The first ever 6 MW offshore wind turbine was installed 17 miles off the Belgian coast in the North Sea at depth levels ranging from 39 ft-89ft. This massive wind turbine inaugurates phase two, the second of three phases, of the Thornton Bank Wind Farm project. The wind turbine has a rated capacity output of 6.15 MW, a rotor diameter … Read More
1st century AD Heron of Alexandria is credited with the invention of the windmill. He harnessed the power of the wind to power an organ. The windmill blades were attached to an axle that drove a set of pistons up and down to provide power to the organ. 9th century AD The Persians built vertical axis windmills that were probably … Read More
It’s called the Altaeros Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT). It was designed by a group of engineers from Harvard and MIT in Massachusetts who call themselves Altaeros Energies. Their companies main objective is to produce abundant, low-cost, renewable energy, and they are on the right track. The Altaeros airborne wind turbine is a three-blade horizontal axis wind turbine that is in-cased in … Read More
A quick disclaimer: I have done no actual mathematical research on the subject, this is just a fun idea I wanted to write about. Please chime in with some mathematical insight! So, hydroelectric power generation occurs when the mechanical energy of moving water is used to rotate a hydro-turbine generator, which generates electricity. Setting aside the size and design of … Read More
Asia Lives in the Reign of King Coal Asia has accounted for about two-thirds of the increase in global energy demand in the last two decades, and almost half of the entire global increase has been sustained by coal energy. Wind and solar electrical generation are not offering Asia affordable electricity on a big enough scale to compete with coal … Read More
An environmentally friendly paint that uses nanotechnology to detect unwanted movement or damage in large mechanical structures could be used as a safety mechanism for broken wind turbines. This smart paint is inexpensive and can simply be sprayed on to a mechanical device, and then attached electrodes are applied to detect any structural changes far enough in advance to prevent … Read More
What if Captain Planet and the Planeteers were real? How would this change the face of renewable energy? Wind, water, earth, fire, and heart. Each extremely powerful forces in their own right, but when combined, virtually unstoppable. Imagine now, for a moment, that this brilliant 1990’s cartoon was not the fictional creation of Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle, but was … Read More
Do Wind Turbines Kill Birds? Yes, they kill birds. If there were no wind turbines in the world, there would be no bird deaths from wind turbines, this is obvious. But, wind turbines do not kill as many birds as most other man-made structures or natural occurences. Take a look at the estimates below of Average Bird Deaths/Year from: Windows: 100 … Read More
Solar power on the moon is when a solar power system collects solar energy from the surface of the moon, and then transports the energy to receivers on earth to be eventually used as electricity. Microwave beams would be used to send the energy back towards earth from the moon. The microwave energy, unlike sunlight, would not be reflected back … Read More