USED WIND TURBINES FOR SALE – Used Wind Generators

Sarah Dinola
Looking for well-priced Used Wind Turbines?   For best-priced Second Hand Wind Turbines from around the world – here! Used Wind Turbines and used Wind Generators from MywindPowerSystem.com. All Major Brands – Best Prices – Reconditioned and Refurbished Wind Turbines are also available under warranty. MyWindPowerSystem can also assist in getting the wind turbine/s you buy… Read the rest

UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts

Sarah Dinola
The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing  £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, boost innovation and bring new products to market. They anticipate that this could help the industry contribute £7bn to the economy and create 30,000 jobs by 2020. The announcement came just as… Read the rest

MAJOR WIND POWER COMPANIES In The World

Colin P
10 major Wind Power Companies in the World   This article provides you with a detailed list and overview of the 10 largest wind power companies in the world.  The first list is the top ten listings sorted by an annual market share in 2011 reported by Cleantech Investor and followed by the top ten listings… Read the rest

European Wind Energy Association Offshore Conference 2015

Sarah Dinola
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)  holds its much-anticipated offshore wind conference in less than two months, in Copenhagen. It will be held at the Bella Centre Copenhagen from 10-12 March. EWEA is the undisputed voice of the European wind industry, whose mission statement is to actively promoting wind power in not just Europe, but worldwide… Read the rest

Drivetrain Technology

Sarah Dinola
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 Conference on Wind Turbine Drivetrains. What do we mean by the drivetrain for wind turbines? For modern horizontal turbines, the components are as follows: blade or rotor, which converts the… Read the rest

Three Blades or Two Blades?

Colin P
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

Plans “Floated” for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm

Colin P
Plans have been unveiled for a floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The Kincardine offshore wind farm is a proposed demonstrator floating project located near Aberdeen, approximately eight miles from the coast. The proposers are called Pilot Offshore Renewables. This is an Aberdeen-based joint venture between an offshore wind developer and consultancy firm MacAskill Associates… Read the rest

UK Needs To Get its Wind Power Act Together!

Colin P
Wind watchers and commentators around the globe have been confused and wrong-footed by the UK Government’s on/off like/dislike  g0/stop attitude to the future of wind farms. Is it any wonder that probable investors in the UK wind industry are reluctant to commit when the UK Government seems to be a dithering headless chicken when it comes… Read the rest

As UK Election Approaches Wind Power Becomes Political Football.

Sarah Dinola
As UK’s coalition Government approaches the end of its tenure, the issue of wind power looks like becoming a key issue for voters. It looks like being a right ding-dong: In the blue corner- the Conservative Party of David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has warned that any move to curb the number of onshore wind farms… Read the rest

Who’s Who in Wind Power: Henrik Stiesdal

Colin P
If you have to ask who is Henrik Stiesdal, then it’s clear you don’t know much about wind power. In Denmark and also around the world, Henrick Stiesdal is revered and admired as a father of the wind industry we see today: The Siemen’s late fifties CTO was making a name for himself a long time… Read the rest