Posts Tagged Wind Power

UK and Denmark to Throw Cables at Each Other for Transferring Wind Power

Posted by Boniface Ndirangu in Wind Power on May 4, 2012

UK and Denmark are contemplating and studying options to construct a connector power cable between them to facilitate the import and export of the renewable wind energy that they both generate so as to increase market competition. This is according to a Monday report given by the countries’ grid operators. An initial interconnector study will [...]

Wind Farms’ Impact on Bird Population Not as High as Thought, Study Suggests

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on April 18, 2012

A wind farm is a very economical form of renewable energy in the long run. But wind power harvesting has a few drawbacks, as well. One of the major problems caused by wind farms was considered to be the decreasing of bird population, but studies show that this issue is not actually as big as [...]

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 [...]

Study Describes Wind Power Dependence on Atmospheric Stability

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

Scientists from LLNL, University of Colorado at Boulder and the NREL have recently assessed the performance figures of a wind turbine producing energy on the East Coast, and found how power depends on atmospheric stability. “The dependence of power on stability is clear, regardless of whether time periods are segregated by three-dimensional turbulence, turbulence intensity [...]

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 [...]

High-Altitude Winds Some 200 Times Weaker Than Previously Thought

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on December 13, 2011

High-altitude winds have been thought by some to be the ultimate energy source that will drive our needs in the future. However, recent calculations that researchers from the Max Planck Institute performed, reveal that these high winds contain some 200 times less energy than some people thought, and cited elementary physics in favor of that. [...]

Scottish Offshore Wind Turbines to Feature Helicopter Landing Pad

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on November 23, 2011

Scotland will soon become the first country in the world that will have a two-blade wind turbine that features a helicopter landing pad. According to Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing, the government has approved the construction of the innovative 6 MW wind turbine at the eastern coast of Scotland (Fife Energy Park in Methil). Scotland’s [...]

Dutch Offshore Wind Turbines Too Expensive, Government Cuts Subsidies

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on November 16, 2011

The Dutch don’t like wind turbines anymore. They built 36 offshore wind turbines back in 2006, and had great hopes for them, but now the Dutch government realized they don’t have money to subsidize the 18 cents per kilowatt they did so far, so they’ll cut those subsidies down to 9 to 15 cents, and [...]

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 Develops Mini Wind Turbine for Low-Speed Winds

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on October 19, 2011

Enel Green Power in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop have developed a mini wind turbine prototype that is more sensitive to low-altitude diffuse wind. The new wind turbine has a capacity of 55 kW and can generate continuous electricity as it can use the wind speeds of only 2 meters/second. The prototype was created [...]

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 [...]

Japan Builds Offshore Floating Wind Farm Near Fukushima

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on September 19, 2011

The Japanese government has plans to build an off-shore floating wind farm near Fukushima, thus seeking to reduce its dependence on nuclear power and the associated dangers. “This is part of the government’s effort towards reconstructing the disaster area while promoting renewable energy,” said an official at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. “Building [...]

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 [...]

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