Wind Power Information
Vestas receives order for high wind speed turbine
UK: Vestas has received a 50MW order for an E.ON-owned project in northern Scotland. The order is for 25 V80 2MW turbines, which are designed for high wind sites. They will be installed on the Camster wind farm, in Caithness. E.ON project manager Dean Guy said: “We see onshore wind as an important part of [...]
Maryland turning to offshore wind energy
The state began its pursuit of offshore wind generation Tuesday, a move that could lead to building 400-foot-tall turbines off Ocean City. The Maryland Energy Administration asked wind developers to express their interest in building industrial-size windmills a dozen or more miles off the state’s 31-mile Atlantic coastline. At the same time, the energy agency [...]
Wind Power Applications
Wind Power To meet the electricity needs of a power company, a number of large wind turbines (50 kilowatts up to 2 megawatts) can be built close together to form a wind plant. Several power providers today use wind plants to supply power to their customers. Wind turbines operate on a simple principle. The energy [...]
Wind Resource Maps
One of Wind Powering America’s key activities is to provide validated, high-resolution state wind maps. Below are two maps of the United States. The first map is a combination of high resolution and low resolution datasets for the United States as a whole. The second map of the United States indicates which states have their [...]
Hybrid Cars and More
Lincoln MKZ hybrid – Luxury Hybrids Have Arrived
The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is by all accounts an excellent car for both it’s sportiness and excellent fuel mileage. Thanks to it’s combined 191 HP Gas/Electric enging combination it gets right around 38mpg combined city/highway driving. For a luxury car this hybrid car is an excellent blend of classy style and functionality. The model mainly [...]
Hybrid Cars – How to Pick A Hybrid
If you are looking to get a new hybrid car it really does pay to check out all the details. Hybrid car buyers often get set on a certain mile per gallon rating and don’t consider in the cost of the vehicle to determine the actual savings they will realize by getting better miles per [...]
2011 KIA Optima Hybrid
Welcome KIA to the world of HYBRID. The 2011 KIA Optima Hybrid couples a 2.4 liter four cylinder gas engine wiht a 40 horse power electric motor fed by a state of the art lithium polymer batter pack. The divergence from a standard gas-electric hybrid is that they have gone away from the normal torque [...]
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Latest Solar Energy News
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Solar Products and Kits
- Kisae Home Solar HS400 Kit with 400W Inverter, 34Ah Battery
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