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Why are wind turbines installed slightly "nose up" as opposed to the blade disk being perpendicular to the ground?
While blasting across the northern French countryside I noticed that the wind turbines along the rail line are installed such that they point slightly "nose-up". I don't have a more technical term for that, or said another way the disc of the…
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Carbon and wind energy
I am looking for sources on the carbon intensity of wind power.
Concrete doesn't directly emit CO2 but the process to make it does in fact emit it. Because concrete is made of aggregate, which contains carbon, doing any chemistry on it will release…
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