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Google’s Search for Greener Energy Continues

Google Inc. has announced that it has signed its seventh (and largest) renewable energy contract, this one tied to wind-powered generators belonging to MidAmerican Energy of Des Moines. The announcement was carefully timed to coincide with Earth Day, and will deliver 407 megawatts of electricity to power Google’s data centre in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.… Read the rest

UK MP Proposes Restrictions on Wind Farms

While many see the UK as one of the leading European countries embracing wind power, there are dissenters in Parliament. Christopher hope is the member of Parliament for Christchurch and he has shared his vision for curtailing wind power in the UK. He considers that wind farms off the England and Wales coast should face legal… Read the rest

Massive Wind Farm for Kenya

Renewable energy will be coming big-time to East Africa in the form of the Lake Turkana Wind Power project , which will be the largest single wind farm in sub-Sahara Africa, supplying around one fifth of Kenya’s renewable energy. That’s a cool 300MW of low cost green energy from 365 wind turbines (one for each day… Read the rest

Climate Change UK: The Signs are Obvious

The consensus view has been that global warming and carbon pollution will bring about increasingly erratic, unpredictable, volatile and more extreme weather conditions. While there have been sceptics in Europe, the recent floods and severe weather conditions that has brought so much devastation and misery to parts of the UK, is blindingly clear hard evidence that… 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 by wind farms for when demand is low, to be drawn into the grid as needed when demand is high. While a mixed economy of nuclear, fossil fuels and renewables… 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 by Jeremy Grantham. “Who he?” You may say. He’s a man with a lot of business acumen and clout. He’s also got no axe to grind in favour of any… 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 and demonstrated its commitment to increase green energy production through a combination of legislation and Government funding. Contrast and compare this approach to the Texas of the seventies and eighties… Read the rest

Green Power Station for Palawan, in the Phillipines

It may be a small venture but it is important as it shows what the US Agency for International Development (USAID) can bring in terms of renewable energy to small communities not connected to a main grid (known as a “missionary area”). The Green Island Project relating to Green Island off the islands of Palawan in… Read the rest

United States Wind Power Surges in Quarter 4 of 2013

The American Wind Energy Association has published its quarterly market report for the US wind industry. It reveals that while there was very slow growth for the first three quarters of 2013, a lot of groundwork was being laid, leading to the commencement of construction in the fourth quarter to the tune of 10,900 megawatts. Adding… Read the rest

China Produces a Quarter of the World’s Wind Turbine Blades

Research and consulting company Global Data have published a report giving data and predictions for the future: “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades – Global Market Size, Average Price, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020″ According to the report, China is a major manufacturing hub of wind turbine rotor blades. This is hardly surprising as China… Read the rest