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theconversation.com
The science behind frozen wind turbines – and how to keep them spinning through the winter - The Conversation
Wind turbines in cold areas typically include methods for removing and repelling ice, but those methods can waste energy. There's a better way.
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arstechnica.com
Scotland’s floating wind farm is showing how powerful offshore wind can be | Ars Technica - Ars Technica
The turbines withstood some serious gusts.
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Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest Sources of Electricity, and It's Getting Cheaper - Scientific American Blog Network
2017, A comprehensive survey of the wind industry shows wind energy is routinely purchased in bulk for just two cents per kilowatt-hour—and turbines are only getting cheaper, bi...
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nrel.gov
America's Wind Energy Future Looks Seaward | News | NREL
NREL research supports emerging offshore wind industry
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reneweconomy.com.au
Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheaper than coal - RenewEconomy (2018)
Tender by major US utility puts the cost of wind plus battery storage and solar plus battery storage below the cost of existing coal plants. It indicates that the cost of large-...
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arstechnica.com
Cost of wind keeps dropping, and there’s little coal, nuclear can do to stop it - Ars Technica
2017: "An annual look at the costs of generating power. Though a lot has changed since 2016, not much has changed for energy economics in the US. The cost of wind generation ...
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technologyreview.com
The World’s Largest Wind Turbines - MIT Technology Review
Sustainable Energy: The World’s Largest Wind Turbines Have Started Generating Power in England. A single revolution of a turbine’s blades can power a home for 29 hours.
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freightwaves.com
Shipping wind turbines is not a breeze - FreightWaves - FreightWaves (2019)
It takes a year of advance planning and up to 10 loads to move a single monster turbine.
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Stanford researchers have developed a water-based battery to store solar and wind energy - Stanford News (2018)
Stanford scientists have developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could fill a missing piece in the nation’s energy puzzle.
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news.harvard.edu
Large-scale wind power has its down side – Harvard - Harvard Gazette (2018)
Researchers have determined that large-scale wind power would require more land and cause more environmental impact than previously thought.
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It's Time to Change the Narrative About Clean Energy - UNREASONABLE.is (2016)
The clean energy conversation has become part of a larger culture war that fits neatly into the media’s all-too-predictable tendency of false equivalence. It's time for that to ...
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The Tech That Could Fix One of Wind Power's Biggest Problems - Bloomberg
Bloomberg Published on Jun 22, 2016 Hello World’s Ashlee Vance paid a recent visit to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik to see the next part of the green energy story. He fo...
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vox.com
Wind energy: turbines are getting taller, bigger, and more powerful - Vox - Vox (2018)
The latest model has blades longer than football fields.
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bloomberg.com
Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies - Bloomberg (2019)
The government aid renewable energy developers once relied on is fading away "For years, wind and solar power were derided as boondoggles. They were too expensive, the argume...
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The US can reach 90 percent clean electricity by 2035 - University of California, Berkeley
The US can reach 90 percent clean electricity by 2035, dependably and without increasing consumer bills | News Center | News Center the-us-can-reach-90-percent-clean-electricity...
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economist.com
NextEra, America’s most valuable energy firm | Business - The Economist
Owner of FPL, Florida Power & Light, and a big player in wind and solar energy... The clean-energy utility has surpassed ExxonMobil in market capitalisaion—and shows no signs...
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economist.com
A worrying windfall - The wind-power boom set off a scramble for balsa wood in Ecuador - The Economist
It has had unintended consequences
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