Wind Power

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

[ad] Danish wind manufacturer Vestas is planning to invest  $380m in Gujarat, Kutch - India. The world's number one wind power solutions provider Vestas is increasing its installed capacity in Gujarat after the third largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, Suzlon Energy, has already decided to expand the capacity of its wind farm in Kutch. Vestas has already got a wind power generation capacity of 60 Mw in Gujarat. "Vestas is planning to install another 250 Mw capacity in Kutch in the next one ... Read More

[ad] Wind Turbines Manufacturers and Wind Turbines Companies are listed here in alphabetical order. A comprehensive list of all world wide major Wind Turbines manufacturers and companies with links to their home page. The listed manufacturers and companies are specialists in the wind energy and wind power manufacturing sector producing horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) as well as vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT). Wind turbine designs have undergone dramatic changes since the first windmill structure invented in 1888 by Charles F. Brush's which ... Read More

[ad] World Wind Maps - Wind Atlases of the World. This article provides you with essential links to world wide wind maps. The maps contain data on the wind speed and wind direction in a region. Typically, a climatological wind atlas covers hourly averages at a standard height (10 meter) over even longer periods (30 years). You can make use of a wind atlas when you are looking into pre-selecting wind farm sites. The wind atlas methodology and has been applied in more than 100 countries and territories around the ... Read More

    [ad] How to buy a wind turbine - important hints and tips! Buying a wind turbine or wind generator can be very difficult. Especially when you are considering to purchase a larger wind turbine system to achieve excess electricity to sell back to the grid. Whether you’re looking for a small wind turbine, residential turbine, an industrial mega watt turbine or an entire wind farm, we’re here to help. We want to make sure that you buy the right wind turbine delivering you the right ... Read More

[ad] How to sell electricity back to the grid? A detailed guide to selling electricity back to your local utility and how to make a profit with a larger sized wind turbine installed on your private land. What is the right size wind turbine and what do I need to do? We have three topics for which we receive questions nearly every day and basically the topics are always of one and the same nature: • Selling power back to the grid • Selling energy ... Read More

Jay says it right: "Every couple of month something new and exciting comes out..." This is the MagWind from Enviro-Energies. It magnetically levitates and starts with almost no wind! Same Turbine on Ed Begley's house. Jay has so far cut his elecrtical bill by 2/3! Read More

[ad] Used wind Turbines and used Wind Generators from MywindPowerSystem.com. We are proud to announce the launch of the world's first public 'Renewable Energy Marketplace' for new and used wind turbines, solar power systems, jobs in the wind energy sector, wind turbine spare parts and accesories, land for wind farm or solar farms. MyWindPowerSystem's classified ads section is dedicated to and specialized in the renewable energy sector. Your one stop shop for all your requirements to sell and buy new and used wind energy ... Read More

[ad] 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 two-year trial that will lead to wind turbines that can be deployed in much deeper waters than currently possible. Is the future of wind power floating off the Norwegian coast? Floating wind towers may someday allow turbines to be installed far offshore out of view from land, outside shipping lanes and where ocean winds are strongest. The primary intention ... Read More