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USA Could Generate 37 Million Gigawatt-hours From Wind

Susan Kraemer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:43:45 +0000

The newest and by far the most scientifically accurate and detailed estimate to date of the nation’s wind power potential has just been published by the NREL in Colorado, in conjunction with AWS Truewind. Back in 1993; when turbines were smaller and less powerful, and computers were less able to calculate wind speeds over [...]

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Home Wind Power for Half the Price, Over the Counter

Derek Markham — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:40:26 +0000

For commercial renewable energy enthusiasts, there’s no shortage of eye candy among industrial sized wind installations, but for the homeowner, the closest they get to feeling like they’re really generating clean energy might be the ‘Powered by the Wind’ sticker they get from their local utility when purchasing the wind power option for electricity. But [...]

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Scientists Sucessfully Test World’s First Laser-Guided Wind Turbine

Jerry James Stone — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:48:50 +0000

The Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has successfully tested the world’s first wind turbine with a built-in laser-based anemometer. A laser-based anemometer allows the wind turbine to “see” the wind before it touches the blades. With this information, the turbine can optimize both its position and the blades to use the wind more efficiently. It [...]

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Next Generation Wind Turbine Produces 3 Times the Power

Derek Markham — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:47:22 +0000

A radical new design in wind turbines takes a page from the design of jet turbine technology to generate three times the amount of power as a standard wind generator using propellers. The Dragonfly Wind Turbine uses three sub chambers working in line to speed up the airflow inside the turbine, which may have far-reaching [...]

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Other World Computing: First 100% Wind Powered Tech Manufacturer in U.S.

Derek Markham — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:56:44 +0000

Other World Computing (OWC) has become the first U.S. technology manufacturer to be completely powered by an on-site wind generator, which provides over double the energy requirements of the company’s operations, including its datacenter. The power is generated by a Vestas V39 500kW turbine, and any excess energy is sold back to the local power [...]

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Remote Controlled Robots Can Inspect, Clean, and Maintain Wind Turbines

Derek Markham — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:16:38 +0000

With the increased installation of wind turbines, we’re getting more clean energy, but one thing that isn’t so easy to do is inspect the blades, towers, and turbines. Usually this involves sending people up the towers to rappel down the blades or towers to inspect and clean the machines and towers. Using a remote control [...]

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New Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Developed by Blackhawk Uses Tilt Rotor Technology

Derek Markham — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:45:19 +0000

The people behind Blackhawk helicopters are now testing an innovative new vertical axis wind turbine, using tilt rotor technology and positioning the airfoil blades parallel to the ground. The Blackhawk Tilt Rotor VAWT/AR TR-10 will allow the average user to generate up to 1.5 kilowatts of wind power, with much lower, self-starting speeds than other [...]

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Minnesota Vikings Offsets 100% of Electricity for Home Games

Derek Markham — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:15:40 +0000

The Minnesota Vikings have committed to offset all of the electricity used at the Metrodome for home games this season by purchasing renewable energy from Xcel Energy. The commitment also includes purchasing offsets for any potential playoff games this season, and is a big step in the right direction for this NFL team. The offsets are [...]

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