{"id":756,"date":"2007-05-21T22:33:38","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=756"},"modified":"2007-05-21T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T20:33:38","slug":"defending-whales-using-humpback-whales-to-catch-the-wind-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/defending-whales-using-humpback-whales-to-catch-the-wind-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Defending Whales: Using humpback whales to catch the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n© Greenpeace \/ Ralf Kiefner<\/p>\n
Instead of simply hunting<\/i> endangered whales like humpbacks, here’s a novel way of using whales as a resource – a Canadian Company has come up with a kind of wind-turbine blade that mimics the movement of a humpback flipper. <\/p>\n A Canadian Company as designed a new type of wind-turbine blade that mimics the aerodynamic performance of a humpback whale’s flipper, allowing a turbine to capture more of the wind’s energy at much lower speeds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n