Wind Power

All 11 units in top condition 5 units are build in 2003 – still in operation in Germany and can be viewed while operating – all of these 5 units have new gearboxes $2.3m USD per unit -Transformers included – dismantled and loaded onto truck 6 units from 2003/2004 – $1.625m USD per unit – not dismantled yet – Transformers included, price includes also dismantling and loading onto truck. VIEW THE ENTIRE LISTING IN THE WIND POWER MARKETPLACE Read More

4 x General Electric – Used Wind Turbines – GE 1.5 S Wind Turbine -  For Sale – Available in Q2′2010 With more than 5,000 units in operation worldwide, GE’s 1.5 MW turbine continues to be one of the world’s most widely used wind turbines in its class. Offers in the region of $750,000 per unit / dismantled and loaded onto truck There are 4 complete units with 63m Towers available in Q2′2010 * Year of build: 2003 * All in good condition and currently still in ... Read More

ONE OFF OPPORTUNITY!!! MASSIVE PRICE REDUCTION! 18 x NedWind 500kW for only $50,000 each! These turbines have now been reduced by a massive $80,000 down from $130,000 to only  $50,000 each to enable a quick sale. First installed in December 2000, these machines are only 9 years old and in working order. Full Service history for each machine available - Spare parts included! Start your own wind farm! Become a private, small-scale Energy Tycoon and sell back electricity to the grid! Or purchase to sell on with ... Read More

Wind Energy associations around the globe admitting the fact that the amount of  people making enquiries into setting up private up wind farms is on the rise. In most cases they own land with average or high wind speeds lucrative enough to harvest. Even average cases can generate substantial income. Most energy retailers are willing to by wind energy to increase their green energy quota and are able to market their energy “greener” to their customers. [caption id="attachment_2268" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="British Gas' Electricity Campaign"][/caption] It ... Read More

As fast as there are positive reports about alternative energy, particularly wind energy, out come the opponents with negative news, be it frozen turbines or that wind power simply don't work. Most of it actually is rubbish and one only has to take a look at successful wind farm installations, plenty of which are personal, to find out how favorable they are. Here's a list of facts everybody should now about wind power : The world has an abundance of wind.  In theory wind ... Read More

In response to last nights ABC News Report sponsored by American University , which featured accusations on how the Obama administration's Recovery Act was used to ship jobs abroad, Liz Salerno, from the American Wind Energy Association, dishes up the real facts: Quote The article and report from ABC World News omitted some major facts: 100% of stimulus dollars going to the wind energy industry have gone to developers of wind projects constructed and operated in the U.S. Rather than shipping jobs overseas, as ... Read More

NV Energy will purchase electricity from a wind farm proposed for eastern Nevada, the company announced today. The utility has agreed to purchase 150 megawatts of electricity from wind developer Pattern Energy, which has an 8,500-acre wind farm planned for land 30 miles east of Ely. The project is proposed for Bureau of Land Management land and is in the environmental assessment stage of permitting. The company plans to break ground this fall and deliver electricity by fall 2011. The project will employ more ... Read More

FRENCHGLEN, Ore. — Ruggedly beautiful Steens Mountain stands in an area of southeast Oregon so isolated that it's barely changed since cattle king Pete French arrived in the late 1800s. Coyotes yelp at sundown. Drivers are so few that they wave to each other as they pass. Campers, hunters and bird-watchers trek from across the state to breathe in the majestic emptiness and to gaze from the Steens summit across a seemingly endless tapestry of high desert and open range. The scenery will ... Read More

Wind power on the rise, China taking the lead again! China has added thirteen thousand MW of wind energy capacity in 2009, accounting for just over a 3rd of the 37,466 MW added in the year. India occupied the 5th slot in capacity addition during 2009. According to the Global Wind Energy Council, wind energy capacity grew by 31 % in the year, taking installed capacity to 157,899 MW. The change in energy policies and energies role in economic recovery ... Read More

Approximitely fifty farmers and property owners from northwards Benton County  are considering to bring a 300 megawatts wind farm onto their twelve thousand acres. The idea is spearheaded by dairy and chicken farmer Mark Chamberlin, who has been looking at the possibility for over 5 years. Wind levels are substantial in northwards Benton County, similar to those near wind farms in southwest Missouri. Innitially the proposals are looking at 125 wind turbines in the north part of the county, generating up to three hundred ... Read More

[ad] HYDORELECTRIC DAMS Hydroelectric dams produce electricity by using dammed water to turn turbines. By opening the dam’s sluices, falling water then turns propeller-like turbines, which then turns metal shafts in electric generators. It is the motor that produces electricity. In this case the energy extracted from the water depends on the volume and on the difference in height between the source and the water's outflow. Hydroelectricity produced by Hydroelectric dams is the most widely used form of renewable energy. Once a hydroelectric complex is ... Read More

