Posts Tagged wind energy

The First Floating Wind Farm to Replace Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Nuclear Power, Wind Power on March 9, 2012

The Fukushima disaster in the spring of 2011 was first of all an environmental disaster for Japan. But like the Phoenix bird that is reborn from its own ashes, the site could become the home of world’s first offshore, floating wind farm. The government intends to install two 7-megawatt turbines and another 2-megawatt turbine off [...]

Wind Harvester – New Horizontal Wind Turbine That Produces Energy From Low Winds

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on February 28, 2012

If you’ve only seen wind turbines in a picture and never really been up there next to one, you probably don’t realize how much noise it makes and how picky it can be: it needs its own space around and high winds to go with it. Don’t worry, you haven’t been missing much – especially [...]

World's Largest Wind Farm in Wyoming to Be Equipped with 1000 Wind Turbines

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on January 19, 2012

Although the word “wind farm” makes you think about a bunch of wind turbines, it’s usually not more than a few of them cluttered together or at best, a few hundred. But when you say the Wyoming wind farm, then you know you’re talking big. How big? Like 1000-wind-turbines big! The 2500 GW to be [...]

700 MW Offshore Wind Farm Built by Swedish Government

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on January 12, 2012

Building wind farms off the coast is quite pricey, but it will totally be worth the cost: winds out there are very strong and the potential for energy really high. One of the places that can boast with having this potential is in the Baltic Sea, near Sweden’s southeastern shores. The country already has 6 [...]

KiteGen Plans to Harvest High-Altitude Wind Power More Efficiently

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on December 21, 2011

A new power generating technology has recently given the phrase “go higher” a new meaning. The KiteGen technology has literally taken the wind turbines to new heights never dreamed before, way more than 100 metres. The reason? The upper they go, the more chance they have of capturing stronger winds and increasing their efficiency (although [...]

Windstalk Harvests Wind Power Without Using Blades

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on October 21, 2011

We all know that wind turbines are one of the most used solutions for clean energy generation but like all things they have bad parts like noise from their blades, inadvertent bat and bird kills. New York design firm Atelier DNA claims it has found the key to solve these issues. The company has come [...]

Enel Green Power Invests $250 Million in Oklahoma Wind Farm

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Economics on October 17, 2011

Enel Green Power North America (EGP-NA), a leader in renewable energy generation, and Trade Wind Energy began construction of the Rocky Ridge wind farm, owned 51% by EGP-NA. The wind farm is located in the state of Oklahoma. Enel claims that their investment in this project is of about $250 million. The new wind farm’s [...]

SeaTwirl – New Offshore Wind Turbine Produces Cheap Electricity

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Designs, Wind Power on October 1, 2011

Many scientists and researchers are trying to find the best solutions to harness offshore winds and generate clean electricity. All have concluded that the basic design of any wind turbine is that of a classic windmill. Daniel Ehrnberg, the owner of the Ehrnberg Solutions AB, has created the design of a new offshore turbine called [...]

WindCharger : Sauer Energy's Cheap Vertical-Axis Turbine For Small Buildings To Be Launched

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on September 7, 2011

Sauer Energy, a company that has recently entered the small wind turbines market, is planning to launch its new WindCharger vertical-axis wind turbine in November. The WindCharger prototype has also been presented in May at the WindPower 2011 Conference and Exhibition, North America’s largest wind energy industry trade show. “We are committed to deliver this revolutionary [...]

GE Planning to Build 15 MW Wind Turbine – Their Biggest to Date

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on September 1, 2011

There’s only one thing bigger than big: HUGE. General Electric is now planning to build a huge wind turbine that will generate a maximum of 15 megawatts of electricity, their biggest yet. Currently, GE already has the biggest land wind turbine, but this one will generate six times the power of the first, and it [...]

Generador Eolico – New Vertical Axis Wind Turbine System Based On Savonius Rotors

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on August 10, 2011

Wind power is one of the best energy sources, covering almost 2.5 percent of the worldwide electricity usage and a total energy production of 430 TWh. Designers all over the world are trying every day to find out the best design for wind turbines in order to make them more efficient. For that matter, Argentinian designer [...]

$14 Billion Giant Wind Project To Be Launched By France

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on July 18, 2011

Last week, the French government announced the launch of a $14.26 billion tender to build five different offshore wind farms. The goal is to reduce the country’s longstanding reliance on atomic power and to boost its renewable-energy industry.

Brazil Plans Great Progresses For Renewable Energy Generation

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on June 10, 2011

China, Japan, Germany or South Korea are not the only countries that make progresses in the renewable energy field. Brazil, for example, playing an important role in the world economy, has also announced big renewable energy plans for the future.

Japan Says Farewell to Nuclear Power and Welcomes Wind Power

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on May 20, 2011

Japan is planning to switch from nuclear power to renewable energy in the near future. This news probably doesn’t come as a surprise, given the country’s recent nuclear disaster. The population itself is so shaken with the events that two thirds of it are now supporting the government’s project to invest in wind and solar power. The idea is to make Japan rely entirely on renewable sources by 2050, which is a pretty high standard from what it has today.

Implux: A More Efficient Rooftop Wind Turbine That Captures Wind From Any Direction

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on May 17, 2011

As most of you probably know, wind turbines are all positioned towards the direction of the wind, and it’s obviously why. But what happens to the surfaces over which the wind flows in all directions, almost uncontrollably, like on a of a building’s high rooftop?

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