Sentences with phrase «known as wind turbine»

In my view it is a name dreamt up by the Australian Landscape Guardians group for what has always been known as wind turbine syndrome.

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A massive wind turbine — capable of turning the breeze into two million watts of power — has 40 - meter - long blades made from fiberglass, towers 90 meters above the ground, weighs hundreds of metric tons, and fundamentally relies on roughly 300 kilograms of a soft, silvery metal known as neodymium — a so - called rare earth.

From what Loss knows of estimates of other perils to birds such as wind turbines and vehicle kills, he says, «nothing else comes close.»

Last month, GE unveiled its plan to build the world's largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine, known as the Haliade - X.

Batwind, as the battery part of the project is known, pairs six 5MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines with 1MW / 1.3 MWh of batteries, with system integrator Younicos deploying the energy storage solution, as reported by Energy - Storage.

Under certain lighting conditions, wind turbines can create an effect known as shadow flicker.

Indeed, Chicago could jumpstart the entire wind industry and become known as «the city that makes wind turbines for the world.»

Siri: Well that is good to know, as we can harness that power with wind turbines and PV technology.

Even Leventhall, who consults for the global wind industry, seems to agree that the constellation of symptoms I identified as Wind Turbine Syndrome have been known to him to be caused by exposure to sound energy in frequencies below 200 Hz, specifically infrasound (0 — 20 Hz) and low frequency noise (20 — 200 wind industry, seems to agree that the constellation of symptoms I identified as Wind Turbine Syndrome have been known to him to be caused by exposure to sound energy in frequencies below 200 Hz, specifically infrasound (0 — 20 Hz) and low frequency noise (20 — 200 Wind Turbine Syndrome have been known to him to be caused by exposure to sound energy in frequencies below 200 Hz, specifically infrasound (0 — 20 Hz) and low frequency noise (20 — 200 Hz).

The fact is, many more birds (and bats) are dying at operating wind plants than we know, and as the turbines spread, mortality will increase.

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Wind generation in 2013 could have been even higher, by an estimated 10 percent, but for the problem known as curtailment — when wind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricWind generation in 2013 could have been even higher, by an estimated 10 percent, but for the problem known as curtailment — when wind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricwind turbines are stopped because the grid can not handle any more electricity.

John has a stern message for potential hosts reminding them that if they sign the contracts they will no longer really own their land; their land will be significantly devalued (as it can no longer be subdivided), and it is likely that some of their family and their animals will be negatively impacted by the wind turbines.

By then, electricity from solar will be much more competitive against electricity from conventional sources, and biofuel will be a non-negligible fraction of the fuel used by the international airline industry (maybe), Iowa and Texas will have perhaps 3 times as many wind turbines as now — who knows, maybe there will be new watershed control projects completed or under construction in Thailand, the Mekong River, Queensland and upper.

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.

This essay has a strong connection with wind turbines: «In the world of scientific journals, there is a quality control mechanism known as peer review.

... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.

As far as I know, wind turbine blades have no de-icing capabilitieAs far as I know, wind turbine blades have no de-icing capabilitieas I know, wind turbine blades have no de-icing capabilities.

Building a wind turbine in your yard or installing solar panels on your roof requires a larger investment to begin with, but can end up saving more money in the long run, since you'll no longer have to purchase as much energy from utilities.

The Snowtown II Wind Farm, as the expansion will be known, will be located adjacent to the existing Snowtown 1 facility and comprise 90 turbines with an installed capacity of 270MW.

*** Wind turbines killing more than just local birds, study finds Purdue University Brian Wallheimer 28 September 2016 EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby.

I don't know if wind turbines 13 miles from the beach really qualifies as «far from our shores», but compared to offshore wind developments in Europe the US lags behind so Mandelstam's enthusiasm is definitely warranted.

John Dabiri's paper on vertical axis wind turbines looks very good, anyone know if this is as promising as it seems?

This might extend the life of the turbines, but it also results in wasted wind energy, known in the industry as «spillage.»

This message was repeated in headlines such as ABC's environmental reporter Jake Sturmer (No reliable link between wind farms and health problems, National Health and Medical Research Council says) and Simon Chapman at the Conversation (Study finds no evidence wind turbines make you sick — again).

The mating and nesting behavior of Lesser Prairie Chickens (and other ground birds, such as the Sage Grouse) is known to be adversely affected by tall structures, which obviously include industrial - scale wind turbines.

Wind turbine service technicians, also known as windtechs, install, maintain, and repair wind turbiWind turbine service technicians, also known as windtechs, install, maintain, and repair wind turbiwind turbines.

We have to pause here and take stock and take the time to think this through as a society... or we could end up with thousands of giant industrial wind turbines over great swaths of prime agricultural land and beautiful countryside and we don't know enough about what this could mean in terms of human health, agricultural land health, animal health, water table health, wildlife health, property value health, property tax health and so on.