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1. I took this photo yesterday during a beautiful sunrise while driving early in the morning from my village to Rotterdam. You can see one of the wind turbines in the eye of the rising sun.
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1. I took this photo yesterday during a beautiful sunrise while driving early in the morning from my village to Rotterdam. You can see one of the wind turbines in the eye of the rising sun.
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2. The Netherlands has a reputation as a country of windmills to mill grain or pump water, and we still have some 1,100 of the classic types.
But the Dutch were not the first to harness the wind: Ancient Babylonians started some 4,000 years ago.
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2. The Netherlands has a reputation as a country of windmills to mill grain or pump water, and we still have some 1,100 of the classic types.
But the Dutch were not the first to harness the wind: Ancient Babylonians started some 4,000 years ago.
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3. At the end of the 19th century, modern wind power was first developed in Denmark, where the first horizontal-axis wind turbines were created in 1891, and a 22.8-meter wind turbine began operation in 1897.
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#wind #energy #renewables #solar
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3. At the end of the 19th century, modern wind power was first developed in Denmark, where the first horizontal-axis wind turbines were created in 1891, and a 22.8-meter wind turbine began operation in 1897.
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#wind #energy #renewables #solar
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4. It took many technological improvements before engineers could build the first-megawatt-size wind turbine in Vermont in 1941.
It remained the most powerful wind turbine until 1979.
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4. It took many technological improvements before engineers could build the first-megawatt-size wind turbine in Vermont in 1941.
It remained the most powerful wind turbine until 1979.
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5. Wind-turbine capacity has increased over time. In 1990, typical turbines in the Netherlands had a rated capacity of 0.155 megawatts (MW).
Today's new wind power projects have enormous capacities; for instance in my province, the newest turbines are 9,5 MW.
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5. Wind-turbine capacity has increased over time. In 1990, typical turbines in the Netherlands had a rated capacity of 0.155 megawatts (MW).
Today's new wind power projects have enormous capacities; for instance in my province, the newest turbines are 9,5 MW.
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6. Vestas unveiled a 15-megawatt wind turbine earlier this year. Each blade is 115.5 meters long (379 feet).
The company plans to have a prototype up and running by next year.
#renewables #tech #innovation #news #ClimateCrisis #vestaswind
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6. Vestas unveiled a 15-megawatt wind turbine earlier this year. Each blade is 115.5 meters long (379 feet).
The company plans to have a prototype up and running by next year.
#renewables #tech #innovation #news #ClimateCrisis #vestaswind
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7. Last year, during the final US presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that using wind energy "kills all the birds." He was, again, wrong.
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7. Last year, during the final US presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that using wind energy "kills all the birds." He was, again, wrong.
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8. Earlier versions of wind farms had thousands of small fast-spinning turbines which killed quite a few birds. But modern wind turbines have taller and slower-moving blades that kill fewer birds.
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8. Earlier versions of wind farms had thousands of small fast-spinning turbines which killed quite a few birds. But modern wind turbines have taller and slower-moving blades that kill fewer birds.
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9. For cat lovers - and bird lovers - the actual numbers are shocking:
although wind turbines kill about 234,000 birds every year in the United States, felines kill 2.4 billion.
So cats are about ten thousand times more deadly than wind turbines.
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9. For cat lovers - and bird lovers - the actual numbers are shocking:
although wind turbines kill about 234,000 birds every year in the United States, felines kill 2.4 billion.
So cats are about ten thousand times more deadly than wind turbines.
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