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Power Generation Is Blowing in the Wind
January 17, 2012 — By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time. Power generated by a wind turbine largely depends ... > full story -
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New Research Helps Predict Bat Presence at Wind Energy Facilities
January 9, 2012 — An interactive tool developed by researchers from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station will help wind energy facility operators make informed decisions on efficient ways to ... > full story -
Weather Deserves Medal for Clean Air During 2008 Olympics
December 28, 2011 — New research suggests that China's impressive feat of cutting Beijing's pollution up to 50 percent for the 2008 Summer Olympics had some help from Mother Nature. Rain just at the beginning and wind ... > full story -
Ramping Up Wind Energy Research
December 14, 2011 — As the percentage of wind energy contributing to the power grid continues to increase, the variable nature of wind can make it difficult to keep the generation and the load balanced. But recent work ... > full story -
Engineers Study How Hills, Nearby Turbines Affect Wind Energy Production
December 13, 2011 — Engineers are using wind tunnel tests to study how hills, valleys and the placement of wind turbines affect the performance of wind farms. While the wind power industry has data about offshore ... > full story -
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Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy
December 8, 2011 — The concept of the hydrogen economy (HE), in which hydrogen would replace the carbon-based fossil fuels of the twentieth century was first mooted in the 1970s. Today, HE is seen as a potential ... > full story -
NASA's Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge
December 5, 2011 — NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic ... > full story -
Orion Continues to Make a Splash
December 5, 2011 — Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,164.6 kg) Orion test article took its seventh splash into the Hydro Impact Basin Dec. 1. Orion, NASA's next deep space ... > full story -
Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All
November 30, 2011 — The assumption that high jet steam wind speeds in the upper atmosphere correspond to high wind power has now been challenged by new research. Taking into account that the high wind speeds result from ... > full story -
Why Solar Wind Is Rhombic-Shaped: Temperature and Energy Equipartition in Cosmic Plasmas Explained
November 15, 2011 — Why the temperatures in the solar wind are almost the same in certain directions, and why different energy densities are practically identical, was until now not clear. With a new approach to ... > full story
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