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Can You be a YIMBY?

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!” NIMBYs. But what if you want to be a YIMBY and say “Yes, In My Back Yard!” Small wind energy is renewable, non-polluting, and, in the right circumstances, can save… 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 near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and Woolfox wind farm in Rutland. The previous owners, SSE, had previously proposed to site 17 turbines at Brown’s Holt and up to 22 turbines at Woolfox,… 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 laying off workers and plants closing, the second-hand market for wind turbines has not been as hard hit. And with a general upturn in wind’s fortunes predicted there has been… 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 declaring pre-tax profits. This has led to much anticipation and investors are now driving up their share prices. Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that shares in these corporations have risen… 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 the first part of the Penonome wind farm, located in the Province of Cocle. Eventually the power generation will be 220MW with the completion of later stages. The Republic of… 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 States, is largely unaffected by the wind turbines they share areas of the Great Plains of Kansas with. There’s no ruffling of coats or spitting of feathers necessary, because this… 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 retailer has been an investor in wind power for some years and is now to buy an Irish wind farm. The Carrickeeny wind farm in County Leitrim, north-west Ireland,… 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 consumption increased by over 50% percent, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), while the use of wind power increased by 18 percent, to 521 TWh. This still leaves hydropower as the world’s… 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 EU countries running nuclear power plants are still convinced- with varying degrees of conviction- of the technology, despite Fukushima. Some countries are planning to phase out nuclear reactors over the… 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 Power Construction Corporation of China. Hydrochine did not say what make of wind turbines will be used on the project. Each wind turbine will be supported by one box-type substation.… Read the rest