It’ll be the first time that the giant 13 MW GE Haliade-X turbines are energised offshore. Story continues below Dogger Bank is a large sandbank located in the North Sea. Historically, during the last ice age, it was part of Doggerland, a land bridge connecting Great Britain to ...
Today, nearly 20 years later, those strokes of genius have been transformed into a technology that is virtually synonymous with floating wind turbines: Hywind. We went sailing with the inventors behind Hywind to discover how they came up with the concept — a design that is at the heart of ...
Wind turbines are seen on a hill in front of a power station near the village of Macynia, Greece. /Reuters/Alkis KonstantinidisIPTO provides for the electrical interconnection of almost all Greek islands, in the framework of a green investment program amounting to $5.7 billion...
In an offshore wind farm, power generation is distributed over dozens of units, so the design must be more efficient to keep costs manageable. How is energy exported from an offshore wind farm? Wind farms evacuate the energy produced from their transformer station via a power line to a ...
Wind energy harnesses the power of the wind to move wind turbines and generate electricity for its consumers, standing out for its low environmental impact and its capacity to produce energy in remote regions. Hydroelectric power is another clean energy source that is emerging as an efficient and...
Though not fully realized, theoretically, this device would be the most efficient WEC. In this diagram, you can see how an overtopping device works. After waves topple over a wall into a reservoir, the water drains out of an outlet, where it drives a turbine. Wave Dragon Attenuator: ...
These ancient water wheels are like the turbines of today, spinning as a stream of water hits the blades. The gears of the wheel ground the wheat into flour. Pumped-Storage Plants The giant generators at Hoover Dam produce more than 2,000 megawatts. Photo courtesy U.S. Bureau of ...
An energy-efficient heating and cooling alternative, the geothermal heat pump system moves heat from the ground to a building. © U.S. Department of Energy3. Geothermal power plants Geothermal power plants use hot water or steam from geothermal reservoirs to drive turbines that generate ...
electric vehiclespowered by clean energy sources are becoming increasingly popular, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Clean energy solutions can also be used for heating and cooling purposes in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, offering energy-efficient alternatives to traditional heating ...
Steps that governments and organizations are taking to reduce theirenvironmental impactinclude using more efficient and renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power; recycling nonrenewable resources, such as plastics; conserving water and other natural resources; reducing all forms of waste; ...