Wind Power News – Page 21 of 28

Using Trees to Estimate Average Wind Speed: The Griggs-Putnam Index of Plant Deformity

If you have an area that you think may be suitable for the establishment of a wind turbine, but have no historical data on average wind… Read the rest..

Focus on Wind Power in New Zealand

In New Zealand, wind power generates a small but rapidly growing proportion of the country’s electricity, as the country makes increasing use of its outstanding wind… Read the rest..

Wind Power comes to Thailand

Thailand’s commitment to modernizing its electrical network with a nationwide smart grid took another step forward in the last weeks with its order for 90 Siemens… Read the rest..

David Cameron Defends UK Windfarm Plans to Tory MPs

The United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron has written to more than 100 of his own backbenchers who published an open letter to the PM asking… Read the rest..

Aire Mask – Breathtaking Mini Wind Turbines to charge iPhone

Breathtaking Mini Wind Turbines to charge iPhone We’ve become very used to seeing both onshore and offshore wind turbines rotating majestically in the breeze, but there’s… Read the rest..

Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond – Who Is Donald Trump?

Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond Multi-Millionaire Donald Trump threw his toys out of the pram this week and wrote a “snotty” letter to the Scottish Assembly’s… Read the rest..

Natural Gas vs Wind Energy

by Colin Houghton I came across an interesting and uplifting article by Stephen Lacey in Climate progress magazine this week, comparing and contrasting the threat that… Read the rest..

Wind Innovations from the United States – The Cape Wind Project

This project certainly isn’t small-scale! Imagine a turbine, taller than the Statue of Liberty. Then imagine a curve of them stretching for 25 miles around an… Read the rest..

Irrational Tory MPs Lobby Prime Minister to Cut Subsidies for Wind Turbines

Just when the UK Government hoped that the boat had stopped rocking following the resignation of former Energy Secretary Geoff Huhne last week, more than 100… Read the rest..

World Wind Power Grows by 6%

By Colin Houghton The world’s capacity for harnessing wind power increased by 41Gw in 2011, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released… Read the rest..