Posts tagged: wind farm

‘Intelligent’ Wind Turbines could Produce More, Break Down Less

Courtesy: greenbang.com Homeowners and Main Street businesses aren’t the only ones that could benefit from a more intelligent, sensor-monitored energy system. Smarter technology could also help wind-farm operators get more energy “bang for the buck” from their turbines, as well as save on maintenance and repair costs. That’s the goal behind a two-year research project [...]

Saturday November 12th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The Rise of Small Wind Power

Wind farms that contain hundreds of towering turbines spread out over vast tracts of land certainly are the most visible sector of the industry. But its Lilliputian brethren — those small single turbines used at homes, businesses and institutions — are playing an increasingly important role, especially for the broader renewable distributed energy generation market. [...]

Tuesday October 11th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Helical Robotics Can Help Service Turbines

Their primary focus is working on structures that are dangerous or difficult to access, such as bridges, pipelines, and wind turbines. The patent-pending robot design consists of a series of repeatable and hinged segments … Read more: Helical Robotics http://www.windpowerengineering.com/construction/installation/helical-robotics-can-help-service-turbines/

Monday October 3rd, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Vermont Utility makes Wind Power a Local Priority

Vermont’s Green Mountain Power has begun building a new wind-energy project that will generate enough power for more than 24,000 homes. The 21-turbine, 63-megawatt (MW) Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell will produce electricity for Green Mountain Power customers and members of the Vermont Electric Coop. Even before construction has started, the project has generated [...]

Thursday September 8th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

New Design may make Wind Farms More Efficient

We’ve been stuck in a quagmire on individual wind turbine efficiency, meaning wind energy is now a mature technology that is not really a viable mass solution for replacing fossil fuels. But California Institute of Technology researchers have revisited some of the fundamental assumptions that guided the wind industry for the past 30 years, and [...]

Sunday August 28th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »