Ruoff says if the energy production
from wind turbine technology grew at 45 percent annually for the next 20 years, the total energy production from wind alone would almost equal the entire energy production of the world from all sources in 2007.
Not exact matches
NdFeB magnets are the most powerful on earth, and used in everything
from computer hard drives and head phones to clean energy
technologies such as electric vehicles and
wind turbines.
In an effort to help develop a sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements and lessen the United States» dependence on China for materials that are vital to the production of electronics,
wind turbines, and many other
technologies, two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a method of extracting rare earths
from the drive units and motors of discarded electric and hybrid cars.
Case in point, Gallagher says, is «smart grid»
technology that's designed to integrate renewable power coming
from wind turbines and solar cells with the nation's 9000 conventional power plants and 300,000 miles of transmission lines.
Hu will use the tunnel as part of a $ 663,000 grant
from NASA to study icing of aircraft wings, part of a $ 360,000 grant
from the National Science Foundation to study icing of
wind turbine blades and part of a $ 20,000 seed grant
from Iowa State's Institute for Physical Research and
Technology to develop new technology to study aircr
Technology to develop new
technology to study aircr
technology to study aircraft icing.
In addition to enabling drilling in ever - deeper waters worldwide, robot subs will also be instrumental in ramping up the installation of offshore
turbines that generate electricity
from the strong
winds and tides found at sea, says Michel, one of the main organizers of the annual Marine Advanced
Technology Education (MATE) Center's 2010 International ROV Competition, which challenges students to complete underwater missions using ROVs they design and build.
Stronger, stiffer and more durable than most metals and at a fraction of the weight, carbon fiber enables a suite of energy - efficient and clean
technologies from wind turbines to cars in an era of turbulent energy prices and a changing climate.
Read more about how our teams are creating the future of
wind energy
technology and helping you get the most
from your
wind turbines, farms and fleets.
He's been ramping up his own commitments since then, and pledged last year to double his investments (to $ 2 billion) on a host of energy frontiers in the next five years —
from new battery and solar
technologies to a safer nuclear plant design to tethered, high - flying
wind turbines that might harness the power of the jet stream.
The
technology is already well - developed and ready to be implemented — everything
from solar themal to solar PV to giant
wind turbines to micro
wind turbines.
Presentations
from 1 September 2010: Vestas» quality journey - Presentation by Robert Fritz, SVP, Vestas
Wind Systems A / S Introduction to Vestas
Technology R&D, the V112
turbine and Lowest Cost of Energy.
The Hywind floating
wind turbine technology has been in development for six years, with a 2.3 - megawatt prototype installed in 720 ft (220 m) of water 6.5 miles (10 km)
from the Norwegian island of Karmøy in 2009.
A
technology discussion
from the installers» perspectives about the current state of small
wind turbines and everyday installation problems followed earlier presentations about the «Unrealities of Wind» that aimed at giving advice on how to choose a machine from the wide variety of new machines available in conjunction with the Small Wind Certification Council (SW
wind turbines and everyday installation problems followed earlier presentations about the «Unrealities of
Wind» that aimed at giving advice on how to choose a machine from the wide variety of new machines available in conjunction with the Small Wind Certification Council (SW
Wind» that aimed at giving advice on how to choose a machine
from the wide variety of new machines available in conjunction with the Small
Wind Certification Council (SW
Wind Certification Council (SWCC).
A Goldwind 1.5 - megawatt
turbine with PMDD
technology that was erected for research and development purposes in the Bohai Sea in 2007 is still «doing the job it's designed to do, producing power
from wind.»
«As an industry leader with vast experience, Siemens brings long - term reliability and
technology enhancements to our
wind projects, ensuring improved performance and lower operating cost risks
from each and every
turbine,» said Mike Garland, President and CEO of Pattern Energy.
This is an exciting new
technology development that can substantially reduce the long term cost of energy
from offshore
wind turbines and the company is proud and thankful to be supported by GROW: OffshoreWind in this work,» said Theo Botha, co-founder of Blade Dynamics.
A
wind farm could, in theory, produce indefinitely
from the same site with a good possibility that production will actual increase over time with improved
technology (such as improved
wind prediction) and
turbine upgrades.
By awarding contracts through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory under the DOE - funded Distributed
Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP), the goal is to make wind energy from small - and medium - sized turbines cost competitive with other distributed generation technologies and increase the number of wind - turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standa
Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP), the goal is to make
wind energy from small - and medium - sized turbines cost competitive with other distributed generation technologies and increase the number of wind - turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standa
wind energy
from small - and medium - sized
turbines cost competitive with other distributed generation
technologies and increase the number of
wind - turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standa
wind -
turbine designs certified to national safety and performance standards.
New
turbine technology already allows developers to exploit lower - speed
winds and get more production
from otherwise potentially destructive high - power
winds.
In practice, according to Beth Ambrose, senior consultant at Jones Lang LaSalle, the property specialist, that means the use of a variety of new and old
technologies,
from solar panels and
wind turbines to recycling facilities and incinerators to produce energy
from rubbish.
A recently completed wake - steering experiment at the Sandia National Laboratories Scaled
Wind Farm
Technology (SWiFT) facility has successfully demonstrated that the wake
from an upwind
turbine can be steered away
from a downwind
turbine by yawing the upwind
turbine.
