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Catching the Wind: Siemens Wind Power is more than just the global market leader for offshore wind turbines. In Denmark, in a unique, one-shot process, the company produces rotor blades that are up to 52 meters in length. It also manufactures the world's largest serially-produced wind turbine, which has an output of 3.6...; Tags: Turbine, Siemens AG, Siemens Wind Power, Telecom & Utilities; White papers 2008-05-09
Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!: Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!The danger to birds is vastly overstated.One of the largest objections "that wind turbines kills birds" is also one of the least understood, and is favorite of people linked to oil profits.While wind turbines do kill...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine; Discussion threads 2008-04-13
Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!: Energy companies and entire countries seem to blow hot and cold on wind energy. Three years ago the German government's energy ministry said wind was too expensive. Better to simply conserve energy. Yet figures show Germany continues to expand its use of wind for generating electricity. ...; Tags: Maryland, Turbine, European Union, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-13
Which way is the wind blowing? Toward Europe says wind study: Which way is the wind blowing? Toward Europe says wind studySide effect of wind farms: Lots of dead birdsThe big problem with wind farms, is the amount of birds that it kills on a daily basis. Drive near any wind farm, and you will see the unfortunate...; Tags: turbine; Discussion threads 2008-03-30
Which way is the wind blowing? Toward Europe says wind study: Europe will lead the league in offshore windpower developement according to Emerging Energy Research. Their new study concludes that 70% of the global offshore wind investment will be in Europe from now until 2020. Other areas of development will be Canada, China, India and the U.S. ...; Tags: Offshore, Turbine, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-30

Diamonds are jet engines' best friends: You certainly know that birds are enemies of jet engine turbine blades. But these jet engines have another nasty foe: sand. Even if the turbine blades are protected with thin layers of thermal barrier coatings TBCs, they operate at very high temperatures. When a sand storm hits a blade, grains...; Tags: Turbine, Glass, Ohio State University, Aluminum, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-24
No clear sailing for wind power: Courtesy: US Geological Survey In many venues wind power can be as controversial as nuclear power. In Scotland there's a big fight brewing over mlountaintop windmills to generate electricity. One charge: the tall towers holding the turbines uglify the once beautiful landscape. Critics...; Tags: Turbine, Farm, North Dakota, Wind, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-02
That whooshing sound could be the start of something electric: Wind into electricity. Sounds nifty and clean. There are issues about what the blades do to flying animals. Government agencies here and in other countries are staryting to deal with that. But other serious issues have come from the engineering costs and barriers. Now a...; Tags: Turbine, Tower, Northstar, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Chasing smoke with lasers: A research team at Johns Hopkins is trying to find out about wind turbines. Not how they work, but what do they do while they're working. How do they affect wind currents and possibly even local weather? They're using smoke, a wind tunnel lasers...; Tags: Turbine, Federal Government, Laser, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-13
PipeSolver (exe): PipeSolver provides the solution for the fluid flow and pressure distribution in a network of interconnected pipes. The software computes the flowrate and pressure distribution in the network. It can also compute pump and turbine characteristics or pipe dimensions to achieve a desired flow rate in a specified branch of...; Tags: Software, Turbine, Network, PipeSolver, Telecom & Utilities, Networking; Software downloads 2007-12-05
Interconnecting wind farms: Wind power is one the world's fastest growing electric energy source, but as wind is intermittent, a single wind farm cannot deliver a steady amount of energy. This is why scientists at Stanford University want to connect wind farms to develop a cheaper and reliable power source. Interconnecting wind farms...; Tags: Turbine, Professor, Stanford University, Idea, Farm, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-23
Another step forward for solar up-start Ausra: It's gratifying when companies actually follow up on statements of purpose. I'm pleased to report that such is the case with Australian solar power darling Ausra and U.S. utility company Pacific Gas & Electric, which separately committed to solar development projects back during the flurry of green PR associated with...; Tags: Turbine, PG&E Corp., Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-11-17
More oil from old wells and more electricity from the wind: Crude prices have fallen from their record levels. Apparently the wise folk on Wall Street now think Turkey will not attack ther Kurdish area of Iraq. Still, crude prices are in the $85 range and many renewable energy prodeucers think they can compete as long as oil is...; Tags: Turbine, Oil, General Electric Co., Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Woooooosh: Wind. Air moving energetically across the face of the Earth. Air moving sailing ships, turning windmills, forming sand into dunes, snow into drifts. Now it's wind as source of electricity. Needless to say green tech uses of wind are far advanced in countries other than in the...; Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-15
"Sunny day, chasing those clouds away." (Or Ausra teams up with utilities for solar thermal development): Another amazingly sunny, potentially thunder-y afternoon out here in Jersey. Which is probably why I noticed this particular set of energy news out of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York this week… Three companies -- FPL Group (the parent company of Florida Power & Light,...; Tags: Team, Turbine, PG&E Corp., Plant, FPL, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-09-27
Hydrogen turbines generate clean electricity: Hydrogen turbines generate clean electricityAwesome!All I gotta say! Keep it green! ]:)Keep up the good work, RolandYou always have unique and interesting topics.Thanks a lot. Roland.The subject says it all: thanks for the compliment.Roland.; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Roland, Hydrogen turbine, turbine, hydrogen; Discussion threads 2007-08-03
Hydrogen turbines generate clean electricity: The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBL has developed near-zero-emission gas turbines using pure hydrogen as a fuel. But because this LSI (low-swirl injector) technology also can use other fuels, it has the potential to help eliminate millions of tons of carbon dioxide and thousands of tons of nitrous oxides NOx...; Tags: Turbine, Burner, Adobe PDF, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-03
Eco-friendly ice creams: According to The Scotsman, Mackie's of Scotland has bought 3 wind turbines for £2.5 million to produce ice creams made with 100% renewable energy. The two new turbines ('Ice' and 'Cream') will join the existing one ('Mackies') and make enough 'green' electricity to produce every tub of ice cream sold...; Tags: Leisure, Energy &, Environment; Blog posts 2007-07-07
Photos: Bringing reporters where the action is: All-terrain vehicles, tiny turbine helicopters and high-powered communications systems allow broadcasters to go where no media van has gone before.; Tags: turbine, helicopter, van, broadcaster, photograph; Image galleries 2007-04-17
Image: Pumping wind power underground: The Iowa Stored Energy Park plans to use compressed air to store power generated by wind turbines.; Tags: turbine; Image galleries 2007-03-27