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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Cutting The Carbon-Energy Cord: Turbine Alternatives
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This blog post references my feature article 'Cutting the Carbon Cord: Is the Answer Blowing In the Wind?' in EDN's December 15, 2006 edition.
Turbines, as my article discusses, are capable of harnessing the Earth's latent wind power in order to generate electricity, thereby reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. In an interesting twist, they're also capable of generating electricity from fossil fuels, thereby providing a locally-sited alternative to traditional distributed AC power. And some of them are mighty small in size, thereby providing an alternative to DC batteries. For more information, see the following links:
- Engine On a Chip May Beat the Battery (Slashdot)
- Two Tiny Gas Turbines (Slashdot)
- Flywheel Technology Puts New Spin On Power (Computerworld)
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