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Tag Archives | Wind Turbines
Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.
While no-one can claim that the last two or three years of recession have been a boom-time for the wind industry. With turbine manufacturers […]
European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner
After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex and Gamesa appear […]
Panama to get first Wind Farm in 2014
Goldwind USA Inc. announced last week that the company had secured a $71 million project financing deal for a 55MW project in Panama. This will form the first […]
Vestas Turbines for Ukraine Wind Power Plants
The Danish wind turbine giant,Vestas, announced this week that they had secured a firm and unconditional order for a total of 21 MW of […]
Prairie Chickens Safer Near Wind Farms
The effect of wind turbines on wildlife can cause anxiety to those with green credentials. However the greater prairie chicken, a wild inhabitant of […]
IKEA add New Wind Farm to their Renewable Portfolio
The closest you’ll get to wind power as you walk around any Ikea store is a free-standing floor fan. But the successful Scandinavian furniture […]
Wind Farms on Family Farms in Minnesota, United States
Windmills used to be regular sights on farms; used for grinding wheat, or for pumping water for the livestock. While windmills may be a […]
Renewable Energy Storage is now more Important than Renewable Energy Generation
When the sun is shining, the winds are blowing and demand for energy is low, all seems well in the renewable energy world. But […]
Fracking in UK Attracting Major Opposition
The controversial technology of extracting shale gas from under the ground by a process known as fracking, is beginning to generate opposition from local […]
The Biggest Wind Turbine Ever….
Just when you thought the wind industry’s obsession with size was over and we’d reached the practical optimum in terms of wind turbine size, […]
How to Retire Wind Turbines
While most people are focused on the creation of new wind farm sites and deciding which are the most efficient new turbines to install […]
KidWind
It has long been said that to win over the hearts of minds of adults in the future you need to educate the children […]
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 […]
Brighton Builds Biggest Blade
The longest wind turbine blade ever made in the United States has been made at Vestas Wind Systems’ blades factory in Brighton, Denver, United […]
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 […]
Can You See a Wind Farm?
There is a real divide in most countries when it comes to support for renewable wind farm energy. Many people are happy to say […]
Transportation of Wind Turbines
As wind power technology continues to develop, we have seen not only the power capacity but the size of turbines, grow year on year. […]
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 […]
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, […]
Vestas Turbines for Onshore Wind Farm in Flanders, Belgium.
The major Danish wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has clinched a deal with Aspiravi and Limburg win(d)t to supply 27MW worth of onshore turbines for […]
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 […]
Vestas in “Plug and Play” Offshore Installation Innovation
The Danish company Vestas has pre-assembled and supplied V112 3MW turbines to the Swedish Karehamn offshore wind farm, something the manufacturer describes as a […]
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 […]
