Wind farm planned for western South Dakota

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Excerpt: A 50-MW wind farm is planned for western South Dakota. Minnesota-based Renewable Solutions will begin construction once a power purchaser is found. However, the company has already signed leases for 27 turbines with the landowners. The project is projected to cost $100 million and span over 9,000 …

The perfect home edition

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Excerpt: A new turbine could put wind energy in thousands of homes and businesses worldwide. Unveiled at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, the Skystream 600 produces 74% percent more energy for commercial and residential use than its predecessor. It's manufacturer says it's the most effi …

Iowa sees 41-MW wind farm

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Excerpt: A 41-MW wind farm is planned for Delaware County in Iowa. RMP Access will develop the project, which will consist of  17 Nordex N100 turbines. The Elk Wind Farm strengthens a growing local workforce in Arkansas that has reached over 70 new hires already, with the potential of increasing to 700 …

The pitfalls of building-integrated wind power

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Excerpt: What are the pitfalls and problems with building integrated wind power? Why is it that throwing a turbine on the top of a 50 M building doesn't produce the output that the manufacturers state? Well, according to a recent article from Windpower Engineering Analyzing Building-Integrated Wind Power the …

Advantages of connecting wind power to the grid

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Excerpt: Small wind energy systems can be connected to the electricity distribution system and are called grid-connected systems. A grid-connected wind turbine can be very beneficial by reducing your consumption of utility-supplied electricity for lighting, appliances, and electric heat. If the turbine canno …

What to do with Stray Voltage

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Excerpt: This unusual phenomenon, primarily affecting farm livestock, is the result of faulty wiring on any number of electrical systems (not just wind turbines) and easily prevented by industry-standard practices. It is also a strictly localized issue that will not affect off-site parties or properties. …

Determining Setback Distances and Height for Small Wind Turbines

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Excerpt: To balance against the need for tall towers, good practice requires that a small wind turbine in a residential district be "set back" from a property line some given distance. (For commercial or other zones, this distance is often considerably less, even zero, since in these areas affected parties s …

What Are Small Wind Turbines?

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Excerpt: A small wind turbine is a device that produces electricity from wind. Moving air causes the turbine to rotate, which generates clean, emissions-free energy that can be used to power a home, farm, school, or small business. Though most small wind turbines look like a miniaturized, "back yard" version …

Texas Instruments’ Smart Grid Solution

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Excerpt: Providing utility companies with a reliable, accurate and energy-efficient smart grid solution for electricity line monitoring, Optisense Network, Inc. has selected Texas Instruments Incorporated’s embedded processing and analog technology as the preferred solution for its primary measuring units …

No Shortage of Amusing Turbine Ideas

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Excerpt: Arizona State architectural student, identified only as Joe, says his idea is to retrofit horizontal steel structures that currently hold freeway signs with two horizontal-axis wind turbines powered by the turbulence from passing cars. (Joe admits borrowing the turbine design from U.K. based quietre …