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In pictures: Let’s celebrate World Energy Day
Wind turbine in Portland, Australia © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell Image caption: Wind turbine in Portland, Australia © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell Today is World Energy Day which highlights the importance of society’s choices regarding energy production and the environment. I love positive solution stories, so had a look in our photo archive to share some of our interesting energy pictures with you and celebrate this day. Over the years we have documented renewable energy projects from solar projects in India to geothermal plants in Iceland showing what options we have if no oil is left.Andasol 1 solar power station is Europe’s first commercial parabolic trough solar power plant. Andasol 1 will supply up to 200.000 people with climate-friendly electricity and save about 149,000 tons of …
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Facts about Wind and What is Wind Energy
A simple definition of wind is when air moves from a high pressure area to a low pressure area. This is the starting fact about wind – that movement of air is as simple of a reason to cause wind to occur. What causes the high pressure and the low pressure? These are differences are caused by the fact the sun does not distribute heat evenly across the planet. Some areas are warmed more than others and this variation of the sun’s heating causes the high pressure and low pressure areas which result in wind and subsequently, wind energy to be created. What…
