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Wind turbine generates energy floating 350 feet off the ground

Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 10:53am

Trials have just been finished on a new kind of wind turbine — an inflated, helium shell containing traditional blades that floats in the air stream. The airborne turbine is designed to capture stronger, high-altitude winds to provide a clean, portable and power energy option.

Old wind turbines make surprisingly good playgrounds

Eileen Marable

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 6:46am

I'll admit at a first glance I didn't see it. It looks to me exactly like a pile of scrapped wind turbine blades. Then I looked at the photos from the child's eye view and saw it — you can crawl inside these things!

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Playing chicken with some gigantic wind turbines

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 12:14pm

If you've got a remote-controlled airplane and aren't afraid of accidentally destroying it in a spectacular fashion, you've got a lot in common with whoever it is that decided to fly their little plane through the gigantic, spinning blades of some wind turbines.

Stop wind turbines from killing birds with a can of purple paint

Michael Trei

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 5:05pm

One of the complaints about wind turbines, is that a lot of birds seem to get killed by flying into them. Now a study suggests that simply painting them purple could solve the problem....

Floating wind lens farms could triple offshore energy production

Monday, August 2, 2010 - 8:28am

The Wind Lens is a new design for offshore wind turbines, turbines that would not only be quieter than traditional models but would also be three times as efficient.

Work almost complete on world's first building with built-in turbines

Kevin Hall

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 6:01am

It's not the first time we've seen wind turbines on a building, but it is the first time they've been built into the design from the beginning, and realized as a real structure. In April, London will put the finishing...

Wave Treader generator attaches to offshore wind turbines, cranks out an additional 500KW

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 12:14pm

If thousands of wind turbines are to be installed offshore, might as well get the most out of them. That's what Green Ocean Energy was thinking when it created Wave Treader, a wave power generator that attaches to a turbine's...

Bahrain's 'World Trade Center' buildings connected by wind turbines

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 7:50am

Soon, the small island nation of Bahrain may be known for more than having served as the temporary home of Michael Jackson. Its brand new World Trade Center twin towers are connected by three wind turbines that spun for...

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wind turbines stories

Wind turbine generates energy floating 350 feet off the ground

Old wind turbines make surprisingly good playgrounds

Playing chicken with some gigantic wind turbines

Stop wind turbines from killing birds with a can of purple paint

Floating wind lens farms could triple offshore energy production

Work almost complete on world's first building with built-in turbines

Wave Treader generator attaches to offshore wind turbines, cranks out an additional 500KW

Bahrain's 'World Trade Center' buildings connected by wind turbines

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