In the world of wind energy, big isn’t necessarily beautiful. While the EON’s, EDF’s or RWE’s of the electricity wind energy market may seem […]
Author Archive | Colin P
GEV Show Wind Turbine Maintenance Rig
As anyone involved in wind power knows, one of the more expensive and time-consuming parts of the business is maintenance of the tower, nacelle […]
Germany Leads the Way in Wind
Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and nearly a third of its electric power comes from renewable energy. That fraction is increasing… Indeed it […]
UK’s Renewable Energy Controversy
The UK’s Renewable Energy Foundation’s recent online report on renewable energy performance in the UK has provoked a storm of controversy. The report’s authors […]
Rural England – Wind Power is Embraced
You can’t get more rural than the village of Gorran High Lanes, Cornwall, South West England. If you believe the British press and fossil […]
UK – More Power from Wind than Nuclear
Before we all get too excited about the headline, I should say that this achievement was only managed for one day. Earlier this week, […]
Google Flying a Kite?
Google, a company that has long championed renewable energy, is looking closely at the possibility of conventional wind farms with tall wind turbines being […]
Drivetrain Technology
Drivetrain Technology Today The end of this month sees an important conference, to be held in Bremen, Germany from 27 to 29 October 2014: […]
Wind Tower Technology
Today’s Wind Tower Technology There was a time when all wind-driven affairs such as windmill sails, were mounted on wide wooden structures- windmills. With […]
El Hierro – Powered by 100% Green Energy
El Hierro is a Spanish owned island, one of the Canary Islands, off the West Coast of Africa. It is 278.5 square kilometres and […]
US Offshore Wind
Why is it, that when other countries, such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany, have built massive turbine farms off their coastlines […]
Flagging Up the Future of Wind Power?
“You got me flipping like a flag on a pole/Come on baby let the good times roll!” The words of the song were brought […]
Rockefellers Abandon Oil, Gas and Coal
In a move that is likely to have massive (positive) ramifications, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, built with profits from their great-grandfather’s Standard Oil Co., […]
Small Scale Wind Turbines and Scotland
While the UK seems to be whipping itself into a frenzied panic about the possibility of Scotland voting itself out of the Union of […]
Eolian Renewable Energy – Mount Waldo
In the town of Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, Eastern United States, is a small mountain about 1,060 feet (320 m) high. Granite from the surrounding area was […]
Turbine Training Time
While most paramedics will seldom need to operate at anything other than street or road level, some could be called upon to care for […]
What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??
Does it sound like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. […]
UK Wind Turbine Record – Seals Loving It!
RenewableUK industry group reported that United Kingdom wind turbines generated a record 22 percent of the country’s electricity on Sunday 17 August 2014, beating […]
Wind vs Fracking: The Debate Continues
In a carefully calculated move to switch opposition to fracking to opposition to wind turbines the UK energy department’s recently-gone chief scientific advisor has […]
Nordex and Vestas News
Poland will see 15 of Nordex’s N100/2500 turbines at the Orla development. The first nine of these machines will be installed within weeks, with commissioning […]
Scotland Study Into Wind Turbine “Sickness”
There are numerous independent reports debunking so-called wind turbine sickness. While the visual impact of living too close to an operating wind turbine are […]
Seaforth Problems with Turbines
A Canadian (Nova Scotia) Dartmouth wind turbine maker, Seaforth Energy Inc, that’s already more than $4 million in debt, has also had recent trouble […]
One Turbine – One Field And A Lot Of Bother
A long-running battle with campaigners over the building of a wind turbine could cost a Nottinghamshire council a staggering £80,000 in legal fees. The 66m […]
Green Investment Bank Plans For More Wind
The government’s Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank (Gib) has announced plans to raise £1bn to encourage new investors to put money into offshore windfarms. The bank […]
