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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 […]
Wind Turbine Manufacturers and 10 Major Wind Power Companies
The 10 major Wind Power Companies in the World This article provides you with a detailed list and overview of the 10 largest Wind […]
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 […]
The Voices of Wind Farm Hosts Down Under
When it comes to opinions and debate about wind power, we usually get the pro-lobby arguing against the frackers, the NIMBYs and the Fossil […]
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 […]
Nordex Doubles Sales in Germany
Nordex, one of the leading turbine manufacturers has more than doubled its volume of sales in Germany. It has installed a combined capacity measured […]
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. […]
Vestas V112 3.3MW Turbines for Kavakli Wind Farm, Turkey
Erciyas Çelik Boru A.Ş is one of Turkey’s leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes. It has signed an agreement to construct […]
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 […]
Higher and Higher…
We’ve become used to Chinese renewable energy companies pushing boundaries. After becoming the world leader in solar energy, the country has just built 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 […]
Panama to get first Wind Farm in 2014
Goldwind USA Inc. announced last week that the company had secured a $71 million project financing deal for a 55MW project in Panama. This will form the first […]
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 […]
Vestas Turbines for Ukraine Wind Power Plants
The Danish wind turbine giant,Vestas, announced this week that they had secured a firm and unconditional order for a total of 21 MW of […]
Prairie Chickens Safer Near Wind Farms
The effect of wind turbines on wildlife can cause anxiety to those with green credentials. However the greater prairie chicken, a wild inhabitant of […]
