Home/Posts Tagged ‘wind turbine’
Posts Tagged ‘wind turbine’
Green living, Science & Technology, Jun 1st, 2010,
The US is planning to build its first freshwater offshore wind farm and the location of choice is Lake Erie. Many of you may think: “Aren’t they already planning to build an offshore wind farm near Cape Cod?”—well, yes, they are and technically that one would have been the first. However, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp recently signed a deal to buy 5 of GE’s 4-megawatt offshore wind turbines; while the Cape Cod project is expected to be much larger (468-megawatt) and will most likely take longer to complete. These turbines will be used for an offshore wind farm…
Tags: Cape Code, electricity, first, freshwater offshore wind farm, GE, Lake Erie, Lake Erie Energy Development Corp, Ohio, power, renewable energy, US, wind turbine
Science & Technology, Nov 6th, 2009,
If you live in a breezy area and would like to invest in your own wind turbine, you can determine whether your idea is feasible by using an application to assess wind speed. You can do this by simply holding up your iPhone in the air. Developed by Mariah Power, the program uses the microphone to pick up the wind’s noise and calculates its speed based on decibel level. Results are said to be accurate within 1.5 mph, it can then be shared to develop a database of wind maps. As easy as it may seem, it still takes over…
Tags: iphone application, Mariah Power, wind turbine
