Institute of Energy Systems Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:17:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Innovative Mechanism Improves Off-Shore Wind Turbines' Safety https://www.greenoptimistic.com/innovative-mechanism-improves-off-shore-wind-turbines-safety-20091203/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/innovative-mechanism-improves-off-shore-wind-turbines-safety-20091203/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:17:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5625 Markus Mueller and Alasdair McDonald of the University of Edinburgh solved one of the fundamental engineering issues faced by builders of offshore wind turbines. They developed a new electric generator that is much cheaper, lighter and reliable than anything seen up to now in the industry.

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