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 […]
Tag: Wind Power News
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 […]
Alternative Energy – The Facts – Part 9 – Hydroelectric Dams
HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Hydroelectric dams produce electricity by using the dammed water to turn turbines. By opening the dam’s sluices, falling water then turns propeller-like turbines, […]
Wind Power for Tybee Island, Georgia, United States
Earlier this year there was a proposal to erect a 120 foot wind turbine at Tybee Island’s water treatment facility. The turbine would help power the […]
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, […]
VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?
In the last few days, the official debut of a new vertical axis micro wind turbine was launched. It’s a new addition to the UGE […]
The Worlds First Floating Wind Turbine Launched In Norway
GALWAY, IRELAND – 15th September 2009 – The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine, StatoilHydro’s ‘Hywind,’ took to the high seas last week for a […]
UK Conservative Party Ending Onshore Wind Subsidies
The U.K. Conservative Party has finally gone public with a policy many political commentators thought would be coming. They will end all subsidies to onshore […]
What is the Economic Life of an Onshore Wind Turbine?
A study commissioned by the Renewable Energy Foundation has found that the economic life of onshore wind turbines could be far less than that predicted […]