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New Wind Farm given Go-Ahead in Wales
A 28 turbine wind farm at Brechfa Forest West in Carmarthenshire, Wales, has been given the thumbs up by the United Kingdom’s Department of […]
New Windpower Cheaper Than Coal
Did you know that windpower energy is cheaper than coal in some countries? Consequently when countries are choosing their next generation of power stations, […]
Breakthrough in Storage and Re-use of Wind Power
The tricky problem of how to store wind and solar energy and re-use it at a later time, may be a step closer to […]
Wind Turbine Illnesses: Anti-Wind Power Campaigners are to Blame!
You may have read reports that some people claim to suffer at the hands of those clean machines, wind turbines. Many claims are, of […]
More Wind Power than Nuclear Power in Chinese Electricity?
Who would have thought it? Those historic purveyors of smoke, carbon, pollution and all things anti-environment may have cleaned up their act so much […]
South Coast of England Offshore Wind Farm Gets Thumbs Up for Extension
Just off the Kent coast of Southern England, near Herne Bay and Whitstable, lies one of the first offshore wind farms built in the […]
Great Britain; Green Britain
A bumper crop of more than 1,200 new wind turbines will spring up throughout Britain’s countryside over the next twelve months. Onshore there are […]
Green Google
Google this: Spinning Spur Wind Project, Oldham County, Texas. You’ll see that the company famous for its ubiquitous search engine has purchased a 200 […]
INVEST IN GREECE WIND POWER – From the Origins of Democracy to the Future of Wind Power!
Invest In Greece Now! Greece has attracted a fair bit of negative press over the last months largely due to the effects of the […]
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 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 […]
