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Windpower – Cheapest Energy Source In The UK
As a number of coal-fired power stations are being decommissioned in the UK, it is welcome news to hear from respected energy experts, Bloomberg New […]
Great Expectations for North Sea Wind Power
RenewableUK, the UK renewable industry group, considers that the East of England could become a hub for trade in renewable energy with Scandinavian countries […]
The Calming Effects of Wind Turbines
In the debates about the environmental effects of wind farms and wind turbines, it’s unfortunate that a lot of media coverage is given to […]
The Future Cost of Wind Power
MarketReportsOnline has made available a major report on the cost of wind power energy, then, now and in the future. It is available here: […]
EWEA Offshore Conference 2015
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) holds its much-anticipated offshore wind conference in less than two months, in Copenhagen. It will be held at […]
Shock! UK Wind Turbines Powered by Grid!
In a series of articles in certain areas of the UK media (essentially the usual anti-wind Not in My Back Yard suspects) it has […]
Christmas Break in United States for Wind
When people across the world think of Christmas, they probably think of giving and receiving presents, Goodwill to all men and a time for […]
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 […]
El Hierro – Powered by 100% Green Energy
El Hierro is a Spanish owned island, one of the Canary Islands, off the West Coast of Africa. It is 278.5 square kilometres and […]
US Offshore Wind
Why is it, that when other countries, such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany, have built massive turbine farms off their coastlines […]
$100 Billion for Oil vs Renewable Energy
Don’t take my word for it! A French investment bank, Kepler Chevreuxhas, has produced a ground-breaking piece of analysis which should have considerable implications for the […]
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. […]
UK Wind Turbine Record – Seals Loving It!
RenewableUK industry group reported that United Kingdom wind turbines generated a record 22 percent of the country’s electricity on Sunday 17 August 2014, beating […]
Wind vs Fracking: The Debate Continues
In a carefully calculated move to switch opposition to fracking to opposition to wind turbines the UK energy department’s recently-gone chief scientific advisor has […]
Green Investment Bank Plans For More Wind
The government’s Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank (Gib) has announced plans to raise £1bn to encourage new investors to put money into offshore windfarms. The bank […]
North Myrtle Beach – New Wind Farms
South Carolina’s North Myrtle Beach is soon to become a significant home for wind farms. South Carolina’s growing wind power industry will take a […]
Three Blades or Two Blades?
Just when we all thought that the three-bladed wind turbine was the industry standard, several major wind-power companies are testing a departure by dropping […]
Vestas – New Deal in France
Vestas dominate the wind news this week by announcing a New Deal in France. They have negotiated a deal with EDF Energies Nouvelles to […]
Wind Power for Tybee Island, Georgia, United States
Earlier this year there was a proposal to erect a 120 foot wind turbine at Tybee Island’s water treatment facility. The turbine would help power […]
Green Light for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms is now set to be built off the coast of East Anglia, England, after the government […]
Plans for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Plans have been unveiled for a floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The Kincardine offshore wind farm is a proposed demonstrator floating project […]
Siemens win Big Dutch Offshore Contract
Siemens has just clinched a deal with the Dutch Offshore Wind consortium called the Gemini Project. The contracts are for the construction, financing and […]
A Visit to Two Wind Farms
Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the superb unspoilt Edwardian seaside town of Southwold, […]
