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Queensland online wind atlas

Department of Mines and Energy – Interactive resource and tenure maps.

Posted 11 March 2010 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: ,

The 5 kW Wind Turbine

Aerogenesis Australia | The 5 kW Wind Turbine.

Posted 09 March 2010 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Renewable Energy Resource Maps for Victoria

Interactive maps – Sustainability Victoria.

Posted 01 December 2009 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , ,

Site-specific Adjustments to Wind Turbine Power Curves

A paper presented by Garrad Hassan describing adjustments that should be made to manufacturer supplied power curves.
Power curve site specific adjustments AWEA 2008.pdf application/pdf Object.

Posted 30 November 2009 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

More than 6000 MW of wind planned for Australia

There are plans to build  more than 50 new wind farms in Australia with total generation capacity in excess of 6000 MW. These projects are in various states of development, ranging from having planning approval to having firm construction dates. For more information see the AEOM Proposed generation website:
AEMO Proposed Generation Projects.

Posted 20 November 2009 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Sydney company looks to catch solar wind to China

Christian posted something about this a while ago. Interesting technology, especially considering the huge amount of emissions coming from sea transport.
Sydney company looks to catch solar wind to China – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Posted 30 October 2008 † iain § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: ,

A wonderful story about the worlds largest wind farm

Here is a great story from the Guardian about the worlds largest wind farm. Its so non stereotypical of who does what, how and why in sustainable energy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/14/windpower.energy

Posted 14 April 2008 † JeremyC § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Green shipping blowing in the wind

ONE of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic Ocean with the help of the wind will set off from Europe this month on a voyage that is due to make maritime history.
Green shipping blowing in the wind – World – theage.com.au

Posted 03 January 2008 † iain § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Magnetic Wind Turbine

The MagLev wind turbine, which was first unveiled at the Wind Power Asia exhibition in Beijing, is expected take wind power technology to the next level with magnetic levitation.
Magnetic levitation is an extremely efficient system for wind energy. Here’s how it works: the vertically oriented blades of the wind turbine are suspended in the air [...]

Posted 14 December 2007 † manas.pat27 § General ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Wind Resource Prediction using public domain data

I found this masters project from a UK university quite interesting. They have developed a framework for estimating the wind farm potential of a site using existing data in the public domain.
Wind Resource Prediction Project homepage

Posted 15 November 2007 † iain § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: