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Does Wind Power Increase Carbon Emissions? Of Course Not!
It’s always quite amusing to see critics of wind power jump on some piece of dodgy reporting, or half-baked so-called research and use it […]
World’s Largest Wind Turbine About to be Tested in Scotland
It’s an interesting and exciting time in Scotland for the wind business: The world’s largest and most powerful installed wind turbine will be ready […]
Belwind: Belgium’s Finest- Invisible from Land
Alstom and Belgian developer, Belwind, have signed an agreement of cooperation to install, connect to the grid, operate and maintain one Haliade 150 6MW […]
World Wind Industry Threatened by US Shale Gas Exports
The setting was the Cape Town International Convention, South Africa. The occasion was Windaba 2013, the third wind industry conference presented by the SA […]
New Wind Farms for The Phillipines
A very small percent age of the total energy output of the Philippines is from wind power, but the country wind energy sector has […]
Starry Starry Night Spoiled by Wind Turbines?
So what’s the connection between stars in a clear night sky, and wind turbines? I would have thought very little. A strong wind turning […]
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 […]
Abengoa to Build New Wind Farm in Uruguay
Abengoa Wind Farm Uruguay The Spanish energy company Abengoa announced in the last few days that it had a contract to build a 70-megawatt […]
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 […]
