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Archive for the ‘Wind’ Category

Michael Kanellos

Is the future of wind turbines with jet engines? May 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM

A spin-out from a Massachusetts aerospace company has come up with a novel wind turbine that it says can harvest two to three times the amount of power from the wind than conventional turbines.
The FloDesign Wind Turbine is based around the design of jet engines, something that its parent company FloDesign designs. (Some of FloDesign’s [...]


Daniel Englander

The Shell Game May 2, 2008 at 7:29 AM

Shell’s decision Wednesday night to drop out of the proposed London Array has created a lot of finger-pointing and a lot of unanswered questions. The oil giant pulled its 33 percent stake in what would have been - and may well still be - the world’s largest offshore wind project, saying only that the decision [...]


Daniel Englander

Gridding for Battle March 6, 2008 at 12:12 PM

If a wind turbine explodes in the woods and no one’s around to smooth the load, do utility customers get pissed off? Last year, U.S. wind grew by about 45 percent, adding 5,244 MW on $9 billion overall investment. In wind-leading Texas, however, grid operators are beginning to feel the negative effects of the wind [...]


Daniel Englander

Blowin’ In The Wind January 30, 2008 at 1:11 PM

On the face of it, 2007 was a banner year for U.S. venture investment in solar and biofuels. Flowing quietly under big time deals like HelioVolt’s $101 million Series B, however, was a strong undercurrent pointing towards the U.S. becoming a global leader in wind power. According to the American Wind Energy Association 5,244 MW [...]


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