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The NASA/GE MOD-1 wind turbine in Boone, North Carolina was the world's first turbine to produce 2 MW. NASA contracted with General Electric in 1978 to scale up from the MOD-0A with a 10-fold increase in power. The Mod-1 was the first wind turbine in the world to produce 2 megawatts and also General Electric's first wind turbine.
The NASA wind turbines were developed under a program to create a utility-scale wind turbine industry in the U.S. With funding from the National Science Foundation and later the United States Department of Energy (DOE), a total of 13 experimental wind turbines were put into operation, in four major wind turbine designs.
During the energy crisis of the early 1970s, Robbins teamed up with government and private industry scientists to develop alternative energy sources. [2] He worked on NASA wind turbines projects in the early 1980s, including the 2 MW wind turbine at Howard Knob, North Carolina, the world's largest at the time it was dedicated in 1979, [1] [7 ...
[2] [4] [6] Boeing's MOD-2 with the Doman-conceived flexible design, two-bladed wind turbine with a teetering hinge, became a flagship achievement in this 7-year NASA managed wind energy program for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of the Interior. [13] [4] WTS-4 (4.2 MW wind turbine in Medicine Bow, Wyoming.
From 1974 to the mid-1980s, the United States government worked with industry to advance the technology and enable large commercial wind turbines. A series of NASA wind turbines were developed under a program to create a utility-scale wind turbine industry in the U.S., with funding from the National Science Foundation and later the United ...
The 1973 arab oil embargo prompted NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio to lead a 7-year US wind energy program for the development of utility-scale horizontal axis wind turbines. [6] This program featured the creation of Boeing's MOD-2 with the Doman conceived flexible rotor design, two-bladed wind turbine with a teeter hinge. [ 7 ]
The uncrewed spacecraft will fly at 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour), which is fast enough to reach Tokyo from Washington, DC, in under a minute, according to NASA.
2003 US Department of Energy wind resource map of North Carolina Experimental NASA wind turbine on Howard's Knob in Boone (1978-1983) Wind power in North Carolina is found along the coastal areas in the east and mountain regions in the western part of the state. [1] The state has significant offshore wind resources.