Tag Archives: Wind-Power
Spanish streetlights will be fully powered by wind and sun
January 29, 2015Spain will be one of the first countries in the world to have public streetlights that are powered by wind and the sun. It took four years for the Spanish researcher Ramon Bargalló to design this independent street light system … Continue reading3
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Solar-Powered, Spain, Streetlight, Wind-Power | Leave a commentJapanese firm designs wind and solar-powered traffic signals
August 31, 2013Alternative energy has several uses, from powering up greener modes of transportation to lighting up homes. A Japanese firm called Taisei Techno America recently gave solar and wind energy yet another application, lighting up traffic signals! These eco-friendly traffic signals … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Japan, Solar-Powered, Wind-Power | Leave a commentWind Powered Battery Storage Pilots in Texas
January 25, 2013Duke Energy Renewables has developed a way of saving extra power generated by batteries at its Notrees Windpower Project in Texas. The $44 million battery-storage system holds excess energy from the 153-megawatt Notrees farm and releases it when power supplies … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Wind-Energy, Wind-Power | Leave a commentCatching Wind Power turbine helps protect birds from accidental deaths
August 31, 2012Wind-energy turbines might’ve proved a boon to city grids, powering up homes with green and renewable energy. However, the pleasantness of the situation doesn’t extend to our feathered friends, who often run into these huge fan-like machines and are killed. … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Birds, Wind, Wind-Power | Leave a commentBig blade wind turbine, the Britannia to generate 10 megawatt in Britain
June 22, 2010Intimidating though this may sound, future wind turbines could have blades larger than the London Eye itself. And this isn’t a way to scare the neighborhood. An increased blade size on wind turbines increases efficiency, resulting in a maximized power … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy, Gadgets and Tech | Tagged "alternative energy resources", "wind turbine", Wind-Power | Leave a commentLarge Wind Farm of 203MW Capacity Comes Up in Utah
November 22, 2009Modern world is exploring renewable energy options desperately and the effort is paying off. First Wind’s Milford Wind Corridor project completed its first phase of large wind farm project in Utah. With a capacity of 203.5 MW, this wind farm … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged "carbon foot print", "clean energy", "First wind", "large capacity", "Milford Wind corridor", "power companies", "RENEWABLE ENERGY", Green, US, Utah, Wind-Energy, Wind-Power | Leave a commentOogst Eco friendly vertical amusement park
October 6, 2009Oogst which means harvest is an agricultural amusement park that makes farming fun by giving visitors the opportunity to take part in a self-sustaining vertical farm. The towering eco community houses a restaurant, a wind-powered amusement park, a farm that … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged "Bio gas", Wind-Power | Leave a commentPower House Green kit for children
May 20, 2009To inspire people to get used to a good habit, the best way is to instill them the habit at a very early age. This is how something as intelligent as a Power House Green Essentials Edition comes to use. … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy, Other Stuff | Tagged "Power House Green Essentials Edition", "RENEWABLE ENERGY", energy, Solar-Power, Wind-Power | Leave a commentBritish Richard Jenkin’s Greenbird wind-powered craft breaks record
March 30, 2009When one man in the United States broke all odds and raced against wind to set a record of 116mph in his Iron Duck Vehicle ten years ago, another fellow across the sea in UK stood interested. Now, he has … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy, Awareness and Hype, Transport | Tagged "Bob Schumacher", "carbon fibre", "Iron Duck Vehicle", "Richard Jenkin", "wind powered craft", Greenbird, Nevada, Wind-Power | Leave a comment