"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Ok, it’s just a 1/8 scale prototype floating wind turbine but it is an offshore wind turbine nonetheless. It only took a couple of decades to begin offshore wind in the US, while Scotland, Germany, and other countries zoomed ahead…
Washington state has two potential sites where excess electricity generated by wind turbines could be stored underground as compressed air then converted back nearly instantly when needed. Compressed air energy storage is already in use in Alabama and Germany in man-made salt…
Google has bought innovative wind turbine company Makani. Their turbines are airborne. Here’s what Makani does. On May 9th, 2013, the Makani team conducted the first fully autonomous flight of an airborne wind generation system. The following video illustrates this…
Sheerwind says their innovative design for wind power is more efficient than traditional wind turbines at a cost equal to hydropower and natural gas. Conventional wind turbines use massive turbine generator systems mounted on top of a tower. INVELOX, by…
The Enercon E-126 is the biggest wind turbine and the first with 7.5 MW rated power. The rotor diameter is 413 ft and hub height is 450 ft. Thus, both measurements are considerably longer than a football field. Think about…