The world's largest single-capacity floating wind platform has set to sea and the builder released images of the operation. Mingyang’s OceanX is set to travel 191 nm (220 miles, 354 km) over the next three days to its final offshore destination.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Wind Power, Wind turbine, World's Largest, Renewable Energy
Search results for massive, doubleheaded, floating, wind, turbine, harness, hurricanes
Giant dual-rotor wind turbine takes to the seas in China
Posted by ArielTechGeek 12 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Heavy lift drones deliver critical cargo to offshore wind turbines
Posted by ArielTechGeek 17 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Following successful trials last year at a UK wind farm, Denmark's Ørsted has now put heavy lift drones to work at a 94-turbine offshore wind farm in the North Sea – completing resupply missions up to 15 times faster while also reducing costs.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTags: Offshore Wind, Cargo, Delivery drones, Wind turbine
sited along canada's extreme and scenic coast, these 'whistling wind island' cabins are only accessible by boat.
The post clustered ‘whistling wind’ cabins by akb architects perch atop tiny canadian island appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Architecture studio Akb Architects has created a cluster of silvered cedar buildings on a remote archipelago in Ontario, Canada, as a summer home for a kite surfer. Read more
Video: Offshore wind farm charges floating boats in world first
Posted by ArielTechGeek 32 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In the Belgian North Sea, maintenance vessels are now able to tether to an automatic cable at a wind farm to get their batteries topped up. The innovative system is the first of its kind and a major step in keeping electric vessels as green as possible.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Shipping, Offshore Wind, Wind Power, Wind turbine, Green+Energy, Electric Boats, Recharging
Massive 40-MW floating wind turbine array wins major tick of approval
Posted by ArielTechGeek 32 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
While the quest for pulling more megawatts from wind turbines has generally led to bigger and bigger rotors on turbines of conventional design – like this monster 22-MW number in China – Norway’s Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has taken a different path. It claims its mega-array of smaller rotors arranged in a grid would achieve up to 126 MW, or five times the energy of a 15-MW single-rotor turbine,
Wind energy blows away coal-fired power in the US
Posted by ArielTechGeek 33 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Good news for planet Earth, at least as far as the data shows for the United States. According to the US Energy Information Administration, in the five years from 2019 to 2024, in March and April specifically, electricity production using wind power has almost doubled, significantly outdoing generation from coal-fired power plants in the US.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceTags: Clean Ene
Air-deflecting shield allows athletes to run like the unimpeded wind
Posted by ArielTechGeek 40 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you want to run faster, it definitely helps if you know what it feels like to run faster. The Airshield was designed with that fact in mind, as it allows runners to train without experiencing any air resistance.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, LifestyleTags: ETH Zurich, Running, Performance, Training aid
swirling floating ocean deck by RAD+ar utilizes reclaimed ironwood
Posted by judy82 40 days ago (https://www.designboom.com)
designed to expand a shark observation pool, pusaran transforms the area into a multilevel observatory deck preserving its natural marine environment.
The post swirling floating ocean deck by RAD+ar utilizes reclaimed ironwood appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Massive lunar cavern: Prime real estate for an underground Moon base
Posted by ArielTechGeek 40 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
If you've wondered where future Moon explorers will live, it may be in natural caves deep beneath the lunar crust. Radar data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms that giant lava tubes lead to tunnels large enough to house entire bases.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: University of Trento, Moon, NASA
Clickiz.com is a social bookmarking place where you can share, find & discuss the best news around on most topics. We focus on hi-tech reviews, gadgets and geekery but we like almost anything that's awesome, appealing and thought-provoking! er6i9ds5mz
a
adventure
apps
architects
architecture
best
chrome
clear
compelling
comprehensive
design
follow
fun
game
games
google
guide
hidden
home
hosting
house
interserver
ios
its
list
london
money
mysql
nikon
olympics
plenty
projector
providers
review
save
secret
text
top
tops
view
