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Concrete Bases Improve Wind Turbine Tower Efficiency
Concrete is not often the greenest material choice, particularly since concrete production is one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions globally. But, for wind turbine towers, the use of concrete bases can provide a number of significant benefits, including reducing the amount of concrete needed for the footings for a tower by [...]
Continue reading...Wind Power Major Vestas to Set Up Base in Portland
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The long awaited decision from Vestas about where its North American headquarters would be built has finally come in. And Portland, Oregon – the location that has been announced is welcoming the decision with open arms. The city has been facing heavy unemployment issues and the new headquarters may add as many as 200 people [...]
Continue reading...Rhode Island Utility Commission Approves Block Island Wind Farm
Sunday, August 15, 2010
The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has approved a power purchase plan for a wind farm off the coast of Block Island, clearing the way for more offshore wind in the U.S. The commission has approved an agreement for National Grid, the state’s largest utility, to purchase energy from the wind farm for 24.4 [...]
Continue reading...Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota Boast of More Than 10% Electricity from Wind
Sunday, August 8, 2010
The United States is increasingly tilting towards wind power. It has been reported that four states – Iowa , South Dakota , North Dakota and Minnesota – currently get more than 10 per cent of their electricity from wind power. Significantly, as many as 28 other states are seeing new wind power projects breaking [...]
Continue reading...New Approaches to Wind Power in Massive 10MW Turbine Design
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Although the technology seems settled, new wind power designs are still being developed, especially as engineers try to extend the generating capacity of turbines. The Aerogenerator X is a new 10 MW wind turbine designed for off-shore use combining the best of horizontal axis and vertical axis designs. The engineering firm Arup and [...]
Continue reading...Engineers aim to design world’s biggest offshore wind turbines
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Eco Factor: Redesigned wind turbines to produce more energy. With the world walking towards a green future, every company is trying to make records for others to follow. In an attempt to design the world’s biggest offshore wind turbine, engineers from Britain, US and Norway are battling it out to taste success. He aim is to [...]
Continue reading...Google signs 20-year deal with NextEra Energy to buy wind power
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Eco Factor: Google to use wind energy to power data centers. Google takes a huge step towards sustainability by entering into a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy, North America’s leading generator of wind power. The Internet search engine giant announced that it will buy 14 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from NextEra’s Story II Wind [...]
Continue reading...Principle Power’s WindFloat platform can hold the world’s largest wind turbine
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Eco Factor: Floating wind turbine platform can hold large wind turbines. While solar energy can only be harnessed during the day, wind power may be one of the best renewable energy solutions. However, as turbines get larger they get noisier and turn into an eyesore on the landscape as well. Ocean-based wind turbines do better [...]
Continue reading...Maine Gets $20 Million for Offshore Wind Development
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
With the oil spill bringing us down more and more each day, it’s always nice to hear of something good happening off shore, especially when it has to do with clean energy, the true solution to oil spills. So, here’s some good news: the Department of Energy has awarded the state of Maine $20 million [...]
Continue reading...Wind Power Catching Up With Natural Gas in Europe
Monday, June 14, 2010
The Europe Wind Energy Association is reporting that the amount of new power from wind turbines this year will be about the same as new power from natural gas plants, with wind possibly ranking as number one. Wind power has been steadily catching up with natural gas, the current leader in power generating capacity in Europe. [...]
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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