Wind Power

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] 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

This article shows a high quality video animation explaining in an easy to understand demonstration and language how wind power actually works. Great and usefull high level information for the excited newcomer to wind power. [ad] 1.) Modern wind turbines start generating electricity at a wind speed of approximately 9mph. As wind speed increases so does electrical output. At storm force over 55mph, they cut out to prevent damage to the turbine 2.) A Yaw Drive turns the turbine to face directly into the wind. ... Read More

Countries like the UK have and advantage, they are very windy and wind has the potential to meet the UK's power demands three times over. If the UK would use its coastline for offshore wind power generation it could have a constant supply of non polluting energy. But wind energy will still have to be supplemented by other energy sources such as solar power or biofuels because the strength of wind is variable and the national grid requires a steady and constant ... Read More