But despite the UK's abundant wind, waves and engineering skill, lack of government focus and priority means Britain's renewables industry remains tiny.
The software creates digital simulations that can replace or augment more expensive methods of designing and engineering vehicles, such as wind-tunnel testing of prototypes.
From a simple engineering perspective, the more wind turbines are placed around the globe, the more energy can be extracted, with no particular effect on the overall energy of the atmospheric flow.
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The engineering requirement overall for CST, wind-power, new power distribution, electric transportation etc. is phenomenal and unprecedented, and while I marvel at the audacity of the proposal, I doubt very much that it can be done in time, if at all.
Conventional small wind turbines only work 20 percent to 40 percent of the time due to variations in wind speed, according to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of The University of Hong Kong and Motorwave.
Others are engineering careers tied to research in renewable technologies like wind energy and ethanol production.
Mr Clegg said the government was working "flat out" to ensure the engineering giant Siemens goes ahead with a proposed new wind turbine factory in Hull.
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Dr. Dennis Leung, assistant professor at Hong Kong University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, says the innovative design will enable people to harness wind power and reducing greenhouse gases at an affordable price.
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project is a joint venture by utility company Vattenfall, engineering firm Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (Areg).
There is more hope for offshore wind, which is technically trickier, since North Sea oil has left a legacy of marine-engineering expertise in Britain.
It was designed with help from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to potentially deploy immediate power to military units through 100% wind-and-solar power.
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