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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 […]
Go-Ahead Given for England & Wales’ Largest Onshore Wind Farm
While the United Kingdom’s wind power plans have received occasional gusts of publicity ill-wind recently, the bottom line is that the Government is still […]
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 […]
France Re-commit to Renewable Energies
On 16 May Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister of France after the election of Francois Hollande as President. There was a little concern […]
Bigger is Better as far as Wind Turbines Go
A new study, published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology journal, indicates that bigger is better when it comes to turbines. […]
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. […]
Focus on Denmark
Denmark have started off very well in Euro 2012 football, beating Holland 1-0, but Denmark has not only doing well in football but especially […]
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 […]
Myths About Wind Power Exploding
Myths About Wind Power It never ceases to amaze me what rubbish I hear from people when the subject and the Myths About Wind […]
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 […]
Focus on Wind Power in New Zealand
In New Zealand, wind power generates a small but rapidly growing proportion of the country’s electricity, as the country makes increasing use of its […]
David Cameron Defends UK Windfarm Plans to Tory MPs
The United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron has written to more than 100 of his own backbenchers who published an open letter to the […]
Aire Mask – Mini Wind Turbines To Charge iPhone
Breathtaking Mini Wind Turbines to charge iPhone We’ve become very used to seeing both onshore and offshore wind turbines rotating majestically in the breeze, […]
Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond – Who Is Donald Trump?
Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond Multi-Millionaire Donald Trump threw his toys out of the pram this week and wrote a “snotty” letter to 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 […]
100+ Irrational Tory MPs Lobby Prime Minister
Just when the UK Government hoped that the boat had stopped rocking following the resignation of former Energy Secretary Geoff Huhne last week, more […]
