Painting wind turbines black can help birds not fly into them
Both birds and the Rolling Stones want you to paint it black.
Tag: wind
What causes the wind and where does it come from?
Differences in air pressure are what drives the formation of wind. But, ultimately, the wind is caused by the Sun.
Solar wind plus moon soil plus meteorite impacts create water on the Moon, researchers report
Can't the Moon just go to the tap like the rest of us?
Hubble captured the first evidence of a Great Dark Spot storm forming on Neptune
The data taught us a lot about how weather works on gas giants.
Solar and wind supply more than 10% of electricity in 18 US states
More and more states are benefitting from solar and wind.
InSight beams back first recording of Martian wind
It sounds like a flapping flag.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island to build new offshore wind farms totaling 1.2GW
As developments in Europe drive down installation costs, the US is eager to get clean energy.
UK’s massive wind turbines are setting the course for a cheap-energy future
They're more like bigbines.
Wind energy could generate a quarter million new jobs by 2020 in the US alone, and an economic impact of $85 billion
America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.
Flapping wind turbine mimics hummingbird to produce electricity
One odd design is being tested out in Tunisia right now.
Renewables just surpassed coal as the largest source of new electricity
It's been a long and crazy ride, but coal's time seems to be finally fading away.
China covered all its new energy demand with renewables in 2015 — and there was still plenty left to spare
Power from thin air. Lots and lots of power.
Why the first, tiny offshore wind farm in the U.S. is a huge step forward
These five turbines signal a change through out the country.
Eerie musical instruments played by the wind from around the world
A wind or Aeolian harp is exactly what the name implies: the only musical instrument played by the wind.
Saturn’s Moon Titan has Strong Winds and Hydrocarbon Dunes
New experimental research found that Saturn's largest Moon, Titan, has much stronger winds than previously believed. These rogue winds actually ...
California’s storm depicted in a brilliant animation
What you see above is a rendering of California's winds, as derived from data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
How much area would be required to power the world (with solar panels alone)
I came across this particular pic which really made me think. I don't know if they did the math right, ...
Oregon prepares for the larges wind farm in the world
Renewable energy has found a considerable support in wind farms, as more and more people seem to be adopting this ...