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It turns out there's plenty of wind energy, five times [http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/winds/global_winds.html] greater than current global consumption at wind farms current generation of development.  Wind energy is a young technology which continues to progress rapidly with far more potential than we might imagine, and it's becoming more competitive falling from 38 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour (KwH) in 1986 to between 2 and 3 cents per KwH today.  As the industry has matured, turbines have grown larger, making them far more powerful while at the same time safer for birds and bats.
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It turns out there's plenty of wind energy, five times [http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/winds/global_winds.html] greater than current global consumption at wind farms current generation of development.  Wind energy is a young technology which continues to progress rapidly with far more potential than we might imagine, and it's becoming more competitive falling from 38 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 1986 to between 2 and 3 cents per kWh today.  As the industry has matured, turbines have grown larger, making them far more powerful while at the same time safer for birds and bats.
  
 
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** GE over 7,000 (5,600 MW) worldwide wind turbine, two decades of knowledge and expertise, 1.5 to 3.6 megawatts.
 
** GE over 7,000 (5,600 MW) worldwide wind turbine, two decades of knowledge and expertise, 1.5 to 3.6 megawatts.
 
** ''[http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/nuclear/en/index.htm Advanced Boiling Water Reactor] built in only four years for a cost ranging from $1,400 to $1,600 USD per kW.  GE’s N series steam turbines are two-stage, reheat, tandem compound designs for nuclear applications up to 1,500 MW''
 
** ''[http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/nuclear/en/index.htm Advanced Boiling Water Reactor] built in only four years for a cost ranging from $1,400 to $1,600 USD per kW.  GE’s N series steam turbines are two-stage, reheat, tandem compound designs for nuclear applications up to 1,500 MW''
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* [http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/08/1735227 Wind Powered Freighters Return]
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** [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13325827/site/newsweek/ Blowing in the Wind]
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** http://www.oltmanngruppe.de/ & http://www.skysails.info/index.php?L=1
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* /. [http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/04/0447231 Is Backyard Wind Power Worth It?]
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** http://www.windside.com - vertical axial turbine
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* http://www.nationalwind.org/
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* http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/atlas_index.html
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* http://www.waterexchangeuk.com/energybook/windpower_guide.htm
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* http://www.bergey.com/
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* http://www.westwind.com.au/tubines.htm
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* http://www.windausenergy.com/
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* http://www.loopwing.co.jp/en/top.html
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:57, 25 February 2008

It turns out there's plenty of wind energy, five times [1] greater than current global consumption at wind farms current generation of development. Wind energy is a young technology which continues to progress rapidly with far more potential than we might imagine, and it's becoming more competitive falling from 38 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 1986 to between 2 and 3 cents per kWh today. As the industry has matured, turbines have grown larger, making them far more powerful while at the same time safer for birds and bats.


  • A German energy company investing in wind turbines. Owns 13 wind parks as of October 2004 enertrag.de