Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available

Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available
4 x General Electric – GE 1.5 S Wind Turbine –  For Sale 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 the truck   There… Read the rest

Storing Green Energy

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 100% all-year-round electricity generation.  While batteries can be used to store energy generated while the waves are high, the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, they have been inefficient… Read the rest

UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts

UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts
The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing  £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, boost innovation and bring new products to market. They anticipate that this could help the industry contribute £7bn to the economy and create 30,000 jobs by 2020. The announcement came just as… Read the rest

Pellworm, the Greenest Island?

Pellworm, the Greenest Island?
Pellworm is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea Coast of Germany. It is tiny- its area is 37  square kilometres and its permanent population is just over 1000 souls (and about 1000 sheep). Small and insignificant? No! When it comes to renewable energy, has long been ahead of its time. This Sleepy… Read the rest

The World’s Most Powerful Turbine

The World’s Most Powerful Turbine
Veterans of the wind power industry, Vestas, have been showing off their new super-turbine which is reckoned to be the most powerful yet seen. It’s the Vestas V 164-8.0. How come? It’s the combination of an 8MW power-rating and a 164-metre rotor diameter. That will make the V164-8.0 the world’s most powerful turbine to date. Everything… Read the rest

Abengoa to Build New Wind Farm in Uruguay

Abengoa to Build New Wind Farm in Uruguay
The Spanish energy company Abengoa announced in the last few days that it had a contract to build a 70 megawatt wind farm worth an estimated $165 million in Uruguay. The wind farm will be built in Palomas, Uruguay and the energy it produces will meet the demands of 100,000npeople and prevent the emissions of more… Read the rest

Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.

Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.
While no one can claim that the last two or three years of recession have been a boom time for the wind industry with turbine manufacturers laying off workers and plants closing, the second-hand market for wind turbines has not been as hard hit. And with a general upturn in wind’s fortunes predicted there has been… Read the rest

Vestas in “Plug and Play” Offshore Installation Innovation

Vestas in “Plug and Play” Offshore Installation Innovation
The Danish company Vestas has pre-assembled and supplied  V112 3MW turbines to the Swedish Karehamn offshore wind farm, something the manufacturer describes as a “milestone”. Why? Because the sixteen turbines were assembled at a new facility at Esbjerg harbour, Denmark. Under this new system, the nacelles (gear housing)  arrive at the port with the hub and… Read the rest

Green Google

Green Google
Google this: Spinning Spur Wind Project, Oldham County, Texas. You’ll see that the company famous for its ubiquitous search engine has purchased a 200 million dollar stake in this 161 Megawatt wind farm in West Texas. The farm has 70 turbines and produces energy sufficient to satisfy the needs of 60,000 homes. The wind farm started… Read the rest

The World’s Biggest Turbine

The World’s Biggest Turbine
Is there going to be a limit to how large wind turbines are going to get? Or will there come a point where despite the lightness of the material used for the blades, and the efficiency of the gearbox, the law of diminishing returns sets in, and it becomes too expensive to manufacture, transport to site,… Read the rest