Category: WIND POWER NEWS

09/12/202422/10/2026By Colin H

Flying High: Blimp “BAT” for Alaska!

Alaska is considered to be the top of the world (or at least the top of the […]

17/10/202118/02/2026By Diana S

Stalking Wind Power without Blades

New York design firm Atelier DNA has developed a form of wind energy capture using stalks instead […]

14/10/202118/02/2026By Colin H

A Visit to Two Wind Farms

Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

05/10/202119/02/2026By Diana S

Two New Wind Farms for Northern Poland

The Polish wind power plant developer and operator PEP S.A. ( which stands for Polish Energy Partners […]

05/10/202105/06/2026By 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 […]

03/10/202118/02/2026By Diana S

The 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 […]

02/10/202113/11/2021By Diana S

Wales Gives a Thumbs-Up for Wind Energy

RenewableUK, the UK  Industry body, has commissioned a YouGov poll which reveals that there is a great […]

02/10/202107/10/2025By Diana S

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 […]

30/09/202102/04/2023By Diana S

New 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

19/09/202113/11/2021By Diana S

New 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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

14/09/202113/11/2021By Diana S

Welsh 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 […]

13/09/202113/11/2021By Diana S

The Real Cost of Windpower

I must confess to sometimes getting very exasperated with the grumbles and complaints voiced by some consumers, […]

11/09/202113/11/2021By Colin H

A Fracked Up Future?

A number of Governments, including the United Kingdom and the United States, are granting licences to extract […]

11/09/202101/12/2024By Colin H

Alternative Energy : Achievable Utopia or Fantasyland?

By In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we […]

08/09/202113/11/2021By Diana S

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 […]