Smart Turbines, With Batteries, Will Feed Texas Grid

GE brilliant wind turbine

Three of GE's new turbines with short-term energy storage will be installed at a wind farm in Texas, where wind's grid penetration is high. Read more →

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Wind Envy: Nebraskans Want Some Of Iowa’s Action

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After Facebook chose Iowa for its new data center, some Nebraskans are asking why the state is lagging so badly in developing its vast wind resource. Read more →

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Floating Wind Turbines With Undersea Energy Storage

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An MIT concept would connect deep-water wind turbines to concrete spheres at the seafloor that would take advantage of hydrostatic pressure to store energy. Read more →

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When Renewable Energy Shoots Itself In The Foot

A 50-kilowatt wind turbine just like this is one of two turbines planned for Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School (image via Endurance Wind Power)

Ann Arbor should say no to spending a big wad of federal money to put up wind turbines that will produce little energy, EarthTechling's Pete Danko says. Read more →

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Wind Power Draws Facebook To Iowa

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"An abundance of wind-generated power" is chief of among the reasons Facebook will build a new data center in Iowa, the company said. Read more →

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French Floater: Wind Demo Project Moving Forward

The Winflo concept (image via DCNS)

A 1-megawatt demonstration floating turbine called Winflo will be build this year and go in French waters in 2014, its developers say. Read more →

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Collegiate Wind Competition Prepares Next Gen Wind Leaders

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The Energy Department’s inaugural Collegiate Wind Competition sends undergraduate students through a multi-part challenge that will expose them to a variety of opportunities in clean energy. Read more →

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California Wind Energy, For One Day At Least, Blows Big

Bergey Windpower, Alec Baldwin

California's power grid saw a record 4,196 megawatts of wind power generated recently, equivalent to that of two nuclear facilities. Read more →

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China Sees Huge Growth In Produced Wind Power

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China has announced a 41% growth in electricity generated from wind power in 2012. Read more →

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Is Large Scale Wind Power Handicapping Itself?

Michigan wind farm

Wind power is undoubtedly valuable for generating electricity, but researchers say they have found evidence that the more you use the resource, the less of it there is. Read more →

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