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3-D Printing Sky-High Wind Turbine Towers with Additive Manufacturing (Video)

April 22, 2022 admin clean power, ge, ge renewable energy, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:39:34 +0000

Height is might when it comes to wind turbine towers. The taller they are, the more energy they can harness. Transporting massive tower components to their installation sites is logistically challenging and costly, but GE Renewable Energy has a solution: 3-D printing the base of the concrete tower on site, making tall wind turbines easier […]

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Taller Wind Turbines To Get TLC From 3D Printing

April 21, 2022 admin 3D PRINTING, clean power, cobod, concrete wind turbine towers, Energy, ge, ge renewable energy, ge wind turbine towers, holcim, lafargeholcim, renewable energy, usa, wind energy, wind turbine towers, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:00:03 +0000

GE is ready to rock the world of onshore wind turbines with 3D printing for a new concrete base.

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Wind Turbines Can Stabilize the Grid

April 18, 2022 admin clean power, ge, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), us department of energy (doe), us wind energy, wind energy, wind energy technologies office, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:00:11 +0000

First-ever demonstration shows wind can fulfill a wider role in future power systems: The Electric Grid In a milestone for renewable energy integration, General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) operated a common class of wind turbines in grid-forming mode, which is when the generator can set grid voltage and frequency and, […]

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This Bat Appreciation Day, NREL Shines Light (Literally) On Bat Interactions With Wind Energy

April 17, 2022 admin bats, clean power, research, USGS, wind energy, wind energy bats, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 03:46:13 +0000

Bat Appreciation Day is April 17, and as we pause to admire these unique creatures, we also recognize that bats face many threats, including increased deployment of wind energy. However, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are working hard to create […]

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Shadow Flicker: Living in Wind Energy’s Wake

April 1, 2022 admin berkeley lab, clean power, onshore wind farms, shadow flicker, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:00:13 +0000

New Study Reveals Mixed Reactions to Flickering Shadows, Generated by Wind Energy’s Shadow

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Living in Wind Energy’s Shadow

March 30, 2022 admin berkeley lab, clean power, onshore wind farms, shadow flicker, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:00:13 +0000

New Study Reveals Mixed Reactions to Flickering Shadows, Generated by Wind Energy’s Shadow The moving shadows caused by wind turbines, referred to as “shadow flicker,” are known to annoy some people. However, the relationship between the amount of shadow flicker exposure and the annoyance it causes is poorly understood. A new Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-led […]

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US Postal Service To Electric Truck Fans: Don’t Drop Dead After All!

March 29, 2022 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, louis dejoy, oshkosh defense, us postal service, usps, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:20:46 +0000

The US Postal Service is funneling more electric trucks into its fleet of 200,000 general delivery vehicles, but continues to insist that gasmobiles should play a leading role — for now.

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Vestas Cutting Jobs Despite Leading Wind Installations

March 22, 2022 admin Business, job cuts, news, offshore wind, sgre ge renewable energy, siemens gamesa, vestas, Wind, wind power, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:06:44 +0000

Vestas occupies the top spot when it comes to market share among global wind turbine manufacturers, according to a new analysis, but the Danish business is not immune to the challenges facing several of the leading companies in the wind power sector. Supply chain issues are buffeting wind energy, as they have other industries. Though […]

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USMC Seeks Wind Energy From The Skies

March 21, 2022 admin ampyx, clean power, Energy, greens solar, nrel, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), US Marine Corps, US military, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:10:13 +0000

The US Marines Corps’s renewable energy mission could help launch airborne wind energy technology off the drawing board.

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Distributed Wind Energy Innovation: NREL Issues Competitiveness Improvement Project Request for Proposals

March 6, 2022 admin bergey windpower, carter wind turbines, clean power, eocycle america, intergrid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), pecos wind power, primus windpower, qed wind power, us wind energy, wind energy, wind energy technologies office (weto), wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 16:30:26 +0000

The Program, Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Will Build on 10 Years of Successful Distributed Wind Energy Innovation The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP). New this year is an opportunity for manufacturers of small and medium-sized […]