The World’s Most Powerful Turbine

Colin P
Veterans of the wind power industry, Vestas, have been showing off their new super-turbine which is reckoned to be the most powerful yet seen. It’s the Vestas V 164-8.0. How come? It’s the combination of an 8MW power-rating and a 164-metre rotor diameter. That will make the V164-8.0 the world’s most powerful turbine to date. Everything… 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

Africa Moves towards a Green and Vibrant Future.

Sarah Dinola
Africa is the poorest continent on our planet. In a recent analysis and assessment, it was concluded that the most efficient way of moving Africa from being a collection of developing countries to a coherent and vibrant set of strong economies was by the use of renewable energy and not fossil fuels.  The latter would actually… Read the rest

News Press Release – GREEN WIND ENERGY LIMITED – Northern Ireland 2015

Colin P
  In the world of wind energy, big isn’t necessarily beautiful.  While the EON’s, EDF’s or  RWE’s of the electricity wind energy market may seem to be the giants in terms of turnover,  there’s a  small family run company on the up-and-coming in Northern Ireland that is making waves  and earning an enviable reputation.  That company… Read the rest

Canadian Health Study Finds no link between and Adverse Health Effects

Sarah Dinola
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 wind turbines, the more irritated they became with the nuisance of the noise, Health Canada concluded in their Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study that wind turbine noise did not… 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

A Visit to Two Wind Farms

Sarah Dinola
Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the superb unspoilt Edwardian seaside town of Southwold, famous for its beach huts and lighthouse, I decided to visit a couple of wind farms. One was Scroby sands, near Great Yarmouth reached by boat from Southwold Harbour, the other an… 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

The Most Powerful Turbine Award 2014 Goes Too…..

Colin P
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas is planning to create and market the world’s largest wind turbine. Its first 8-MW prototype began generating power at the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild. Here it is being assembled at the site: We’ve come a long way since the first 450-kW offshore wind turbine was… Read the rest

Focus on Finland

Sarah Dinola
Vestas have won its largest ever wind  turbine order in Finland. It will be a 99MW project using the Vestas V126-3.3MW turbines (see picture below) with their “Large Diameter Steel Tower” technology. The contract was awarded by Finnish developer TuuliWatti Oy, and is one of the biggest ever seen in Finland. It begins with the 73… Read the rest