wind farms
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Great Britain Set a Wind Energy Milestone
The United Kingdom, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, is now home to the wind energy revolution that’s reaching a new crescendo. Great Britain hit a major milestone late last week when wind farms generated more than half of the island’s energy needs.
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Despair, Conservatives: Aussie Wind Turbines Are Getting Even Bigger
Wind turbines are awesome. They’re beautiful. At least we think they are — but we’re biased, right? If you’re the kind of person that prefers to burn some coal or natural gas to light their home at night, you probably won’t be so happy that work to build New South Wales’ largest wind farm is…
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The Government’s War On Wind And Solar Hurts Homes And Businesses
Opinion: Over the weekend, we learned that an Abbott government directive has banned any more investment in wind farms by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, a government body that encourages investment in the renewable energy sector. Recently revealed cuts to finance for small- and medium-scale solar power, too, make it harder for individuals and households…
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The Plan To Store Wind Energy In Giant Underwater Air Bubbles
Weather is annoyingly fickle, and so is the wind. If massive offshore wind farms are going to become reality, we need better ways to store the extra energy from windy days for the windless ones. One a bizarre-sounding idea floating around: giant balloons of compressed air stored deep underwater.