Global Wind Power – Page 13 of 56

Hunterston Exports Power for the First Time

SSE Renewables has exported power from its offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston on the North Ayrshire coast for the first time. Hunterston is the… Read the rest..

Harnessing Wind Power in New Ways

Dr. Daryoush Alleai is an engineer and pioneer and founder of a company called Sheerwind, which has developed an innovative wind turbine called Invelox that has… Read the rest..

Twin Turbine Trouble in Derby, England.

There are two sides to every story and the pro-wind and anti-wind lobbies’ arguments can be seen in microcosm in a corner of England where two… Read the rest..

Educating and Encouraging Demand Management from Electricity Users

One of the problems with wind power and the grid at the moment, is that it is difficult to store large amounts of excess power generated… Read the rest..

Focus on Finland

Vestas have won its largest ever wind turbine order in Finland. It will be a 99MW project using the Vestas V126-3.3MW turbines (see picture below) with… Read the rest..

The Composition of Turbine Blades

Wind turbine blades are the heart and soul of a wind turbine. Have you ever wondered what wind turbine blades are made from? In my ignorance,… Read the rest..

Solar and Wind Power Replacing Fossil Fuels: It Is a Question of When, not If.

There is no doubt that solar and wind power will totally replace gas and oil- it’s just a matter of when. This is the view presented… Read the rest..

Texas- The Renewables State

Why is Texas at the forefront of renewable energy production in the United States? Because a decade and a half ago the State had a vision… Read the rest..

Landmark International Energy Agency Study on Renewables

In a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) it is shown that any country can, cost-effectively, have a high proportion of its energy generated… Read the rest..

UK Energy Minister Hypocricy

The UK Energy Minister is Michael Fallon and he has been exposed of having dual standards and being hypocritical unfairly in laying into the wind power… Read the rest..