Green Energy News

Canadian Health Study Finds no link between and Adverse Health Effects

A Health Canada study has found no link between exposure to wind turbine noise and negative health effects in people. While the closer people lived to… Read the rest..

In a Small Rural Corner of England, Wind Power is Enthusiastically Embraced

You can’t get more rural than the village of Gorran High Lanes, Cornwall, South West England. If you believe the British press and fossil fuel lobby,… Read the rest..

United Kingdom Produces More Power from Wind than from Nuclear Power Stations

Before we all get too excited about the headline, I should say that this achievement was only managed for one day. Earlier this week, for one… Read the rest..

Google Flying a Kite?

Google, a company that has long championed renewable energy, is looking closely at the possibility of conventional wind farms with tall wind turbines being replaced by… Read the rest..

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… 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… 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… Read the rest..

The United States and Offshore Wind Power

Why is it, when other countries, such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany, have built massive turbine farms off their coastlines in the past… 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… Read the rest..

Rockefellers Abandon Oil, Gas and Coal in Favour of Cleaner Energy

In a move that is likely to have massive (positive) ramifications, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, built with profits from their great-grandfather’s Standard Oil Co., is selling… Read the rest..