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David Cameron Defends UK Windfarm Plans to Tory MPs
The United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron has written to more than 100 of his own backbenchers who published an open letter to the […]
Aire Mask – Mini Wind Turbines To Charge iPhone
Breathtaking Mini Wind Turbines to charge iPhone We’ve become very used to seeing both onshore and offshore wind turbines rotating majestically in the breeze, […]
Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond – Who Is Donald Trump?
Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond Multi-Millionaire Donald Trump threw his toys out of the pram this week and wrote a “snotty” letter to the […]
Natural Gas vs Wind Energy
by Colin Houghton I came across an interesting and uplifting article by Stephen Lacey in Climate progress magazine this week, comparing and contrasting the […]
100+ Irrational Tory MPs Lobby Prime Minister
Just when the UK Government hoped that the boat had stopped rocking following the resignation of former Energy Secretary Geoff Huhne last week, more […]
World Wind Power Grows by 6%
By Colin Houghton The world’s capacity for harnessing wind power increased by 41Gw in 2011, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council […]
Innovative London Array Design Approved
The massive London Array project in the Thames Estuary, in Kent, South East England, has reached another milestone with its new type of wind […]
Wind Power: Focus On Hawaii
Hawaii. There’s a great history to be found here, it’s wonderful holiday destination, friendly people, some ace golf courses and it has some great […]
Movers & Shakers In Wind Power:Tulsi Tanti
Tulsi Tanti is the Chairman and Managing Director of Suzlon Energy- India’s first home-grown wind technology company. He is one of the ten richest […]
Matthew Knight Wants Standardised Substations for UK Offshore
Matthew Knight has been banging the drum and spinning the rotors for offshore wind power for a number of years now. He is Head […]
Major Opportunities for Investment in India’s Power Industry
The Power Summit 2011 is bringing together power industry business leaders, policy makers, innovators and investors to discuss India’s energy needs and challenges for […]
North Sea Focus (2) – Wind Farms Promote Biodiversity
European research that concluded at the end of this Summer, has shown that a North Sea wind farm has a little negative effect on […]
North Sea Focus (1):Vestas Turbines for Dutch in North Sea
The Dutch energy company, Eneco has confirmed the Danish firm, Vestas, to supply wind turbines in a 129MW supply deal for a wind project […]
Movers & Shakers in Wind Power: Ditlev Engel, Vestas
It all began over 100 years ago in 1898. Vestas was founded by a blacksmith, H.S. Hansen, in the town Lem, Denmark, manufacturing steel […]
Sinovel Wind Group to Build Turbine Factory in Brazil
Amid fierce competition, Sinovel Wind Group Co, the Chinese turbine manufacturer, has clinched a deal with Brazilian developer, DesenvixSA, to supply turbines for the […]
Wind Critics Slammed by UK Secretary of State for Energy
UK energy secretary Chris Huhne (above left) and Norwegian petroleum and energy minister Ola Borten Moe have just signed an agreement to further North […]
First Large-Scale Wind Farms for Dominican Republic – Wind Turbines supplied by Vestas
A $100 million wind power project built by public and private investors and Vestas’ wind turbines, began operating earlier this month (October) near the […]
Movers and Shakers in Wind Power: Karen Conover
Karen Conover has been guiding the wind industry for more than 25 years. A long time consultant and industry leader, she is one of […]
Movers And Shakers in Wind Power: Paul Gipe
A new series featuring the who is who in Wind Power by Colin Houghton. Part 1: Paul Gipe Paul Gipe is not a CEO […]
Radar and Wind Turbines
The development and installation of wind farms, particularly in the United States, have not progressed as quickly as they might have due to concerns […]
The Winds In Britain – Here To Stay
By Colin Houghton The British are, of course, obsessed about the weather. They talk about it incessantly and despite the fact that 80% of […]
Jet Stream Wind Industry – To Catch The Big Wind
By Colin Houghton Scientists are eyeing the jet stream, an energy source that rages night and day, 365 days a year, just a few […]
Focus on Maine, New England, United States
By Colin Houghton With four grid-scale wind projects already built in the US State of Maine, including the one in Mars Hill (photo left) […]
