Slieve 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 at the opening of the £125m Slieve Kirk […]
Category: WIND POWER NEWS
WIND POWER NEWS
Wind Power comes to Lesotho, South Africa
Gamesa is to be awarded the contract for supplying turbines for a 25-35 MW farm to be built near the major diamond mine at Letseng-La-Terai, […]
United States Winning Wind War vs Carbon Emissions
The much respected and authoritative American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will be giving some good news in a forthcoming report. A key finding will be […]
WINDELA – Wind Power & Solar Street Lamp
Have you heard of Windela? Windela S.A. is a company based in France that has come up with a great idea and has developed an […]
France Re-commit to Renewable Energies
On 16 May Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister of France after the election of Francois Hollande as President. There was a little concern that […]
Three Blades or Two Blades?
Just when we all thought that the three-bladed wind turbine was the industry standard, several major wind-power companies are testing a departure by dropping one […]
100% Wind Powered Trains in Holland
Just to clarify- the above headline doesn’t mean that there will be some newfangled form of train that is blown along the tracks like sailing […]
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 there, […]
Trump 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 Centre) in Anerdeen Bay, Scotland rumbles on with […]
Businesses See Sense in Wind Power Investment
A few weeks ago the Scandinavian home furnishing colossus, Ikea, announced plans to build a wind farm on property it owns in Illinois. This is […]
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 turbines […]
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 the […]