Wind
Power for Fort Worth tree’s lights to be offset by wind energy
On Monday morning, a 54-foot blue spruce from Grand Rapids, Mich., was hoisted into a giant tree stand at the corner of Third and Main streets in Sundance Square, where the tree will be decorated with thousands of lights.
18Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | ContinuedOregon State University studying how to predict wind energy
“The high variability of wind energy production is the primary limiting factor to using more of it in our electrical system,” Annette von Jouanne, a professor of electrical engineering at OSU, said in a news release. “For short periods wind can disappear almost without notice. Because of that, electric utilities right now are reluctant to use wind as more than 15 percent of their overall energy resource because of its variability and lack of adequate energy storage systems.”
18Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | ContinuedConstruction begins for 203-megawatt Milford Wind Corridor Project in Milford,Utah
Milford, located in the southwest part of the Utah state and about 210 miles south-southwest of Salt Lake City will feature 97 wind turbines by end of 2009. These 97 wind turbines will be constructed as part of 203-megawatt Milford Wind Corridor Project by an independent wind power company called First Wind. In December 2007, [...]
15Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued