Cape Wind, Nantucket Sound: Latest Developments
The much delayed huge offshore wind farm off Nantucket Sound; Cape Wind, moved a step closer to being constructed after a ruling by a US […]
Tag: Renewable Energy
Viva Espania!
Spain’s economy has taken a battering in the last few years of recession- but there’s a ray of gold that shines brightly in the gloom: In […]
Cash Incentives for Wind Farms on Scottish Islands
Scotland has long been at the forefront of European wind energy and in a new boost to encourage new wind farms, developers will be given […]
Misreported US Study on Connection Between Wind Turbines and Global Warming
Liming Zhou led a team of researchers at the State University of New York-Albany looking at the effects of wind turbines on global warming. […]
Gamesa Drop Plans for 5.5MW Platform
Gamesa has decided not to progress with the prototype construction of its 5.5MW turbine and instead will concentrate on the 5MW machine being which is […]
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 […]
Red Throated Diver Scuppers London Array Expansion
A huge expansion of the London Array wind farm off the north Kent coast will not go ahead. One of the main uncertainties was the […]
European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner
After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex, and Gamesa appear set […]
Japan and Floating Wind Turbines
From time to time you will have seen reports of reserach and innovation in the area of floating offshore wind technology. This has usually come […]
The Nonsense Spouted About Wind Turbines….
Britain, at the forefront of wind technology and innovation, is being dragged back by some MPs and “news”papers such as the Daily Telegraph, at the […]
Vestas Turbines for Onshore Wind Farm in Flanders, Belgium.
The major Danish wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has clinched a deal with Aspiravi and Limburg win(d)t to supply 27MW worth of onshore turbines for […]
China Produces a Quarter of the World’s Wind Turbine Blades
Research and consulting company Global Data has published a report giving data and predictions for the future: “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades – Global Market Size, […]