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Wind Turbines: Pros and Cons

Wind Turbines: Pros and Cons

By: Laith Kassim, Journalist
A wind turbine is a piece of machinery, typically between 60 and 120 meters tall. Wind turbines have 3 large metal blades that spin and are connected to a drive shaft which turns the generator, thus creating electricity. Wind turbines can be connected to a power grid and can supply electricity to wherever it is needed. Wind energy is fully renewable, like solar, which means it is replenished at a higher rate than it is used.
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The Largest On Shore Wind Turbine Is Estimated To Power 160,000 Homes

By: Joe Rojas Perez, Journalist
The company Sany group in Tongyu, Jilin province China has made the "largest" onshore wind turbine. It was announced on October 9 that a 15-MW wind turbine. It was placed in a work site in Tongyu, Jilin province China. Sany has stated that it is a prototype and that it will be tested over the next year.
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How A Saxophone Works

By: Gary Taylor, Journalist
The saxophone is used in all kinds of music, like jazz, ensemble music, and orchestra. But how does a saxophone work and how do you play it?
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Interior of a PowerNEST installation.
Source: Interesting Engineering from IBIS Power / Instagram

A Generator Harnessing Both Solar And Wind Energy

By: Julian D'Bayan, Journalist
PowerNEST is an innovative renewable and efficient energy generator that can be installed on high-rise buildings. Read on to learn more about it.
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Created by: MaxPixel's contributors

Wind Turbines – The best five

Wind turbines are a growing industry and it is becoming difficult to see which ones are great turbines to use as a source of energy.
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"Wind turbines" by ali_pk is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Storing Energy in Wind Turbines

By: Adam Najmeddine, Journalist
In this article, you will discover multiple ways to store energy and how each of them work.
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Wind Turbines in the ocean

Off Shore Wind Power New Way to look at Power Forever?

By: Trevor Nothdurft, Journalist
Running out of energy? Offshore wind power can help no fossil fuels needed.
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Portable Wind Turbine

Portable Wind Turbine

This small turbine is portable and can still do the same thing regular sized turbines can do. This turbine has two sizes which are small and large. The small one is used for charging things like phones...

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