Tag Archives: Wind_turbine
← Older postsNew breakthrough in clean energy – A hummingbird-inspired flapping wind turbine
January 25, 2017In Tyer Wind’s opinion, scientists’ ability to precisely apply human and animal movement understanding to the working of machines has not met with much success so far. Ordinary and not so effective turbines have therefore dotted the wind energy sector. … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Wind_turbine | Leave a commentDrone discovers man chilling on the top of a 200-foot tall wind turbine
September 1, 2015Some folks love being left alone. Wait a minute. It isn’t some. In fact that vast majority of this planet could do with some solitary peace and quiet. It’s the places we seek this refuge that differs. For instance, when … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged "wind turbine", Wind_turbine | Leave a commentZero 80 green yacht sports integrated wind turbine
December 13, 2011Trust an Italian designer to come up with a mode of transportation that’s’ nothing short of an elegant beauty. Called the Zero 80, this yacht design by Italian design studio Green Yachts is in essence a 24 meter vessel with … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Wind_turbine, Yacht | Leave a commentMassive Scottish wind turbine sports its own helipad!
November 24, 2011Scotland seems hell-bent on turning its grid 100% renewable-energy-powered and has been using the wind to its advantage since quite a while now. And to add to all that green juice, the Scottish are now preparing to bring in a … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Helipad, Wind_turbine | Leave a commentWindstalk wind turbines use stalk-like structures to generate energy from wind with piezoelectricity
October 20, 2011Wind turbines aren’t really the only way to harvest energy from the wind. Recently, we came across this amazing design for a wind-energy generator that left us feeling like fleas! Called the Windstalk concept, these energy generators were designed by … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Piezoelectricity, Wind_turbine | Leave a commentPatrick Raynaud turns wind turbines into art installations
September 7, 2011Wind turbines aren’t really a pretty sight on a clear landscape. Artist Patrick Raynaud, hailing from the city of beauty, Paris, has come up with a great way to turn wind turbines into a lot more than just a green-energy … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Wind_turbine | Leave a commentWind turbines integrating photovoltaic cells to generate energy when the winds are down
April 4, 2011A wind turbine without wind is like a show-fish out of the fish tank, absolutely useless. To make a wind turbine more productive when the winds refuse to blow, researchers at the University of Liverpool integrated photovoltaic cells on the … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Energy_generator, Photovoltaic_Cells, Wind_turbine | Leave a commentHome-based wind turbine that hooks on to your window, the Aero E powers up smaller electricity hogs
March 7, 2011If you reside in a windy place, perched on the top of an apartment block or probably in the middle of nowhere, here’s a great way to generate some green energy to charge up your smaller electronic devices like a … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Wind_turbine | 1 CommentThe CitySpeed Turbine can generate energy from wind in New York’s transit tunnels
February 2, 2011The GE Power Your Home Ecoimagination Challenge sure is seeing some pretty neck-to-neck competition, with entries required to design a green future home. Out of all these, one entry sure sparked our interest, transit tunnels that generate energy! An idea … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged New_York, tunnel, Wind_power, Wind_turbine | Leave a commentPresident Obama’s dream: One million electrics in USA by 2015 could be a reality!
February 2, 2011While President Obama is busy dreaming of the United States being the first country in the world to play home to a good one million electric cars by the year 2015, we’ve been scratching our chins and chewing our pencil … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged New_York, Wind_energy, Wind_power, Wind_turbine | Leave a comment ← Older posts