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As the first tribally owned, large scale wind turbine in the US, tribal officials see this as the start of an economic development initiative that will bring a vital industry to the reservation.

So far as I have been able to find out, while there are about 200 000 utility scale wind turbines in the world, no aircraft has ever crashed because of a wind turbine.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, there are more than 52,000 grid - scale wind turbines in the U.S. right now with several wind farm projects moving forward.

Not exact matches

In order to provide electricity on the scale of wind farms, hundreds of airborne wind turbines will need to be launched and operated, necessitating such a central hub.

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.

In fact, such small - scale wind turbines are typically more about green design than actual energy generation, although the American Wind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentiveIn fact, such small - scale wind turbines are typically more about green design than actual energy generation, although the American Wind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentiwind turbines are typically more about green design than actual energy generation, although the American Wind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentiWind Energy Association predicts robust growth of as much as 20 percent in the area as a result of local and state tax incentivein the area as a result of local and state tax incentives.

«We have utility - scale turbines operating in 39 states today, and if these trends continue and stable policy is in place, we can see wind deployment in even more states.»

Wind turbines are showing some very real promise in terms of percentage replacement of coal electricity needs, however it will take very large scale events to replace fossil fuel by a economically viable margin, ie 50 %.

Snapshots of University renewables The first large scale wind turbine at a UK university was built at the University of Ulster's Coleraine campus in 2008.

Wind turbines are a viable clean energy solution, but most of the innovations in wind energy tend to be on the large scale, and since those devices aren't exactly portable, they don't lend themselves to mobile device chargWind turbines are a viable clean energy solution, but most of the innovations in wind energy tend to be on the large scale, and since those devices aren't exactly portable, they don't lend themselves to mobile device chargwind energy tend to be on the large scale, and since those devices aren't exactly portable, they don't lend themselves to mobile device charging.

The company estimates that the first of these micro wind turbines will be shipped to backers in January of 2015, with full scale production beginning in February of 2015.

Of the 10,800 full - time - equivalent (FTE) employees working directly in the sectors, the majority, or 56 per cent, are associated with large - scale onshore wind (turbine output of over 100kW), followed by 29 per cent in offshore wind, whilst 7 — 8 per cent of the workforce is employed in small - scale wind and around the same proportion in wave and tidal energy.

project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

Causing heartburn for project applicants developing on tribal land, the Tenth Circuit reversed the District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma's grant of summary judgment and determined that the defendants» large - scale excavation project, involving site modification and the use of excavated rock and soil in the installation of wind turbines, constituted «mining» under federal regulations addressing mineral development on Native... Complete story»

The above statements apply to utility scale wind turbines (about 3MW) operating in mainland Australia.

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.

Keurig Green Mountain coffee roasters challenged their own success with voluntary carbon reduction targets and, in partnership with NativeEnergy, helped create the Alex Little Soldier Wind Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South DakWind Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakwind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

As such, the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovatiWind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovatiwind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovations.

Intertribal COUP has flourished since it helped build the first large commercial - scale wind turbine project on the Lakota Sioux Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota in 2003.

An American named Charles Brush in 1888 built the first full - scale electric wind turbine, in Cleveland.

The RSPB have been discussing these issues with the developers in an effort to reduce both the layout and scale of the wind turbines.

«Hywind», the first full - scale floating wind turbine, has been tested in the sea since 2009.

The advances in wind turbine design that offer cheap electricity from wind help explain why some 22 states now have commercial scale wind farms pumping electricity into the local grid.

In 2015, the small - scale target was introduced, which provides financial incentives to install solar technology, wind turbines, hydro and air - source heat pumps.

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 scalin 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 scalIn China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale)

While this strategy was successfully employed for the small Block Island project, it may not prove practical for large - scale development of offshore wind in the U.S.. By some estimates, the use of foreign - installation vessels may increase project costs by as much as $ 20 — 40 million for a 100 - turbine development.

In the 1970s and»80s, the U.S. government funded the development of large - scale wind turbines, as did other countries such as Denmark, Germany, Spain, India, and, later, China.

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy purchased the buoys to improve offshore turbine performance in the near term and reduce barriers to private investment in large - scale offshore wind energy development in the long term.

The scale of offshore wind has moved from below 3MW per turbine at the start of this decade to a planned 12 - 15MW per turbine proposed for installation by 2024/25, a fivefold increase in 10 years.

With the average cost of a 10kW small - scale wind turbine on a 100 - foot tower in the range of $ 45,000 to $ 60,000 (before state and federal incentives), pouring through the pages of Power from the Wind make this book a wise first investmwind turbine on a 100 - foot tower in the range of $ 45,000 to $ 60,000 (before state and federal incentives), pouring through the pages of Power from the Wind make this book a wise first investmWind make this book a wise first investment.

Currently, the price per kilowatt of small - scale wind is much higher than that of utility - scale turbines, and payback periods can be long, in part because they are installed individually.

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.

The first is that floating can quickly make the most of hard - won lessons learned in conventional offshore wind — in areas such as technology development, turbine scale - up, project management and supply chain streamlining.

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.

«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.

Unfortunately, much of that hard - earned momentum was a casualty of the freeze as well as HB 483, which basically tripled setbacks for wind turbines and made future commercial - scale development unviable.The renewable sector is particularly lagging, in the E2 report showing a scant 1.5 percent job growth in Ohio far lower than the national wind and solar rate.

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).

In fact the typical utility - scale wind turbine seen in Australia today has the capacity to generate up to about two megawatts, and on average will generate about 35 % of that (see capacity factor, on another pageIn fact the typical utility - scale wind turbine seen in Australia today has the capacity to generate up to about two megawatts, and on average will generate about 35 % of that (see capacity factor, on another pagein Australia today has the capacity to generate up to about two megawatts, and on average will generate about 35 % of that (see capacity factor, on another page).

As the world leader in offshore wind, Ørsted has a track record of introducing new wind technology at sea, including the latest generations of wind turbines deployed on commercial scale projects:

... 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).

As one of the first utility scale wind energy generating facilities in the State of Michigan, development began in 2008 with the installation of the first 2 turbines.

Given their potential to both drive down the cost of wind energy and increase the geographical range of feasible sites (floating turbines will be able to operate in much deeper waters than fixed - base turbines), wind energy advocates are beginning to look at larger scale deployment.

When people hear «floating wind turbines,» they often think of the large - scale offshore wind farms that are already commonplace in some parts of the world.

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.

Small - Scale Turbines Inappropriate For Many Locations While Encraft's managing director did say that in some locations home wind turbines are still a good investment, in the majority of locations this isn't the case: «Sadly, an average semi-detached house, like the areas where most people live, where there are obstructions like trees and buildings, are poor locationsTurbines Inappropriate For Many Locations While Encraft's managing director did say that in some locations home wind turbines are still a good investment, in the majority of locations this isn't the case: «Sadly, an average semi-detached house, like the areas where most people live, where there are obstructions like trees and buildings, are poor locationsturbines are still a good investment, in the majority of locations this isn't the case: «Sadly, an average semi-detached house, like the areas where most people live, where there are obstructions like trees and buildings, are poor locations.»

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).

They might not be quite the scale of the 6MW wind turbine that Justin wrote about in Germany, nor the concept for a 9MW vertical axis wind turbine that the Scottish reportedly have in the works.

Two neighborhoods in Sweden's third - largest city, Malmö, will try out a number of small - scale rooftop wind turbines this fall to see which type of wind - driven device will get the most bang for the buck, while not bothering the neighbors with too much noise.