Veterans of the wind power industry, Vestas, have been showing off their new super-turbine which is reckoned to be the most powerful yet seen. […]
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Vestas V112 3.3MW Turbines for Kavakli Wind Farm, Turkey
Erciyas Çelik Boru A.Ş is one of Turkey’s leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes. It has signed an agreement to construct […]
US Wind and Solar Energy Will Be Cost Competitive
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a study, called ‘Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and Demand Conditions Affecting the […]
Higher and Higher…
We’ve become used to Chinese renewable energy companies pushing boundaries. After becoming the world leader in solar energy, the country has just built the […]
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Acquire Wind Farm Sites in the UK
RES took over the Bransford Bridge wind farm near Rugby in the English Midlands earlier this year. They have now also purchased Brown’s Holt […]
Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.
While no-one can claim that the last two or three years of recession have been a boom-time for the wind industry. With turbine manufacturers […]
Panama to get first Wind Farm in 2014
Goldwind USA Inc. announced last week that the company had secured a $71 million project financing deal for a 55MW project in Panama. This will form the first […]
Wind Power Cost-Competitiveness with Fossil Fuels in United States
Some very interesting statistical data had just been released in regard to Wind Power Cost-Competitiveness. It is contained within the US Department of Energy’s […]
Vestas Turbines for Ukraine Wind Power Plants
The Danish wind turbine giant,Vestas, announced this week that they had secured a firm and unconditional order for a total of 21 MW of […]
Prairie Chickens Safer Near Wind Farms
The effect of wind turbines on wildlife can cause anxiety to those with green credentials. However the greater prairie chicken, a wild inhabitant of […]
Two New Wind Farms for Northern Poland
The Polish wind power plant developer and operator PEP S.A. ( which stands for Polish Energy Partners S.A.) has commissioned Siemens to build two […]
Significant Wind and Solar Power Growth seen in 2012
Despite the glocal recession solar and wind renewable energy continued to grow last year. according to recently released figures from the Worldwatch Research Institiute. […]
Wind Farms on Family Farms in Minnesota, United States
Windmills used to be regular sights on farms; used for grinding wheat, or for pumping water for the livestock. While windmills may be a […]
UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts
The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, […]
Renewable Energy Storage is now more Important than Renewable Energy Generation
When the sun is shining, the winds are blowing and demand for energy is low, all seems well in the renewable energy world. But […]
India’s Wind Prediction Directive will Harm Industry
India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission imposed an order this month requiring wind farms to predict electricity output one-day ahead. Does that seem to be […]
The Biggest Wind Turbine Ever….
Just when you thought the wind industry’s obsession with size was over and we’d reached the practical optimum in terms of wind turbine size, […]
Wind Power… With no Wind!
As we all know, when the wind is blowing, the electricity is generating. When it’s not, it stops. The problem of storing wind-generated energy […]
Report Slams UK Missed Opportunities for Offshore Wind
The UK Institute for Public Policy Research, a leading and respected Think Tank, has presented a damning report which claims that the future of […]
Hooray Hooray for the London Array!
On 4 July, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron opened the London Array and said it was “a great day for Britain and a big […]
Underground Wind Energy Storage:Rock On Aeolus!
While wind power is one of the greenest renewable energies around, the wind doesn’t blow continuously at an optimum speed for offshore or onshore […]
How Does Fracking Measure Up to Wind Power?
Let’s go back to basics: Natural gas is a fossil fuel that is produced through the decomposition and heating of organic matter over many […]
How to Retire Wind Turbines
While most people are focused on the creation of new wind farm sites and deciding which are the most efficient new turbines to install […]
KidWind
It has long been said that to win over the hearts of minds of adults in the future you need to educate the children […]
