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Cuba to Build Bioelectric Plant, Wind Farm Thanks to Indian Loan

Ally Munda — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:38:46 +0000

Cuba is expanding its renewable energy market with the construction of a bioelectric plant and a 50-MW wind farm. These developments are possible thanks to a loan from India. The international financial deal was announced Tuesday, October 2, by Cuba’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Raul Garcia Barriero, at the Solar Alliance International (ISA) held […]

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3 Reasons Wind Farms Cause Stress to Nearby Residents

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:27:16 +0000

While wind farms are a clean, renewable, and relatively cheaper source of energy, they also have disadvantages such as land use and noise. Among those people residing near a wind farm, about 30 percent are either only slightly irritated by the noise or not affected at all. On the other hand, 10 percent are reported […]

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Scientists Suggest Using Offshore Wind Farms to Prevent Hurricanes

Mila Luleva — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:23:39 +0000

“Will wind turbines be destroyed” when a hurricane strikes? This is the question Mark Jacobson, a lead author of a study just published in Nature Climate Change, poses. He refers to offshore wind farms, and based on simulations using a computer model, he claims that turbines at sea could actually prevent the hurricanes from hitting, […]

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Large Wind Farms Need Improved Computer Modeling, Study Shows

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:00:56 +0000

As technology progresses, and wind power is becoming less expensive, the demand for larger wind farms increases. Alongside with growth comes a new challenge: the profit that needs to be obtained is in direct correlation with the accuracy with which the total power output is predicted. The total performance of the wind farm decreases when […]

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NREL’s New Hi-Tech Software to Improve Wind Farm Performance

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:20:06 +0000

It is fascinating to see wind turbines carefully planted in an array on a refreshing landscape and running along with strong winds in a seemingly serene and consistent manner; but behind this perceptively simplicity of wind farms is the complexity of their interactions with one another and the nature as well. Various factors contribute to […]

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Wind Farms Warm Local Climate Slightly, Albany Study Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:48:07 +0000

Researchers at the University of Albany have studied the effect of wind farms on local climate over a region of Texas that’s home to over 2,350 wind turbines. Their results showed an increase in temperature of 0.72 degrees in that area compared to neighboring sites that didn’t have wind farms on them. The study took […]

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A New $6 Billion Renewable Power Plant Complex Built by Samsung and Kepco

Mike Sandru — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:32:24 +0000

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.

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ADAPWING Simulates Hawk Wings for Better Wind Turbine Performance

Cristi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:38:03 +0000

Analyzing stability of hawks' wings during high turbulent winds, danish scientists have come up with an idea to further develop turbine blades. The idea will be implemented in such a way so to reduce the impact of strong wings on the blades.

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Green Power Express Electricity Superhighway Project in Development

Cristi — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:58:34 +0000

In order to satisfy energy needs for people in the Upper Midwest of US, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a green energy project. The green power superhighway(around 3,000 miles) will deliver energy to consumers in and around Chicago, Minneapolis and other load centers.

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US Awarded First Place in Wind Energy Production

Cristi — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:45:08 +0000

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) awarded the United States of America with the first position in wind energy production. US has a huge lead compared to other countries as last year they increasedtheir wind energy capacity by half. US windmills can generate up to 25GW of energy - about a fifth of global wind power.

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Largest Offshore Wind Farm Planned in Netherlands

Cristi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:25:46 +0000

Largest Offshore Wind Farm is Planned to be build in Netherlands. The wind farm will be made from 59 wind turbines and will have an approximately capacity of 300 MW.

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Could Extreme Wind Turbine Usage Alter Weather Patterns?

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:25:18 +0000

While there's no Hancock to save the world from global warming, I guess we have to do that ourselves. We try and try, struggle with all the issues nature has put in our face, but yet we don't succeed with 100% efficiency, or we don't convert our efforts well enough to capture the forces that move around us freely.

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Denmark to Replace Gas Tanks With Batteries

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:14:28 +0000

Denmark has a problem. When you’re not like the whole crowd you come from, you’re different and you want to stand up, then you have a problem. Denmark produces a lot more electricity from wind farms than it can consume. In fact, they even want to sell it to Germany and other countries at a […]

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Turkey’s Wind Energy Plans

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:28:40 +0000

Turkey is set to double the amount of its electricity supplied by wind power with the construction of the biggest wind farm to date. The wind farm in southeast Turkey will have an installed capacity of 135 megawatts (MW) when it is completed in 2009. General Electric (GE) Energy will be supplying 52 of its […]

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