Government vows action as German wind industry flags
The German government vowed to push through new measures to revive the country's ailing wind energy sector after hosting a crisis summit in Berlin on Thursday.
Sep 05, 2019
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How AI and robots will help safeguard our offshore energy infrastructure in the future
The modern world depends on the smooth provision of vital services such as energy, transportation, telecommunications, food, water and healthcare. But the systems underpinning these sectors are increasingly complex and interdependent, ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Researchers test ocean robots to make subsea cable surveys faster and cheaper
In 2016, when an oil tanker off the British mainland came upon a patch of stormy weather near the Channel Islands, it dropped anchor to wait things out. Moments later, internet speeds on the UK island of Jersey plummeted.
Jul 29, 2019
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Kenya launches Africa's biggest wind farm
Kenya on Friday formally launched Africa's biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth of the country's energy needs.
Jul 19, 2019
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Taller, faster, better, stronger: Wind towers are only getting bigger
Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown made headlines this week after he objected to a proposed wind farm on Tasmania's Robbins Island. The development would see 200 towers built, each standing 270 metres from base to ...
Jul 18, 2019
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Study shows how to improve production at wind farms
What's good for one is not always best for all.
Jul 01, 2019
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Study aims to improve capturing wind power for energy production
Scientists have released the first of several reports outlining major results that could help wind industry officials manage wind power facilities more efficiently and increase renewable energy production.
May 17, 2019
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How machine learning can boost the value of wind power
Google talked about the feats of London-based DeepMind on Tuesday—telling the world that a DeepMind system could help make the use of wind farms to produce energy more viable.
Feb 28, 2019 weblog
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Coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors
As onshore and offshore wind energy farms have proliferated globally in recent years, new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Wind farms and reducing hurricane precipitation
With the United States being pummeled over the last couple of years with several high-category, high-damage hurricanes, the University of Delaware's Cristina Archer recently published a paper that discovered an unexpected ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Large-scale wind power needs more land, causes more climatic impact than previously thought
When it comes to energy production, there's no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.
Oct 04, 2018
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Wind farm performance-prediction and optimization spotlight
The U.S. wind industry is growing—up nearly 9 percent in 2017 as developers added enough capacity to power 27 million American homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Sep 12, 2018
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Offshore wind farm: First of 11 turbines goes up in Scotland initiative
Scotland is making wind energy news with an offshore wind project carrying high ambitions. The spotlight is on the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), an offshore wind test and demo facility. It is Scotland's ...
Apr 12, 2018 weblog
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Three months show Hywind Scotland floating wind farm exceeding expectations
Statoil is riding high on performance outcomes during the first three full months of its wind farm production, which exceeded expectations.
Feb 19, 2018 weblog
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Modeling wind power's impact on local climate
In 2012, a study led by UAlbany atmospheric scientist Liming Zhou analyzed nine years of NASA satellite data to present the first observational evidence of turbine induced nighttime warming effects in a west-central Texas ...
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Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage (usually 34.5 kV) power collection system and communications network. At a substation, this medium-voltage electrical current is increased in voltage with a transformer for connection to the high voltage transmission system. A large wind farm may consist of a few dozen to several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles (square kilometers), but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. A wind farm may be located off-shore to take advantage of strong winds blowing over the surface of an ocean or lake.
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