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Posts Tagged ‘turbine’
Green living, Aug 13th, 2010,
A massive 22.5m (73ft) tall, 130-ton tidal power generator was unveiled yesterday in the Scottish Highlands, ahead of testing at the European Marine Energy Centre off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The AK-1000, built by Atlantis Resources, looks like a tough, squat version of a wind turbine, but with two sets of blades so it can catch both directions of tidal flow. From a BBC News report: In order to get a robust turbine we have had to make what we call ultimately the dumbest, simple but most robust turbine you could possibly put in such a harsh environment. –Tim Cornelius, chief…
Tags: Atlantis, marine, Orkney, power, resources, Scotland, sea, tidal, turbine
Green living, Science & Technology, Jun 21st, 2010,
A massive 10-megawatt wind turbine is currently being built in Northumberland, UK for offshore wind power generation – believed by many to be the green future of British power. The first example is a towering 574 ft (175 m) turbine of mammoth proportions named ‘Britannia’ whose three 500 ft (150 m) diameter 30-ton blades could power 10,000 homes. The Clipper Windpower Marine, team who designed the turbine, clearly believes that bigger is better, and sees no practical size limits in building giant wind turbines. The Britannia alone could provide the same amount of power as two million barrels of oil…
Tags: big, Britannia, Clipper, giant, Green, marine, offshore, power, turbine, UK, wind, Windpower
Climate Change, Politics, May 25th, 2010,
The United States and France have a strange rivalry. American revolutionaries were helped by France and in turn inspired French republicans. One hundred years later, France gave the Statue of Liberty to the US as a centennial gift. Things soured after the World Wars and years of hegemonic struggle vis-à-vis Anglo vs. Franco cultural-linguistic dominance. Huh? In other words, to quote the Dandy Warhols: ‘a long time ago, we used to be friends’. Nowadays anything the French do seems to raise hackles on the back of many red-blooded American necks, at the very least for ‘red state’ Americans. On the…
Tags: American, environment, Europe, Exxon, France, French, offshore, oil, spill, turbine, United States, US, Valdez, wind, windmills
Climate Change, Green living, Politics, Feb 1st, 2010,
While the United States and other countries offer incentives for development in the renewable energy industry, China passes laws that require it. A New York Times article highlights the ways in which China is beating the pants off other nations when it comes to making clean energy. For example, China now leads the world in the manufacturing of solar panels and wind turbines. The state funded Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association claims that renewable energy jobs in China increase by around 100,000 a year. These efforts to dominate renewable energy technologies raise the prospect that the West may someday trade…
Tags: China, environment, New York Times, panels, power, renewable energy, Solar, turbine, wind
Green living, Science & Technology, Videos & Documentaries, Jan 24th, 2010,
A National Geographic video report from last November offers an inspiring example of one family who are making a serious commitment to energy independence and sustainability. What electricity they don’t use from their turbine can be sold to neighboring families. The family also plans on buying an electric car and charging it with wind power. Family Wind Turbines Gain Momentum Part of a growing trend, a Danish family of seven has installed its own wind turbine to produce all the electricity the family needs while reducing its carbon footprint. Additional resources: US Offers Tax Credit for Homeowners with Wind Turbines…
Tags: Danish, electricity, energy, family, power, turbine, video, wind
