safe wind turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:14:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Windstrument Designs Wind Turbine That’s Smaller and Safer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windstrument-designs-wind-turbine-thats-smaller-and-safer-20121006/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windstrument-designs-wind-turbine-thats-smaller-and-safer-20121006/#respond Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:19:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26521 Most people when talking about wind power, may have in mind giant three-bladed wind turbines, standing out in the open on poles 200 feet high, and blades reaching higher still. Some claim these green machines are eye-sores, that may limit their placement. Another limiting factor is their sheer size, meaning that they can’t be placed […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windstrument-designs-wind-turbine-thats-smaller-and-safer-20121006/feed/ 0 26521 Japanese Innovation Makes Wind Turbines Storm-Proof https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-innovation-makes-wind-turbines-storm-proof-20090401/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-innovation-makes-wind-turbines-storm-proof-20090401/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:16:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3245 I have an article showing a video of a wind turbine torn apart by heavy winds. In fact, if you research more, you'll find out that this is the reason the wind turbines are placed in pristine fields, with no houses close to them and each turbine has to have a safety distance from the others. In case of a storm, if one falls down... you get the picture.

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