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2013: A Green Year for Britain

It has been revealed from Government statistics just released that the United Kingdom generated almost 15% of its power from renewable sources last year. This represents an increase of almost a third over the previous year, 2012, when just over 11% of power came from renewable sources. A major contribution to the increase in green energy… Read the rest

Wind versus Fracking: The Debate Continues…

In a carefully calculated move to switch opposition to fracking to opposition to wind turbines the UK energy department’s recently-gone chief scientific advisor has claimed that a wind farm requires 700 times more land to produce the same amount of energy as a fracking site. Prof David MacKay, pictured right in the picture above, stood down… Read the rest

Wind Power and Fashion

Wind power and fashion?? Do you mean to say that tall majestic functional wind turbines are now being seen as not just iconic, but as expressions of fashion? Are we going to have wind-hippy turbine tower-huggers instead of tree-huggers? No. This is a new partnership between what may initially seem unlikely bedfellows: In one corner of… Read the rest

Green Light for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

One of the world’s largest offshore wind farms is now set to be built off the coast of East Anglia, England, after the government gave the go-ahead earlier this week. It’s called East Anglia One and it is anticipated that the 1.2GW project will support £520m of investment and create nearly 3000 jobs. It is a… Read the rest

From Coal to Wind- Small Investors Welcomed!

Former coal collieries in England are about to have new life breathed in them. At Duckmanton near Chesterfield, the site of the former Markham Colliery will see a 500kw wind turbine- planning permission has already been granted. A second 500kw turbine is planned between Grimethorpe and Cudworth and will be called the Shafton turbine. Grimethorpe colliery… 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 with a number of contacts in South Africa. These include local municipalities, bigger energy users and wind turbine component manufacturers in an offer to roll out German technology locally and… Read the rest

100% Wind Powered Trains in Holland 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! It means that wind harvested electricity will be used to power all of Holland’s rail network in the next 4-5 years. Dutch trains will begin using green energy from next… 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 Aberdeen, approximately eight miles from the coast. The proposers are called Pilot Offshore Renewables. This is an Aberdeen-based joint venture between an offshore wind developer and consultancy firm MacAskill Associates… 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 one example of how shrewd businesses are using green energy sources such as solar and wind power to reduce running costs and add to their profits. Oh, and of course… 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 your sums. The lower figure, most commonly quoted for reference in the wind industry, 4,400, is made up of larger wind turbines. The smaller number, over 30,000 according to new… Read the rest