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~Switch off the mind and let the heart decide
~who you were meant to be
(windpower!)
~Flick to remote and let the body glide
~There is no enemy !
(windpower!)
~Etch out a future of your own design
~Well tailored to your needs
(windpower!)
~Then fan the flame and keep the dream alive
~Of a continent
~A continent, a continent, a continental... -
. . .
~Shatter the lens and grind it into sand
~One measured exposure
~Scatter the seed and furrow in our land
~The future is roses! Roses!
(words above are fragments of Windpower -by Thomas Dolby)
Efforts to gear up supplies of wind energy are complemented by UNDP support for the more efficient use of energy, such as in this condominium building in Kazakhstan.
Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kazakhstan.
Learn how UNDP's work brings new solutions to energy challenges in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Congressman Blumenauer spoke to a crowd of wind energy enthusiasts at the Oregon Museuem of Science and Industry (OMSI) at a free educational event celebrating wind energy development in the Pacific Northwest. It featured a high-tech wind farm control center; wind tunnel tests and wild birds from the Gorge. Joining the Congressman was Senator Ron Wyden and Kevin Lynch from Iberdrola Renewables. The Congressman talked about the many ways that Oregon is becoming North America's wind energy capital.
Bisaccia,Campania (Italy)
How unsettling is to walk in the car on a lonely street cover about gold and black fields as in a desert where these wind turbines work and work. Spectral, worrying and magnific in the same time…
With the growth of Wind power and the new "Wind farms" expanding it was bound to happen. I was coming in from hunting on Saturday and had to wait while these trucks headed out from a truck stop. There were 3 truck each carrying 2 blades that must have been at least 75 feet long, if not more. The blades don't really look that large when they are mounted but .... if you look at the series you can see how long they really are.
The Port of Summerside is a key shipper of famous PEI potatoes that make up one quarter of all the potatoes in Canada. The city is also a leader in integrating high proportions of wind energy into the grid. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Story on PEI: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pei-rocks-wind-power
Bisaccia,Campania (Italy)
How unsettling is to walk in the car on a lonely street cover about gold and black fields as in a desert where these wind turbines work and work. Spectral, worrying and magnific in the same time…
Bruce Hamilton, Director, Navigant Consulting at the "U.S. Wind Energy Market Forecasts: Where, When and How Much?" session
Wind power is growing at over 20% annually, with a worldwide installed capacity of 238,000 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2011 and is widely used in Europe, Asia, and the United States.[5] Since 2004, photovoltaics passed wind as the fastest growing energy source, and since 2007 has more than doubled every two years. At the end of 2011 the photovoltaic (PV) capacity worldwide was 67,000 MW, and PV power stations are popular in Germany and Italy.
Airflows can be used to run wind turbines. Modern wind turbines range from around 600 kW to 5 MW of rated power, although turbines with rated output of 1.5–3 MW have become the most common for commercial use; the power output of a turbine is a function of the cube of the wind speed, so as wind speed increases, power output increases dramatically. Areas where winds are stronger and more constant, such as offshore and high altitude sites, are preferred locations for wind farms. Typical capacity factors are 20-40%, with values at the upper end of the range in particularly favourable sites.
Globally, the long-term technical potential of wind energy is believed to be five times total current global energy production, or 40 times current electricity demand. This could require wind turbines to be installed over large areas, particularly in areas of higher wind resources. Offshore resources experience average wind speeds of ~90% greater than that of land, so offshore resources could contribute substantially more energy
Travel Pics by Richard Lazzara
Algarve Portugal Wind Power Generators by Richard Lazzara
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Travel Pics by Richard Lazzara
Algarve Portugal Wind Power Generators by Richard Lazzara
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Bisaccia,Campania (Italy)
How unsettling is to walk in the car on a lonely street cover about gold and black fields as in a desert where these wind turbines work and work. Spectral, worrying and magnific in the same time…