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Jordan to have New Wind Farm in Tafilah

Tafilah is a Governorate in southern Jordan, with its capital At-Tafilah located 183 kilometers southwest of Amman. It is to be the location for Jordan’s first large-scale renewable energy venture in Jordan, to be known as the JWPC Tafila WindFarm. Over 75% of the finance is coming from some interesting sources- within a framework of the… Read the rest

Compensation for Bird Deaths: The Hypocrisy

In the first case of its kind, a large energy company has pleaded guilty to killing birds at its large wind turbine farms in Wyoming and has agreed to pay $1 million as a penalty. The fossil fuel lobby are laughing all the way to the bank. Other law-suites are pending for deaths of birds, bats… Read the rest

“Caught by the Wind”: The Henk Lagerweij Story- So Far!

Introduction While the world of wind power may have its fair share of superb businessmen, entrepreneurs, innovators and “movers & shakers” there can be few whose career in wind has been as interesting as Henk Lagerweij (seen on the right in the pictire above receiving certification for the L82 turbine). He is the Dutch whizz-kid and… Read the rest

Furniture and Turbines Do Go Together!

We reported a few months ago about IKEA’s interest and investment in wind energy: . It seems that it wasn’t just a flash in the pan… Ikea’s has made another wind farm purchase just three months after the last. How long before each Ikea furniture store has a signature turbine in blue and yellow on its… Read the rest

Gigha Watts Wind Energy to be Stored

The aptly named Scottish island of Gigha is going to be the centre of an experiment which aims to crack one of the major tecnological problems associated with wind power; how to store it. This attempt at a practical solution involves building giant batteries holding 75,000 litres of H2SO4-sulphuric acid mixed with vanadium pentoxide. It’s a… Read the rest

The Transformation of Samso Island

Where is Samso? It’s a small island of just over 4000 people off the coast of Denmark (9 miles off the Jutland peninsula) which used to have potatoes as it’s main export. These days it is wind-generated p0wer. It’s a remarkable story. It also has a remarkable history: It witnessed a battle in Viking times between,… Read the rest

The Future is Wind

Two important documents set out a future for wind that is challenging and exciting. The first is called “Going for Green Growth” by the EU Ministerial Green Growth Group which comprises of European cabinet ministers responsible for energy and climate change. In it they set out a collective vision for a low carbon economy. Green Growth… Read the rest

World Wind Industry Threatened by US Shale Gas Exports

The setting was the Cape Town International Convention, South Africa. The occasion was Windaba 2013, the third wind industry conference presented by the SA Wind Energy Association and the Global Wind Energy Council. The speaker was Steve Sawyer, Secretary-General of the GWEC. In an opening speech defininitely to make one sit up and take notice he… Read the rest

Britain Playing Grid Catch-Up

A failure to invest in Britain’s 70 year old grid has meant that the boom in its wind power electricty generation is not being taken full advantage of. Many of the companies who are investing in or building the 6,500 offshore turbines say that a “super-grid” is needed to connect with Europe and make sure that… Read the rest

The Voices of Wind Farm Hosts Down Under

When it comes to opinions and debate about wind power, we usually get the pro-lobby arguing against the frackers, the NIMBYs and the Fossil Fuel lobby. But one set of voices is often absent in the mix. The voices of those who have experience of hosting wind turbines on their lands and properties. One would have… Read the rest