Sentences with phrase «scale wind turbine power»

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COPENHAGEN — Revolutionizing the energy industry to achieve a target concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of no more than 450 parts per million (ppm) would require building 17 nuclear power plants a year between now and 2030; 17,000 wind turbines a year; or two hydropower dams on the scale of Three Gorges Dam in China, according to the International Energy Agency.

The goal is to offer the public information about local power generation with small - scale wind turbines and other sources.

A far better near - term choice is wind power, but both wind and solar begin to have another problem at scales at or above that which Clinton is discussing: Since solar panels and wind turbines can't currently work at full capacity 24 hours a day, they require huge advances in energy storage and grid capacity, as well.

Industrial wind turbines are an inharmonious use of the land when sited near people's homes; large - scale wind turbines used for power generation are NOT an agricultural use of the land.

With this financial matching approach, the investor has the same capital costs and the same fuel costs whether building a coal plant or a wind turbine, and because the wind turbine has been scaled up, the investor will sell the same amount of power.

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[page 253] Thus, over the life - span of a working wind turbine, the «equivalent» shale natural gas production might actually encompass 10 or more sites which throws another factor into the calculation of power density that would tip the scales toward wind farms.

He decided he would like to make large scale wind power comercially viable and in 1996 he erected his first large scale wind turbine, Ecotricity was on its way and the rest is history.

It is what's left behind after making the magnets for Britain's latest wind turbines... and, as a special Live investigation reveals, is merely one of a multitude of environmental sins committed in the name of our new green Jerusalem» (source: In China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale)

Continued advancements and scale - up of turbine technology have helped reduce wind power costs and enable broader geographic deployment of wind power.

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Mongolia may have the potential for 1,500 GW of installed solar PV capacity, as calculated in the report, «Costs and benefits of large - scale deployment of wind turbines and solar PV in Mongolia for international power exports,» published in the journal Renewable Energy by Takashi Otsuki, researcher for the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) at the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ).

Since going into operation in 2009, ARPA - E, as it is known, has provided about $ 1.3 billion in funding to more than 475 projects involving grid - scale batteries, power storage, biofuel production, wind turbines and other technology, according to a May report on the agency.

Industrial - scale wind turbines (WTi), a common sight in many European countries, are now actively promoted by federal and state governments in the U.S. as a way to reduce coal - powered electrical generation and global warming.

small scale vertical axis wind turbines don't generate very much power and small scale wind turbines on city buildings DO NOT WORK.

Photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, hydroelectric power stations are more efficient and cost effective at a larger scale than a single building.

«The latest edition of our Wind Turbine Price Index shows wind continuing to become a competitive source of large - scale power,» Michael Liebreich, Bloomberg New Energy Finance's chief executive, said in a statemWind Turbine Price Index shows wind continuing to become a competitive source of large - scale power,» Michael Liebreich, Bloomberg New Energy Finance's chief executive, said in a statemwind continuing to become a competitive source of large - scale power,» Michael Liebreich, Bloomberg New Energy Finance's chief executive, said in a statement.

An anti-wind power Net site (Caithness Windfarm Information Forum) in 2013 recorded an average of about 20 blade - failure events per year world - wide (not necessarily in utility scale wind turbines and the blades did not necessarily fall off).

When we talk about small wind turbines we're also talking about microgeneration — the small - scale generation of electric power by individuals — as opposed to the larger, grid - tied power production of commercial wind turbines, such as those found on wind farms.

A typical modern, utility - scale, wind turbine will generate about as much clean electricity as 2000 average roof - top solar installations (around 2012, see here), so you would think that people who want action on climate change would support wind power.

... 328,000 new onshore 5 MW wind turbines (providing 30.9 % of U.S. energy for all purposes), 156,200 off - shore 5 MW wind turbines (19.1 %), 46,480 50 MW new utility - scale solar - PV power plants (30.7 %), 2,273 100 MW utility - scale CSP power plants (7.3 %), 75.2 million 5 kW residential rooftop PV systems (3.98 %), 2.75 million 100 kW commercial / government rooftop systems (3.2 %), 208 100 MW geothermal plants (1.23 %), 36,050 0.75 MW wave devices (0.37 %), 8,800 1 MW tidal turbines (0.14 %), and 3 new hydroelectric power plants (all in Alaska).

Here at TreeHugger and over on Planet Green we've covered just about every way to get green energy into your home that you can imagine: Solar panel installation, green energy programs, solar power system leases, small scale wind turbines, micro-hydro power.

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This, plus bigger turbines and economies of scale, have contributed to more than halving the average cost of wind power during the past two decades.

Many in the small - scale wind turbine industry think residential wind power is about to enter suburbia with simpler, less expensive systems that perform more like household appliances than complicated renewable energy systems.

The Libellula (dragonfly) wind turbine, designed by the architects at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) in collaboration with Italy's Enel Green power, could be a viable choice for small - scale electricity generation, with the ability to produce up to 55Kw (sufficient to power up to 15 homes).

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Wind turbines can offer viable renewable power generation for a cleaner energy future, but the most efficient of them are not suited to any type of urban or small scale installations, so for many of us, they are at least one step removed from our daily lives.

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Abstract: Wind power fluctuations at the turbine and farm scales are generally not expected to be correlated over large distances.

Industrial - scale wind turbines (WT), a common sight in many European countries, are now actively promoted by federal and state governments in the U.S. as a way to reduce coal - powered electrical generation and global warming.

DG technologies include, but are not limited to, reciprocating engines, microturbines, fuel cells, photovoltaic cells, solar water heating, small - scale wind turbines, and combined heat and power (CHP).