This post is part of an exclusive CleanTechnica series on the Cleantech Open Midwest winners. At least three cleantech competitions have tagged Black Pine Woven Wheel accelerated technology as an energy-efficient turbocompressor that promises to be useful in multiple markets. The invention has won DOE’s Clean Energy Trust Challenge, the Michigan … [continued]
In a tripartite report released Friday, the Carbon Trust has suggested China accelerate its progress with offshore wind energy by taking cues from the UK’s extensive research, funding, and deployment expertise. Like other nations, the colossus of southeast Asia has major concerns about continuing to rely on coal for energy. … [continued]
A new study published by an Australian researcher has determined that small- and medium-sized wind turbines can not only be placed in inefficient locations, but can be installed in locations where they will have no benefit whatsoever. The study was authored by Amir Bashirzadeh Tabrizia, from Murdoch University in Perth, Western … [continued]
So, the winner of our Wind Uprising DVD giveaway is a Randy Allen Bishop (will contact you). Now, here’s a compilation of wind power stories from around the internet this week….
Weekly roundup of other great stories we didn’t cover.
143 meters tall, rising above the crowd in Central London, Strata SE1 (or “the Razor” as it is popularly called, due to its sharp, angular design), is the first skyscraper in the world “to have electricity-generating wind turbines built into its core design ‘fabric’.” Michael Ricciardi of Planetsave … [continued]
German engineering giant Siemens is looking to throw some money at solar and wind power in India now. It is going to invest $346 million in India’s renewable energy sector over the next three years. Peter Löscher, Siemens’ chief executive, said the firm will increase its Indian workforce by about … [continued]
FloDesign, an R&D start-up in the US that has created a wind turbine design based on jet engine technology, just secured $34.5 million to help begin commercial development of its turbines. Lars Andersen, former president of Vestas China, has also just been appointed as the company’s CEO. [social_buttons] FloDesign claims … [continued]
That takes my breath away. In one of the biggest renewable energy deals in the history of the world, a Korean consortium led by Samsung* has agreed to build 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power capacity in the Canadian province of Ontario. Samsung C&T and the Ontario government signed … [continued]
New wind turbine technology out of Denmark can “see” the wind before it arrives and aim itself accordingly.
