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The share prices of the world's two biggest wind turbine manufacturers have fallen after the U.S. House of Representatives proposed whipping away tax credits for renewable energy in order to pay for tax cuts elsewhere.

According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), there are more than 48,800 turbines operating in the United States, allowing for a total installed wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2Wind Energy Association (AWEA), there are more than 48,800 turbines operating in the United States, allowing for a total installed wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2015.

For many Canadians, a clean energy job probably conjures up images of working in an engineering lab, manufacturing solar panels, or assembling a wind turbine.

Growth in clean energy is driving significant demand for the metals and mineral products used to manufacture technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, LED lighting and electric cars, creating an opportunity for job creation and economic growth in mining communities across Canada.

«People don't naturally think of mining when they think of clean energy, but metals and minerals are key ingredients for solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars.

Growth in clean energy is driving significant demand for the metals and mineral products used to manufacture technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, LED lighting and electric cars, creating...

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Denmark's Vestas, the world's top wind turbine maker, said on Thursday it was pleased the final U.S. tax bill retained production tax credits for wind energy projects after concerns over Continue Reading

This year, the company plans to reduce its carbon footprint and become more energy - efficient by adding wind turbines to its operations in Mexico, for example.

The Thruway Authority, as part of the push by Cuomo for agencies to move toward «green energy» sources, installed several wind turbines a few years ago, projecting it would save $ 300,000 a year in utility costs.

BUFFALO, NY - The New York State Thruway Authority, as part of the push by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for agencies to move toward so called «green energy» sources, installed several wind turbines a few years ago, projecting it would save $ 300,000 a year in utility costs.

Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company that plans a 15 - turbine offshore wind farm approximately 30 miles from Montauk, has announced plans for an offshore wind farm paired with an energy storage system that would provide electricity tWind, the Rhode Island company that plans a 15 - turbine offshore wind farm approximately 30 miles from Montauk, has announced plans for an offshore wind farm paired with an energy storage system that would provide electricity twind farm approximately 30 miles from Montauk, has announced plans for an offshore wind farm paired with an energy storage system that would provide electricity twind farm paired with an energy storage system that would provide electricity to...

«Let's do what we can to make sure we have the energy available for people right now but invest in forward thinking: in renewable technologies, in wind turbines, in solar panels, in geothermal, to help us transition off so we have the ability to use energy and electricity in future years to come not with fossil fuels.»

«Wind turbines are absolutely crucial for the future of Britain's energy mix, whether that's onshore or particularly offshore,» she told politics.co.uk.

New York is ahead of most other states in wind - energy production and planning, ranking third in small land - based wind arrays and planning for potentially hundreds of offshore wind turbines over the next decade, the federal government said.

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.

And all of that production means that China is bearing the burden of the pollution that can go along with the manufacture of such renewable energy for other countries — whether the acid rain — forming sulfur dioxide emitted from making the steel in a wind turbine's blade or the noxious chemicals left over after manufacturing specialized silicon, or glass, that can turn sunshine into electricity.

Another group, a Kenyan start - up called Access: energy, developed a model to teach Kenyans to make parts of wind turbines out of scrap metal and car parts, reducing the need for outside help should a part of the system break.

With nearly 22,000 wind turbines in the country, he says energy firms do not have enough skilled people who can climb them to perform close visual inspections of the turbine blades, which can become delaminated after lightning strikes, for instance.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates energy losses in wind farms to be as high as 10 - 20 percent and identifies complex airflows created by the turbines as the major culprit for such lEnergy estimates energy losses in wind farms to be as high as 10 - 20 percent and identifies complex airflows created by the turbines as the major culprit for such lenergy losses in wind farms to be as high as 10 - 20 percent and identifies complex airflows created by the turbines as the major culprit for such losses.

It turns out they are indispensable for a range of urgently needed green energy technologies such as wind turbine generators, low - energy lighting, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, magnetic refrigeration and hydrogen storage.

Over the past 20 years, for example, householders in Germany have embraced renewable energy initiatives, adding them to their properties: there are solar panels and wind turbines everywhere.

WHEN the wind stops blowing and turbines slow down, we have to resort to coal and gas - powered stations for our energy needs.

The used cigarette butts littering your city's sidewalks could serve as an energy storage material for anything from smartphones to wind turbines.

«America is quickly falling behind in clean energy, trading Middle Eastern oil for cheap Chinese solar, batteries and wind turbines,» says Chris Rivest, co-founder of Berkeley, Calif. — based SunPrint, which is developing technology to print cadmium telluride thin - film photovoltaic cells.

The push for wind as a renewable energy source has turbines sharing the same airspace as aircraft, with aging radar systems unable to tell the difference

But the reality of rows of wind turbines standing on high ground, visible for miles around, has split environmentalists into those who support renewable energy in any form, and those who want to avoid what they see as desecration of the countryside.

