North America's Largest Wind Farms to be Built by Cannon and Gamesa
San Diego wind farm developer Cannon Power Group and Spanish wind turbine builder Gamesa are planning to build one of the largest wind farms in North America. The companies have started to build a wind farm South of the Border to supply clean power to a quarter of a million households in both Mexico and California from 500 MW of power until 2015. Cannon also said that the potential capacity of the site is ultimately 1,000 MW.
Irish Company Proposes Alternative Energy Backup Systems for Mobile Telephony Operators
Cinergy, an Irish company, wants to equip cell phone companies in developing countries with alternative energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels. Because in countries like Africa, Asia and Latin America mobile networks are expanding quickly, the local power grids often don't keep up with the loads and the operators need diesel backup generators.
New Jersey Container Port to Tap Wind Energy Using Five Wind Turbines
According to a Jersey Journal report, New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York plan to power the Port Jersey-Port Authority Marine Terminal with five, 288-ft tall wind turbines erected on a 70-acre site.
Bladeless Wind Turbine Built by Solar Aero, Inspired by Nikola Tesla's Invention
Remember that Tesla turbine we wrote about two years ago? Or the Tesla turbine made out of a hard drive? Nikola Tesla patented these turbines back in 1913, but he wasn't able to build them properly because the metals he could use at that time didn't have the right thickness and quality.
Siemens Introduces New Type of Direct Drive Systems for Wind Turbines to Replace Faulty...
Because they are bulky and cause a lot of troubles, wind turbine gearboxes are to be shunned out of the wind power industry slowly but surely, being replaced with direct drive systems. These are indeed bigger, but the nacelle's overall weight is lower, and the chances of breaking up are also reduced, because of the reduced complexity.
Nissan Plans to Recycle Old EV Batteries to Wind Power Industry
To greenify their car-supported existence, Nissan has taken the decision to recycle all the old batteries from electric cars by giving them to wind farm developers - of course, at a low price.
MicroBelt – Portable Wind Energy Harvester to Power Wireless Sensors
Humdinger Wind Energy LLC has developed a micro turbine called MicroBelt, that is able power the new information age with a billion tiny harvesters. The millions of wireless sensors that collect a variety of information could be powered by this little device.
Efficiently-Arranged Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Could Offer 2 Times The Power of Classic Ones
It looks like the CalTech guys are not the only ones involved in such inventions, as a company called "Wind Harvest International" says they can double the ourput of large horizontal axis wind farms by placing one-megawatt VAWTs between them, in a way that would boost their power output.
North Carolina to Have 100% of Its Power Coming from Off-Shore Wind Turbines
According to a new study made by the University of North Carolina (UNC), the North Carolina state could have 100% of its power coming...
A New $6 Billion Renewable Power Plant Complex Built by Samsung and Kepco
Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Samsung C&T have signed a contract to build a new $6 billion renewable power plant complex in a small village near Toronto in southern Ontario.
