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According to a new study compiled by experts at the University of Albany, State University of New York, it would appear that land surface temperatures increase in areas where wind turbines and wind farms are installed. The investigation covered an area in Texas where four of the largest wind farms in the world are ... |
2 May 2012
03:36 GMT |
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Working together with experts at leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories’ Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility (SWIFT) decided to extend the installation by adding three experimental wind turbines.
The two SNL V27 turbines will be joined by a third experimental... |
18 April 2012
11:40 GMT |
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Wind farms represent one of the most criticized sources of eco-friendly power. Some authorized voices indicate they are useless, 'ugly,' and not powerful and reliable enough to make a difference in the sector of alternative energy, while others are concerned about their impact on human health.
So far, ske... |
19 January 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Extreme weather in Scotland is toying with the fate of renewables, raising a few extra questions regarding their real reliability and safety standards. The alarmed public witnessed a dangerous fire, as a result of the explosion of 300ft wind turbine, generated by powerful winds. Authorities indicate 70,000 househol... |
9 December 2011
05:30 GMT |
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Renewables appear to be one of the most popular options this year, taking into account that 15 giant companies have recently announced they are scaling up efforts to respond to 25% of the entire energy demand relying on clean, green wind power.
Motorola, Deutch Bank and Lego are the first top enterprises that will ... |
21 November 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Nobody said that clean sources of energy can't become fashion icons. Nowadays, when scientists and major companies on the market try to highlight the importance of renewables, the very inspired German artist Horst Glasker supports this global strategy by launching its creative Aero Art Project.
While sta... |
12 November 2011
03:34 GMT |
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Siemens scaled up its efforts to spread eco-friendly wind power in some of the most important regions of the Globe, giving the entire industry of renewable energy a significant boost. The company has won six new wind projects, which imply the presence of 293 wind turbines, located in The United States, Puerto Rico an... |
8 November 2011
02:35 GMT |
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Nowadays, when energy coming from traditional sources of energy has apparently reached its limits, and the demand for alternatives of any kind is growing, the governments struggle to provide greener means of producing energy. Scientists reached the conclusion that wind power can be one of the most reliable renewable ... |
25 October 2011
07:50 GMT |
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According to a recent report from Pike Research, the global market for small wind power systems is to get a considerable boost over the years to come, to the point that it will even double in size.The report, titled ‘Small Wind Power’ claims the small wind power market will raise from $255 million (in 201... |
3 October 2011
06:26 GMT |
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Though normally invisible to the human eye, structures called wakes are produced behind wind turbines all the time. Researchers in the United States are now coming together to begin an extensive investigations into the causes and effects of these wakes. The formations are tremendously similar to the wakes boats leave... |
27 April 2011
09:37 GMT |
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Swedish energy company Vattenfall, has partnered with Germany's largest municipal utility to build a huge offshore wing farm in the North Sea, of a value of over 1 billion euros, by 2014.The wind farm is called DanTysk and it will contain 80 giant wind turbines supplied by Siemens, spaced out over an area of nea... |
22 October 2010
10:26 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in the United States, are currently engaged in a three-year effort of determining whether the construction of wind turbines in the deep-ocean, atop giant floating platforms, is a viable method of producing electricity. Strong winds blow at these l... |
29 April 2010
06:45 GMT |
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Extracting the maximum amount of energy out of the available wind is the ultimate goal for all wind farm operators. The structures are already constructed in areas that have been deemed appropriate for this type of exploitation, but even then a number of issues can arise. For instance, gusts of wind slamming the prop... |
26 March 2010
07:56 GMT |
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A new investigation conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the consulting firm AWS Truewind, has determined that the potential the United States have of using wind as a source of alternative energy is in fact three times higher than initial estimates predicted. Taking into account only area... |
20 February 2010
05:55 GMT |
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According to a growing body of evidence, it may be that rearranging wind turbines in fish school-like patterns could contribute to reducing the land surface the large structures take up, while at the same time preserving, or even increasing the output. Estimates say that the surface such a setup would occupy would be... |
25 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Working together with the market-leading supplier of wind-power solutions, Vestas Wind Systems, QinetiQ has recently managed to demonstrate a new wind-turbine blade design that supposedly represents a unique radar mitigation technology for the developing industry. QinetiQ, a renowned technology provider and consultan... |
2 November 2009
20:41 GMT |
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The world's second largest wind-turbine manufacturer, Fairfield, CT-based GE Energy has recently acquired the famous, Trondheim, Norway-based ScanWind, a company that specializes in groundbreaking technology related to using wind for producing electrical energy. One of the most promising innovations that ScanWin... |
23 September 2009
08:46 GMT |
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In the race towards creating more eco-friendly materials and devices, there are several chemicals that do the job as well as established ones, but with less of a carbon footprint. Such is the case with rare earth metals, which are minerals from which a variety of compounds necessary for constructing hybrid cars and w... |
31 August 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Although it's very difficult to set up renewable energy-producing units in the very harsh conditions of Antarctica, most bases on the southern continent do it nonetheless, in an attempt to rid at least this part of the world of the dangerous effects of greenhouse gases (GHG), the main trigger of climate change a... |
20 January 2009
06:56 GMT |
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According to Catch the Wind, a Virginia-based company, laser "vision" is the future of wind technology. Their new product, a laser system capable of detecting both horizontal and vertical air movements, can increase productivity by about 10 percent. The company says that the system can be installed with relative ease... |
10 November 2008
06:11 GMT |
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Instead of the extended wind turbine fields we are accustomed to, the U.S. could see its most important buildings, such as hospitals, schools and public offices powered-up by wind turbines of unusual shapes. They are much reduced in dimension and reportedly more efficient than their large propeller-like counterparts.... |
11 October 2008
03:54 GMT |
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