What happens in the nacelle, that box-like thing shown here at the top of a wind turbine? In its simplicity, it’s where we convert mechanical into electrical energy, i.e., it’s the home of the generator. From there, however, things get …
Category: Wind Energy
With Wind Turbine Generators, As Is the Case with All Things, There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
Bladeless Wind Turbine
Someone asked me to comment on the Vortex, or bladeless wind turbine. I believe I’ve written something on this earlier, but I’m having trouble finding it. Here goes:
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Small Wind Investment
Here’s an approach to small wind that’s trying to raise money via crowd funding. To anyone considering this investment, I invite you to do the math associated with the customer’s cost of energy.
Trump “Tellin’ It Like It Is” on Wind Energy and Electric Transportation
Here is the result of some fact-checking on Trump’s recent statements on wind energy and electric transportation; readers can guess how it turned out. The only thing that makes it noteworthy is that it suggests that someone somewhere could possibly …
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“I Know a Lot about Wind,” Trump Says. Well, Maybe Not
Anyone could have predicted how Donald Trump might address the subject of wind power. He’d start by falsely claiming that he “knows a lot” about the topic, then, in an effort to denigrate clean energy, he’d prove the precise opposite …
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Wind Farm Project in Bosnia
Here’s an investment opportunity in a wind project that I thought you may find interesting. When deployed, it will be the first privately owned wind farm in Bosnia (two government owned projects are already operating).
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
A reader asked for my viewpoint on this vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). On its best day, small wind is extremely expensive and inefficient.
Wind Energy: Pros and Cons
We live in a time of great partisanship among our country’s leaders, and with even greater willingness to tell bald-face lies in order to manipulate voters. Most of this, of course, has nothing to do with renewable energy.
High-Altitude Wind
The subject of high-altitude wind isn’t new.
Small Wind Is Dead, But Some Don’t See It That Way
WindStream is a small wind concept I once promoted; see pic at left depicting a version of the product they eventually hybridized it with solar PV. It’s built around an extremely important set of facts, which its founder, Dan Bates …
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