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Tag Archives | Wind Power
Wind Turbine Innovations
The saying “when the going gets tough, the tough get going!” is one the can be applied with gusto to the wind turbine industry. […]
Griggs Putnam Index – Use Trees to Estimate Wind Speed
Plant Deformity – The Griggs Putnam Index – A Way To Measure Have you heard of the Griggs-Putnam Index? If you have an area […]
What is Wind Power?
What is Wind Power? The wind is caused by huge convection currents in the Earth’s atmosphere, driven by heat energy from the Sun. This […]
The Future is Wind
Two important documents set out a future for wind that is challenging and exciting. The first is called “Going for Green Growth” by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wind Power Mexico Conference 29-30 May 2013
Later this month the 3rd Annual Wind Power Mexico Conference will take place in Mexico City Building on the success of last year’s conference, […]
More Wind Power than Nuclear Power in Chinese Electricity?
Who would have thought it? Those historic purveyors of smoke, carbon, pollution and all things anti-environment may have cleaned up their act so much […]
Real Time Wind Map USA
Since time immemorial poets, writers, philosophers have posed the question “Who has seen the wind?”. While the effects of the wind can clearly be […]
Spotlight on Romania
Romania is likely to double its wind power capacity this year, as investors consider the attractive European Union- approved incentives for investment in the […]
UK Coalition Government Must Display Leadership
The UK coalition Government of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, led by David Cameron, boasted of their green credentials when they came to power. About […]
Is This the End of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines?
No one would deny that San Diego based Helix Wind’s Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) were captivating to watch in motion. Both their corkscrew […]
UK Planning Inspector Overrules Dorset District Council’s Objection to Wind Farm
A planning inspector has granted permission for a wind farm development of four onshore 125-metre wind turbines at Wareham, Dorset. This may not seem […]
MWPS and Free Breeze UK – Strategic Deal RRB Energy Wind Turbines
London, 25th June 2012 MWPS, the online market leader in facilitating the purchase and sale of new and used wind turbines across the globe, […]
Bigger is Better as far as Wind Turbines Go
A new study, published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology journal, indicates that bigger is better when it comes to turbines. […]
Independent Analysis of the most Common Concerns about Wind Power
The Centre for Sustainable Energy published an independent, eye-opening report last year which dispelled many of the half-baked myths about problems with wind power. […]
Movers and Shakers – Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch
Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch was born in Hameln/Weser, Germany, in 1947. He worked in various functions in the state’s Ministry of North-Rhine Westphalia, eventually as […]
Myths About Wind Power Exploding
Myths About Wind Power It never ceases to amaze me what rubbish I hear from people when the subject and the Myths About Wind […]
Wind, Hot Air and Wuthering
Campaigners against a plan to build wind turbines on moors associated with the Bronte sisters are making their final attempt to coerce councillors and […]
Semi-sentient Wind Turbines?: They Learn Like Humans
Could we soon be seeing semi-sentient Wind Turbines, that are able to learn and use that learning? One of the problems of most conventional […]
Focus on Wind Power in New Zealand
In New Zealand, wind power generates a small but rapidly growing proportion of the country’s electricity, as the country makes increasing use of its […]
