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Three Blades or Two Blades?

Just when we all thought that the three-bladed wind turbine was the industry standard, several major wind-power companies are testing a departure by dropping one of the three blades and spinning the rotor 180 degrees to face downwind. The attraction is that if a two-bladed turbine can produce as much energy as a three-bladed one, the… Read the rest

Wind Turbine Payback: Just 6 Months!

The fossil fuel followers have often said that the carbon cost in manufacturing commercial wind turbines is so great that it takes years, if ever, to recoup that carbon cost from the renewable wind energy produced from the turbines. Not true! A two year comprehensive life-cycle study of two 2 MW turbines has found that the… Read the rest

Everything’s 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 them do we?!). You may already know that Texas is the nation’s largest wind power producer. But it hit a new major high in March when it produced more wind… Read the rest

Vestas 3.3MW Turbines for Izmir Wind Farm in Turkey

Giant Dutch manufacturer Vestas has clinched an order for 33 megawatts of wind turbines for a wind project in Izmir, Turkey. The order for the Fuat RES wind farm will consist of 10 wind turbines that have a power production capacity of 3.3 MW each. The plant is part of a project developed by Borusan EnBW… Read the rest

Should Nuclear Power Share the Stage with Renewables like Wind and Solar Power?

While nuclear power may be a way of weaning us off nasty fossil fuels, should it be getting equal status with “genuine” renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power? A new report published this week thinks not. Let’s look at the much-trumpeted mini nuclear reactors- the Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Small Modular Reactors… Read the rest

Partnership Between Fossil Fuels and Wind Power

You may be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels and renewable energy don’t mix. But a UK company best known for supplying fossil fuel to homes and businesses has attempted a boost to its green credentials by clinching a deal with a United States-based wind turbine maker. Flogas, based in Syston, Leicestershire, is the country’s second-largest… Read the rest

Wind Power and Fashion

Wind power and fashion?? Do you mean to say that tall majestic functional wind turbines are now being seen as not just iconic, but as expressions of fashion? Are we going to have wind-hippy turbine tower-huggers instead of tree-huggers? No. This is a new partnership between what may initially seem unlikely bedfellows: In one corner of… Read the rest

New 170MW Onshore Wind Farm for India

The company Inox Wind (which is a subsidiary of Gujerat Fluorochemicals) has secured a contract to provide wind turbines for an onshore wind farm in the vicinity of Ratlam and Mandasaur districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Inox Wind has a deal (worth around $150m) from Singapore-based company Continuum Wind Energy to provide wind turbines for a… 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 see a 500kw wind turbine- planning permission has already been granted. A second 500kw turbine is planned between Grimethorpe and Cudworth and will be called the Shafton turbine. Grimethorpe colliery… 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 20 years from a wind farm being completed in the Borders. The company will buy 50% of the electricity generated by the 48-turbine Fallago Rig scheme near Lauder, which is… Read the rest