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Google this: Spinning Spur Wind Project, Oldham County, Texas. You’ll see that the company famous for its ubiquitous search engine has purchased a 200 million dollar stake in this 161 Megawatt wind farm in West Texas. The farm has 70 turbines and produces energy sufficient to satisfy the needs of 60,000 homes. The wind farm started… Read the rest

US Wind Power Passes 50,000MW of Generation Capacity

United States wind power developers are installing a record numbers of turbines this year: The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time surpassed 50,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity. That’s enough to power 13 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said in a report this week. Wind developers have added 4,728 MW… Read the rest

Giddyup! Wyoming to have World’s Biggest Wind Farm?

Wyoming may not be top of your list of United States of America, and may conjure up images of the Wild West, Cowboys and Indians, and Mid-West rednecks. But it has an impressive record as being progressive and far-sighted. Take the vote for women. Which State granted that? Washington? New York? Nope. Wyoming. In 1869. A… Read the rest

UK to Import Wind Power from Ireland

The UK Government is considering plans to import wind power from Ireland to the National Grid via cables under the Irish Sea. The power would then be fed to areas in North and West Wales to up to three million homes. Element Power said the £6bn scheme could save consumers billions of pounds as it is… Read the rest

Denmark Create High-Tech Wind TurbineTest Centre

6 October saw the inauguration of a state-of-the-art Wind Turbine Test Centre at Østerild, Denmark. It’s the world’s first purpose-built test site than can accommodate the tallest masted wind turbines produced today, under optimum wind conditions. Given that Denmark has but 7 years to meet its energy target of half of its energy consumption having been… Read the rest

MWPS and Free Breeze UK sign strategic deal for RRB Energy Wind Turbines

London, 25th June 2012 MWPS, The online market leader in facilitating the purchase and sale of new and used wind turbines across the globe, announces a strategic business alliance with Free Breeze Energy Systems UK, who distributes RRB wind turbines worldwide and provides complete turnkey solutions for wind farm projects. The partnership brings together two major… Read the rest

Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets

BEIJING – China’s Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world’s biggest makers of wind turbines – a cornerstone of the booming clean power business – but is unknown outside its home country. By Joe McDonald – Associated Press – Goldwind aims to change that. In a Minnesota farmer’s cornfield, the company is erecting… Read the rest

Faster growth for lesser established wind energy regions

Strong wind energy potential can be found with large areas of open land much across the US. These open land areas are rated windy enough for efficient power generation and a shallow continental shelf along the Atlantic shoreline. Up to 2007, the largest sales were accounted for the West South Central sub-region with 33 percent… Read the rest