A $100 million wind power project built by public and private investors and Vestas’ wind turbines, began operating earlier this month (October) near the […]
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Radar and Wind Turbines
The development and installation of wind farms, particularly in the United States, have not progressed as quickly as they might have due to concerns […]
The Winds In Britain – Here To Stay
By Colin Houghton The British are, of course, obsessed about the weather. They talk about it incessantly and despite the fact that 80% of […]
Jet Stream Wind Industry – To Catch The Big Wind
By Colin Houghton Scientists are eyeing the jet stream, an energy source that rages night and day, 365 days a year, just a few […]
Focus on Maine, New England, United States
By Colin Houghton With four grid-scale wind projects already built in the US State of Maine, including the one in Mars Hill (photo left) […]
UK Urges Ireland To Build Wind Farms On Its West Coast
At the end of spring there was a high-level diplomatic meeting held in London between the UK deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and senior […]
Africa: Continent Set For Renewable Energy Boom
South Africa’s first commercial wind farm, the Darling wind farm, began generating in May 2008 with four turbines, each producing 1.3 MW By Colin […]
Sir Bani Yas Island – Abu Dhabi – Middle East Report
By Colin Houghton While the Middle East may seem an unlikely place for renewable energy power, given its abundance of fossil fuels, Sir Bani […]
Alternative Energy : Achievable Utopia or Fantasyland?
By Colin Houghton In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we don’t need nuclear power, coal, […]
Germany Could Become World Leader In Installed Offshore Wind Capacity By 2015
By Colin Houghton Germany now has over three-quarters of all offshore wind farm-related cable orders. As part of a detailed investigation into power cable […]
Canadian Sierra Club Refutes Claims That Wind Turbines Cause Ill-Health
During a presentation to the Bruce County Council, in Ontario, Canada, on 1 September, the head of the Sierra Club of Canada said that […]
Meet MWPS at ZeroEmission Rome – 2011
MWPS World, the largest Wind Turbine Online Brokers on the Net will be attending this years ZeroEmmission 2011 Exhibition in Rome, Italy between the 14th […]
Strange Bedfellows: Wind Farm Alongside Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Rokkasho, Japan
By Colin Houghton Since 2003, the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, has shared the area with 77 large wind […]
GOLDWIND S48 Wind Turbines 750kW For Sale
Industrial Goldwind S48 Wind Turbines 750kW for Sale Complete System Includes Tower, Nacelle, Hub, Rotor, Blades and Controller – Prices starting from only €288,000 EUR […]
Japanese Government to reduce nuclear power
By Colin Houghton, August 29, 2011 Japan’s parliament is about to approve a historic bill on renewable energy. It hat was championed by Prime […]
Wind Power Developments in Ohio, United States
August 28, by Colin Houghton On February 11, 2010, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory released the first comprehensive update of the wind energy […]
Ecuador To Have Its First Wind – Goldwind Contracted!
August 23, by Colin Houghton Ecuador is set to join the wind farm revolution. The South American country’s Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC) has […]
UK Minister for Energy & Climate Claims Of “True Revolution”
Chris Huhne, the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visited the Isle of Wight on 3 August this month to understand […]
2012 UK All-Energy Exhibition and Conference Announced
London, 16th August 2011 – by Colin Houghton. Plans have been unveiled for next year’s All-Energy Exhibition and Conference to be held in Aberdeen, Scotland, […]
UK Parliament Eases Path for Renewable Energy Projects Plans
London, 15th August 2011 – by Colin Houghton.As the last session of the UKParliament drew to a close in Ww32 prior to the Summer recess, it […]
Reduction! 4 Windmaster 750kw Wind Turbines – Amazing Opportunity
These Turbines are priced to sell quickly! All in all, a staggering 3mW of rated output for as little as €220,000 EUR ($315,000 USD) […]
Google Invests In New Wind Farm Project
Google has yet again made alternative energy news (Google invests in windfarm) by announcing it and two Japanese partners will pay GE about half a billion […]
Chinese Wind Turbine Companies Ranking Up
Asia Wind – Ranking High With the Global Wind Energy Council ( GWEC ) prediction on Tuesday that world wind power capacity will more […]
Chinas First 6 MW Wind Turbine Unveiled By Sinovel
Sinovel Wind Group Co., China’s largest wind power generator manufacturer, announced Monday it will finish production of the country’s first independently-developed 6-megawatt wind turbine […]
