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Wind versus Fracking: The Debate Continues…

In a carefully calculated move to switch opposition to fracking to opposition to wind turbines the UK energy department’s recently-gone chief scientific advisor has claimed that a wind farm requires 700 times more land to produce the same amount of energy as a fracking site. Prof David MacKay, pictured right in the picture above, stood down… 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

Scotland Commissions Study into Wind Turbine “Sickness”

There are numerous independent reports debunking so called wind turbine sickness. While the visual impact of living too close to an operating wind turbine are understood, the more esoteric claims of headaches, sleep deprivation and effects on livestock breeding have almost always been found to be false. So it’s somewhat surprising that one of the most… Read the rest

Green Investment Bank Plans to Get the Wind Up!

The government’s Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank (Gib) has announced plans to raise £1bn to encourage new investors to put money into offshore wind farms. The bank has said that it is seeking long-term investors for a fund that will be managed by a subsidiary. That subsidiary would buy equity stakes in wind farms already in operation.… Read the rest

New Wind Power Projects Approved for Scotland

Scottish ministers have approved two wind farm projects that together could provide power to more than 100,000 homes. One is a 54-turbine extension to the existing SSE Clyde wind farm in South Lanarkshire: The extension to the Clyde wind farm, which is located to the east of Abington, will generate up to an additional 171MW, enough… Read the rest

North Myrtle Beach, California to be Home for new Wind Farms

South Carolina’s North Myrtle Beach is soon to become a significant home for wind farms. South Carolina’s growing wind power industry will take a significant step forward this September when the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identifies the offshore tracts available for lease to wind power farms. The potential for South Carolina to grasp… Read the rest

Lost in Translation

There’s nothing more likely to cause consternation and confusion that a bungled translation. When I was a representative of the UK at the International Radio Frequency Registration Board a few years back in Geneva, a very fast speaking Indian caused mayhem when the translators couldn’t keep up and try to put their own interpretation on what… Read the rest

Vestas to Supply Turbines for Minnesota Wind Project

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has clinched an order from Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. to supply 166 megawatts worth of wind turbines for a wind project in Minnesota, United States. The 166 MW will be formed from 83 Vestas V100-2.o MW turbines (see picture below). The 166 MW-worth of turbines will be used for the 200… Read the rest

Trairí II Project, Brazil: Wind Turbines Announced

While we all may be gripped in World Cup Fever in Brazil, wind project deals stop for no-one, not even the semi-finals. It has just been announced that Alstom have signed a contract with Brazil’s largest private power generator, Tractebel Energia Brasil to supply 36 ECO 122 wind turbines tom the Trairí II project; a wind… Read the rest

Pupil-Power!

Grassfield High School is a “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) school in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. Partly to help students study how a wind turbine works and partly to help power the school a wind turbine is being erected near to the school grounds. There are already some turbines near the school’s bus park (see… Read the rest