Wind power
RWE Innogy Installs Powerful Wind Turbine Off Belgium Coast
German energy major RWE Innogy has installed a turbine with a rated capacity of 6.15 megawatts at the offshore Thornton Bank wind farm. Perhaps the world's most powerful wind turbine till date, the installation of the first 6 MW turbine in a commercial offshore wind farm marks another step along the road towards larger offshore wind power plants with powerful ...
Wind Harvester Horizontal Wind Turbine to Generate Power from Low Speed Winds Too
Remember Don Quixote and how he fought a windmill? Windmills were giant structures, since they needed lot of wind energy to function, so do the current wind turbines, which make them gigantic figures. Though wind energy is one of the best sustainable energy sources, the juggernaut attire of the turbines makes it difficult to tap it in certain situations. However, a ...
IKEA Solvinden Line Offers Solar and Wind Powered Home Lighting Solutions [Video]
IKEA’s Solvinden (sol=sun and vinden=wind) line of products has added a few lamps and now the product line is starting to amass popularity from all over the world. IKEA’s new Solvinden lamps run on batteries that are charged from the sun or wind. The lamp shades are mini-wind turbines that, when spinning, power a mini-generator for battery charging. The tops of ...
Pact with Nature: Socks Made Using Wind Power
Experience the winds of positive change blowing in the field of the apparel industry. We find an increasing trend of dress materials tailor-made to help, directly or indirectly, the disabled and deprived artists all over the world. When we step out of our luxurious apartments, wearing contemporary dress, all of us had better spare a thought for these hapless beings, who ...
Volkswagen Pumps in $1.4 billion in Wind Initiatives
Gearing up to meet the looming energy crisis, Volkswagen has come up with a $1.4-billion investment in the field of renewable energy resources like sea, wind and sun. The company has joined hands with Audi’s ongoing renewable energy projects in the VW group of partners. The company, with this two-year investment, is looking for a partner in ecological power generation by ...
Brazil Leaps Ahead with Ambitious Wind Energy Strategy
It seems to be celebration time for all those green enthusiasts over there in Brazil. The nation has made a remarkable achievement in its foray into the renewable energy scene. The milestone of 1 gigawatt energy (enough to power 1.5 million homes) was surpassed recently by the wind power sector there. This comes across as a first for South America even as ...
Cargill Plans to Cut Down on Fuel Consumption by Flying Kites!
If there’s a will, there of course can be a way too! Cargill, the food and agriculture company seems to be putting the age old adage to practice. The company will soon begin start using giant kites on their ships so as to generate propulsion. And what do they gain? A cut in fuel use by around 35 per cent!
US Govt to Set Aside $50.5 million Towards Offshore Wind Plan
President Barack Obama’s goal of developing 80% of the total power required for the country from clean energy sources by 2035 is getting the thumbs up from the federal agencies as well as the administration.
China to Achieve 500 GW of Renewable Power by 2020
China is all set to hit a total of 500 Gigawatts of renewable energy on the grid by 2020. Estimated increment in the sector of wind power is 150 GW in the place of current 25 GW, electric power would come from adding 100 GW to make 300 GW of hydro power, adding 125 GW to have 150 GW of ...
US Plans New Approvals Process for Offshore Wind Power Projects
A new, major initiative has been announced by the US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, which will speed up the process of sanctioning offshore wind power projects. The US has seen years of delay caused by red tape holding up such projects, which is holding up the progress of renewable energy generation.
