Emerging Energy News: NASA maps reveal ocean wind power hotspots - The Diigo Meta page

• 19 Aug 08
  

  Peter Fleming

  Hopeful start at finding the best potential for wind. We need the best intelligence to optimise all these methods of renewable. They are not easily harnessed.

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  • Scientists have created these maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA's QuikScat satellite that reveals ocean areas where winds could produce energy.
  • Wind energy has the potential to provide 10 to 15 percent of future world energy requirements, according to Paul Dimotakis,
• 04 Aug 08
  

  Hans De Keulenaer

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  • PASADENA, CALIFORNIA:  The world's most promising regions for offshore wind power have been revealed in satellite images from NASA.  The northern U.S, Canada, UK, Japan and Eastern Russia have the most potential in the Northern Winter, while southern Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina benefit from the most consistent and powerful winds in the Northern Summer.

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