All Posts Tagged With: "Wind"
Interesting Wind Facts
• One megawatt of wind capacity is enough to supply 240-300 average American homes. — American Wind Energy Association
• The United States is No. 1 in the world in total installed wind capacity as of December 2008, with 25,170 megawatts. Here are the rest of the top 10:
2. Germany 23,903 megawatts
3. Spain 16,754 megawatts
4. China 12,210 megawatts
5. India 9,645 megawatts
6. Italy 3,736 megawatts
7. France 3,404 megawatts
8. UK 3,241 megawatts
9. Denmark 3,180 megawatts
10. Portugal 2,862 megawatts
Rest of the world 16, 686 megawatts
Total top 10: 104, 104 megawatts
World Total: 120,791 megawatts
23Apr2009 | ecofriendly | 4 comments | Continued
Ontario gets in on green energy act
Energy sustainability demands that we shift from dependence on nonrenewables to renewables like solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, wave, and biomass. Energy efficiency and conservation will be important parts of that shift. It’s an inescapable fact. And so, will we continue to deplete the nonrenewables and face the disastrous consequences of climate change and radioactive waste, or will we embark on a crash program to get onto renewables? The choice seems clear.
18Feb2009 | ecofriendly | 3 comments | Continued
U.S. Now Largest Producer of Wind Energy
The US has overtaken Germany to become the world’s largest producer of wind- generated energy, with an increased wind-generation capacity of 50 percent compared with last year.
5Feb2009 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Alternative Energy Sources and How it works
Alternative Energy Sources and How it works.
13Jan2009 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Turbine project aims to link education, real world
The mission of the spinners is to increase educational awareness of renewable sources of power, said Ruth Douglas Miller, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at K-State. Each machine has a 12-foot diameter and produces two kilowatts, approximately the energy needed to power a hair dryer.
8Dec2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Wind power meets record demand in Spain: industry group
Spain, along with Germany and Denmark, is among the three biggest producers of wind power in the European Union. It aims to triple the amount of energy it derives from renewable sources by 2020.
8Dec2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Tatas to invest more in wind power
“We will be making investments in wind power sector to take the production capacity to 500MW from the 200MW. We have started to concentrate more renewable energy and are planning to increase our production capacity from the present 14 percent to 25 percent in the next couple of years,” said Tata Power managing director Prasad R Menon.
29Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Oklahoma City to host state’s first wind energy conference
“We had been looking at the explosion of wind energy in Oklahoma and that report solidified Oklahoma’s standing as a national leader,” Strong said. “That report showed that Oklahoma would either be the national leader or would be second to Texas.”
25Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
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