Global Wind Power – Page 10 of 56

Success of UK Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Specialists

The UK is hoping to produce 15% of all its energy from renewable sources by 2020 to try to cut climate-warming emissions. While the debate about… Read the rest..

Germany Wind Turbine Manufacturers Setting Sights on South Africa

A number of German wind turbine manufacturers and service providers are now focusing on the South African wind energy market. They are keen to establish affiliations… Read the rest..

Wind Powered Trains Holland 100% by 2018

Just to clarify- the above headline doesn’t mean that there will be some newfangled form of train that is blown along the tracks like sailing ships!… Read the rest..

Plans “Floated” for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm

Plans have been unveiled for a floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The Kincardine offshore wind farm is a proposed demonstrator floating project located near… Read the rest..

Businesses See Sense in Wind Power Investment

A few weeks ago the Scandinavian home furnishing colossus, Ikea, announced plans to build a wind farm on property it owns in Illinois. This is just… Read the rest..

Number of UK Onshore Wind Turbines: 4,400 or 30,000?!

How can there be such a discrepancy between the figures quoted in the title? The answer lies in what you call a wind turbine when doing… Read the rest..

Siemens win Big Dutch Offshore Contract

Siemens has just clinched a deal with the Dutch Offshore Wind consortium called the Gemini Project. The contracts are for the construction, financing, and operations in… Read the rest..

Farmers for Wind

I have seen many an article supposedly penned by a farmer that rails against the installation of onshore wind turbines on their land. When you do… Read the rest..

Two Years idle for a Wind Turbine in Portsmouth, Hampshire

People in Portsmouth are angry. Portsmouth is the historic South coast of England town where Sir Francis Drake finished a game of bowls before setting off… Read the rest..

A Visit to Two Wind Farms

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… Read the rest..