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UK Planning Inspector Overrules Dorset District Council’s Objection to Wind Farm
A planning inspector has granted permission for a wind farm development of four onshore 125-metre wind turbines at Wareham, Dorset. This may not seem […]
MWPS and Free Breeze UK – Strategic Deal RRB Energy Wind Turbines
London, 25th June 2012 MWPS, the online market leader in facilitating the purchase and sale of new and used wind turbines across the globe, […]
Independent Analysis of the most Common Concerns about Wind Power
The Centre for Sustainable Energy published an independent, eye-opening report last year which dispelled many of the half-baked myths about problems with wind power. […]
Movers and Shakers – Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch
Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch was born in Hameln/Weser, Germany, in 1947. He worked in various functions in the state’s Ministry of North-Rhine Westphalia, eventually as […]
Misreported US Study on Connection Between Wind Turbines and Global Warming
Liming Zhou led a team of researchers at the State University of New York-Albany looking at the effects of wind turbines on global warming. […]
UK Prime Minister Continues Commitment to Green Energy
As part of EU-wide action to increase the use of renewable energy, the UK is committed to generating 15% of energy from green sources […]
The Royals and Wind Power- A Whiff of Hypocrisy?
Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, once called a windfarm “a blot on the landscape”. However it’ll be interested to see if […]
Wind, Hot Air and Wuthering
Campaigners against a plan to build wind turbines on moors associated with the Bronte sisters are making their final attempt to coerce councillors and […]
Semi-sentient Wind Turbines?: They Learn Like Humans
Could we soon be seeing semi-sentient Wind Turbines, that are able to learn and use that learning? One of the problems of most conventional […]
Wind Power comes to Thailand
Thailand’s commitment to modernizing its electrical network with a nationwide smart grid took another step forward in the last weeks with its order for […]
Natural Gas vs Wind Energy
by Colin Houghton I came across an interesting and uplifting article by Stephen Lacey in Climate progress magazine this week, comparing and contrasting the […]
Wind Innovations from the United States – The Cape Wind Project
This project certainly isn’t small-scale! Imagine a turbine, taller than the Statue of Liberty. Then imagine a curve of them stretching for 25 miles […]
World Wind Power Grows by 6%
By Colin Houghton The world’s capacity for harnessing wind power increased by 41Gw in 2011, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council […]
Movers and Shakers in Wind Power: Wu Gang, Goldwind
Founded in 1998, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Company, or Goldwind, is a Chinese government wind turbine manufacturer based in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The company […]
Wind Power Development in Northern Ireland
On the North Eastern part of Ireland, Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, is well placed to benefit from wind power. It has […]
Innovative London Array Design Approved
The massive London Array project in the Thames Estuary, in Kent, South East England, has reached another milestone with its new type of wind […]
Wind Power: Focus On Hawaii
Hawaii. There’s a great history to be found here, it’s wonderful holiday destination, friendly people, some ace golf courses and it has some great […]
Is Bigger Better Offshore or is it Mega-turbine Madness?
It’s a fact that the offshore wind turbines being installed now and being planned for the future are getting bigger and bigger. The North […]
Report Shows Wind Power Can Deliver 30% EU Emissions Cut
by Colin Houghton The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published a new report revealing that by 2020, the EU wind industry could avoid […]
Matthew Knight Wants Standardised Substations for UK Offshore
Matthew Knight has been banging the drum and spinning the rotors for offshore wind power for a number of years now. He is Head […]
Major Turbine Assembly Plant set for United Kingdom
It was announced on 13 December that the UK Ports Operator, Associated British Ports (ABP) and turbine manufacturer Siemens, have finalized agreement to construct […]
Major Opportunities for Investment in India’s Power Industry
The Power Summit 2011 is bringing together power industry business leaders, policy makers, innovators and investors to discuss India’s energy needs and challenges for […]
Wind Energy Developments in Ukraine
Vestas has just sold its first wind turbine to Ukraine, its 67th global market. Windkraft Ukraine (Vindkraft Ukraina) installed the V112 3.0 MW turbine […]