Floating turbines hold huge promise for capturing wind energy over Earth's oceans.

«These findings have implications for airport safety but also have potential applications for agriculture and for alternative energy sources such as solar farms, where birds living and feeding in the area can cause disruption, and around wind turbines where the birds are at risk of collision and the threat to birds can sometimes be a legislative barrier,» Professor Swaddle added.

For example, when designing a wind turbine you might have to make trade - offs between how much airflow you can get versus how much energy it will generate.

The «Living Tower» design seen here is complete with solar panels, a rainwater purification system, and two large wind turbines on top for energy production.

It takes lots of energy to build wind turbines and batteries for the electric grid.

While investment in China's power grid has risen substantially, the country still has some of the world's highest curtailment rates for renewable energy, meaning thousands of turbines are taken offline, even under optimum wind conditions, because grid operators lack the knowledge and skills to integrate the clean energy with other sources, including baseload power from coal plants.

Because of those limitations, Lewis said the United States remains a world leader in wind energy because capacity factors and utilization rates are much higher on average for U.S. wind turbines than for Chinese turbines.

Others note that Iowa is third in the nation for renewable energy, and it derives about 30 percent of its electricity from wind turbines that are often located in farmers» fields.

«Concrete for taller wind turbine towers passes tests, could help expand wind energy nationwide.»

These characteristics make iron - based superconductors promising for advanced energy applications, from electric vehicles to wind turbines and medical imaging devices.

Atmospheric science professors Nate Brunsell and David Mechem in KU's Department of Geography are co-authors of a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international research group that evaluated the effects of large wind farms on atmospheric flow and its implications for how much renewable energy the turbines can generate.

It will help us make parts that are stronger, lighter and function better for more energy - efficient transportation and energy production applications such as cars and wind turbines.»

«When the German Renewable Energy Law [Erneuerbare Energien - Gesetz] came into effect a year ago, both the solar and wind energy sectors really got a push,» explains Andrea Hein, director for marketing and communications of Enron Wind, a large manufacturer of wind turEnergy Law [Erneuerbare Energien - Gesetz] came into effect a year ago, both the solar and wind energy sectors really got a push,» explains Andrea Hein, director for marketing and communications of Enron Wind, a large manufacturer of wind turbiwind energy sectors really got a push,» explains Andrea Hein, director for marketing and communications of Enron Wind, a large manufacturer of wind turenergy sectors really got a push,» explains Andrea Hein, director for marketing and communications of Enron Wind, a large manufacturer of wind turbiWind, a large manufacturer of wind turbiwind turbines.

To store 50 hours of energy from a 1 - megawatt power capacity wind turbine (50 megawatt - hours), for example, a possible solution would be to buy traditional batteries with 50 megawatt - hours of energy storage, but they'd come with 50 megawatts of power capacity.

But those incidental take permits usually span only about 5 - 10 years, and a condition of those permits is that for every eagle killed by a wind turbine, the energy company has to offset the loss by ensuring birth of a new eagle somewhere else or prevent an eagle in another location from dying from other causes.

The American Wind Energy Association has released its annual US Wind Industry Annual Market Report, which highlights a return to momentum for the country's wind industry jobs and turbine deploymWind Energy Association has released its annual US Wind Industry Annual Market Report, which highlights a return to momentum for the country's wind industry jobs and turbine deploymWind Industry Annual Market Report, which highlights a return to momentum for the country's wind industry jobs and turbine deploymwind industry jobs and turbine deployment.

Resume: Permanent magnets, such as the state - of - the - art Nd - Fe - B supermagnets, are applied as energy convertors in wind turbines and electric vehicles and are thus key materials for a sustainable energy economy.

To avoid losing energy generated by wind turbines, for example, hydrogen gas must be generated quickly.

«One of the benefits of this study is that you can get a much better global, spatial quantification of that veer — and that's fabulous, that's exactly what a wind turbine designer needs,» said Sandy Butterfield, chairman of the International Electrotechnical Commission Renewable Energy (IECRE), the organization that writes the standards for wind turbines and other renewable energy equiEnergy (IECRE), the organization that writes the standards for wind turbines and other renewable energy equienergy equipment.

The five - month reconnaissance of the wind patterns on the hills of eastern Portugal is going to help researchers strategically place turbines for maximum alternative energy generation.

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As the demand for sustainable energy rises, see how the wind industry is responding by building bigger and more powerful turbine blades.

For example, when learning about the concepts behind wind turbines, which involves physics and maths, students can create a 3D digital model, print it on a 3D printer in order to study the construction, test its ability to generate wind energy and adjust accordingly.