In this post I will discuss some new developments in wind power.
Wind power: It has been a (in my opinion unnecessarily) controversial topic for some time, most particularly in the past 8 years or so.
For example, here are some recent comments from US President Donald Trump with his opinions about wind energy:
..and here is a more ‘engineering’ -based analysis and criticism:
But here, finally, is a fairly even-handed assessment from Newcastle, Australia. Frankly, in my humble opinion, if you are going to watch one - this one is worth your attention because of its balanced and fact-based approach (with - of course - some Australian sense of humor thrown in).
One interesting (and cited) fact from that video is that cats kill more birds in an hour than wind turbines kill in a year. (Reference 1, Reference 2)
However, despite all the hubbub over towered wind turbines, and wherever you stand - even if it is in a bird graveyard under a wind turbine, this post is about some glowering over a non-tower-power from which some may cower. China recently released very interesting news about its S1500. Most information about this project is coming from the Chinese government and it is new and not as peer-reviewed as I would like it to be.
Given the lack of information on this new 'launch', what I have done is provided you a table that shows – from my research – what the S1500 can do (again according to what is available mostly from the government – see below) and which compares it to other non-tower wind projects.
This idea is not new, by the way. Back in 2014, MIT was touting its flying turbine.
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
In my view, wind power has less possibilities than solar, albeit both technologies are not pretty too look at.
That being said, we know that Trump prefers to burn oil like if there is no tomorrow. The future of energy must be 100% renewable, this should not be negotiable. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic!
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
In my view, wind power has less possibilities than solar, albeit both technologies are not pretty too look at.
That being said, we know that Trump prefers to burn oil like if there is no tomorrow. The future of energy must be 100% renewable, this should not be negotiable. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic!