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20 MW: World’s largest floating wind turbine spanning 7 soccer fields tested by China
CRRC’s 20 MW 'Qihang' floating wind turbine dwarfs previous records with its enormous scale, with a diameter of seven soccer ...
Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and ...
What to know about Trump’s pause on wind development
In a wide-ranging order, Trump paused offshore wind lease sales and halted the approval of leases, permits and loans for both ...
These nearly silent wind turbines have owl-inspired ‘feathers’
The design, inspired by the shape of owl feathers, aims to solve one of the wind industry’s biggest challenges: the noise ...
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Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than ... Machine Learning Enables Viability of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm ...
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How to choose the optimal location for wind turbines in the North Sea
Thousands of wind turbines will be added to the North Sea in the next decades. Environmental scientist Chen Li identified the ...
Fact Check: Generator was not powering wind turbine’s blades, contrary to online claims
A photo of a generator that was used to temporarily power a wind turbine’s emergency systems during an electricity outage has ...
Wind turbines impair bats' access to water in agricultural landscapes, study finds
Bats depend on open bodies of water such as small ponds and lakes for foraging and drinking. Access to water is particularly ...
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These nearly silent wind turbines have owl-inspired ‘feathers’
The design, inspired by the shape of owl feathers, aims to solve one of the wind industry’s biggest challenges: the noise that turbines make as the blades slice through the air. “Noise is ...