Here’s an amusing claim: “New design on 250кw turbine (shown here) we are installing in Rep. Of Georgia.” No you’re not. Power is proportional to swept area. The device has approximately the same profile as the side of a car, …
Category: Wind Energy
U.K.’s Hornsea One Offshore Wind Project Will Produce Enough Energy to Supply One Million Homes
Here’s an update on the world’s largest wind project, a 1.2 GW offshore wind farm covering about 250 square miles. To be completed in 2020, it’s located 75 miles off the U.K.’s Yorkshire Coast in the North Sea.
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Q2 Wind Turbine Orders Set New Record
There are so many enormously positive developments in our civilization it’s hard to count them. As noted, the second quarter of 2019 saw record sales of wind turbines to project developers, which surprised those who had thought that the industry …
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Budweiser: Made from Water, Barley, Hops….and Wind Energy
There are people who wanted to see the fastest possible integration of wind energy into the grid-mix. There are also people who drink Budweiser. If asked, I would have said that the intersection of those two sets was fairly small. …
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Wind Energy: Making It Happen in Scotland
Here’s an article on Scotland’s bumper crop of wind energy. In the last six months they’ve produced twice as much as the residential market needed, and they’re headed for a total of 50% renewables by 2030.
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From Guest Blogger Clay Morrison: Wind Farms To Power The World’s Major Cities
Ever considered the unrelenting power of the wind? We’ve all seen the destructive nature of the elements. But what if we were able to harness their might for our own ends? Well, thankfully we can.
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Why Small Wind Can’t Work
Here’s a renewable energy investment opportunity that I recommend you avoid: wind flower turbines. As shown in the video, the inventor claims that small wind will eventually takes its place in the constellation of renewable energy solutions, along with rooftop …
Wind Energy: Size Matters
Those who have never been to one of the annual AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) shows might want to check out this fascinating exhibit of engineering.
With Wind Turbine Generators, As Is the Case with All Things, There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
What happens in the nacelle, that box-like thing shown here at the top of a wind turbine? In its simplicity, it’s where we convert mechanical into electrical energy, i.e., it’s the home of the generator. From there, however, things get …
Bladeless Wind Turbine
Someone asked me to comment on the Vortex, or bladeless wind turbine. I believe I’ve written something on this earlier, but I’m having trouble finding it. Here goes:
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