• DocumentCode
    1096640
  • Title

    Germany´s green - energy gap

  • Author

    Fairley, Peter

  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    48
  • Abstract
    Germany stumbles in its move to replace coal and nuclear power with offshore wind energy. The six offshore wind turbines that REpower Systems began erecting near Germany´s coast in 2004 make their older cousins look like pin wheels. Each one has three 61.5-meter blades, which in a good breeze make one revolution every 5 seconds, producing 5 megawatts of electric power.
  • Keywords
    blades; coal; energy gap; nuclear power; wind power; wind turbines; Germany; REpower Systems; blades; coal; electric power; green energy gap; nuclear power; offshore wind energy; wind turbines; Cities and towns; Wind energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2009.5109451
  • Filename
    5109451