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Is wind energy (mainly wind turbines,not our own wind) really the energy of the future or is all the hype just a load of hot air. >?
Started by kierae0608 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at thenakedscientists):
Wind turbines may not provide the secondary benefits, but with power and expense, should....
I believe the Windy Point wind farm is also them out is not an easy decision.
But I would imagine the turbines don't sit idle a lot.
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Baryon I have been thinking about a great idea to make use of a largely untapped source of energy to get free
energy and thus reduce global warming.
Here is how it goes.
A lot of household heating systems are gravity fed, ie they have a boiler at the ...
Started by esbo on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at scienceforums):
turbines (as found on wind farms) slow down the wind that passed through them?
This post has been will cause convection currents, and that you could put wind turbines in the windy areas to harness currents, and that....
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School Wind Turbines... At last, the "powers that be" have been persuaded to see sense and shut down the wind turbines in school grounds. It is incredible that they thought it a good idea in the first place and shows just how far supporters of turbines...
Started by Torvaig on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at caithness):
That is not factually correct, wind turbine concerns were politically motivated against wind turbines rather than through any concerns of safety objectons have....
And shut down the wind turbines in school grounds.
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Wind Turbines Ashore
We've been running the above within "OFFshore wind turbines" for a while. There'll doubtless be further discussion in the future so maybe we'd best have a seperate heading.
There's more hot and cold air on the subject, this time ...
Started by derek s.langsdon on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at worldnavalships):
(Total nominal cash incentive to having....
Re: Wind Turbines Ashore
1 Attachment(s) On a ridge overlooking my husband's home village in Italy are 60 wind turbines whizzing around, generating something in the order of 92 GW.h.
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The issue is starting to heat up around here. A company called Acciona has optioned a large territory on what we call the "North Mountain" which runs between the valley that I currently live in and the Bay of Fundy for possible placement of a number of...
Started by Steve McMahon on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at woodenboat):
But ....
There's that disasterous wind farm in a California canyon, the one they always film when.
While I generally agree with AndyG, likeing wind turbines, I've come with wind turbines.
The 1.6 km in areas of Europe).
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Wind Turbines and Solar panels cost to much money to build and maintain. They are unreliable, and put out little energy for the space they take up. Nukes? Well look at Russia and Japan... enuf said. Clean coal technology exists and we need to start implamenting...
Started by sftyvlv on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at smokstak):
I will ....
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Way the energy path leads us.
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Off-Shore Wind Turbines
From The Eastern Daily Press,October 28th 2011 (edited-dsl)
The third round of the North Sea off-shore wind-turbine project is set to begin construction "around 2015", with contracts being awarded next year (2012).
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Great Yarmouth...
Started by derek s.langsdon on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at worldnavalships):
Re: Off-shore wind turbines
Looking towards a Greener Britain via sustainables
Question Derek-Who owns Seajack or is it completely independent??
jainso31 Re: Off-shore wind turbines
The EDP story for the construction industry....
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There are quite a lot of wind turbines in the French countryside.
Textured image.
Wind Turbines...textured. by BambersImages , on Flickr
Started by BambersImages on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at photocamel):
Thank you, Jay..
Very nice.
Love this and the effect! Thank you, Kate.
Geoff Thank you, Geoff.
A very nice silhouette, interesting sky.
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Hi,
What's the minimum wind speed necessary to make a wind turbine work?
Thanks
Kevin
Started by Kevin P on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at housingenergyadvisor):
Thanks again
Kevin P Hi if you are thinking of installing small wind turbines look turbines....
Hope this helps, though please do not take this as fact Wind turbines start operating at wind in the next few weeks.
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How can wind turbines tackle pollution problems? Can you give me three points of how can wind turbines tackle pollution problems in the modern days?
Started by Derek on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
Wind turbines utilize a free and abundant carbon free energy source - the wind
2) The process but to mitigate this, bat studies are carried out at planning and turbines are placed to avoid them
Wind and use a limited....
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