Maglev generator bodes well for wind power

Engineers at June's Wind Power Asia Exhibition 2006 in Beijing showed off what they are claiming is a significant advance in wind power efficiency: the world's first full-permanent magnetic levitation (Maglev) wind power generator.

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ECOS Magazine 2006 (Issue 131)

From This Issue

Mini yellow subs will accelerate underwater research worldwide

Editorial - Taking the initiative

Centrelink's fleet car forest

Events calendar

Review - A shame about your old TV

Review - Treehugger central

The end of the beginning

Rio Tinto – exploring the new frontier

Savings and Loans – in the returns business

Going the corporate mile

Antarctic microbes clean up petroleum pollutants

Tip of the icebergs

Making a natural impact

Helping re-vegetate China's Loess Plateau

Solar cities generating new approaches

Wanted for lease: 6 star office

Miserly water recycler installed in Melbourne

Sheep reproduction hope for NZ possum control

Maths expertise will underpin national greenhouse maps

Maglev generator bodes well for wind power

Phosphorus sheds new light on the ocean's carbon dioxide pump

Inquiry encourages broader corporate reporting accountability

Review - Snapshots of environmentalists

Urban wildlife questions put residents in the picture

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