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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 […]
INVEST IN GREECE WIND POWER – From the Origins of Democracy to the Future of Wind Power!
Invest In Greece Now! Greece has attracted a fair bit of negative press over the last months largely due to the effects of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sailing Close to the Wind?
Wind turbines are springing up all across the globe as Governments harvest one of the cleanest renewable energies, the wind. The majority of wind […]
The Real Cost of Windpower
I must confess to sometimes getting very exasperated with the grumbles and complaints voiced by some consumers, politicians, economists and of course the fossil […]
4th Annual Wind Power Conference Held in Turkey
Today is the second day of the 4th Annual Wind Power Conference, taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. A number of people have said “why […]
Enough Energy In Wind to Meet World’s Demands
A detailed report was published last month in Nature Climate Change that concluded that there is enough energy available in winds to meet all […]
Denmark Create High-Tech Wind TurbineTest Centre
6 October saw the inauguration of a state-of-the-art Wind Turbine Test Centre at Østerild, Denmark. It’s the world’s first purpose-built test site than can […]
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. […]
Is Bigger Better Offshore or is it Mega-turbine Madness?
It’s a fact that the offshore wind turbines being installed now and being planned for the future are getting bigger and bigger. The North […]
What Components Are Inside A Wind Turbine?
An overview of the layout of utility-class wind turbine generators. Where are the major components, what do they do and what differences can be […]
Wind Turbines Glossary
A complete Wind Turbine Glossary All major parts and components of an industrial wind turbine. Watch These Dynamic Videos! Anemometer: Measures the wind speed […]
Siemens Closing In On Major Players
Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence felt in the wind business, winning six contracts to build 565-megawatts worth of wind turbines, valued at […]
Vestas to Invest $380m to Expand Wind Power Capacity by 250Mw in Kutch – India
Danish wind manufacturer Vestas is planning to invest $380m in Gujarat, Kutch – India. The world’s number one wind power solutions provider Vestas is […]
