Underground Wind Energy Storage

Underground Wind Energy Storage
While wind power is one of the greenest renewable energies around, the wind doesn’t blow continuously at an optimum speed for offshore or onshore wind turbines.  That means sometimes no energy is being generated and added to the grid. But an equal issue is that when you have a period of optimum wind, it is difficult… Read the rest

A Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine!

A Hydrogen-filled Wind Turbine!
In Ontario, Canada, the company “LTA Windpower is developing a revolutionary type of wind turbine. In fact, it’s not really correct to describe it as a turbine at all. It’s more like a blimp with two spinning propellers. It’s called the PowerShip. oh, and it’s filled with hydrogen gas. Yep, the one that’s very inflammable and… Read the rest

Great Expectations for North Sea Wind Power

Great Expectations for North Sea Wind Power
The renewable UK, the UK renewable industry group, considers that the East of England could become a hub for trade in renewable energy with Scandinavian countries if the proper regulations are drawn up and put in place. RenewableUK has voiced its hopes that a North Sea report by the UK Parliament’s second chamber, the House of… Read the rest

WIND TURBINES DESIGNS – The World’s Most Amazing Windmills Designs

WIND TURBINES DESIGNS – The World’s Most Amazing Windmills Designs
A journey through the evolution of the most spectacular wind turbines designs in the world Looking for an environmentally friendly energy source while looking gracious, aesthetic and beautiful? This article is a journey through the evolution of the most spectacular WIND TURBINES DESIGNS in the world. The answer is blowing in the wind! Wind turbines float… Read the rest

The End for Mechanical Gearboxes?

The End for Mechanical Gearboxes?
Turbines are big sturdy beasts. They should be robust and able to stand a lot of what the elements can throw at them. But even the best of them needs maintenance from time to time.  And then there’s the unexpected freak gust of wind.   An unexpected gust can stress the mechanical gearbox of the turbine… Read the rest

What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??

What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??
Does it sound like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. The Suction Bucket Jacket is something that could profoundly affect the offshore wind industry. DONG Energy has collaborated with the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) to bring about an innovative and… Read the rest

Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available

Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available
4 x General Electric – GE 1.5 S Wind Turbine –  For Sale With more than 5,000 units in operation worldwide, GE’s 1.5 MW turbine continues to be one of the world’s most widely used wind turbines in its class. Offers in the region of $750,000 per unit / dismantled and loaded onto the truck   There… Read the rest

VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?

VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?
In the last few days, the official debut of a new vertical axis micro wind turbine was launched.  It’s a  new addition to the UGE (formerly Urban Green Energy) portfolio of turbines.  It’s called the “VisionAIR3″ and is a ramped-up, high-efficiency version of the company’s earlier micro-vertical axis wind turbine models. in 2012 UGE  partnered with… Read the rest