The meme here is a reminder that the bagpipe is one of the best tools for social distancing. Kidding aside, as a result of its heavy commitment to renewable energy, wind in particular, Scotland is generating twice as much power …
Category: Wind Energy
The Iberian Renewables Boom: A Tale of Two Continents
As reported by GreenTech Media, Spain and Portugal are on a tear to build wind farms, in a concerted effort to meet their 2050 objective of carbon-neutrality. Spanish oil giant Repsol is using the metric of carbon intensity to gauge …
The Iberian Renewables Boom: A Tale of Two Continents Read More »
Harmony Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
Like so many presentations on cleantech products and services, this video on the Harmony VAWT starts with some important points about environmental stewardship. No one doubts that supplying energy for use in residential, commercial, and industrial settings is one hell …
Wind Energy Concept
A reader asks, “What do you think of this idea?” Let’s do some math, and call the length of the blades x. the swept area of this device is 4πx2. The radius of one big turbine, assuming the blade tips …
Tagged with: Wind Energy Concept
U.S. Navy Will Accept (Floating) Wind Farms Off California’s Central Coast
Anything that promotes offshore wind is a positive development, but I’m not sure how much practical import it carries. The reason the East Coast is getting into offshore wind (and the West Coast isn’t) is ocean depth. You can be …
U.S. Navy Will Accept (Floating) Wind Farms Off California’s Central Coast Read More »
Wind Energy: Its Environmental Impact
Here’s a great article that sums up the environmental impact of wind energy, and compares it to coal and natural gas in terms of emissions, harm to wildlife, land use, and several other parameters.
Good News in Wind Energy, From Some Sources One Might Not Expect
Texas may be known for its oil, but it’s sure doing a good job with wind energy. Moreover, Duke Energy is best known for its coal-fired power plants, but here we have an announcement that Duke has opened a 200 …
Good News in Wind Energy, From Some Sources One Might Not Expect Read More »
Wind Turbine Claims Arouse Suspicion
A reader submitted this photo, and notes, “Here’s a 1 MW unit we built in the Republic of Georgia.” I’m suspicious, and here’s why. It’s impossible to measure the height and diameter with real accuracy, because there’s nothing recognizable at …
Wind Energy Coming On Strong
My friend Bill Moore, of EVWorld.com fame, likes to let the world know how well his home state of Nebraska is doing in terms of phasing out fossil fuels in favor of wind. Here we see this morning’s report, represented …
Offshore Wind–We’re Talkin’ BIG
The Netherlands recently installed an offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 12 MW, sufficient to power 30,000 homes. Its blades are the length of footballs fields, and it stands almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower. The cost-engineering of …
Tagged with: offshore wind
