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World’s Largest Wind Turbine About to be Tested in Scotland
It’s an interesting and exciting time in Scotland for the wind business: The world’s largest and most powerful installed wind turbine will be ready […]
World Wind Industry Threatened by US Shale Gas Exports
The setting was the Cape Town International Convention, South Africa. The occasion was Windaba 2013, the third wind industry conference presented by the SA […]
New Wind Farms for The Phillipines
A very small percent age of the total energy output of the Philippines is from wind power, but the country wind energy sector has […]
Starry Starry Night Spoiled by Wind Turbines?
So what’s the connection between stars in a clear night sky, and wind turbines? I would have thought very little. A strong wind turning […]
Britain Playing Grid Catch-Up
A failure to invest in Britain’s 70 year old grid has meant that the boom in its wind power electricty generation is not being […]
First Council-Owned Wind Farm in UK
This week, Bristol’s mayor, George Ferguson, unveiled the UK’s very first Local Council owned and operated wind farm at Avonmouth, South West England, known […]
China Will Remain Wind Power Market Leader for next Seven Years
The research and consulting firm, GlobalData, have reported that despite a slowed growth rate, China will still be the largest wind power market in […]
Trump Trumpets “Victory” over Vattenfall at Aberdeen Bay
The row between Donald Trump and his millionaire’s gold course versus EOWDC (the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) in Anerdeen Bay, Scotland rumbles on […]
What is the Economic Life of an Onshore Wind Turbine?
A study commissioned by the Renewable Energy Foundation has found that the economic life of onshore wind turbines could be far less than that […]
Cash Incentives for Wind Farms on Scottish Islands
Scotland has long been at the forefront of European wind energy and in a new boost to encourage new wind farms, developers will be […]
Japan and Floating Wind Turbines
From time to time you will have seen reports of reserach and innovation in the area of floating offshore wind technology. This has usually […]
Can You be a YIMBY?
We hear a lot about those who profess green credentials yet when it comes to siting a wind turbine they cry “Not In My […]
Pellworm, The Greenest Island?
Pellworm is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea Coast of Germany. It is tiny- its area is 37 square kilometres […]
The World’s Most Powerful Turbine
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner
After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex and Gamesa appear […]
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 […]
Wind Farm Construction is Booming in Britain
It was confirmed last week that wind farm construction of one of Britain’s biggest onshore windfarms will begin next year, 2014, and should be […]
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 […]
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 […]
