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Cleveland Indians get a corkscrew wind turbine overlooking their ballgames
Next time one of the Cleveland Indians batter takes a swing at the ball, he better not be distracted by the giant wind turbine that will be spinning around near the ground, thanks to Majid Rashidi, a professor at the Cleveland State University. Rashidi ha
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Wind and solar power will light up Chennai streets
Chennai Corporation in pursuit to use sources of alternative energy to light up the streets of city, especially roads along the coasts, has taken an initiative to install 15 meter towers with four solar panels below and micro wind turbines above to comple
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Viking Wind Farm in Scotland to generate 370MW of clean power
When it comes to tapping into alternate sources of energy, solar power has taken a giant leap forward, leaving behind the other forms of renewable energy in the last two decades. While the reasons for this are well known by now, as we move closer to the p
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Altaeros Energies’ high altitude wind turbine comes with a Helium shell
High Altitude Wind Power is field that has been under constant scrutiny and has presented researchers with new challenges that they need to overcome in order to tap into an energy source that could potentially run the whole planet on alternate power. High
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Know your green tomorrow: A breezy look at high altitude wind power
When people talk about alternate energy, the two sources that readily come to mind are wind and solar energy. While the use of solar energy has grown in leaps and bounds in the last decade or so, wind energy has just not received the same mainstream atten
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Human memory based solution to enhance power from wind turbines
Consistent performance of wind turbine is always necessary for better power generation. A wind turbine has to face both mild breezes and gale-force gusts under various weather conditions. This inconsistency often results in less power production. A team o
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Africa’s largest wind farm to come up in North Kenya
An arid area in north Kenya is soon going to feature Africa’s largest wind farm. The project is to be set up near Lake Turkana, the world’s largest permanent desert lake. Approximately 365 wind turbines are to be set up on sight. Officials would like
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Scotland's Port of Leith chosen as site for Gamesa's wind turbine plant
The Port of Leith in Scotland has been chosen as the site of a wind turbine manufacturing plant. Spanish wind turbine maker, Gamesa, chose the port for its 125 million pound plant following a close race between Hartlepool and Leith. The initiative is part
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Functional and efficient wind turbine blades made from duct tape
Wind turbine is one of the conventional devices used for harvesting green energy. The entire device is simple but consists of various parts, which are assembled together and play their own role in generating electricity. Wind blades are one of the importa
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Heath Evdemon creates silent and versatile Wind Harvester
Being able to successfully harvest renewable energy means never having to worry about running out of energy sources. Present technologies allow us to experiment with a variety of concepts and designs, which when perfected, become surprisingly viable. Thou
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