Wind Farms – Page 11 of 14 – Green Energy News

Wind Power in Chile Gets a Boost

Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a US$1.4 billion joint venture with the private equity company, Actis, to develop 600MW of renewable projects in Chile. The… Read the rest..

British “Negawatts”?

While not being part of the British Coalition Government’s Energy Bill, an amendment was suggested which seems to have ruffled feathers in Parliament. It was a… Read the rest..

South African Factory to Produce Wind Towers

South Africa’s heavy engineering group, DCD is to build wind turbine towers at Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape Province. The facility, due for completion in January,… Read the rest..

Hydrochina to Install Pakistan’s Third Wind Farm

Hydrochina will install 12 2.5MW wind turbines in the Tapal project in the north-east of Sindh province, 150 kilometers from Karachi. Hydrochina is a subsidiary of… Read the rest..

UK Advisory Body gives Green Light for Low-Carbon Investment for Decades to Come

The UK’s influential advisory body- the Committee on Climate Change has issued a report outlining why investing in low-carbon technologies will, over the longer term, be… Read the rest..

Wind Power Movers & Shakers: Tom Kiernan

Last month a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) chose Tom Kiernan as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer.… Read the rest..

Siemens Curtail the B53 Turbine Blade

Just a few hours after one of its wind turbines threw a blade in the Imperial County town of Ocotillo, Siemens Energy announced it is shutting… Read the rest..

Wind Turbines and Bird Deaths in the United States.

In an Associated Press article out this week, it is stated that the US administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles… Read the rest..

The Sound of Wind Turbines

Opponents of wind farms claim that there are high levels of infrasound and low frequency sounds that are generated by wind turbines and that these pose… Read the rest..

Why are Wind Turbines White?

Do you know why wind turbines are invariably white in colour? Henry Ford, the father of mass production famously said of his Model T-Ford, you can… Read the rest..