News tagged with power turbines

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 ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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

Voice-based phone recharging

(PhysOrg.com) -- The noise that we produce can be a lot of things. It can be a valid means of communication. It can be an annoyance when you are trying to get to bed at night. It can be a migraine waiting ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog

Vestas Announces New 7 megawatt offshore wind turbine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vestas Chief Executive Officer Ditlev Engel announced in London their new V164 wind turbine, designed specifically for offshore wind power. Optimized for conditions in the North Sea, Vestas ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Study claims 100 percent renewable energy possible by 2030

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that it is possible and affordable for the world to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, if there is the political will to strive for this goal.

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (60) | comments 101 | with audio podcast report

Airborne wind turbines to generate power from high winds (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Airborne wind turbines may soon be generating power from high-altitude winds to provide consistent, clean, cheap, and abundant energy for a power-hungry world.

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created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (29) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

Deep Green underwater kite to generate electricity (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An underwater tidal turbine called an “underwater kite” has just secured finance from investors to ensure its 2011 tests can go ahead.

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created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Norway plans the world's most powerful wind turbine

Norway plans to build the world's most powerful wind turbine, hoping the new technology will increase the profitability of costly offshore wind farms, partners behind the project said Friday.

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created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 17

Kites flying in high-altitude winds could provide clean electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- At any moment, the winds in high-altitude jet streams hold roughly 100 times more energy than all the electricity being consumed on Earth, according to a study by Stanford environmental and ...

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (44) | comments 29

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

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

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

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