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Flying Wind Farms: Future Power Harvesters

Syndicated — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:34:16 +0000

How would you like swarms of kite-like airborne turbines spinning at high altitudes sending power down via nano-tube cable tethers to generate power for your community? This could very well be a true picture of future power harvesters according to NASA. A federal fund of $100,000 is being reserved for exploring these high-altitude, nano-tube [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Power

South Korea Planning Massive Off Shore Wind Farm

Syndicated — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:24:17 +0000

Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source. Asian countries are also trying to embrace clean and green energy. South Korea is going for an ambitious off-shore wind farm amounting to $8.3 billion. This project will be executed at [...]
Posted in: Industry, Wind Farms, Wind Power

Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better

Syndicated — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:33:13 +0000

Renewable energy production and demand growth is gaining momentum in many ways across the world. There is a booming demand of wind power today and all wind energy equipment manufacturers are gearing up to meet the demand and take advantage of it. Wind power capacity growth will be reaching 447GW in the next five [...]
Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines

Fresh-Water Wind Farm on Lake Erie

Syndicated — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:08:09 +0000

A fresh-water wind farm is taking shape at Lake Erie and when completed will provide 20 megawatts and get on to about one gigawatt power by 2020. Huge individual turbines 300 feet tall, to be built by GE will be erected off Ohio, Cleveland. Better designs: These are special gearless super-efficient turbines, with three [...]
Posted in: Industry, Wind Farms, Wind Power

Scientists Study Fish Schools for Wind Farm Ideas

Syndicated — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:10:49 +0000

Presently Fluid Dynamics Expert, John Dabiri, is very much on the quest of improving designs of wind turbines. Spotting behaviours that may throw light on energy-related practices in biological system and trying to implement that in real-life situations is part of that quest and Mr.Dabiri is jubilant that he is learning lessons from a [...]
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Two Wind Farms get Investment from Google

Syndicated — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:46:40 +0000

Now big companies are going green and proudly proclaiming it too from rooftops. Google Inc. has invested $38.8 million in two North Dakota wind farms. This is the first direct investment by Google in utility-scale renewable energy generation. These two wind farms produce 169.5 megawatts of power. These two wind farms can light up [...]
Posted in: Ethanol, Industry, Wind Farms, Wind Power

Energy Grid Could Make Offshore Wind Power More Reliable

Syndicated — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:41:58 +0000

Scientists believe that natural resources can meet the energy needs of the entire human population. Wind energy too has huge potential to generate power for us. Researchers are trying to trap offshore wind power. But there are still many hiccups that are preventing us from utilizing natural resources for our needs. Wind turbines produce [...]
Posted in: Industry, Wind Farms, Wind Power

Is It Possible To Convert To 100% Wind Power?

Syndicated — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:26:05 +0000

With all the talk of going green, the question had been thrown out many times if there will ever be a time that we can use nothing but renewable energy to power our world. A small island in Denmark is trying answer that question with a resounding yes as they power up every single [...]
Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines

GE to Manufacture Offshore Wind Turbines

Syndicated — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:28:58 +0000

GE, the US industrial group, is promoting and showing confidence in offshore wind technology by buying ScanWind, which makes direct-drive turbine components. This move will help in generating thousands of new jobs in the field of designing and manufacturing turbines. This move will affirm the confidence of investors in the fledgling offshore wind industry, [...]
Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines

Studying Sea Waves with Radar

Syndicated — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:52:39 +0000

Off shore wind is steady and blows harder. If a country is densely populated it is hard to find open space to install wind farms. That is why there are more and more offshore wind farms in densely populated Europe where there is limited space on land and relatively large offshore areas with shallow [...]
Posted in: Environment, Wave Power, Wind Farms