Beyond clean power, offshore wind is fixing the ocean. Learn why aquatic wind turbines are doing a lot more than generating ...
As wind blows it generates kinetic energy, which is energy from movement. This turns the blades on a turbine, which then causes a shaft (drive shaft) within the system to rotate (view diagram below).
It’s commonly believed that new wind power generation will displace coal and natural gas-fueled power plants and thereby avoid all their associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as carbon ...
Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea. His group held town ...
Over time, offshore wind turbines can serve as artificial reefs and in some cases can lead to more fish than there would have ...
Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against the idea. His group held town ...
Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After NextEra proposed a wind farm in ...
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