It is also true that China is building
far more wind turbines than any other nation on earth, and that China's per capita greenhouse gas production is way below that of Australia.
Not exact matches
COPENHAGEN, Oct 12 - Danish
wind turbine maker Vestas said the impending expiry of a U.S. tax credit had exacerbated a fall in orders for next year, forcing it to make
more than 800 job cuts in the United States and Canada so
far this year.
Biello: And they do have some
more aggressive policies than even the U.S. at present as
far as renewable energy goes, whether those who actually realized they have had a lot of problems with kind of
wind farms that didn't perform up to expectations, but they do have fairly aggressive targets for how much energy it needs to come from renewable resources like the
wind and the sun, they have become the manufacturer, as in all things, for Photovoltaics and the
wind turbine blades that are basically powering the green revolution in the West.
Wind - power engineers are developing new
turbines that are
far more efficient than those built just a decade ago.
These obstacles have delayed, and in some cases nixed, many projects — and so
far, not a single offshore
wind turbine is operating in the U.S. Organizers of Cape Wind, an offshore wind park to be built more than five miles (eight kilometers) from Cape Cod, Mass., have been battling public opposition and regulatory hurdles for more than seven ye
wind turbine is operating in the U.S. Organizers of Cape
Wind, an offshore wind park to be built more than five miles (eight kilometers) from Cape Cod, Mass., have been battling public opposition and regulatory hurdles for more than seven ye
Wind, an offshore
wind park to be built more than five miles (eight kilometers) from Cape Cod, Mass., have been battling public opposition and regulatory hurdles for more than seven ye
wind park to be built
more than five miles (eight kilometers) from Cape Cod, Mass., have been battling public opposition and regulatory hurdles for
more than seven years.
> Okey doke; let's agree that windpower is a good thing, generally, that it's desirable that engineering solutions be sought to (
further) minimize and certainly monitor the effect on bird life — especially raptors — and that the «cats kill
more birds than
wind turbines» argument isn't a stellar example of a well - reasoned scientific argument addressing a legit scientific concern.
Jacobson and Delucchi assumed that the bulk of the renewable energy would come from 3.8 million 5MW
wind turbine (that would be 19TW rated capacity) providing half of the global energy demand at 11.5 TW (that is 28 % utilization which seems to be optimistic and the number I read so
far where
more around 10 - 20 % at best).
I accept that noise at a level that could cause physical harm would constitute «pollution» but given that
wind turbine noise is
more of a small background hum at distance of about 400m, that falls
far short of a reasonable threshhold for measurable harm.
It is important to take into consideration that the occasional scattering of
wind turbines is a lot
more aesthetically pleasing than coal - fired power stations, by
far.
Such a change would allow utilities to purchase electricity from
wind energy projects in other states, such as Iowa, where
wind energy is
more efficient, cheaper, and
turbines can be erected
further away from the residences.
In the Australian context with our very inflammable environment right across SE australia where by
far the bulk of the
turbine farms are located, the almost guaranteed likelihood of
turbine nacelle fires might well be a very major and an ultimately disastrous life destroying fault of
wind turbines as they begin to age and become
more prone to mechanical failure and electrical failures in the nacelles.
Recharge news 5 MINUTES The global
wind power industry looks hale, with 54GW added in 2016 and expectations of an annual 75GW market from 2021, says GWEC chief Steve Sawyer The
wind industry added a
further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with
turbines in
more than 90 countries making up a generating base of 486.8 GW,...
Recharge The
wind industry added a further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with turbines in more than 90 countries making up an installed generating capacity of 486.8 GW, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind Rep
wind industry added a
further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with
turbines in
more than 90 countries making up an installed generating capacity of 486.8 GW, according to figures from the Global
Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind Rep
Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global
Wind Rep
Wind Report.
Generally,
wind turbine performance on the West Coast this past spring tended to be lower the
farther north the
turbines are located;
wind turbine performance in Washington was
more than 25 percent below average levels in March, April, and May.
In that time, innovations within the offshore
wind industry has led to
more powerful machines being developed, meaning NNG will use
far fewer
turbines than originally envisaged.
The floating design will allow Statoil to put
wind turbines further out in the open ocean where the
winds are much
more consistent and powerful.
Something like this occurred when, in the early 1990s, the Danish government started deploying massive
wind turbines offshore, which produced energy
far more cheaply than the older, smaller ones.
And because they are now 100 meters tall, instead of less than 40 meters, they harvest a
far larger, stronger, and
more reliable
wind regime, generating 20 times as much electricity as the
turbines installed in the early 1980s when modern
wind power development began.
We have
far more electricity flowing into our grids from installed
wind turbines and solar panels than we use in a year to manufacturer and install
wind turbines and solar panels.
Post-operation, the numbers of bat deaths and bird kills
far exceed what was expected from the
wind turbines, noise complaints are being made
more frequently as a result of
more powerful
turbines, and
wind power companies have abused their approvals by removing trees from protected woodlands, for example, or placing
turbines on sites not consistent with the approvals.
Off - shore
wind turbines are expensive, and the
further off - shore the
more expensive they are.
hamy on the 6th may, Shell is very unlikely to invest in water
turbines (wave / tidal) as they are still early prototypes and
far more expensive than
Wind, Dberr calc's put them at 4 - 6 times more expensive than offshore wi
Wind, Dberr calc's put them at 4 - 6 times
more expensive than offshore
windwind!.
Behn also said
more wind -
turbine projects are in the works in the area, but couldn't discuss
further details.
Communication towers conservatively kill 4 to 5 million birds annually (possibly closer to 40 to 50 million -LSB-...] Cars may kill 60 million birds or
more each year, private and commercial aircraft
far fewer, while
wind turbine rotors kill an estimated 33,000 birds annually.»
Pristine air, as provided by
wind turbines and solar panels, creates
far more wealth than the continuing use of fossil fuel.
We monitor the effects of this installation, gather evidence on
wind power generally and
more recently campaign against plans for a
further 28
turbines up to 145 - metres high — the Brechfa Forest West project.
The country expects to use 10 % less electricity within a decade; all power stations are to be modernised; there's # 30bn for
more renewables; railways will be
further subsidised to lure people out of their cars and away from aeroplanes; plans for
more wind turbines, photovoltaic electricity and biofuels will all be fast - forwarded; there is # 1,500 m to reduce CO2 in existing buildings; and the solar market is growing by 40 % a year.
Investing in
more U.S.
wind turbines would pay
further economic dividends, such as by creating
more jobs and causing
further reductions in air pollution.