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The 5 Best Wind Turbines for Single Home Use
14 January 2012
The energy requirements of a single-family household may be obtained from the use of wind turbines. The power of these turbines are strong and adequate enough to supply ample energy for everyday living, with wind power reaching between 1 to 50 kilowatts and mostly between 1kW to 6kW. For farms and smaller communities, a wind [...]
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Is a 100% Wind Energy Powered Town Possible?
04 January 2012
A wind turbine, as most of us know, is a machine that transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The most famous machines using the wind turbine are the windmills and wind pumps, which are often used in farming or agricultural activities and for power production. In Denmark, modern wind turbines have been developed and used [...]
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Bergey Small Wind Turbine Gets AWEA Certification
27 November 2011
Bergey Windpower announced this week that its BWC Excel 10 wind turbine has now received full “AWEA Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard” certification. What’s interesting about this? This is the first small wind turbine to get this certification. “This new standard is the most significant milestone in the history of the small wind [...]
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Wind Energy Market Booming
03 November 2011
A recent report by Transparency Market Research, titled ”Global Wind Energy & Wind Turbine Market (2011 – 2016),” shows that there’s been a Compound Average Growth Rate of 25% over the last 5 years in the wind power industry. The total installed wind power around the world had reached 197, 039 MW by the end [...]
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Japan Installing Wind Turbines Off Fukushima Coast
26 September 2011
Japan says it will spend $260 million dollars over the next five years to install at least six floating wind turbines off the coast of Fukushima. These kind of turbines are different than the ones you see off most coastal regions, as the floating wind turbines are mostly used in deep waters and are a [...]
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Minnesota Approves Large Wind Power Project
31 August 2011
Adding to a steadily growing influx of renewable energy in Minnesota is the Bison 2 wind farm. The Bison 2 will generate 105 megawatts of power and reduce carbon emissions by 90,000 tons a year. That’s impressive considering that this is one of many recent alternative energy projects in the state. Bison 2 will generate [...]
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Video: President Iowa Promotes Wind Energy for Economic Growth
Added on 27 April 2010
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President Obama was gave a speech today on the importance of green energy opportunities as a crucial component for economic growth in rural America and described the current unemployment situation as a “silent crisis.”
Wind power was at the forefront of the speech as he delivered it at the Siemens Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant in Fort Madison, Iowa.
“One study suggests that if we pursue our full potential for wind energy, and everything else goes right, wind could generate as much as 20% of America’s electricity 20 years from now — that’s right 20%,” Obama stated.
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