Posts tagged: wind turbine

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 »

SeaTwirl puts a new spin on Offshore Wind Turbines

One of the main drawbacks of wind turbines is the fact that for maximum efficiency, the power that they generate must be fed into the grid right as the wind is blowing and their blades are spinning. While that power can be stored in batteries for later use, some of it will always be lost [...]

Friday October 7th, 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 »

Can EV’s Solve Wind Power Puzzle?

Photo Courtesy: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Electric vehicles outfitted with a $10 computer chip can help streamline the addition of wind power to the electric grid, according to a study that shows how the two types of technology could piece together the puzzle of our green energy future. One of the biggest hurdles utilities face [...]

Saturday September 17th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

New Japanese Wind Turbine Triples Power Output

Source: triplepundit.com Necessity, as we’ve all been told can sometimes be the mother of invention. In Japan, there is a necessity for a power source that does not require fossil fuels, since they don’t have any. So the Japanese invested heavily in nuclear power, which, at the moment, is looking like a tenuous investment given [...]

Tuesday September 13th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »