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Texas City to be 100% Renewable by 2017

Georgetown, Texas, United States of America. Once in the middle of the oil boom State in the twentieth century. But by 2017 the city of 54,000 people aims to be 100% powered by renewable energy thanks to a deal with SunEdison. Just shows how the times they are-a-changing (as Bob Dylan sings). The renewable power… Read the rest

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

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

Spotlight on Gamesa

La Plana wind farm It was back in 1994 that Gamesa commenced the engineering, design, manufacturing, and sale of wind turbines. Two years later saw the start-up of the development, construction, and sale of wind farms in Aragon with the La Plana III wind farm development. They also managed the El Perdón wind farm, located in… Read the rest

Steve Sawyer, the Global Wind Energy Council and Lima

In an interview given to the influential magazine Recharge earlier this month, Steve Sawyer, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) secretary-general said: ‘We are already seeing conflicts over resources, and it just gets ugly very quickly. I really think we are teetering on the edge of climate wars. Strong stuff indeed. But there is hope and… Read the rest

Shock! Horror! UK Wind Turbines are sometimes Powered by the Grid!

In a series of articles in certain areas of the UK media (essentially the usual anti-wind Not in My Back Yard suspects) it has been “revealed” that wind turbines take, rather than contribute, power from the National Grid. Cue the usual semi-hysterical scribblings of the wind-watch hacks venting their spleens in mock indignation that wind farms… Read the rest

News Press Release – GREEN WIND ENERGY LIMITED – Northern Ireland 2015

In the world of wind energy, big isn’t necessarily beautiful. While the EON’s, EDF’s or RWE’s of the electricity wind energy market may seem to be the giants in terms of turnover, there’s a small family run company on the up-and-coming in Northern Ireland that is making waves and earning an enviable reputation. That company… Read the rest

The United States and Offshore Wind Power

Why is it, when other countries, such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany, have built massive turbine farms off their coastlines in the past few decades, the United States has no operational offshore wind farms? The US clearly embraces wind and has a plethora of onshore wind farms sprinkled all over its states. Look… Read the rest

Rockefellers Abandon Oil, Gas and Coal in Favour of Cleaner Energy

In a move that is likely to have massive (positive) ramifications, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, built with profits from their great-grandfather’s Standard Oil Co., is selling investments in the fossil fuel industry in a move to put pressure companies that are adding to climate change. They are, US newspapers claim, getting out of “Big Oil” the… Read the rest

Nordex and Vestas News

Poland will see 15 of Nordex’s N100/2500 turbines at the Orla development. The first nine of these machines will be installed within weeks, with commissioning due as early as December this year. Orla is being developed by Nordex’s development arm, making it the first project realised by Nordex in Poland. The wind farm is owned by… Read the rest