{"id":569521,"date":"2010-05-18T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T00:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/schooling-fish-inspire-new-approach-to-wind-farming\/15136\/"},"modified":"2010-05-18T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T00:27:53","slug":"schooling-fish-inspire-new-approach-to-wind-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/569521","title":{"rendered":"Schooling fish inspire new approach to wind farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c0378172.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/fish-wind.jpg\" alt=\"Principles observed in schools of fish could improve the efficiency of vertical-axis wind ...\"><\/p>\n<p>Schooling fish, it turns out, have a lot to teach us about setting up wind farms. That&#8217;s the conclusion reached by John Dabiri, a fluid dynamics expert from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). One of the biggest current problems with wind farms is the large land area that they require &#8211; if you place the turbines too close to one another, they will be adversely effected by each other&#8217;s turbulence. By applying principles learned from observing fish, however, Dabiri thinks he might have found a solution&#8230;<br \/>\nContinue Reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/schooling-fish-inspire-new-approach-to-wind-farming\/15136\/\">Schooling fish inspire new approach to wind farming<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/caltech\/\" rel=\"tag\">Caltech<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wind+power\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wind Power<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wind+turbine\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wind turbine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/stealth-wind-turbine-invisible-to-radar\/13260\/\">Stealth wind turbines developed to avoid radar confusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/windspire-low-cost-wind-power-alternative\/10861\/\">Windspire: low cost, small footprint wind power alternative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wind-power-spain\/11215\/\">Spain sets new wind power record supplying 40% of total demand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wind-turbines-harness-building-power\/9120\/\">AeroVironment awarded patents for wind-power system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wind-power-blows-into-texas\/8305\/\">Wind power blows into Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm\/9329\/\">World&#8217;s largest offshore wind farm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0N2NiXd2QSmGe0J7I5BJSMiJpXo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0N2NiXd2QSmGe0J7I5BJSMiJpXo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0N2NiXd2QSmGe0J7I5BJSMiJpXo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0N2NiXd2QSmGe0J7I5BJSMiJpXo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=1B-4i_c_j4c:rmtYP6kRrcA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/1B-4i_c_j4c\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schooling fish, it turns out, have a lot to teach us about setting up wind farms. 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