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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

The beauty of wind power

Wind Energy: wind turbines of Horns Rev wind farm
Clouds form in the wake of Denmark's Horns Rev windfarm – one of the world's largest at sea
Photograph: Aeolus
Wind Energy: Burbo Bank WindFarm Now Fully Operational
A maintenance boat works on the new Burbo Bank off-shore windfarm in the mouth of the River Mersey, Liverpool. The farm comprises 25 turbines and is capable of generating up to 90MW of electricity – enough for approximately 80,000 homes
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Wind turbines operate at the Tararua Wind Farm on the hills
Wind turbines and sheep mingle atop the hills of Manawatu, Tararua in New Zealand. This windfarm provides enough electricity to meet the needs of 145,000 households
Photograph: Mark Coote/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Eolic park and snowy landscape, Galicia, Spain
Turbines line this snowy, almost unreal landscape in the mountains of Lugo in north-west Spain
Photograph: Xulio Villarino/Getty Images
Wind energy: Wind turbines in an agriculture landscape
Fehmarn Island in north Germany, where wind turbines accompany a traditional, agricultural landscape
Photograph: Karl-Heinz Haenel/Corbis
Wind Energy: Giant wind turbines, Palm Springs, California
Giant wind turbines are powered by strong prevailing winds near Palm Springs, California. A US government report released this week concluded that wind energy could account for 20% of the US's electricity by 2030 – as much as is generated by nuclear reactors. It currently produces about 1% of the US's electricity
Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images
Wind Energy:  wind turbine from manufacturer Nordex, Wimmelburg, Germany
Workers in Halle, eastern Germany ascend a dizzying 100m to install machinery into a 2.3MW wind turbine made by German turbine manufacturer Nordex. Germany has promoted wind energy aggressively in recent years and German wind turbine companies are experiencing a worldwide boom in demand
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Wind Turbines Prepared at Harland and Wolff Shipyard
Beached at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, colossal turbine blades await installation at the Robin Rigg off-shore windfarm in the Solway Firth, on the border of England and Scotland. The farm will produce 180MW of electricity, enough to power 117,000 homes
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Wind energy: Completed wind turbine blades at the Vestas blade factory in Lem, Denmark
Looking rather eerie in the half-light, these are wind turbine blades produced by Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems A/S – the world's biggest maker of turbines. Vestas plans to almost double its capacity to produce equipment for India, where incentives are now offered for renewable energy
Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Wind energy: Vertical axis wind turbine in Liverpool
A couple silhouetted beneath a turbine in Liverpool, England
Photograph: Anthony West/Corbis
Wind Energy: Members of staff at Renewable Devices Swift Turbine, work on a turbine unit
The finishing touches are applied to a micro turbine produced by Renewable Devices Swift Turbine in Edinburgh, Scotland
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Wind Energy:  NOVA (Novel Offshore Vertical Axis) wind turbine concept image
A new concept for wind turbines – the Offshore Aerogenerator NOVA (Novel Offshore Vertical Axis). Nova intends to have 1GW of these off-shore vertical axis turbines installed off the UK by 2020
Photograph: Grimshaw Architects
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