Posts Tagged ‘Wind’
Staying Ahead of the Wind Power Curve
Staying Ahead of the Wind Power Curve
Wind power installations present asset managers and personnel concerned with wind turbine operation and maintenance with a unique set of problems. Conventional combustion or hydro plants exploit a predictable resource in the controlled circumstances of a turbine hall. Wind power is generated from a highly variable resource using a much larger number of turbines installed in remote locations with …
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Wind power’s dirty secret: a carbon footprint
Wind power’s dirty secret: a carbon footprint
In 10 years Oregon has handed out $1.3 billion in tax credits for projects like wind power, but questions about why the state is spending so much on something that may have an environmental drawback have been raised.
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