News tagged with power turbines

Grid realities cancel out some of wind power's carbon savings

(Phys.org) -- Wind energy lowers carbon emissions, but adding turbines to the current grid system does not eliminate emissions proportionally, according to a report by researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory.

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created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scotland passes turbine test to harness tidal power

(Phys.org) -- An underwater turbine being used for harnessing tidal power to generate electricity for homes and businesses has successfully completed its testing period in the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s ...

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created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 41 | with audio podcast report

Vestas to install research wind turbine at Sandia facility in Texas

The initial phase of Sandia National Laboratories' Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility (SWIFT), currently being constructed in partnership with Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, will be a little bigger ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

French group Areva to build big Indian solar power plant

The French energy group Areva said Wednesday that it would build the biggest concentrated solar power installation in Asia for Reliance Power of India.

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Best marketing for renewable energies

Transmission system operators must assess precisely the supply of electricity from renewable energies for the next day in order to market this electricity on the European Power Exchange as effectively as possible. The sharply ...

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan, US, EU discuss rare earth supply security

(AP) -- Officials from the United States, the European Union and Japan are pledging to work closer together on ways to ensure secure supplies of strategically vital rare earths and other critical materials.

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wind turbines that learn like humans

Depending on the weather, wind turbines can face whispering breezes or gale-force gusts. Such variable conditions make extracting the maximum power from the turbines a tricky control problem, but a collaboration of Chinese ...

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created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Work on Africa's biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin

The construction of what is to become Africa's biggest wind farm will start by June in an arid region of northern Kenya, the project's officials said on Saturday.

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created Mar 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 15

Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals

A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-scarce metals — available almost exclusively ...

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Iberdrola builds huge wind farm in US

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has completed one of the world's biggest wind farms in the US state of Ohio, which will produce more than 300 megawatts of power, it said on Monday.

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 19

Researchers eye monitoring system for offshore wind energy impacts

The next generation of wind energy facilities in the United States may be built offshore where winds are stronger, floating platforms could be utilized, and links to power grids may already exist.

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created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California hits wind energy milestone: About 5 percent of power from wind

California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power, according to data released Tuesday by the California Wind Energy Association.

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 41

Clouds gather over Spain's renewables sector as aid cut

Spain's push to become a world leader in renewable energy risks collapsing after the government slammed the brakes on generous subsidies as part of an austerity drive.

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Power generation is blowing in the wind

(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time.

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created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Iowa State engineers study how hills, nearby turbines affect wind energy production

Hui Hu pulled a model wind turbine from the top of an office filing cabinet.

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0