By Niall McMahon.
Here on our Earth, we have a limited supply of fossil fuels. Fossil-fuels are fuels that have formed over tens of millions of years from dead organisms. Read the rest of this entry »
A Renewable Energy Future
February 14, 2012
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Campus Wind Turbine
January 9, 2012The campus wind turbine was back online over three weeks ago on Friday December 16th, after almost two weeks down. It was a faulty electrical switch, in the end, that caused the outage. It was an unusual failure. It is almost as unusual for the wind turbine to be out of action for any length of time; we were pleased that it was spinning again for Christmas.
The campus wind turbine was installed in 2005 and provides approximately a third of the institute’s electricity. It has already paid for itself in offset grid power.
The machine is managed by Raymond Byrne.
The turbine also provides us with a research and training platform. Contact Raymond Byrne for more information.
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Campus Wind Turbine Update
December 14, 2011The campus wind turbine has been out of action for over a week. A fault developed in one of the system’s control units and the machine shut itself down correctly. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Website
December 14, 2011The new CREDIT website – where you are now – is online. It’s still in beta; expect some changes over the coming weeks. Our news items are a little inconsistent, for example, with stories from 2008 jumping to a selection of updates from this year. We’ve a lot more to add: we haven’t said all that much about our facilities, capabilities, committee work or industrial projects yet. It’ll grow. Stay in touch.
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Teachers Take Lessons in Wind Turbines – Irish Examiner Article
November 15, 2011“STUDENTS can now build their own model wind turbine thanks to training undertaken by their teachers during the mid-term break”.
Article about KidWind in Ireland. KidWind training is provided by CREDIT in association with IWEA, Wind Skillnet and corporate sponsors.
From the Irish Examiner article, published Friday, November 04, 2011.
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CREDIT in China
November 15, 2011
- Ray Byrne of CREDIT, closest to the camera. Image © Ginlong Technologies.
Raymond Byrne of CREDIT attended the IEC 61400-2 / IEA R&D Task 27 committee meetings in Xiangshan, China, from the 7th to the 11th of November. Ginlong Technologies hosted the meeting on behalf of the Chinese people. CREDIT and DkIT will host a meeting in September 2012.
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