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Drivetrain Technology

The end of this month sees an important conference, to be held in Bremen, Germany from 27 to 29 October, 2014: It is the 5th International Conference on Wind Turbine Drivetrains. What do we mean by the drivetrain for wind turbines? For modern horizontal turbines, the components are as follows: blade or rotor, which converts the… Read the rest

Wind Tower Technology

There was a time when all wind-driven affairs such as windmill sails, were mounted on wide wooden structures- windmills. With the growth of both the number and size of wind turbines over the last forty years, wind towers needed to be strong, durable, easily accessible for maintenance to the nacelle and gears, and not overly expensive.… Read the rest

El Hierro to be powered by100% Renewable Energy

El Hierro is a Spanish-owned island, one of the Canary Islands, off the West Coast of Africa. It is 278.5 square kilometres and was formed approx 1.2 million years ago after three successive eruptions. The island emerged from the ocean with a triangle-shaped top with a volcanic cone more than 2,000 metres high. Despite being formed… Read the rest

Flagging Up the Future of Wind Power?

“You got me flipping like a flag on a pole/Come on baby let the good times roll!” The words of the song were brought to my mind when I came across some interesting research recently. When one thinks of wind energy one thinks of large towering majestic turbines spinning atop hills or in arrays beyond the… Read the rest

$100 billion invested in oil Will not Produce as much Energy as $100 billion invested in Renewable Energy

0 billion invested in oil Will not Produce as much Energy as 0 billion invested in Renewable Energy

Don’t take my word for it! A French investment bank, Kepler Chevreuxhas, has produced a ground-breaking piece of analysis which should have considerable implications for the continued viability of the global oil industry. The investment bank estimates that $100 billion invested in the two key renewable industries; wind energy or solar energy and deployed as energy… Read the rest

Small Scale Wind Turbines and Scotland

While the UK seems to be whipping itself into a frenzied panic about the possibility of Scotland voting itself out of the Union of Scotland England & Wales and becoming an independent country, a news story from Scotland achieved little publicity: Last week Scotland revealed its plans to follow a model for small scale wind turbines.… Read the rest

Eolian Renewable Energy Set Sights on Mount Waldo Again

In the town of Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, Eastern United States, is a small mountain about 1,060 feet (320 m) high. Granite from the surrounding area was once the stock in trade of a thriving industry. Mount Waldo Granite has a coarse-grained texture which gives it a more patchy, mottled look than the finer-grained granites. Although… Read the rest

Turbine Training Time

While most paramedics will seldom need to operate at anything other than street or road level, some could be called upon to care for injured people some way off the ground. Just imagine if you were taken ill as you were inspecting a nacelle some scores of metres off of the ground. Not to worry- there… Read the rest

2013: A Green Year for Britain

It has been revealed from Government statistics just released that the United Kingdom generated almost 15% of its power from renewable sources last year. This represents an increase of almost a third over the previous year, 2012, when just over 11% of power came from renewable sources. A major contribution to the increase in green energy… Read the rest

UK Wind Turbine Record- And the Seals are Loving it!

RenewableUK industry group reported that United Kingdom wind turbines generated a record 22 percent of the country’s electricity on Sunday 17 August 2014, beating the 24-hour record for the second time in the same week. Wind farms produce an average of 5,797 megawatts- enough to power more than 15 million homes at this time of year,… Read the rest