The World Wind Energy Association announced that for the first time new wind turbine installations reached nearly 100,000 MW in 2021. The announcement was made on the eve of Global Wind Day and the start of the WWEA conference in Rimini, Italy,
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Cheaper and more competitive are not the same.
We identified 53 utility-scale wind, solar, and geothermal energy projects that were delayed or blocked between 2008 and 2021 in 28 U.S. states.
Herr Fedor Seidler has forwarded a link to several lengthy documents summarizing the work of Albert Betz, Ludwig Prandtl, and their colleagues at the University of Göttingen.
The California Energy Commission released a draft report that outlines what some call “aggressive” goals for offshore wind energy development in the Pacific Ocean — and Morro Bay will likely play a key role in helping the state achieve its targets.
Included in the correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees is a letter from Richard Heckscher who was involved in blade development on the Smith-Putnam project. (See Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees Letter Reveals Emphasis on Swept Area.) Hecksher had alerted Putnam to the work of Herman Drees in developing Drees’ Cycloturbine.
18-page scan of documents in the archives of Wally Thompson of correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees in 1979.
Wally Thompson forwarded to me some fascinating correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees of Pinson Cycloturbine fame.
Experts cite Scottish example, with turbines along roads and rail lines, as a way to make better use of ‘cheap, clean’ energy source
Block Island, off the New England coast, overcame political strife to lead the way on energy independence.
