Wind power
Harnessing Her Power – Part 2
If you remember in Part 1, I set the table and server up the hors d'oeuvres, appetizer plates, and salads of harnessing Herricanes (If you don’t remember, STOP! Go back and read Part 1 before continuing). Now I will serve up heaps of real meat and continue the anger management presentation.
Harnessing Her Power – Part 1
Kathryn Siranosian published a blog entry about Hurricane Rick and she got me to thinking. While I believe it should be named Himmicane Rick and that has nothing to do with this article, hurricanes could be good for the energy business.
Hurricane Rick Track
Hurricane Rick is now an "extremely dangerous" category five storm, according to officials from the National Weather Service. Maximum sustained winds remain near 180 mph, with higher gusts. While fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next 24 hours, Rick is expected to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane for the next day or two.
Dyson Introduces New Bladeless Fan
Can a fan still cool you if it doesn’t have blades? Apparently so, if it’s the new Dyson Air Multiplier ™ fan pictured above. Dyson, a company well-known for advancing vacuum cleaner technology, has now developed a new generation of innovative bladeless fans. These fans use the simple principles of fluid dynamics --without the traditional fan blades --to multiply air flow 15 ...
‘Three Gorges of the Land’ to Churn 40GW Despite Being Wind Powered
It is not often that we come across wind powered electricity generation projects that have the capacity of producing 40GW. Surreal as it may sound, but the 'Three Gorges of the Land' project being constructed outside the northwestern city of Jiuquan in Gansu Province is capable of achieving such high standards. The achievement will be phased in however, as only 5GW ...
Rooftop Wind Turbines
I was the first one in my neighborhood to get solar panels. That was when I lived in Japan and more than 20+ years ago. I wonder if I can be the first one in Sunnyvale (home to Yahoo) to have a wind turbine on the roof of my house. I wonder if I want to be the first person ...
Greenbird Wind-powered Vehicle Shatters World Record in Style
There are many people who are trying to break the land speed record for a two wheeler or a four wheeler, but it's not very often that someone tries to set a land speed record for wind-powered vehicles. However, that's exactly what Richard Jenkins and his team, have been looking for. [caption id="attachment_4393" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Greenbird, wind powered vehicle breaks speed ...
Swift Wind Turbine, Harness Wind Power the Stylish Way
Generating electricity by harnessing the power of the wind in the most stylish possible way, here's another rooftop wind turbine that offers a cost effective energy source for domestic, community and industrial use. Designed by Cascade Engineering to be environmentally sustainable, the Swift Wind Turbine uses a variety of patented technologies that makes it both safe and silent, and has a ...
Japanese Town, Kuzumaki, Kicks Dependence on Fossil Fuels
The small Japanese town of Kuzumaki (coo-zoo-mah-key), not to be confused with uzumaki (whirlpool) has just 8,000 residents that are showing the rest of the world how things might be done ... that is, kicking the fossil fuel habit. How green are they? Electricity is generated from cow dung. Dozens of wind turbines decorate nearby Mt. Kamisodegawa (kah-mee-so-de 'like in dead'-gah-wah) 25% of schools ...
The Windspire Vertical Wind Turbine by Mariah Power
The Windspire vertical wind turbine by Mariah Power is a noiseless way of powering your own home for cheap in a sustainable way. Using wind power to spin, this 29.5-foot-tall vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) it outputs 1.2 kW, will cost you some $5,000 and is able to provide 25-30% of the power needed in a typical house. Looking quite ...
