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 the livestock. While windmills may be a lot […]
Tag: Home made Wind Power
UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts
The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, boost […]
250Mw German Coastal Wind Farm Developments Delayed by Porpoises
It’s generally agreed that the cost of building and commissioning off-shore wind farms is more than onshore wind farms. But the cost of German […]
The Transformation of Samso Island
Where is Samso? It’s a small island of just over 4000 people off the coast of Denmark (9 miles off the Jutland peninsula) which used […]
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 the […]
The KidWind Project
It has long been said that to win over the hearts of minds of adults in the future you need to educate the children now. […]
Can You be a YIMBY?
We hear a lot about those who profess green credentials yet when it comes to siting a wind turbine they cry “Not In My Back […]
Breakthrough in Storage and Re-use of Wind Power
The tricky problem of how to store wind and solar energy and re-use it at a later time, may be a step closer to a […]
Google Acquire Wind Power Company
You may recall that search engine supremo Google has invested in some novel innovations and technologies. The self-driving car and the wearable computing device being a […]
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 accommodate […]
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 Turkey?” […]
Vestas Reports Strong Performance In Early 2010
Denmark’s Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, is enjoying a large number of orders recently to come back from a very shaky 2009. Vestas […]