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By Colin P10/07/202001/12/2024

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 […]

By Diana S04/07/2020

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 […]

By Diana S26/06/2020

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 […]

By Diana S23/06/2020

Strange Bedfellows: Wind Farm Alongside Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Rokkasho, Japan

By Since 2003, the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, has shared the area with 77 large wind turbines. The Mayor […]

By Diana S20/06/2020

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 […]

By Diana S17/06/202006/05/2023

Horn of Africa Wind Power Boost

Ethiopia and the other Horn of Africa countries are dogged by regular power blackouts, but they may be changing in the future as the area […]

By Diana S15/06/2020

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 […]

By Colin P13/06/202001/12/2024

Go-Ahead Given for England & Wales’ Largest Onshore Wind Farm

While the United Kingdom’s wind power plans have received occasional gusts of publicity ill-wind recently, the bottom line is that the Government is still very […]

By Diana S06/06/2020

Lost in Translation

There’s nothing more likely to cause consternation and confusion that a bungled translation. When I was a representative of the UK at the International Radio […]