A damming report by the engineer Prof Dough King has been published in th UK. Professor King is speaking out against rooftop turbines. In his report he states that rooftop wind turbines in the UK are little more then “Eco Bling” and those big enough likely to produce enough energy  would damage the structure of a house through extensive vibration. It is fair to say that badly installed rooftop turbines don’t produce energy and judging by what we have seen popping up in UK urban areas we agree with the report. Take for ... Read More

Commercial Grade Wind Turbines often reach innitial life spans of 20 years when they are being well looked after.  That is however often not the end of a Wind Turbine. On the contrary; a wind turbine can get a new lease of life through professional refurbishment, often adding another 20+ years of life.  A refurbished wind turbine can qualify for new warranties and therefore often qualifies for state incentives or government grants such as a new wind turbine would. During a refurbishement a Wind Turbine is stripped to its bare ... Read More

The brand new wind farm, which because of the winter darkness could only be build during the summer months, has just gone live, feeding electricity at full time. The farm consists of 3 Wind Turbines generating up to 1MW of power. It is likely to cut diesel use by 120,000 Gallons and reduce carbon dioxide by 1,370 tonnes annually, turbing the Antarctica at least virtually green. The Wind Turbines have been manufactured by Enercon, Make/Model E333. Click this link to find the best collection of Alternative ... Read More

[ad]     A super sized wind farm contract has been awarded in the UK. The wind farm is to be located off the East Yorkshire coast and will provide four-per-cent of all electricity demand in the UK. The Hornsea zone, to be built off the Hornsea coast, will generate 3,000 mega watts and power three million homes. The Hornsea zone is one of nine offshore wind farms, part of a $162bn project to build up to 5,000 giant wind turbines around Britain's coast. One of the companies ... Read More

[ad] A complete Wind Turbine Glossary listing all major parts and components of an industrial wind turbine.     Anemometer: Measures the wind speed and transmits wind speed data to the controller.    Blades: Most turbines have either two or three blades. Wind blowing over the blades causes the blades to "lift" and rotate. Brake: A disc brake which can be applied mechanically, electrically, or hydraulically to stop the rotor in emergencies. Controller: The controller starts up the machine at wind speeds of about 8 to ... Read More

[ad] 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 announced last Wednesday that German company Nordwind Handels GmbH & Co. ordered 40 V90 turbines for installation in eastern Germany. Each turbine has a capacity of 2 MW. The contract includes delivery, installation and commissioning as well as a 10-year service agreement, the company said. "Installation of the turbines will start during the fourth quarter of 2010 and the project ... Read More

[ad] An extensive list of the Top Wind Energy Companies, Wind Energy Developers and other Wind Energy Resources. This list is helpful for individuals who are either interested in developing a wind farm or want to get in contact with wind energy companies or wind energy developers to lease back their land for wind farm construction. Many people wonder how they can get a developer to come put up turbines on their land. In most cases, the developer approaches the landowner, not the other way ... Read More

[ad] BEIJING - China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world's biggest makers of wind turbines - a cornerstone of the booming clean power business - but is unknown outside its home country. By Joe McDonald - Associated Press - Goldwind aims to change that. In a Minnesota farmer's cornfield, the company is erecting three 20-story-tall windmills in its first American project and hopes it will help to woo other buyers. "There are a lot of leads and we are following them ... Read More

[ad] By Poornima Gupta - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Technology giant Intel Corporation is seeing big opportunities in wind forecasting for power generation, and in information management for electric vehicles, John Skinner, Intel's director of marketing for its Eco-Technology division said on Tuesday. Intel already sells microprocessors to wind turbine manufacturers and this would be an expansion of that business. Adoption of wide-scale wind power would rely on accurate forecasting, such as when the wind would blow and how fast, he said. "There's a lot ... Read More

[ad] ALTERNATIVE ENERGY - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY – THE FACTS – A process called Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the heat energy stored in the Earth's oceans to generate electricity. OTEC works best when the temperature difference between the warmer, top layer of the ocean and the colder, deep ocean water is about 20°C (36°F). These conditions exist in tropical coastal areas, roughly between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. To bring the cold water to the surface, OTEC plants require ... Read More

    [ad] By Camille Ricketts - Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence felt in the wind business, winning six contracts to build 565-megawatts worth of wind turbines, valued at more than $900 million. About 250 of the turbines will be installed in Ontario Canada, with the other 750 (enough to power 170,000 homes) destined for wind farms in California, Oklahoma, Washington and Wyoming (for a project owned and operated by Duke Energy). Having first entered the wind market five years ago, Siemens is steadily climbing ... Read More