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Contemplating compressed air storage

Shell believes that compressed air energy storage for wind plant could be viable if economies of sca...

Blades of bamboo -- An Asian solution

Bamboo grows incredibly fast and has been used for centuries to make everything from cloth to food. ...

Sensor dragging -- Anemometer problem

A fix for a minor measurement inconsistency detected in commonly used anemometers has been found by ...

Sweden backtracks on radar worries

Sweden's Defence Material Administration, or FMV, a civil authority supporting the armed forces, say...

Affordable wind diesel

French specialist wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet is no stranger to finding innovative solutions f...

Climatology modelled -- Global wind map

Using an accurate, consistent and comprehensive dataset of global wind resources, American renewable...

Hybrid steel and concrete -- Tall towers

The increasing cost of steel has resulted in renewed interest among wind turbine manufacturers in th...

Danish-Chinese joint venture makes turbine control systems

Danish supplier of electronics to the wind industry KK-Electronic has set up a joint venture in Chin...

Three novel projects picked for support -- Offshore R&D spending

A vertical axis wind turbine, an "offshore-specific" wind farm and a deep water floating turbine are...

Continuous torque data -- Design aid

Accurate measurement of torque -- a key parameter in understanding gearbox, braking and generator in...

Lab study ignores cost -- Storage for wind

Storage of electricity from wind plant, with a view to using it when demand exceeds supply, is curre...

Radar help for birds -- Avian protection

A radar system called Merlin is helping mitigate fears for birds at a pair of big wind projects near...

Offshore wind planning -- Satellite aid

Maps produced by NASA, the American space research centre, and derived from measurements made by its...

Condition monitoring -- Four case studies

Early detection of incipient faults in specific wind turbine components is being explored by a numbe...

Tower repairs on site -- Fixing flanges

Many wind towers in America are arriving at project sites or ports of nearby entry with the flange s...

Radar rejection appeal from developer Ventura

The possibility that six 2 MW wind turbines proposed within ten kilometres of a meteorological radar...

Cost of decommissioning

Dismantling an aged wind turbine and restoring the surrounding landscape account for between 1-2% of...

Better wind data accuracy -- Acoustic radar

A measuring device using acoustic radar is being developed by researchers at the University of Salfo...

Turbine yaw control -- Advances with lidar

An American firm called Catch the Wind hopes to capture the wind industry's attention with a device ...

First domestic megawatt turbine

Turkey's first locally made megawatt-scale wind turbines could soon be rolling off the production li...

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