Sarah Dinola, Author at Green Energy News

German Renewable Energy Act Changes Will Seriously Affect the Second-Hand Wind Turbine Market

Changes to Germany’s EEG (Renewable Sources Energy Act- Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – EEG), due to come in on 1 August this year, are going to have a significant… Read the rest..

Australia Turns its Back on Wind

Australia’s Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous Australian Labor government. Tony Abbott, whose Liberal-National… Read the rest..

Everything Bigger in Texas- Including the Wind!

Texas. The lone star state. Home of the Alamo, the huge ten-gallon cowboy hat, massive steers and huge oil wells (but we don’t like talking about… Read the rest..

Green Light for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms is now set to be built off the coast of East Anglia, England, after the government gave the… Read the rest..

From Coal to Wind- Small Investors Welcomed!

Former coal collieries in England are about to have new life breathed in them. At Duckmanton near Chesterfield, the site of the former Markham Colliery will… Read the rest..

BT Buys 50% Output from Scottish Wind Farm

BT, the giant communication company, has agreed a £300m deal to buy enough energy to meet the needs of all its Scottish operations for the next… Read the rest..

GE Win Contract for 400MW Texas Wind Farm

New Generation Power Texas (a diversified global developer, investor, owner and operator of energy infrastructure assets in the areas of Utility Scale Power Generation) has signed… Read the rest..

Germany Wind Turbine Manufacturers Setting Sights on South Africa

A number of German wind turbine manufacturers and service providers are now focusing on the South African wind energy market. They are keen to establish affiliations… Read the rest..

Businesses See Sense in Wind Power Investment

A few weeks ago the Scandinavian home furnishing colossus, Ikea, announced plans to build a wind farm on property it owns in Illinois. This is just… Read the rest..

Farmers for Wind

I have seen many an article supposedly penned by a farmer that rails against the installation of onshore wind turbines on their land. When you do… Read the rest..