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RES group has 4 GW wind energy installed
Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES)1 has now built over 4GW of wind energy capacity worldwide following commissioning of the 50 MW Pays de St Seine wind farm in France - Read More
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Global wind energy cap growth
Global wind power capacity grew by 29 percent in 2008 to reach 121 gigawatts, or more than double the capacity in place at the end of 2005. - Read More
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China;'s wind energy cap keeps doubling
China's total wind power capacity doubled in 2008 for the fifth year running - Read More
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Wave energy and wind energy
Wave energy varies as the square of wave height whereas wind power varies with the cube of air speed. - Read More
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Indian States Suitable for Wind Farms
Southern states of Tamilnadu, coastal Maharashtra, the hills of Karnataka and parts of Gujarat are all potentially good sites to locate wind farms - Read More
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India in 5th position for wind energy capacity
Following is list of countries with their wind energy ins capacity (as of Mar 2009, MW) US - 25170 Germany - 23903 Spain - 16754 China - 12210 India - 9645 - Read More
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Tamilnadu renewable contribution to electricity
TN contributes over 4000 MW of the 13,000 MW renewable used for electricity generation. Most of TN's contribution comes from wind energy - Read More
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Wind energy contribution to electricity
Global Installed Wind Power Now Over 1.5% of Global Electricity Demand - Read More
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Whale inspired wind turbine blades report 20% higher output
Toronto-based WhalePower, maker of the tubercle-lined turbine blades inspired by humpback whale flippers, got the results back from its first independent study in the field. The blade design was tested on a 25-kilowatt Wenvor Technologies turbine at the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. The institude found that annualized energy production from the retrofitted blade increased by an estimated 20 per cent. - Read More
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US installed wind energy capacity in 1998
In 1998, US installed wind energ capacity stands @ 1910 MW, up from just 10 MW in 1981
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