Wind energy is growing in use across the U.S., both small and large wind turbines are getting installed at record rates. And the trend is similar across the world. A new report by Transparency Market Research, ”Global Wind Energy & Wind Turbine Market (2011 – 2016),” finds that there’s been a Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25% over the last 5 years.

As previously reported, total installed wind power around the world reached 197, 039 MW by the end of 2010. That is expected to reach a tremendous 1,750,000 MW by 2030. The wind turbine market is projected to reach $93.1 billion by 2016.

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Desertec how green energy could power Europe, north Africa and the Middle East

Work starts next year on a 12 square kilometre Moroccan solar farm, the first step in a grand scheme called Desertec to supply 15% of Europe’s electricity from solar in the south and wind in the north

The maps show possible infrastructure for a sustainable supply of power to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

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Desertec (HUGE Solar & Clean Energy Project) Moving Forward

If you haven’t heard of Desertec yet, it’s about time you did. Desertec is a half-a-trillion-dollar renewable energy project (yes, I said trillion) planned for Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. We’ve written about it several times over the years. If built, it is projected to produce 15-20% of Europe’s electricity by 2050, as well as providing the Middle East and North African (MENA) region with a good deal of its electricity.

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With 42.3 GW of wind power installed, China has now become the new world leader in wind power, having overtaken the US, with 40.2 GW, which itself bypassed the longtime world leader Germany in 2008.

After four years of doubling its installed wind power capacity annually between 2006 and 2009, China added a record 16.5 GW in 2010. According to a detailed report(pdf) from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, nearly 20% of all net additional power generation capacity in China is now wind power, nearly on par with its hydro. China now leads the world in large-scale hydropower with 21% of global production.

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We all know that wind turbines are one of the most used solutions for clean energy generation but like all things they have bad parts like noise from their blades, inadvertent bat and bird kills. New York design firm Atelier DNA claims it has found the key to solve these issues.

The company has come up with an interesting design  for a wind energy generator called “Windstalk” that ditches the blades in favor of stalks. Resembling thin cat tails, the Windstalks produce clean energy when the wind sets them waving.

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