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www.energydigital.com | Feb 2011
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newable is a relatively new concept, but designers
ve jumped at the chance to create their own unique
arm. One such design is from New York based Atelier
ated the concept behind “Windstalk,” an aesthetically t designed specifically for the Land Art Generator
habi’s Masdar City.
second place at the inaugural event that proposed
gy producers could also be pieces of art. “For this project
ompetition for a specific site for a specific program,public art that also generated electricity in some
the project’s founding architect Darío Núñez-Ameni.
arbon fiber reinforced resin poles – reminiscent of
ng 180 feet high – are anchored to cement platforms
er. These lifelike reeds consist of piezoelectricelectrodes are connected by cables that run
le. The LED lamps flicker in the night and sway in
enough energy to power a neighborhood, while
of neighbors who claim typical wind farms are
he city ambiance.
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wind FARM
nd farm is the coolest of them all? Trying building
tica. That’s exactly what New Zealand’s Scott Base
d States McMurdo Station did two years ago when
bases began the concept design behind Ross Island’swo years later with the help of New Zealand’s Meridian
ctica New Zealand and National Science Foundation,
nes were installed on Crater Hill, one of the coldest
orld. Enercon turbines were installed specifically to
eme climate conditions of the site where little repair isven during under 40 degrees winds, the turbines are
heir hardest.
reme conditions, the construction team was forced to
he summer – a minimum of just four months – when
24 hours a day. In such an environmentally sensitiveble wasn’t just accessing the site to build in 69 mile per
ut to do it in temperatures of -35F to 45F. In 2010, the
mpleted and today Scott Base and McMurdo Station
gh a transmission grid, reducing the diesel fuel level by
d CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by more than 1200t.
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scotlAnd’s “wind” tURbines
Europe and the United States have done
offshore energy, but Hammerfest Strøm was the
first to create a wind farm 100 meters under the
sea. As the first “wind” farm under the sea, it’sa push to say that these turbines are generating
electricity from the same environment as those
above ground, but through the 300kw prototype
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it’s energizing similar electrical forces. Installed
in 2003, these farms use both potential
energy (from the head of water) and kinetic
energy. Tranquil days don’t matter underwatereither, where tidal power provides a
constant energy source.
After four years of testing, Hammerfest
Strøm expects a wind farm of 20 tidal turbines
to be installed before the end of the year inScotland’s Pentland Firth and the Sound of
Islay, and Ireland’s North Antrim. The company
constructed the original tidal turbine prototype,
the HS300, in 2003 and tested it for four years.
After its success of connecting to the powergrid through the conversion of kinetic energy
to electricity, Hammerfest Strøm welcomed the
HS1000. The second device handles just as much
energy and is set to be fully installed in sites by
the end of the year.
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thAnet oFFshoRe wind FARM
In September 2010, the world’s largest offshore wind farm was completed just 12 km off Foreness
Point near Kent. The project, which includes
100 Vestas V90 wind turbines, was developed
by renowned Swedish wind operator Vattenfall,
who have helped supply Europe with some of thelargest wind farms in the country. Thanet has been
attracting the attention of environmentalists since
2008 when Vattendfall first acquired the land, as
it’ll generate enough to power 200,000 homes a
year – enough to ease the Government’s mindset
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about meeting their renewable energy target.It might not seem like such an audacious project
while standing at the harbor in Kent, but swim
just seven miles offshore and the 100 turbines will
overtake the ocean landscape. In full capacity these
massive offshore wind turbines can power half of Kent, a number that impresses whether or not
residents’ energy bills have gone up in price. While
not innovative in terms of aesthetics, Thanet is just
one of many wind farms in development over the
next decade.
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