The technical details of the controller,
turbine, and experimental data are all public, helping to facilitate rapid
technology transfer
from the U.S. Department of Energy to the
wind industry.
New offshore
wind turbine foundation
technologies will allow construction in deeper water, further offshore and out of sightlines
from the coast.
Since the
turbines occupy less than 1 percent of the land in a
wind farm, this
technology lets farmers harvest both energy and crops
from the same land.
These efforts to dominate renewable energy
technologies raise the prospect that the West may someday trade its dependence on oil
from the Mideast for a reliance on solar panels,
wind turbines and other gear manufactured in China.
The 2010 update to the
wind resource map raised the height at which the measurements were taken
from 50 to 80 meters above ground, addressing updates in
turbine technology and showing an increase in the total
wind capacity resource of the continental United States.
Advances in
wind turbine technology, drawing heavily
from the aerospace industry, have lowered the cost of
wind power
from 38 cents per kilowatt hour in the early 1980s to 3 to 6 cents today depending on the
wind site.
Today Denmark, the world leader in
wind turbine technology and manufacture, is getting 15 percent of its electricity
from wind power.
None of the
technologies promising to counter climate change —
from wind turbines to electric vehicles to carbon sequestration — have been able to deliver.
These range
from weatherizing 600,000 homes to deploying 20,000 electric vehicle charging stations;
from implementing the smart grid to capturing and storing carbon emissions;
from restarting the nuclear power industry to investing in solar energy manufacturing,
wind turbine reliability, and biofuels
technologies.
«It's a shift
from thinking about individual
wind turbines to thinking about power plants,» says Fort Felker, director of the National Wind Technology Center at N
wind turbines to thinking about power plants,» says Fort Felker, director of the National
Wind Technology Center at N
Wind Technology Center at NREL.
To date, we've invested over # 8.5 m in
technologies ranging
from a bespoke combined cooling and heating plant (CCHP) and a 100KW
wind turbine, to solar panels and biomass boilers.»
«There are synergies
from several GE businesses, in areas such as plastics, transportation gearing applications and power controls, that can be applied to
wind turbine technology.
But it's also home to 93 percent of global production of so - called rare earth elements — including two metals essential for a wide array of green
technologies,
from hybrid cars to
wind turbines.
Regarding
wind power, a February 2012 report
from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that «Recent declines in
turbine prices & improved
technology have reduced the estimated LCOE [levelized cost of energy] of
wind; LCOE for projects being planned today in fixed resource areas is estimated to be at an all - time low... the LCOE for 2012 - 2013 projects is estimated to be as much as ~ 24 % and ~ 39 % lower than the previous low in 2002 - 2003...»
Greater, Fairer and Greener Technological Transfer Though China and India are growing rapidly in terms of manufacturing green
technology, in particular
wind turbine parts in the case of China, and companies
from these nations are becoming truly global in scope and genuine international competitors, in many other developing nations this isn't the case.
Kinsella added: «We have taken advantage of significant advances in
wind turbine technology allowing the number of
turbines to be reduced
from the 125 in the original design to a maximum of 54 today.»
Several papers suggesting adverse health effects
from wind turbines have been published in a journal called the Bulletin of Science,
Technology and Society, but that journal is of very dubious credibility.
In his testimony to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the Social and Economic Impact of Rural
Wind Farms Mr Ken Andrew McAlpine (Director; Policy and Government Relations, Asia - Pacific Region, Vestas Australian Wind Technology Pty Ltd) pointed out that health concerns about wind turbines are confined to those areas where there are significant lobbies telling people that turbines are making them ill: Australia, in the north - eastern US (where Nina Pierpont comes from), some regions of Canada, and in the UK where the Country Guardians publicises the cla
Wind Farms Mr Ken Andrew McAlpine (Director; Policy and Government Relations, Asia - Pacific Region, Vestas Australian
Wind Technology Pty Ltd) pointed out that health concerns about wind turbines are confined to those areas where there are significant lobbies telling people that turbines are making them ill: Australia, in the north - eastern US (where Nina Pierpont comes from), some regions of Canada, and in the UK where the Country Guardians publicises the cla
Wind Technology Pty Ltd) pointed out that health concerns about
wind turbines are confined to those areas where there are significant lobbies telling people that turbines are making them ill: Australia, in the north - eastern US (where Nina Pierpont comes from), some regions of Canada, and in the UK where the Country Guardians publicises the cla
wind turbines are confined to those areas where there are significant lobbies telling people that
turbines are making them ill: Australia, in the north - eastern US (where Nina Pierpont comes
from), some regions of Canada, and in the UK where the Country Guardians publicises the claims.
With the weather conditions at sea, where strong
winds constantly blow on the water's surface on most of the days of the year, and the
technology rapidly becoming cheaper, hopes are springing that offshore
wind turbines alone could cover well over 12 percent of the power consumption of the world's fourth largest economy by 2030 — meaning that the number of
turbines would have to rise considerably
from the roughly 1,200 in operation at the end of 2017.
Along with repairing functions, he may extend support in operating the
wind turbines, training technicians, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and upgrading the
technology from time to time.