Showing posts with label Wind Power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wind Power. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

UK Wind Farms Paid not to Generate Electricity & Fell Trees to Build More

"Unfortunately for UK residents, wind farms are being erected faster than the National Grid can absorb the electricity they produce. According to the National Grid, the ‘constraint payment’ system is needed to balance supply and demand and the money that wind farms receive makes up only a small proportion of ‘constraint payments’ made to electricity generators."

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UK Wind Farms Paid not to Generate Electricity & Fell Trees to Build More

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Wind turbines supercharged with superconductors - tech - 18 January 2013 - New Scientist

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WIND turbines may soon get a supercharge. Turbines wound with superconducting wire instead of regular copper could turn today's 2 to 3-megawatt generators into 10-megawatt powerhouses, say teams in Europe and the US that are racing to produce the machines.

Wind turbines supercharged with superconductors - tech - 18 January 2013 - New Scientist

List of major Windfarms and Wind Turbines

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List of major Windfarms and Wind Turbines