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Environment
Wind power - cool breeze blowing into Mexico
Mexico is fortunate to own lands that often receive strong winds. Taking advantage of this natural advantage, this North American country is building a series of wind tu…
Environment
Just collect energy and collect clean water
The prototype of this wind turbine has been operating in Abu Dhabi, taking 62 liters of water from the air every hour. Eole hopes that wind turbines are capable of obtai…
Environment
Big storm attacked Scotland, wind turbines caught fire
A 100m high wind turbine, worth over $ 3 million, caught fire when a winter storm was the strongest in a decade, with winds of 266 km / h, attacking Scotland on 8 Decemb…
Science Events
The first 10 wind turbines in the West Sea
Overcoming harsh weather conditions and tidal dependence, engineering teams and hundreds of workers successfully installed the first 10 wind turbines on the sea in the W…
Science Events
World's first floating wind power generation station
According to physicists' website, Statoi Hydro Norway Company on September 8 announced the world's first floating-type wind power station to be used in the North Sea nea…
Scientific works
The world's first large-scale tidal power plant
The world's first large-scale tidal power plant was inaugurated on September 12 in Scotland.
Scientific works
The largest wind turbine field in Africa
The largest wind turbine field in Africa in sub-Saharan Africa has just begun operating in Ethipopia, an important step for the continent's renewable energy industry.
Science invention
Wind turbines generate electricity from scrap
Using 100% recycled materials such as old bicycle slopes, automotive batteries, and wood chips ... Max Robson invented wind turbines with a cost of only 20 pounds (615 t…
Science invention
Wind turbine series
An American expert devised a way to use a series of small rotors to collect wind into electricity, with much less investment than traditional ways.
New technology
Wind turbines are 1.5 times taller than the Eiffel Tower
The 500-meter SUMR50 wind turbine can power 50,000 households after just one spin of the rotor.
New technology
The world's largest wind turbine goes into operation in the UK
The United Kingdom has just launched the world's largest wind turbine located off the coast of Liverpool Bay.
New technology
Successfully built turbine-free turbine
Vortex (Spain) has built a wind turbine to generate electricity in a completely new way. This promises to be a source of clean electricity in the future.
New technology
Wind turbines help plants grow better
A study by Iowa State University scientists showed that wind turbines commonly used in the state's clean energy supply system have a positive side effect on crops.
New technology
Innovative wind turbines in design
Recently, the International Energy Association (IEA) announced the global renewable energy source for the first time over coal energy, in which wind energy accounts for…