As regulators pave the way for wind-farm development with tax credits and loosened regulations, the key challenge facing developers is that existing transmission lines, substations and transformers are inadequate to handle ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 6, 2010
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The EU member states have passed a resolution requiring one fifth of their electricity needs to be derived from renewable energy sources by 2020, with wind farms covering a large part of this requirement. Researchers have ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 6, 2010
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Spanish renewable energy group Iberdrola Renovables announced Monday it will build an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Germany.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2010
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Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years -- one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about 2 percent ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The "Windy City" is about to make use of that natural source of power, thanks to the addition of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. Last year, Chicago offered the first solar powered charging station, ...
Get Steve Martin going on the science and technology of batteries and he'll reach for a sheet of graph paper.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 25, 2010
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(AP) -- After eight years of review, the future of a controversial wind farm off Cape Cod now rests in what would seem to be friendly hands - an Obama administration that's pledged to make the U.S. "the world's leading exporter ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 25, 2010
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China is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 1, 2010
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In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity is at its ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2009
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(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.
Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2009
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