Tag: Wind Power - Page 4
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Largest Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Installation in U.S. Operating at Texas A&M
The abundance of afternoon high-speed winds in Corpus Christi will enable the turbines to generate peak power during times of peak demand.
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Wind Power Passes 100 Gigawatt in EU
It took a decade to install the first 10 gigawatts, but just thirteen years to install the next 90 gigawatts.
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Offshore Wind Turbines Could Meet Power Demands of Entire East Coast
140,000 offshore wind turbines could fully electrify one-third of the United States, according to a new analysis.
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Direct Drive Wind Turbine Design Could Transform Offshore Wind
A new direct drive design for wind turbines generates power at the rim, not the hub, and could be a potential contender in offshore wind power.
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Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: iPhone 5 and E-Waste, Dinosaur-Inspired Wind Turbines and More!
The hottest stories in Technology from the last week. Catch up quick!
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Siemens Lays Off 38% of US Workforce - Cites Lack of Wind Power Support Romney Favors
Yet, Romney blames Obama for it all. In what Orwellian world does this make sense?
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Trump's Anti-Wind Ad Gets Trumped by UK Advertising Standards Authority
An anti-wind campaigning group in Scotland, backed by Donald Trump, has its misleading advertisement banned from publication.
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Congress is Going to Kill Wind Power, Despite Pleas from Levi's & Starbucks
Levi's and Starbucks were among the signatories to a letter imploring Congress to renew the wind production tax credit that's set to expire.
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Dinosaur-Inspired Designs Make Wind Turbines More Aerodynamic
Siemens has developed dinosaur-inspired add-ons for wind turbine blades that amp up their power generation.
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Japan Plan Phases Out Nuclear Power by 2030, As Renewable Energy Projects Quickly Approved
Unfortunately it's not just renewable energy that will be replacing nuclear power in Japan, but also increased imports of coal, oil, and natural gas.
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Modeling Software Aims to Improve Small Wind Turbine Designs
Researchers at Murdoch University are working on software that will predicts what effect things like wind turbulence will have on urban wind turbines.
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UK Grid on Brink of Breaking Major Wind Energy Record
At some point today, more wind power than ever before will feed into the UK's National Grid. But this is just the beginning.
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Wind Power Alone Could Easily Meet All Humanity's Electricity Needs, and Then Some
There's the geophysical potential to generate over 20-100 times more electricity than we currently use, just from wind power.
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Feed-In Tariffs Less Expensive for Consumers Than Wind Power Quotas
More evidence that feed-in tariffs are more effective, less expensive, and more efficient than other methods of promoting renewable energy.
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Wood Could be the Future of Wind Turbine Masts
A German company aims to change the way wind turbine masts are built, and claims their design could lower costs and increase tower heights.
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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
Wind power is the world's leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012.
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Most Popular Articles of August: Wacky Pedal-Less Bike, Killer Cats, and More
Look mom no pedals! Will this Flintstones style pedal-less bike take off? We also have kitty cam revealing hardened killers, animals more dangerous than sharks, and more.
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Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: Underwater robots, glass orbs for solar power, guns vs. smart meters and more!
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