, there are many different preferred learning styles, and identifying the right one can make an appreciable difference in a person’s ability to absorb new …
