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Germany Could Become World Leader In Installed Offshore Wind Capacity By 2015

By Colin Houghton Germany now has over three-quarters of all offshore wind farm-related cable orders. As part of a detailed investigation into power cable installation in the offshore wind industry, technology and consultancy company Enventi claims its analysis shows current UK Government policy is stalling offshore wind development.
Their analysis into a power-cable installation in the… Read the rest

Canadian Sierra Club Refutes Claims That Wind Turbines Cause Ill-Health

By Colin Houghton During a presentation to the Bruce County Council, in Ontario, Canada, on 1 September, the head of the Sierra Club of Canada said that there’s plenty of research worldwide to show that a link between well-placed wind turbines and health concerns is unfounded. The executive director of Sierra Club Canada, John Bennett, said:… Read the rest

Meet MyWindPowerSystem – MWPS at ZeroEmission Rome 2011 from 14th – 16th September 2011

MyWindPowerSystem (MWPS) – The largest Wind Turbine Online Brokers on the Net will be attending this years ZeroEmmission 2011 Exhibition in Rome, Italy between the 14th September – 16th September 2011. MWPS would like to give their business partners, clients and visitors of the exhibition the opportunity to personally meet to…. Discuss your wind turbine purchase… Read the rest

Google Report Shows Clean Energy’s Potential for Positive Impact on U.S. Economy

By Colin Houghton In July, the search engine giant Google acknowledged that the clean energy dilemma is one of the United States’ biggest challenges moving forward, by releasing a thought-provoking report. Their report unveiled the results of a huge number-crunching project to see how much change clean energy technology and innovation could have on the US… Read the rest

The Green Dilemma: Bird casualties from wind turbines

How green are you? You may just want to reduce the carbon emissions through solar and wind power, recycling, and not having bonfires in your yard. Or you may be green through to the core and embrace the full panoply of green environmental issues, including the protection/preservation of birds. What happens when green issues conflict? While… Read the rest

Alternative Wind Turbine Designs (part 1)

While the most common commercial wind turbine is the “horizontal-spindled three bladed propeller” design, here is a round-up of some of the other types of turbine. Some aesthetically pleasing to the eye if not (yet) top of the efficiency chart in harnessing wind power! Laddermill
Researchers at Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands are building… Read the rest

Strange Bedfellows: Wind Farm Alongside Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant at Rokkasho, Japan

By Colin Houghton Since 2003, the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, has shared the area with 77 large wind turbines. The Mayor of Rokkasho said that the village is an ideal site for harnessing electricity from wind power because the winds blow there almost all through the year. A local resident,… Read the rest

GOLDWIND 750kW Wind Turbines – Brand New – Massively Discounted

60mW of Brand New Wind Turbines immediately available – 80 Brand New GOLDWIND S48/750 – Industrial Wind Turbines 750kW (50Hz) for Sale – Complete System Includes: Tower, Nacelle, Hub, Rotor, Blades and Controller – Prices starting from only €288,000 EUR ($410,000 USD) – per unit FOB. That is an unbelievable price of only €384,000.00 EUR/per mW… Read the rest

Japanese Government set to reduce dependency on nuclear power

By Colin Houghton, August 29, 2011 Japan’s parliament is about to approve an historic bill on renewable energy. It hat was championed by Prime Minister Naoto Kan as a way to reduce the nation’s unhealthy dependence on nuclear power. The Bill should be enacted in the next few weeks. Unsurprisingly, the Fukushima nuclear disaster boosted the… Read the rest

Wind Power Developments in Ohio, United States

August 28, by Colin Houghton
On February 11, 2010, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory released the first comprehensive update of the wind energy potential by state since 1993, showing that Ohio had potential to install 55 GW of onshore wind power nameplate, capable of generating 152 TW annually. The Ohio Department of Development used these… Read the rest