Tag: Wind Power
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Renewables Set to Lead Canada’s Power Expansion as Alberta Data Centres Drive Demand
Canada is preparing for a major expansion of renewable electricity as the country attempts to meet rising power demand, electrify more of its economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the rapid growth of energy-intensive data centres, parti…
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Wind Turbine That Stores Power
The main problem with using renewable energy sources is that they are not as reliable or consistent as traditional sources. This is especially true of wind energy, since wind turbines work at generating power until the wind is blowing, but stop once the wind stops. Because of this, even areas that get a lot of…
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Spanish Researchers Debunk Wind Energy Myth Showing Renewables Capable of Replacing Fossil Fuels
Paul Brown [caption id="attachment_309251" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] One of the most oft-repeated arguments of the anti-wind lobby is that turbines produce electricity only intermittently, when there is enough wind to turn them. This, the wind critics argue, means that so much gas has to be burnt to provide a reliable back-up supply of…
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Renewable Energy Will Exceed Natural Gas Use Worldwide By 2016
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), stating that global power generation from hydro, wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed that of gas and be twice that of nuclear by 2016, is receiving widespread news coverage …
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Wind Power at the Center of the New Energy Economy
Wind turbines are here to stay. They are increasing in numbers every day, and industry figures show that the amount of energy they are able to generate has reached tremendous levels. The nineteenth century belonged to coal, the twentieth to oil, and th…