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UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts

The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for offshore wind developments, boost innovation and bring new products to market. They anticipate that this could help the industry contribute £7bn to the economy and create 30,000 jobs by 2020. The announcement came just as… Read the rest

Pakistan Wind Power Latest

Pakistan may have a seat at all the world’s great conferences and appear at first glance to be a fully developed front tier nation. But first appearances can be deceptive. It is still a developing nation and has recently attracted a lot of attention from the renewable energy industry due to its lack of energy infrastructure… Read the rest

The Future Cost of Windpower: New Research Published online

MarketReportsOnline have made available a major report on the cost of wind power energy, then, now and in the future. It is available here: http://www.marketreportsonline.com/395631.html. The report begins by covering the basics that most in the industry would concur with: The research says that wind power is a capital intensive industry with most of the investment… Read the rest

Biennial Wind Turbine Noise Conference 2015

There have already been five previous international conferences on wind turbine noise. The first one was in 2005 and they take place every two years. This year, it will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, the host for last year’s successful Commonwealth Games. It is anticipated that it will be even more successful than the previous conference,… Read the rest

Windpower Now The Cheapest Energy Source In The United Kingdom!

As a number of coal-fired power stations are being decommissioned in the UK, it is welcome news to hear from respected energy experts, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), that the electricity produced by wind power is now the cheapest in the UK. BNEF have conducted a new study, and it has concluded that wind power… Read the rest

Texas City to be 100% Renewable by 2017

Georgetown, Texas, United States of America. Once in the middle of the oil boom State in the twentieth century. But by 2017 the city of 54,000 people aims to be 100% powered by renewable energy thanks to a deal with SunEdison. Just shows how the times they are-a-changing (as Bob Dylan sings). The renewable power… Read the rest

Pellworm, the Greenest Island?

Pellworm is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea Coast of Germany. It is tiny- its area is 37 square kilometres and its permanent population is just over 1000 souls (and about 1000 sheep). Small and insignificant? No! When it comes to renewable energy, has long been ahead of its time. This Sleepy… Read the rest

The World’s Most Powerful Turbine

Veterans of the wind power industry, Vestas, have been showing off their new super-turbine which is reckoned to be the most powerful yet seen. It’s the Vestas V 164-8.0. How come? It’s the combination of an 8MW power-rating and a 164-metre rotor diameter. That will make the V164-8.0 the world’s most powerful turbine to date. Everything… Read the rest

Spotlight on Gamesa

La Plana wind farm It was back in 1994 that Gamesa commenced the engineering, design, manufacturing, and sale of wind turbines. Two years later saw the start-up of the development, construction, and sale of wind farms in Aragon with the La Plana III wind farm development. They also managed the El Perdón wind farm, located in… Read the rest

European Wind Energy Association Offshore Conference 2015

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) holds its much-anticipated offshore wind conference in less than two months, in Copenhagen. It will be held at the Bella Centre Copenhagen from 10-12 March. EWEA is the undisputed voice of the European wind industry, whose mission statement is to actively promoting wind power in not just Europe, but worldwide… Read the rest