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Arctic Wind: Norrbotten
Norrbotten (meaning North Bothnia) is a Swedish province that borders Swedish Lapland and Finland to the East. While Sweden’s Russian and Norwegian neighbours favour […]
Hell Freezes Over- But Wind keeps the Lights On!
We probably all saw the snappy headline “Hell Freezes Over” when the big chill that gripped the United States this week and the hamlet […]
Wind Power and Wildlife Can Co-Exist
Despite the fact that our production of non-renewable energy has for many years adversely affected our environment and wildlife (the London smog caused by […]
Record-Breaking Wind in the UK!
While you may now be taking down the Christmas Lights and ruminating on how to get rid of those excess pounds piled on this […]
Wind Turbine Noise: New Reports
The German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) in conjunction with the Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg’s environmental psychology department has conducted measurements, data evaluation and a survey […]
Four Wind Projects for Sweden
Vestas, the wind turbine manufacturer and Eolus, Sweden’s leading wind power developer, have signed contracts for four projects in the south of Sweden. The […]
Southern Ireland Wind News
Nordex has won an order from ESB International to install turbines with a total wind capacity of 20MW at the Woodhouse wind farm project […]
Jordan to have New Wind Farm in Tafilah
Tafilah is a Governorate in southern Jordan, with its capital At-Tafilah located 183 kilometers southwest of Amman. It is to be the location for […]
Portsmouth’s Wind Turbine
Portsmouth, a historic port town on the south coast of England. The starting point for many sea-faring journeys be they to the Isle of […]
Compensation for Bird Deaths: The Hypocrisy
In the first case of its kind, a large energy company has pleaded guilty to killing birds at its large wind turbine farms in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Slieve Kirk Wind Park- Northern Ireland’s Largest Wind Farm
Here are Paul Cooley, the General Manager Ireland of SSE Renewablest and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at the opening of the £125m […]
Iranian Wind Power
While the word “nuclear power” tends to crop up when speaking about Iran, it could soon be “renewable energy” instead. Year on year Iran […]
Furniture and Turbines Do Go Together!
We reported a few months ago about IKEA’s interest and investment in wind energy: IKEA Portfolio. It seems that it wasn’t just a flash […]
Top of the World Turbines Connected
Developer Longyuan Power have reported that the Naqu wind farm has been connected to the web. The farm is located in Naqu county in […]
53 Siemens Turbines for Turkey
Three new wind farms are being built in Turkey at Mugla, Edirne-Tekirdag and Kirklareli by the Turkish Group Güriş. 53 Siemens D3 wind turbines […]
Horn of Africa Wind Power Boost
Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries are dogged by regular power blackouts, but they may be changing in the future as the area […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
