Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- New Georgia nuclear power plant begins generating electricity and is linked to power grid. More please.
- The Archimedes wind turbine looks pretty cool. Leave it to the Dutch to re-invent the windmill. Here's the brochure.
- McDonalds reportedly shuts US offices in preparation of layoffs. If they announce they are laying off all positions related to DEI then I'd look for a stock jump. BTW McDonalds is headquartered in Chicago?
That wind turbine looks pretty cool. Unfortunately, at normal ground-level wind speeds (5-10mph), it produces negligible power (well under 10%). It starts being effective (near 50% rated power) with 20mph winds, but is only rated for 28mph, and then cuts out at 31mph.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very narrow window of effectiveness to produce, at best, a few score (small) / hundred (large) watts of power.
The wind in New England seems to average a few 20 mph days a week - including it seems every time I try to golf :)
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