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By: Global Wind Energy Capacity Exceeds 2.5% of Global Electricity Needs at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:04:06 +0000

[...] For Renewable Energy Capacity – Wind Power Capacity Up 170% Worldwide from 2005-2009 – USA Wind Power Installed Capacity 1981 to 2005 – Oil Consumption by Country 1990-2009 December 7th, 2011 by John Hunter | Leave a Comment [...]

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Wind Power Capacity Up 170% Worldwide from 2005-2009

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:36:12 +0000

[...] Wind Power Provided Over 1% of Global Electricity in 2007 – USA Wind Power Installed Capacity 1981 to 2005 – Wind Power has the Potential to Produce 20% of Electricity by 2030 by curiouscat [...]

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Wind Power Provided Over 1% of Global Electricity in 2007

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:34:43 +0000

19,696 MW of capacity were added in 2007, bringing the total to 93,849 MW. Europe accounts for 61% of installed capacity, Germany accounts for 24% and the USA 18%…

By: CuriousCat » Global Wind Power Installed Capacity

CuriousCat » Global Wind Power Installed Capacity — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:11:25 +0000

The top five countries in terms of installed capacity are: Germany (22.3 GW – gigawatts), USA (16.8 GW), Spain (15.1 GW), India (8 GW), China (6.1 GW)…

By: CuriousCat: Sails for Modern Cargo Ships

CuriousCat: Sails for Modern Cargo Ships — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:38:21 +0000

“cutting diesel consumption by up to 20 per cent and saving £800 a day in fuel costs. He believes an even bigger kite, up to 5,000 square metres, could result in fuel savings of up to 35 per cent…”

By: CuriousCat: Capture Wind Energy with a Tethered Turbine

CuriousCat: Capture Wind Energy with a Tethered Turbine — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:49:09 +0000

The ability to deploy the turbine high in the air without expensive towers seems like a huge advantage (of course it will have to work in the practice which I imagine will be the most challenging part)…

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Google Investing Huge Sums in Renewable Energy and is Hiring

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:46:19 +0000

I think something Google might be able to pull off well. It is also true this may be a distraction and not work well. For many companies that would be my guess for how it would play out. Google has done an exceptional job of allowing engineers to do what they do best. And I think there is a chance they can translate that into effectively managing such a project as this…

By: CuriousCat: Home Use Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

CuriousCat: Home Use Vertical Axis Wind Turbine — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:55:34 +0000

Omni-directional: The ECO1200 can instantaneously accept wind from any direction as opposed to HAWTs (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, which require an on-board motor to rotate the unit relative to wind direction…

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Engineers Save Energy

Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Engineers Save Energy — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:51:09 +0000

“The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) has estimated that energy efficiency improvements developed solely at DOE’s National Laboratories, saved the U.S. $30 billion between 1978 and 2000…”