Wind energy production is growing rapidly, having doubled in just the past three years. As of May 2009, eighty countries around the world use wind power on a commercial basis. Here are a few of the latest projects in North America. Shepard’s Flat, Oregon A wind farm is under construction in Oregon. Shepherd’s Flat, spanning…
What about all that wind near the ground?
Conventional turbines are perched 60 to 80-m off the ground where the wind is stronger. But what about the wind below those elevations? California-based Wind Harvest International says it has a solution in a straight-bladed, vertical-axis wind turbine that offers the first cost-effective solution to harvesting high energy, turbulent near-ground winds. “Using a methodical approach…