The biggest onshore wind energy project in South-East Asia is taking shape. Thus, ninety wind turbines have to be transported to Korat, 400 km inland in North-East Thailand. For Siemens it is the first onshore project in Thailand for harnessing the wind. And for Thailand it is the biggest road transport in its history. This project is a demanding but welcome challenge – join SiemensTV on the winding road to windy Korat.
Professor Habib Dagher is building the first offshore wind farm in North America that will float off the coast of Maine – a state that some consider to be the Saudi Arabia of wind power. Test models have performed well in the laboratory, but the farm’s real turbines will need to stand up to the region’s bleak weather. If they do work, experts believe that they can generate enough electricity to power the US four times over. Critics, however, worry that the cost of such a development will be passed on to consumers, as the US has no formal energy policy. Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from Maine.
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