Vestas V112 3.3MW Turbines for Kavakli Wind Farm, Turkey
Erciyas Çelik Boru A.Ş is one of Turkey’s leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes. It has signed an agreement to construct a […]
Tag: Renewable Energy
Alternative Energy – The Facts – Part 6 – Solar Power
Alternative Energy – SOLAR POWER (solar panels) Solar energy is one the most resourceful sources of energy for the future. One of the reasons for […]
German Renewable Energy Act Affects Used Wind Turbine Market
Changes to Germany’s EEG (Renewable Sources Energy Act- Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – EEG), due to come in on 1 August this year, are going to have a significant […]
Hell Freezes Over- But Wind keeps the Lights On!
We probably all saw the snappy headline “Hell Freezes Over” when the big chill that gripped the United States this week, and the hamlet named […]
World Wind Industry Threatened by US Shale Gas Exports
The setting was the Cape Town International Convention, South Africa. The occasion was Windaba the third wind industry conference presented by the SA Wind Energy […]
Why are Wind Turbines White?
Do you know why wind turbines are invariably white in colour? Henry Ford, the father of mass production famously said of his Model T-Ford, you […]
Belwind-Belgium: World’s Biggest Offsore Turbine is Erected
In a follow up to our previous story (Ostend offshore wind farm) about the world’s largest offshore wind turbine near to the port of Ostend, in […]
Sendai Substation Li-ion Battery Pilot Project
The problem wind power is, of course, that the wind doesn’t blow at the right speeds all of the time. Too low or not at […]
Storing Green Energy
It has long been recognised that the vagaries of the waves, the sun, and the wind, mean that renewable “green” cannot be relied upon for […]
UK Prime Minister Continues Commitment to Green Energy
As part of EU-wide action to increase the use of renewable energy, the UK is committed to generating 15% of energy from green sources by […]
Check Out Czech Plans for Renewables 2014
High on a wind turbine, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with […]
Giddyup! Wyoming to have World’s Biggest Wind Farm?
Wyoming may not be top of your list of United States of America and may conjure up images of the Wild West, Cowboys and Indians, […]