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As UK Election Approaches Wind Power Becomes Political Football.

As UK’s coalition Government approaches the end of its tenure, the issue of wind power looks like becoming a key issue for voters. It looks like being a right ding-dong: In the blue corner- the Conservative Party of David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has warned that any move to curb the number of onshore wind farms… Read the rest

Vive Wind La France!

While Germany and the UK seem to get a lot of publicity about their ambitious goals for wind energy, France is determined not to be left behind. The country plans to install 19,000 MW of wind farms onshore and 6,000 MW in offshore farms within the next six years. But there has been a decline in… Read the rest

The Most Powerful Turbine Award 2014 Goes Too…..

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas is planning to create and market the world’s largest wind turbine. Its first 8-MW prototype began generating power at the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild. Here it is being assembled at the site: We’ve come a long way since the first 450-kW offshore wind turbine was… 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

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 130m high wind turbines have been erected against the Derby skyline. Here, one of the blades is being delivered to the place of assembly: Severn Trent Water received permission to… 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

GE Design Wind Turbine for Japan

Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred almost three years ago and Japan continues to search for new investment in wind power as the resource-poor country continues to seek a diverse energy supply. While Japan already has a number of wind farms, it hasn’t had a purpose-built turbine designed especially for it. Until now. GE has developed a 2.85-megawatt… Read the rest

Mexico Wind Conference

Mexico plays host to a couple of big wind power conferences in the next few months. The Mexican International Renewable Energy Conference is being held at the end of May and promises to be even bigger than last year’s event when over 600 people attended. It will focus on all types of renewable energy including wind… Read the rest

Wind Farms as Hurricane Busters!

Did you know that offshore wind farms can take some of the sting out of hurricanes? In a study by Stanford University published this week it appears that large offshore wind farms can cut the wind speed of hurricanes by as much as nearly 100 mph and lower storm surge by nearly 80%. Obviously, a hurricane… Read the rest

Wind Farms are “Clean and Safe” say Friends of the Earth.

I guess this may seem like pushing at an open door for most of our visitors…. but it’s official- there is no reliable or consistent evidence that wind farms directly cause human health problems. Don’t take our word for it- this is the conclusion of a major draft review by Australia’s leading medical research body. This… Read the rest