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Tag Archives | Wind Farms
Wind Power in Chile Gets a Boost
Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a US$1.4 billion joint venture with the private equity company, Actis, to develop 600MW of renewable projects in Chile. […]
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 […]
South African Factory to Produce Wind Towers
South Africa’s heavy engineering group, DCD is to build wind turbine towers at Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape Province. The facility, due for completion […]
Hydrochina to Install Pakistan’s Third Wind Farm
Hydrochina will install 12 2.5MW wind turbines in the Tapal project in the north-east of Sindh province, 150 kilometres from Karachi. Hydrochina is a […]
UK Advisory Body gives Green Light for Low-Carbon Investment for Decades to Come
The UK’s influential advisory body- the Committee on Climate Change has issued a report outlining why investing in low-carbon technologies will, over the longer term, […]
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 […]
Siemens Curtail the B53 Turbine Blade
Just a few hours after one of its wind turbines threw a blade in the Imperial County town of Ocotillo, Siemens Energy announced it […]
Wind Turbines and Bird Deaths in the United States.
In an Associated Press article out this week, it is stated that the US administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for […]
The Sound of Wind Turbines
Opponents of wind farms claim that there are high levels of infrasound and low-frequency sounds that are generated by wind turbines and that these […]
Why are Wind Turbines White?
Do you know why wind turbines are invariably white in colour? Henry Ford, the father of mass production famously said of his Model T-Ford, […]
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 […]
Wind Farms and Peatland.
As always here at MWPS while we are pro-wind, we do not shy away from issues that should be addressed when weighing up questions […]
New Wind Farm given Go-Ahead in Wales
A 28 turbine wind farm at Brechfa Forest West in Carmarthenshire, Wales, has been given the thumbs up by the United Kingdom’s Department of […]
New Windpower Cheaper Than Coal
Did you know that windpower energy is cheaper than coal in some countries? Consequently when countries are choosing their next generation of power stations, […]
Wind Turbine Illnesses: Anti-Wind Power Campaigners are to Blame!
You may have read reports that some people claim to suffer at the hands of those clean machines, wind turbines. Many claims are, of […]
South Coast of England Offshore Wind Farm Gets Thumbs Up for Extension
Just off the Kent coast of Southern England, near Herne Bay and Whitstable, lies one of the first offshore wind farms built in the […]
Great Britain; Green Britain
A bumper crop of more than 1,200 new wind turbines will spring up throughout Britain’s countryside over the next twelve months. Onshore there are […]
Green Google
Google this: Spinning Spur Wind Project, Oldham County, Texas. You’ll see that the company famous for its ubiquitous search engine has purchased a 200 […]
£44 million Wind Power investment Northern Ireland
At the tail end of last year the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator announced that more than £44 million has been set aside for renewable […]
Nuclear Reactor Costs Rise – Wind Power Cheaper?
It’s bad news for the new reactor under construction at Flamanville, France. Costs have risen dramatically and the delays are close to unacceptable. Originally […]
November Sees New Record for UK Wind Power
For those living in the UK, did you feel the earth move at 3 pm on 6 November? No? Or maybe a slightly sweet […]
The World’s Biggest Turbine
Is there going to be a limit to how large wind turbines are going to get? Or will there be a point where despite […]
