An environmentally friendly coating provides a hard yet flexible protection for parts headed to hazardous duty on wind turbines. Nef Robles, NA Wind Energy Market Manager Patrick Scalera, Technology Manager, Surface Treatments Henkel … [Read more...]
Wind Powered Car Completes 5,000 km Journey Across Australia
Thursday 02/17/ By Leave a Comment
An engineer from Germany and a television host have traveled almost 2,106 mile (5,000 km) in a lightweight electric vehicle powered by the wind. Dubbed Wind Explorer, the car does not only use electricity from wind turbines, but rather kites. … [Read more...]
Ames Lab researchers boost thermoelectric conversion by TAGS materials
Wednesday 02/16/ By Leave a Comment
A team led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory recently reported that doping members of the well-established TAGS group—tellurium, antimony, germanium and silver—of thermoelectric materials with 1% of cerium or … [Read more...]
No controversy over wind energy in Muskegon, MI
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
From an article by Dave Alexander in the Muskegon (MI) Chronicle: MUSKEGON – When the head of the Grand Valley State University alternative energy center asked for the city of Muskegon’s help in establishing an offshore wind research buoy in … [Read more...]
Is Urban Wind Turbine UK’s "Most Useless?"
Tuesday 02/15/ By Leave a Comment
Image credit: Ecotricity Ecotricity has long been known for building urban wind turbines on brownfield sites. Perhaps their most famous turbine sits just outside London on the M4 motorway (highway) at Green Park industrial complex in Reading. But … [Read more...]
AeroDrive, Inc. completes design of 2MW Continuously Variable Transmission for Utility-scale Wind Turbines
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
February 14, 2011 (investorideas.com renewable energy/green news) AeroDrive, Inc. has completed design work on a 2MW capacity continuously variable transmission (CVT) for utility-scale wind turbines Read more.... … [Read more...]
GE Buys Technology to Build Bigger Wind Towers
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
General Electric has acquired technology that will help it build taller wind towers. This company press release says this next generation technology from Wind Tower Systems, LLC (WTS) is necessary as wind turbine blades have been getting longer: WTS … [Read more...]
GE: a busy bee with turbines and towers
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
Looks like GE's been busy lately, though for one of the world's largest companies that in itself is nothing new. GE recently installed its 15,000th 1.5-MW turbine at the Crow Lake wind farm in South Dakota. What is: For one, the turbine manufacturer … [Read more...]
Fond du Lac County, host of 168 wind turbines, supports PSC siting rules
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
Testimony of Sam Tobias Director of Planning and Parks Fond du Lac County Before the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules February 9, 2011 (starts at 3:45:30 pm on Wisconsin Eye) Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today … [Read more...]
World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades to Be Built by Alstom & LM Wind Power in Denmark
Sunday 02/13/ By Leave a Comment
The first prototype made out of polyester and glass fiber will be created in the company’s Danish factory in Lunderskov. According to company officials, Alstom prototype sites from Europe will have such blades by the end of 2012. The new blades … [Read more...]