Ford’s Genk Plant uses Wind Turbines for Renewable Energy Generation
18 November 2009 | Wind Power | No Comments
Nowadays people tend to use increasingly more renewable energy sources. Factories and all big companies have also started to use renewable energy for several reasons. First of all, any big company take into account their production costs (in many cases these costs can increase significantly, so a renewable source of energy would be perfect to reduce costs). Second, environmental protection is something that all big companies have begun to consider.
540 MW Shetland Islands Wind Farm Could be Closed due to Disappearance of Local Bird Populations
24 July 2009 | Wind Power | No Comments
Alternative Energy Sources represent the energetic future of our planet. People realized this, so they try to create more and more wind farms or solar power plants, to produce electricity from the sun or wind. Few months ago was opened a 540 MW wind farm in the Shetland Islands but now it faces several problems that could close it.
Wind – capable of powering the entire world
24 June 2009 | Wind Power | 3 Comments
The solution to planet’s energy problems is right at hand. Although this might come as a surprise to some, according to a study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, if the world turned to wind for it’s energy demands, there would be so much of it available, that would make the search for other sources seem senseless.
Wind Turbines-Blade Element Theory
16 June 2009 | Wind Power | 1 Comment
Growing energy demand and environmental consciousness have revoked human interest in wind energy.As a result, wind is the fastest growing energy source in the world today.Policy frame works and action plans have already been formulated at various corners for meeting at least 20 per cent of the global energy demand with new-renewables by 2010, among which wind is going to be the major player. (more…)