Wind Power

Google's diversification strategy is on full course and now the internet search giant, who has previously expanded into telecommunication, maps and browsers, the ocean and the stars, has invested $39m (£25.6m) in two North Dakota wind farms. This is Googles frist direct investment into a large scale green project.  The windfarms are to genererate electricity for 55,000 homes. The move is a shift in strategy for Google, which previously sought to invest in renewable energy via start-ups. Rick Needham, Google's green business operations manager, said: "To reach ... Read More

If you're not sure whether you should or should not invest into wind power then here are some facts that may swing the vote for you. In 2007, Energias de Portugal, the national utility, bought Horizon Wind Energy from Goldman Sachs for $2.15 billion — the highest price ever paid for a wind-only company. And Spanish company Acciona acquired rights to about 1,300 MW of wind farms in the Midwest. November 2009  - China marched into Texas with $1.5 billion for a 600+ megawatt wind ... Read More

A study comissioned by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has concluded that the increased usage of wind power is to reduce wholesale slot prices. The report estimates that wind energy can reduce prices by between €3 and €23 (£2.60 and £19.90) per megawatt hour.  The report states that increased penetration of wind power reduces wholesale spot prices. For a full copy of the Wind Energy and Electricity Prices Report click here. Christian Kjaer, chief executive of EWEA, urged consumers to include more wind ... Read More

Taiwan currently relies on coal for more than 40 percent of its electricity. It has just published figures stating it aims to boost its wind-power capacity eightfold in the next 20 years to help reduce carbon emissions. This new government target has been set to increase Taiwan’s installed wind-power capacity to 3,150 megawatts by 2030 from just 372 megawatts currently. The figures are published on the the Ministry of Economic Affairs Web site. One megawatt is enough to supply an average 800 U.S. ... Read More

The GWEC said on Monday that the world can expect a rise in wind power capacity by 160% over the next 5 years. The Global Wind Energy Council said that China is leading the low carbon power push. In its annual forecast on the wind power sector, GWEC said it expected installed wind capacity to reach 409 gigawatts (gw) by 2014, up from 158.5 gw at the end of 2010. "Even in the face of a global recession and financial crisis, wind energy continues ... Read More

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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

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