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Green Energy Expert Certificate
Places are available on 3 courses provided by The European Energy Centre that qualify for the Green Energy Expert Certificate These courses ensure to be up […]
Pakistan Wind Power Latest
Pakistan Wind Power may have a seat at all the world’s great conferences and appear at first glance to be a fully developed front tier […]
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 Turbine Noise Conference 2015 – Biennial
Biennial Wind Turbine Noise Conference 2015 There have already been five previous international conferences on wind turbine noise. The first one was in 2005 […]
Australian Councils Grab the Wind Initiative
It’s been well-documented that the Australian Government has got cold feet over its pursuance of renewable energy for a variety of reasons, both economic […]
Vestas Deal for Oakfield Wind Farm, Maine
Vestas Wind Systems have won a 148-megawatt order from First Wind Holdings Inc. in Maine. This is the Danish manufacturer’s fourth project with this U.S. […]
UK Conservative Party Ending Onshore Wind Subsidies
The U.K. Conservative Party has finally gone public with a policy many political commentators thought would be coming. They will end all subsidies to […]
UK Needs To Get its Wind Power Act Together!
Wind watchers and commentators around the globe have been confused and wrong-footed by the UK Government’s on/off like/dislike g0/stop attitude to the future of […]
Texas- The Renewables State
Why is Texas at the forefront of renewable energy production in the United States? Because a decade and a half ago the State had […]
UK Wind Farm Latest News from Scotland, Devon and Cornwall
The differing attitudes towards wind farms can be seen in developments regarding three UK wind farms. One in Scotland, one in Cornwall and one […]
United States Wind Power Surges in Quarter 4 of 2013
The American Wind Energy Association has published its quarterly market report for the US wind industry. It reveals that while there was very slow […]
Cape Wind, Nantucket Sound – Latest Developments
The much delayed huge offshore wind farm off Nantucket Sound; Cape Wind, moved a step closer to being constructed after a ruling by a […]
New Turbines at EWEA Biannual Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition
For three days at the end of last month in Frankfurt, international exhibitors displayed their new offshore turbines and wind-related products, such as a […]
Caught by the Wind – The Henk Lagerweij Story- So Far!
Introduction While the world of wind power may have its fair share of superb businessmen, entrepreneurs, innovators and “movers & shakers” there can be […]
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 […]
UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts
The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, […]
UK Government New Incentives for Wind Farms
The UK Government has presented new Wind Farm Planning Guidance which will enable local opposition to reject proposed wind farms. However, the Government still […]
British “Negawatts”?
While not being part of the British Coalition Government’s Energy Bill, an amendment was suggested which seems to have ruffled feathers in Parliament. It […]
Wind Power Movers & Shakers: Tom Kiernan
Last month a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) chose Tom Kiernan as the organization’s new Chief […]
Northern Ireland’s Carn Hill Wind Farm Facility Opened
The Irish renewable energy group, Gaelectric, opened a £20m wind farm at Carn Hill, Newtonabbey, County Antrim. It’s the first fully operational wind farm […]
UK Minister to Unveil New Wind Farm Planning Proposals
Michael Fallon, the recently appointed Coalition minister for energy and business, will shortly publish planning protections and proposals for a scheme of what he […]
Coastal Wind Farm Developments Delayed by Porpoises
About Coastal Wind Farm Developments It’s generally agreed that the cost of building and commissioning off-shore wind farms is more than onshore wind farms. […]
Go-Ahead Given for England & Wales’ Largest Onshore Wind Farm
While the United Kingdom’s wind power plans have received occasional gusts of publicity ill-wind recently, the bottom line is that the Government is still […]
