Wind Turbine Success
I love it when a plan comes together and eco-ventures are successful. The GreenPark wind turbine is a giant success. According to the article in the Reading Evening Post, the turbine has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by an amount equal to more than 1,3000 return flights to New York.
The Turbine is located at junction 11 of the M4 motorway on the outskirts of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. GreenPark is a business park and approximately 2000 people work on site.
The turbine, owned by Ecotricity, is 85 m (279 ft) tall and the blades are 33 m (108 ft) long. At a wind speed of 14 m/s (31 mph) the machine generates 2.05 MW of electricity. November marks the one-year anniversary for the GreenPark turbine and the stats are in.
According to stats released to the Evening Post, the turbine has produced almost 2.5 million kilowatts of green electricity in the past 12 months.
The electricity generated through wind energy means the turbine has saved the planet the emission of exactly 2,081,283.42 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide. That represents the CO2 emission of 1,351 return flights from London to New York, or the annual CO2 emission from 867 cars.
The GreenPark wind turbine is a great example of alternative energy that works. Wind is an abundant source of energy that will never run out. Wind energy doesn’t produce pollutants of any kind and its energy can be harnessed without causing damage to the environment.
To learn more about wind power, visit Wikipedia.
To find our more about Ecotricity, visit their website.
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Written by steve on November 16th, 2006 with
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#1. December 2nd, 2006, at 6:02 AM.
WInd powered energy generation, 100 years ago one would have been labled a coocoo for even dreaming of such a thing. 2006 and we have come so far, but we cannot stop now as there is still so much that can be attained, The acheivement of harnessing the wind has always been close to my heart and one day I forsee planes using turbine-principles to power themselves and only having to resort to polluting the atmosphere if there is a problem.
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http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/wind-turbine-power