Archive for category Wind Power

Japan Plans World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on January 21, 2013

It is almost two years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in 2011, and after all but reducing its dependence on nuclear power (only two out of 54 reactors are still online), Japan has declared its intention to focus on renewable energy by building the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. The wind farm [...]

Belgium to Build Artificial Island to Store Wind Energy

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on January 21, 2013

With the growth of wind farms the world over, it becomes necessary to provide some form of electricity backup and also since when the energy produced by the turbines is not used, it often goes to waste, there is the need to implement a storage facility for wind energy – and that is exactly what [...]

Atlantic Wind Connection is Planning Phase One of Offshore Wind Transmission “Backbone”

Posted by Mike Sandru in Energy news, Wind Power on January 16, 2013

Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) is an offshore wind transmission project, or “backbone”, being created by Trans-Elect, an independent transmission company and Atlantic Grid Development with backing from Bregal Energy, Elia, Marubeni Corp. and Google. The companies supporting the project have given some details of the beginning phase of the project. For the first phase, New [...]

New Wind Turbine Blade Design Aims to Be the Longest So Far

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on January 11, 2013

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) of the UK has chosen Blade Dynamics, a wind turbine developer also from the UK to design and develop the technology to build what would become the longest turbine blades in the world. Measuring in the range of 80 to 100 metres, these would be much longer than the usual [...]

Uruguay Planning Global Leadership in Wind Power

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on January 8, 2013

Uruguay plans to lead the world in terms of power derived from wind energy by using renewable sources to produce about 90% of its electricity by 2015. The wind energy-derived electrical power is supposed to take up about 30% with the remaining 45% and 15% taken up by hydropower and biomass respectively, as reported by [...]

Superconductors Could Increase Wind Turbine Efficiency

Posted by Benji Jerew in Superconductors, Wind Power on January 8, 2013

One of the great limitations in any electrical or electronic system is resistance. Electrical resistance, measured in “Ω” or ohms, is not a constant, but dependent on temperature. As the temperature increases, resistance also increases. When considering wind turbine generators, there are limits to the amount of electricity can be generated. The problem is that [...]

Superconducting Generators Increase Wind Power Plant Efficiency

Posted by Leigh Kim in Superconductors, Wind Power on January 6, 2013

Experts believe that wind power will be the key in the quest for alternative energy solutions. After years of research, scientists have determined that adding superconductors to generators will increase the performance and generate 10 megawatts while also reducing the weight and size of the generator. Superconducting generators also use a fraction of the globes’ [...]

U.S. Wind Power Industry Celebrates The Extension of the Tax Credit

Posted by Mila Luleva in Wind Power on January 3, 2013

The wind production tax credit was extended by the U.S. Congress. According to the trade group- American Wind Association Energy, this extension saves 75,000 jobs in the US, which were expected to disappear, and allows new energy projects to emerge this year. In August last year, in their attempt to prevent the “fiscal cliff,” the [...]

New Technology by Apple Generates Electricity From Wind Power

Posted by Mila Luleva in Wind Power on December 29, 2012

Apple has developed a new technique that allows storing of wind energy directly from the wind turbine in the form of heat, which is then used to generate electricity. In general, this type of technology is used to convert kinetic energy from wind into electricity. A wind turbine is usually fitted with a set of [...]

Wind Power Is The Highest Capacity Energy Source In The U.S for 2012

Posted by Mila Luleva in Wind Power on December 23, 2012

The world of ‘green’ energy is celebrating the latest statistics indicating that wind turbines produce more electricity than gas-fueled power plants for a first time. The estimated wind capacity reached 6,519 megawatts in November this year, which is around 200 megawatts more than gas and twice as much as coal. Possible explanation of these numbers [...]

1,200MW Offshore Wind Farm Possibly World’s biggest

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on December 21, 2012

If the recent submission of plans is accepted and construction is finished, the East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW) could turn out to be the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. Just a few days ago, the plans were submitted to the National Infrastructure Directorate for review. If the farm gets sufficient wind to rotate [...]

New Startup Addresses Wind Turbine Design Flaws with Circuit Boards

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on December 18, 2012

Boulder Wind Power believes it has figured out a way to combat the increasing size of wind turbines, which have become increasingly heavier and bulkier over the years. The company aims to make turbines lighter by utilizing a generator that incorporates a circuit board design as one of its main components. Traditional generators are comprised [...]

Tornado Wrangling – The Next Green Energy Source?

Posted by Benji Jerew in New Inventions, Wind Power on December 17, 2012

Every year in the Midwest US, hundreds of tornadoes are spawned by thunderstorm supercells. Many of these are short-lived and may not effect anyone, but others are hundreds of feet across and leave destructive paths miles long. This powerful force of nature, though, has spawned something else. What if the energy of the tornado could [...]

Goldwind Devising Fresh Wind Projects to Benefit from Australia’s 2020 Target

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on December 17, 2012

China’s biggest manufacturer of wind-turbines, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. (002202), is reviewing fresh projects to benefit from Australia’s renewable energy target for 2020. Australia is looking to put up wind power of an astonishing 8,000 megawatts by decade’s end, and in the words of the managing director of Goldwind’s local unit, John Titchen, [...]

U.S. Now Testing Country’s First Floating Wind Turbine

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on December 17, 2012

Engineers in the University of Maine are testing the United States’ first floating wind turbine. The purpose of the project is to help make use of the massive potential of wind energy that is available around the Maine coast. Habib Dagher, the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center in UMaine stated, “We have [...]