Alternative Energy – Page 4 of 6

We hear a lot about those who profess green credentials yet when it comes to siting a wind turbine they cry “Not In My Back Yard!” … Read the rest..

Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Acquire Wind Farm Sites in the UK

RES took over the Bransford Bridge wind farm near Rugby in the English Midlands earlier this year. They have now also purchased Brown’s Holt wind farm… Read the rest..

Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.

While no one can claim that the last two or three years of recession have been a boom time for the wind industry with turbine manufacturers… Read the rest..

European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner

After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex, and Gamesa appear set for… Read the rest..

Panama to get first Wind Farm in 2014

Goldwind USA Inc. announced last week that the company had secured a $71 million project financing deal for a 55MW project in Panama. This will form… Read the rest..

Prairie Chickens Safer Near Wind Farms

The effect of wind turbines on wildlife can cause anxiety to those with green credentials. However the greater prairie chicken, a wild inhabitant of the United… Read the rest..

IKEA add New Wind Farm to their Renewable Portfolio

The closest you’ll get to wind power as you walk around any Ikea store is a free-standing floor fan. But the successful Scandinavian furniture producer and… Read the rest..

Significant Wind and Solar Power Growth seen in 2012

Despite the glocal recession solar and wind renewable energy continued to grow last year. according to recently released figures from the Worldwatch Research Institiute. Solar power… Read the rest..

Germany: Very Much Pro-Wind and Anti-Nuclear

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, rejection of nuclear power has become a cross-party consensus in Germany. That is most unusual compared to other European countries: Most… Read the rest..

Hydrochina to Install Pakistan’s Third Wind Farm

Hydrochina will install 12 2.5MW wind turbines in the Tapal project in the north-east of Sindh province, 150 kilometers from Karachi. Hydrochina is a subsidiary of… Read the rest..

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