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Enercon E-126 is The World’s Largest Wind Turbine
24 February 2011 | Wind Power | 1 Comment
A new wind turbine was installed in Emden, Germany: Enercon E-216. It is the largest wind turbine in the world. Maybe you’ve heard about E-112 turbine but this one is even larger. Despite the fact that E-112 is rated at 6 megawatts, this new one will most likely produce 7+megawatts.
After some calculations, Enercon E-216 can produce 20 million kilowatt hours per year, enough to power 5,000 households. Such a turbine produce 11,256 kwh per year per house, so it can power 1776 American homes. German researchers have big plans with their huge turbines. They started to test different storage systems in combination with the multi-megawatt wind turbine.
Wind Gusts Predicting Technology Could Increase Wind Turbines Efficiency
9 December 2010 | Wind Power | No Comments
British firm Quiet Revolution came up with a new method to improve the efficiency of small wind turbines in urban areas. In these places, wind turbines efficiency is frequently affected by buildings that block the wind. In order to prevent those situations researchers have decided to take advantage of those periods when wind reaches its maximum speed.
After many tests, British researchers concluded that they could capture more energy by predicting when gusts of wind will occur. So, in order to capture the maximum amount of energy, they have designed a system called Gust Tracking, able to match wind turbines speed to the wind velocity.
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Recharge Your iPhone Battery Using iFan Wind-Powered Charger
8 December 2010 | Wind Power | No Comments
iFan is a new wind-powered charger for iPhone. It was created by Tjeerd Veenhoven and it is perfect for all those who want to recharge their cellphone batteries while walking around town.
“By using a modified computer fan it took me 6 hours to charge my phone, rather long I think… but it works. I can shave off many charging hours by redesigning the fan blades, making it more efficient in catching the wind while sun bathing at the beach, doing walking trips in the mountains or just holding it outside your car window while driving along…”, said Dutch designer Tjeerd Veenhoven.
Purple Painted Wind Turbines are Less Dangerous for Bats and Birds
3 November 2010 | Wind Power | No Comments
One of the most important problems of wind turbines is about to be solved. Painting wind turbines in different colors makes them less dangerous for birds and bats.The discovery was made by a team of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK who tested many colors on wind turbines, in order to make them less dangerous for wildlife.
After many experiments they concluded that a purple wind turbine for example, keeps away many birds and bats from its blades. Now, you may wonder how this thing is possible. Researchers used a very simple concept and I would like to explain it for you.
Could wind power work for your home?
8 August 2010 | Wind Power | No Comments
Wind power may be the perfect solution for all your home energy needs. With these high energy prices today, everybody wants to reduce their electricity bills. Was demonstrated that wind turbines can reduce these energy costs, but not in any situation. In this post you will find if wind power can be useful for your home. To install an efficient wind energy system you need to know something about how it works.