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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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Windmill Torn Apart by Heavy Wind Blow (video)

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:45:45 +0000

To support what I’ve been saying earlier about Flodesign’s wind turbine, here’s one example of what happens when there’s too much wind speed on the turbine:

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