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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 […]
Intel – The Worlds Greenest Company
The hi-tech company Intel has just been ranked number one by Forbes.com among “America’s Top 10 Greenest Companies.” Forbes cites the company’s continued shift […]
Obama On Course To Decrease Dependance On Imported Oil
President Barack Obama says shifting the U.S. away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will add momentum to a trend that […]
Water – The Business Risk To The Power Sector
When wind energy critics tell us about how intermittent, unreliable, expensive, noisy, dangerous to wildlife, or aesthetically unappealing energy created from wind is, they forget […]
44MW Vestas Turbines To Be Installed In Sweden
On course to become the worlds largest wind turbine supplier, Vestas has received a new order of 22 wind turbines V90-2.0 MW for a […]
Still Skill Shortage In UK’s Wind Industry
Despite the doubling of jobs in just 2 years in the UK wind energy sector, the Wind Industry still faces a skills shortage. According to […]
Tesco To Power UK With Wind Turbines
Two 2.5MW wind turbines on 90-metre towers will provide 50% of the retailer’s factory/distribution centre to join the global trend for businesses to reduce […]
Siemens Direct Drive Turbines To Be Used in Minnesota 105 MW Project
The project with the name Bison 2 will be built by Minnesota Power in Central Dakota, using 35 3MW SWT-3.0-101 Direct Drive Turbines by […]
Turkey Hill Ice Cream Churned By Wind Power
Turkey Hill can be added to the growing list of companies who rely on alternative energy to power their product lines. They announced that a […]
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 […]
Vestas opens R&D test centre in Chennai
Vestas has opened a state-of-the-art test center for wind turbines in Chennai, therefore again expanding its technology R&D capabilities. The new test center is […]
Jellyfish Wind Turbine – What Happened To It?
What Happened To the Jellyfish Wind Turbine? Huge amounts of questions had been asked lately about what happened to the Jellyfish Wind Turbine? You […]
Developers Looking for Land to Lease or Buy In Northern Ireland
Land WANTED in Northern Ireland Established Wind Energy Developer is looking for plots of land in Northern Ireland to either lease from you! Best […]
New 20mW Wind Power Project in Israel for Small Investors
Wind Power Project in the Golan Heights – Call for Proposals – Recently, the state of Israel has decided to gradually move towards the […]
The Air Car – Is It Finally Here?
Power tools have run on air for decades, so why not cars? Quite right, French company MDI has designed the first compressed air engine. […]
SPOTLIGHT ON…Transition Towns
By Jakob Kaye. With the ever-increasing concerns about sustainability and the global demand for fossil fuels such as oil to keep our cars, industries and […]
Google Invests $39m in Wind Power
Google’s diversification strategy is on full course and now the internet search giant, who has previously expanded into telecommunication, maps and browsers, the ocean and the […]
Wind Power Facts – Why Wind Is A Great Investment
If you’re not sure whether you should or should not invest into wind power then here are some facts that may swing the vote […]
Cheaper Electricity Through Wind Power says EWEA Report
A study comissioned by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has concluded that the increased usage of wind power is to reduce wholesale slot […]
Taiwan Wind Power Capacity To Go Up 8 times In Next 20 Years
Taiwan currently relies on coal for more than 40 percent of its electricity. It has just published figures stating it aims to boost its […]
Wind Power Will Rise By 160% In The Next 5 Years, GWEC Predicts
The GWEC said on Monday that the world can expect a rise in wind power capacity by 160% over the next 5 years. The […]
The True Values Of Wind Power
As fast as there are positive reports about alternative energy, particularly wind energy, out come the opponents with negative news, be it frozen turbines […]
Statement From AWEA About Questionable ABC News Report
In response to last nights ABC News Report sponsored by American University, which featured accusations on how the Obama administration’s Recovery Act was used […]
