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Science & Tech News tagged with wind

Sun Shoots Wind at Earth -- New Discovery
Science & Tech  (tags: sun, Earth, wind, discovery, solar cycle )

Cher
- 68 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Scientists have discovered that sunspots are not the only thing from the Sun that have a significant and varied impact on the Earth.
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The State of Africa's Renewable Energy
Science & Tech  (tags: energy, renewable energy, technology, africa, wind, solar, clean energy )

Gavin
- 628 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Because of the abundant sun that is there an average of 325 days a year, but it seems this dream is still way off.
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Wind Farms: Sorting the Wheat From the Chaffinches
Science & Tech  (tags: energy, environment, alternative energy, energy industry, wind, wind farms, interesting, technology, climate-change, world )

Gavin
- 654 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Addresses the three arguments against wind: their ineffectiveness per se as a means of generating energy; their apparent ruination of idyllic countryside by their very presence; and the debate as to whether they pose a real danger to wildlife.
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U.K. Military Threatens Four Wind Farms
Science & Tech  (tags: europe, government, environment, energy, renewable energy, clean energy, wind )

Gavin
- 660 days ago - ecoworldly.com
The U.K.'s Times Online reports today that plans for at least four offshore wind farms might be in jeopardy because of objections from the Ministry of Defence.
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Windy Payback Time: Wind Turbines and Their Life Cycle Impacts
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, energy, wind, renewable )

Gavin
- 672 days ago - treehugger.com
Somebody asked me the other day what the life cycle impacts of a wind turbine are and how long it would take to pay back the energy used to manufacture one of those tall majestic beasts...
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Voyager 2 Finds Our Solar System Is Squashed
Science & Tech  (tags: voyager, solar system, squash, space, sun, wind, particles )

Jean
- 717 days ago - news.com
You might think that space billions of miles from the sun is a placid, empty domain. In fact, Voyager 2 has been heading outward in the same direction as the solar wind, charged particles streaming from the sun, but things started to get a lot more compli
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THE MAGLEV: The Super-Powered Magnetic Wind Turbine
Science & Tech  (tags: wind, energy, Renewableenergies, electricity )

Pedro
- 730 days ago - inhabitat.com
Renewable energy produced from the wind has garnered much attention and support in recent years but is often criticized for its low output and lack of reliability. But Maglev wind energy is more efficient and works over a wider range of wind speeds.
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Harvesting the Power of Ocean & Tidal Energy
Science & Tech  (tags: oceans, wind, tidal power, renewable energy, *grouphost:eni* )

Glenn
- 847 days ago - renewableenergyaccess.com
A small team of engineers based in Cornwall, England, have made a breakthrough with the development of a turbine that they claim could solve the commercial energy viability of tidal power.
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