Sarah Dinola, Author at Green Energy News

Can You be a YIMBY?

We hear a lot about those who profess green credentials yet when it comes to siting a wind turbine they cry “Not In My Back Yard!” … Read the rest..

Higher and Higher

We’ve become used to Chinese renewable energy companies pushing boundaries. After becoming the world leader in solar energy, the country has just built the world’s highest… Read the rest..

European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner

After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex, and Gamesa appear set for… Read the rest..

Vestas Turbines for Ukraine Wind Power Plants

The Danish wind turbine giant,Vestas, announced this week that they had secured a firm and unconditional order for a total of 21 MW of turbines from… Read the rest..

IKEA add New Wind Farm to their Renewable Portfolio

The closest you’ll get to wind power as you walk around any Ikea store is a free-standing floor fan. But the successful Scandinavian furniture producer and… Read the rest..

Britains Booming Wind Farm Construction

It was confirmed last week that construction of one of Britain’s biggest onshore windfarms will begin next year, 2014, and should be completed in 2 years.… Read the rest..

Check Out Czech Plans for Renewables 2014

High on a wind turbine, hidden amongst the cherry orchards and the wheat fields of Eastern Czech Republic, is a painting of a raven with a… Read the rest..

India’s Wind Prediction Directive will Harm Industry

India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission imposed an order this month requiring wind farms to predict electricity output one day ahread. Does that seem to be a… Read the rest..

Germany: Very Much Pro-Wind and Anti-Nuclear

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, rejection of nuclear power has become a cross-party consensus in Germany. That is most unusual compared to other European countries: Most… Read the rest..

Golden Age Coming for East Coast United States Offshore Wind?

It seems a match made in wind heaven: The Atlantic winds blow strong and regular against the East Coast of the States. Offshore wind harvested there… Read the rest..