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£44 million Wind Power investment Northern Ireland
At the tail end of last year the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator announced that more than £44 million has been set aside for renewable […]
USED WIND TURBINE GENERATORS FOR SALE
Looking for a well priced used wind turbine? For best priced Second Hand Wind Turbines and used wind turbine generators for sale from around […]
A Fracked Up Future?
A number of Governments, including the United Kingdom and the United States, are granting licences to extract shale gas from beneath the earth’s surface. […]
Nuclear Reactor Costs Rise – Wind Power Cheaper?
It’s bad news for the new reactor under construction at Flamanville, France. Costs have risen dramatically and the delays are close to unacceptable. Originally […]
November Sees New Record for UK Wind Power
For those living in the UK, did you feel the earth move at 3 pm on 6 November? No? Or maybe a slightly sweet […]
The World’s Biggest Turbine
Is there going to be a limit to how large wind turbines are going to get? Or will there be a point where despite […]
The Two Faces of UK Conservative MP on Wind Power
Conservative UK Member of Parliament, Chris Heaton-Harris, was exposed as two-faced this week when he secretly filmed undercover footage that revealed significant differences between […]
Pride in London Pride
“London Pride”, the London Array offshore wind farm, situated just off the Kent coastline, South East England, has begun operations, albeit at a modest […]
Spotlight on Romania
Romania is likely to double its wind power capacity this year, as investors consider the attractive European Union- approved incentives for investment in the […]
US Wind Power Passes 50,000MW of Generation Capacity
United States wind power developers are installing a record numbers of turbines this year: The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time […]
Sailing Close to the Wind?
Wind turbines are springing up all across the globe as Governments harvest one of the cleanest renewable energies, the wind. The majority of wind […]
The Real Cost of Windpower
I must confess to sometimes getting very exasperated with the grumbles and complaints voiced by some consumers, politicians, economists and of course the fossil […]
Giddyup! Wyoming to have World’s Biggest Wind Farm?
Wyoming may not be top of your list of United States of America and may conjure up images of the Wild West, Cowboys and […]
4th Annual Wind Power Conference Held in Turkey
Today is the second day of the 4th Annual Wind Power Conference, taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. A number of people have said “why […]
National Geographic Showcases England’s Greenest Island
The Isle of Wight, 2 miles off the South coast of Britain, is a diamond shaped island that has some fine views, a fine […]
UK to Import Wind Power from Ireland
The UK Government is considering plans to import wind power from Ireland to the National Grid via cables under the Irish Sea. The power […]
UK Coalition Government Must Display Leadership
The UK coalition Government of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, led by David Cameron, boasted of their green credentials when they came to power. About […]
Enough Energy In Wind to Meet World’s Demands
A detailed report was published last month in Nature Climate Change that concluded that there is enough energy available in winds to meet all […]
Denmark Create High-Tech Wind TurbineTest Centre
6 October saw the inauguration of a state-of-the-art Wind Turbine Test Centre at Østerild, Denmark. It’s the world’s first purpose-built test site than can […]
Highlights of Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference
The Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference took place earlier this month (October) in Edinburgh. There were many noteworthy addresses, ideas and innovations discussed. For […]
Solar Windows are Coming!
The science fiction writer Bob Shaw invented a concept called “slow glass” in the 1970s and wrote a number of short stories about the […]
Coastal Wind Farm Developments Delayed by Porpoises
About Coastal Wind Farm Developments It’s generally agreed that the cost of building and commissioning off-shore wind farms is more than onshore wind farms. […]
Is This the End of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines?
No one would deny that San Diego based Helix Wind’s Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) were captivating to watch in motion. Both their corkscrew […]
