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Colin H
Colin HFlying High: Blimp “BAT” for Alaska!
Alaska is considered to be the top of the world (or at least the top of the […]
Category: WIND POWER NEWS
WIND POWER NEWS
By Diana S
Diana SStalking Wind Power without Blades
New York design firm Atelier DNA has developed a form of wind energy capture using stalks instead […]
By Colin H
Colin HA Visit to Two Wind Farms
Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the […]
By Colin H
Colin HDavid 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 […]
By Diana S
Diana SRenewable 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. […]
By Diana S
Diana SWorld’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 […]
By Diana S
Diana STwo New Wind Farms for Northern Poland
The Polish wind power plant developer and operator PEP S.A. ( which stands for Polish Energy Partners […]
By Diana S
Diana SSPOTLIGHT ON Transition Towns
By Jakob Kaye. With the ever-increasing concerns about sustainability and the global demand for fossil fuels such as […]
By Diana S
Diana SThe World’s Largest Order for Onshore Wind Turbines Goes to….
Siemens. They have been asked by MidAmerican Energy to supply no less than 448 turbines. Yep, as […]
By Diana S
Diana SWales Gives a Thumbs-Up for Wind Energy
RenewableUK, the UK Industry body, has commissioned a YouGov poll which reveals that there is a great […]
By Diana S
Diana SIs 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 […]
By Diana S
Diana SNew Turbines at EWEA Biannual Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition
For three days at the end of last month in Frankfurt, international exhibitors displayed their new offshore […]
By Diana S
Diana SIt’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. […]
By Diana S
Diana SShould Nuclear Power Share the Stage with Renewables?
While nuclear power may be a way of weaning us off nasty fossil fuels, should it be […]
By Colin H
Colin HBT Buys 50% Output from Scottish Wind Farm
BT, the giant communication company, has agreed to a £300m deal to buy enough energy to meet […]
By Diana S
Diana SWind Turbine Payback: Just 6 Months!
The fossil fuel followers have often said that the carbon cost in manufacturing commercial wind turbines is […]
By Diana S
Diana SNew Nevada Wind Farm To Sell Power To NV Energy
NV Energy will purchase electricity from a wind farm proposed for eastern Nevada, the company announced today. […]
By Diana S
Diana SPupil-Power!
Grassfield High School is a “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) school in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. Partly […]
By Colin H
Colin HAlternative Energy – The Facts – Part 4 – Geothermal Energy
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Geothermal energy is an alternative energy source, although it is not resourceful enough to replace […]
By Diana S
Diana SWelsh Wind Turbine Erected in Area with No Wind!
Two of the key principles of having a viable wind farm, or even a single viable turbine […]
By Diana S
Diana SThe Real Cost of Windpower
I must confess to sometimes getting very exasperated with the grumbles and complaints voiced by some consumers, […]
By Colin H
Colin HA Fracked Up Future?
A number of Governments, including the United Kingdom and the United States, are granting licences to extract […]
By Colin H
Colin HAlternative Energy : Achievable Utopia or Fantasyland?
By In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we […]
By Diana S
Diana SWind 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 […]
By Diana S
Diana SSlieve Kirk Wind Park- NI’s Largest Wind Farm
Here are Paul Cooley, the General Manager Ireland of SSE Renewables and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness […]
By Diana S
Diana SWind Power comes to Lesotho, South Africa
Gamesa is to be awarded the contract for supplying turbines for a 25-35 MW farm to be […]
By Diana S
Diana SUnited States Winning Wind War vs Carbon Emissions
The much respected and authoritative American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will be giving some good news in […]
By Diana S
Diana SWINDELA – Wind Power & Solar Street Lamp
Have you heard of Windela? Windela S.A. is a company based in France that has come up […]
By Colin H
Colin HFrance Re-commit to Renewable Energies
On 16 May Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister of France after the election of Francois Hollande […]
By Diana S
Diana SThree Blades or Two Blades?
Just when we all thought that the three-bladed wind turbine was the industry standard, several major wind-power […]
By Colin H
Colin H100% Wind Powered Trains in Holland
Just to clarify- the above headline doesn’t mean that there will be some newfangled form of train […]
By Diana S
Diana SHow to Retire Wind Turbines
While most people are focused on the creation of new wind farm sites, and deciding which are […]
By Diana S
Diana STrump Trumpets “Victory” over Vattenfall at Aberdeen Bay
The row between Donald Trump and his millionaire’s gold course versus EOWDC (the European Offshore Wind Deployment […]
By Colin H
Colin HBusinesses See Sense in Wind Power Investment
A few weeks ago the Scandinavian home furnishing colossus, Ikea, announced plans to build a wind farm […]
By Diana S
Diana SSailing Close to the Wind?
Wind turbines are springing up all across the globe as Governments harvest one of the cleanest renewable […]
By Diana S
Diana SPrairie Chickens Safer Near Wind Farms
The effect of wind turbines on wildlife can cause anxiety to those with green credentials. However the […]
