August 6, 2008
Wind power is brilliant, but there is so much opposition against wind farms and even when they get planning permission, a wind farm can be seriously expensive mean that the return on the investment makes for a long wait.
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However, in the Netherlands, researchers from the Delft University of Technology are working a working model of variant of the wind farm, except this time, they are using kites to generate enough power for around ten homes, whi
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January 22, 2008
Imagine a cargo ship that is nearly 500 feet long being powered by the wind, obviously it is not a new concept as ships used to wind powered, by they were very different then, these cargo ships are way different.
The sail will be more like a kite as it allowed to drift over 600 feet above the ship, this clearly will not totally replace the engines as they are needed for manoeuvring and for power, but when the sail is deployed during the long j
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