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WIND TURBINE SHADOW FLICKER – Flicked into Touch?
Last week, a court ruled that “wind turbine shadow flicker” from a wind turbine would be of such a nuisance that, along with the […]
WORLD WIND MAPS – World Wind Atlas
World Wind Maps – Wind Atlases of the World. This article provides you with essential links to worldwide wind maps. The maps contain data […]
Griggs Putnam Index – Use Trees to Estimate Wind Speed
Plant Deformity – The Griggs Putnam Index – A Way To Measure Have you heard of the Griggs-Putnam Index? If you have an area […]
Revolutionary Blade-less Vortex Turbine
A wind turbine without blades? Is this possible?? Yes! The revolutionary Blade-less Vortex Mini Turbine is unveiled and demonstrates how their turbines generate electricity […]
Quieter Wind Turbines With Owl Feathers!
The Owl. A silent deadly nocturnal killer swooping down on its prey. A wind turbine. What on earth could link them? Let us tell […]
Wind Energy and Wind Power Calculator
Use this Flash Player animated Wind Power Calculator to create your own virtual wind farm. Learn about the inside of a Wind Turbine, how […]
The Sound of Wind Power
The anti-wind and pro-fossil fuels lobbies frequently make a lot of fuss about the (allegedly) deleterious effects of being in close proximity to operational wind turbines. […]
GEV Show Wind Turbine Maintenance Rig
As anyone involved in wind power knows, one of the more expensive and time-consuming parts of the business is maintenance of the tower, nacelle […]
What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??
Does it sound like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. […]
The End for Mechanical Gearboxes?
Turbines are big sturdy beasts. They should be robust and able to stand a lot of what the elements can throw at them. But […]
Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine
In Ontario, Canada, the company “LTA Wind Power is developing a revolutionary type of wind turbine. A Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine. In fact, it’s not […]
VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?
In the last few days, the official debut of a new vertical axis micro wind turbine was launched. It’s a new addition to the […]
Flying High: Blimp “BAT” for Alaska!
Alaska is considered to be the top of the world (or at least the top of the American continent) and it will soon be […]
Harnessing Wind Power in New Ways
Dr Daryoush Alleai is an engineer and pioneer and founder of a company called Sheerwind, which has developed an innovative wind turbine called Invelox […]
Turbines Creating Electricity
While it is well-known that wind turbines create electricity when the blades rotate in a wind and are connected to the grid, did you […]
Wind Farms as Hurricane Busters!
Did you know that offshore wind farms can take some of the stings out of hurricanes? In a study by Stanford University published this […]
Radial Shaft Sealing Ring Helps Turbines In Extreme Weather
Today’s wind turbines are being established in increasingly hostile environments. From freezing icy high mountains to storm and salt-lashed seas. Maintenance to the turbines […]
Proposed Control System to end Wind Power Oscillation Issues
It has long been a pain in the blades that the changes in wind speed pose a threat to generators in power grids. The […]
Now Corporation to Distribute SP Power Farm Group Ltd’s Wind Turbines in 9 US States
The United States Now Corporation is to acquire distribution rights to SP Power Farm Group’s exoPOWER wind turbine system for small-wind and mid-wind sectors […]
GE Add-On Booster for its Turbines
The leading energy provider, E.ON, will use GE’s” PowerUp” software program to increase power output by up to 5 per cent. The add-on will […]
It’s not just a Clever Turbine… It’s Brilliant!
Wind turbines have evolved considerably since the first shaky steps were taken to produce electricity from wind. Not just in size and power potantial, […]
Underground Wind Energy Storage:Rock On Aeolus!
While wind power is one of the greenest renewable energies around, the wind doesn’t blow continuously at an optimum speed for offshore or onshore […]
New Type of Turbine Designed in English University
Here on the MWPS web pages we often feature new innovative designs to capture wind energy. Few ever make it beyond the drawing board […]
