RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS • by UK Wind Turbines

14/10/202118/02/2026By

A Visit to Two Wind Farms

Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the superb unspoilt Edwardian seaside town of Southwold, famous […]

11/10/202118/02/2026By

Colin H

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 PM […]

09/10/202119/02/2026By

Diana S

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Acquire Wind Farm Sites in the UK

RES took over the Bransford Bridge wind farm near Rugby in the English Midlands earlier this year. They have now also purchased Brown’s Holt wind […]

07/10/202118/02/2026By

Diana S

World’s Largest Wind Turbine About to be Tested in Scotland

It’s an interesting and exciting time in Scotland for the wind business: The world’s largest and most powerful installed wind turbine will be ready for […]

05/10/202118/02/2026By

Diana S

SPOTLIGHT ON…Transition Towns

By Jakob Kaye. With the ever-increasing concerns about sustainability and the global demand for fossil fuels such as oil to keep our cars, industries, and lifestyles […]

28/09/202113/11/2021By

Diana S

It’s not just a Clever Turbine… It’s Brilliant!

Wind turbines have evolved considerably since the first shaky steps were taken to produce electricity from wind. Not just in size and power potantial, but […]

26/09/202113/11/2021By

Diana S

Should Nuclear Power Share the Stage with Renewables?

While nuclear power may be a way of weaning us off nasty fossil fuels, should it be getting equal status with “genuine” renewable energy sources […]

25/09/202110/01/2022By

Colin H

BT Buys 50% Output from Scottish Wind Farm

BT, the giant communication company, has agreed to a £300m deal to buy enough energy to meet the needs of all its Scottish operations for […]

21/09/202113/11/2021By

Diana S

Wind Turbine Payback: Just 6 Months!

The fossil fuel followers have often said that the carbon cost in manufacturing commercial wind turbines is so great that it takes years, if ever, […]

19/09/202110/04/2023By

Diana S

Pupil-Power!

Grassfield High School is a “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) school in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. Partly to help students study how a wind turbine […]

14/09/202101/12/2024By

Colin H

Alternative Energy – The Facts – Part 4 – Geothermal Energy

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Geothermal energy is an alternative energy source, although it is not resourceful enough to replace more than a minor amount of the future’s […]