Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available

Used GE Wind Turbines – 1.5 MW Available
4 x General Electric – GE 1.5 S Wind Turbine –  For Sale With more than 5,000 units in operation worldwide, GE’s 1.5 MW turbine continues to be one of the world’s most widely used wind turbines in its class. Offers in the region of $750,000 per unit / dismantled and loaded onto the truck   There… Read the rest

The Future is Wind

The Future is Wind
Two important documents set out a future for wind that is challenging and exciting. The first is called “Going for Green Growth” by the EU Ministerial Green Growth Group which comprises of European cabinet ministers responsible for energy and climate change. In it they set out a collective vision for a low carbon economy. Green Growth… Read the rest

Cash Incentives for Wind Farms on Scottish Islands

Cash Incentives for Wind Farms on Scottish Islands
Scotland has long been at the forefront of European wind energy and in  a new boost to encourage new wind farms, developers will be given a cash incentive to build turbines on Scottish islands The UK energy secretary Ed Davey said there would be a higher subsidy for projects in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles… Read the rest

Can You be a YIMBY?

Can You be a YIMBY?
We hear a lot about those who profess green credentials yet when it comes to siting a wind turbine they cry “Not In My Back Yard!”  NIMBYs.  But what if you want to be a YIMBY and say “Yes, In My Back Yard!” Small wind energy is renewable, non-polluting, and, in the right circumstances, can save… Read the rest

South African Factory to Produce Wind Towers

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, will produce around 110 tubular steel, 120-metre towers a year in the first instance. DCD is currently finalising contracts with its first two customers, Vestas and Nordex. At the same… Read the rest

Northern Ireland’s Carn Hill Wind Farm Facility Opened

Northern Ireland’s Carn Hill Wind Farm Facility Opened
The Irish renewable energy group, Gaelectric, opened a £20m wind farm at Carn Hill, Newtonabbey, County Antrim. It’s the first fully operational wind farm from Gaelectric. The proposal was approved by the Norther Executive’s Department of the Environment in 2010.  The ribbon was cut by Peter Robinson, the First Minister, and Martin McGuinness the Deputy First… Read the rest

Wind Power Mexico Conference 29-30 May 2013

Wind Power Mexico Conference 29-30 May 2013
Later this month the 3rd Annual Wind Power Mexico Conference will take place in Mexico City Building on the success of last year’s conference, more than 500 delegates are expected, over half from outside Mexico. Those with stalls and presentations include the buyers of electrical energy keen to support wind-generated energy such as Goldcorp, Wal-Mart, Nestle… Read the rest

More Wind Power than Nuclear Power in Chinese Electricity?

More Wind Power than Nuclear Power in Chinese Electricity?
Who would have thought it? Those historic purveyors of smoke, carbon, pollution and all things anti-environment may have cleaned up their act so much that the majority of their electricity is now from wind power . Wind power is reported to have overtaken nuclear energy as a source of electricity in China. The world’s most populous… Read the rest

Virtual Wind Map USA – Real Time

Virtual Wind Map USA – Real Time
Since time immemorial poets, writers, and philosophers have posed the question “Who has seen the wind?”. While the effects of the wind can clearly be seen, on clouds, smoke, and wind farm turbine blades, the pure wind itself is much more elusive to capture visually. However, two people described as “technology artists” have produced a stunning… Read the rest

Spotlight on Romania

Spotlight on Romania
Romania is likely to double its wind power capacity this year, as investors consider the attractive European Union- approved incentives for investment in renewable industry. It is expected that installed wind power capacity will  increase to 2,100 megawatts by the end of 2012 in Romania,  from about 1,000 megawatts at the end of 2011, said .… Read the rest