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Underground Wind Energy Storage

While wind power is one of the greenest renewable energies around, the wind doesn’t blow continuously at an optimum speed for offshore or onshore wind turbines. That means sometimes no energy is being generated and added to the grid. But an equal issue is that when you have a period of optimum wind, it is difficult… Read the rest

2018 and Beyond in Wind

While we may be more preoccupied with snow and cold rather than wind at the moment in Europe and the States, it’s well worth taking stock of where we are and where we want to go, and how sure we are of getting there! Before we look at Europe and Denmark in particular, let’s pop over… Read the rest

Great Expectations for North Sea Wind Power

The renewable UK, the UK renewable industry group, considers that the East of England could become a hub for trade in renewable energy with Scandinavian countries if the proper regulations are drawn up and put in place. RenewableUK has voiced its hopes that a North Sea report by the UK Parliament’s second chamber, the House of… Read the rest

WIND TURBINES DESIGNS – The World’s Most Amazing Windmills Designs

A journey through the evolution of the most spectacular wind turbines designs in the world Looking for an environmentally friendly energy source while looking gracious, aesthetic and beautiful? This article is a journey through the evolution of the most spectacular WIND TURBINES DESIGNS in the world. The answer is blowing in the wind! Wind turbines float… Read the rest

What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??

Does it sound like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. The Suction Bucket Jacket is something that could profoundly affect the offshore wind industry. DONG Energy has collaborated with the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) to bring about an innovative and… Read the rest

Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available

4 x General Electric – GE 1.5 S Wind Turbine – For Sale With more than 5,000 units in operation worldwide, GE’s 1.5 MW turbine continues to be one of the world’s most widely used wind turbines in its class. Offers in the region of $750,000 per unit / dismantled and loaded onto the truck There… Read the rest

VisionAIR3: Heralding a Revolution in Wind Turbines?

In the last few days, the official debut of a new vertical axis micro wind turbine was launched. It’s a new addition to the UGE (formerly Urban Green Energy) portfolio of turbines. It’s called the “VisionAIR3″ and is a ramped-up, high-efficiency version of the company’s earlier micro-vertical axis wind turbine models. in 2012 UGE partnered with… Read the rest

Giant $162 Billion Wind Farm Contract Awarded in UK

Giant 2 Billion Wind Farm Contract Awarded in UK

A super-sized wind farm contract has been awarded in the UK. The wind farm is to be located off the East Yorkshire coast and will provide four-per-cent of all electricity demand in the UK. The Hornsea zone, to be built off the Hornsea coast, will generate 3,000 megawatts and power three million homes. The Hornsea zone… Read the rest

New Type of Turbine Designed in English University

Here on the MWPS web pages we often feature new innovative designs to capture wind energy. Few ever make it beyond the drawing board or prototype stage, and therefore the standard three-bladed wind turbines continue to be seen (although getting bigger year by year). However, a Derbyshire inventor has teamed up with Nottingham’s Trent University and… Read the rest

Storing Green Energy

It has long been recognised that the vagaries of the waves, the sun, and the wind, mean that renewable “green” cannot be relied upon for 100% all-year-round electricity generation. While batteries can be used to store energy generated while the waves are high, the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, they have been inefficient… Read the rest