Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Can Vicks Get You High

Windmills of the third millennium

English will be the most curious records relating to renewable energy : in ten years unless there are delays or unexpected, the landscape off the coast of the city of Devon include 20 km of wind turbines (350 systems, connected to the mainland by cable resting on the bottom of the sea), which will form the world's most ambitious project in this field. And who knows then it will already be Many people have planned to go this route.
England
This installation will bridge the gap towards the two countries in Europe are the leaders with regard to reliance on wind energy needs: Spain and Germany, which feed on 8 % and 5% of their needs through information technology for the exploitation of wind. It is only in these countries, moreover, that is spreading ever more widely in the use of renewable energy sources: do not pollute and do not stop, and represent a strategic response to the fear of a future collapse of the energy system.

Wind turbines along a motorway in Holland

In Northern Europe, for example, this type of technology has become much more than just an alternative to traditional structures electricity supply, and it is not unusual - as you know who visited the Netherlands - to travel the country roads of the Netherlands beside long lines of shovels in the air which produce their characteristic hum (maybe annoying, but very beautiful).

The European Union believes so much in wind that you have created an entity, the EWEA - European Wind Energy Association - which works to promote the use and make known the benefits to the institutions and citizens of the continent. The latest initiative goes back to last year when the ' EWEA has set June 15 for the "wind Day", celebrated sixty various initiatives in twenty-one EU countries. In our house, the place chosen was the small group of Greek in the province of Avellino. Greeks, however, is not the only example of a visionary in the field of wind power. In Italy, in recent times, the spread of such plants has experienced a very substantial increase. This figure, however - as noted by the report 'Wind Force 12 »Style by Greenpeace and EWEA in 2005 - to be read from the consideration that our country, although fourth in the European charts, posters, a long delay on renewable energy, wind energy in particular. At the end of 2005 the installed capacity is 1200MW, compared with untapped potential of at least 5000 MW. This is due to the fact that the installation of wind turbines has opened a wide debate on the issue, in which opponents wield the issues of environmental impact, landscape and noise pollution, and assessments on sources of discontinuity as weapons to combat the spread . But to mitigate the effects of climate change and reducing emissions of CO2 is necessary to use in renewable energy and developing technologies appropriate to the purpose, and use the kinetic energy of wind is a clean and affordable for everyone. To develop, to improve, but the road at this point is plotted.

dates back a few days ago, March 7th, the opening of two major centers of study on geothermal energy and renewable energy are in Larderello (Pisa) and Monterotondo Marittimo (Grosseto), and represent the attempt of the Tuscany to put together the best knowledge in the field of sustainability and the development of alternative energy. The two new facilities have already attracted the interest of China, Indonesia, U.S., Canada, Iceland, Albania, Germany, Chile and Australia, demonstrating the viability of the sector and awareness of the need for a quality work to support clean energy with the best tools.
Meanwhile, last September, Montemignaio (Arezzo) was inaugurated the first wind farm in Tuscany. For now, count three three-bladed wind turbines (there will soon be made the other two) 48 meters tall, with blades longer than 40 meters, which have a total capacity of 1.8 megawatts per hour and are capable of producing a total of almost 4 GigaWatt of energy per year, enough to power approximately three thousand inhabitants.

Stefano Vannucci

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