May
21
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) identified two unique methods, one a hybrid energy production and storage approach at two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice. Using wind energy the PNNL calculates enough wind energy could be stored for about 85,000 homes each [...]
May
15
A Wind Turbine in a Funnel
May 15, 2013 | 5 Comments
One’s first impression is – it won’t work. But some innovative and enterprising folks have driven the wind through a funnel idea to what seems to be a successful field trial. Brian Wang’s NextBigFuture site spotted the small firm’s press release and ran a post. That in itself is an acknowledgment the technology is interesting. [...]
Jan
3
The Fiscal Cliff Tax Deal Props Up Wind Energy
January 3, 2013 | 2 Comments
The U.S. taxpayers are in better than $16 billion dollars now and just got hooked for another $12.1 billion more. That’s $161,333 per for 75,000 jobs. Admittedly, compared to some government subsidy deals this looks cheap. (Roll Eyes) Subsidizing wind energy surely should be at the end of the subsidy era. The era is 20 [...]
Nov
15
A Good Wind Energy Production Idea With Kites
November 15, 2012 | 8 Comments
The ideas to harness wind energy from a kite, or other highflying tethered wind energy collector are pretty numerous and most are simply economically unsustainable even though beautiful, sprit lifting, and fun to watch. Kites are a blast. Can they make power? The founders of Berlin-based wind energy developer NTS GmbH are sending stunt kites [...]
Jan
18
Sensing the Wind Is Getting Better Results
January 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
Wind speed primarily determines the power generated by a wind turbine. On a wind farm in which the turbines experience the same wind speeds but different “shapes”, most easily seen as turbulence affecting the wind profile, the turbines will produce different amounts of power. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Sonia Wharton and colleague Julie Lundquist [...]
Dec
22
Wind Turbine Technology Can Improve
December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Syracuse University and University of Minnesota researchers have come up with two new ideas to enhance efficiency of wind turbines. With funding support from the U.S. Department of Energy through the University of Minnesota Wind Energy Consortium, the Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) research team is testing new intelligent-systems-based [...]
Dec
21
Catch The Wind Way Up High
December 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
NASA’s Mark Moore is developing methods the government can use to fairly evaluate competing ideas on tethering a turbine-vehicle flying and how to capture and use the wind aloft energy efficiently. Moore’s “turf” starts at about 2,000 feet and runs to over 30,000 feet or just over 500 meters to beyond 9,000. Moore is an [...]
Nov
5
The Wind Turbine For Everyone
November 5, 2010 | 8 Comments
The Honeywell Wind Turbine needs only 33 feet of above ground clearance and just a claimed one half mile per hour wind to start up. If that proves out in the real world Canada’s WindTronics, Inc. would have a sure hit on its hands. The company says its turbine has “higher performance output and lower [...]
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