By Diana S Wind Farms on Family Farms in Minnesota, United States Windmills used to be regular sights on farms; used for grinding wheat, or for pumping water for the livestock. While windmills…
By Diana S UK Offshore Wind Capacity now 10 Gigawatts The UK Coalition Government’s Ministers have said that they will be providing £66m of funding to improve the supply chain for…
By Colin P 250Mw German Coastal Wind Farm Developments Delayed by Porpoises It’s generally agreed that the cost of building and commissioning off-shore wind farms is more than onshore wind farms. But the…
By Diana S The Transformation of Samso Island Where is Samso? It’s a small island of just over 4000 people off the coast of Denmark (9 miles off the…
By Diana S The World’s Biggest Turbine Is there going to be a limit to how large wind turbines are going to get? Or will there be a…
By Diana S The KidWind Project It has long been said that to win over the hearts of minds of adults in the future you need to…
By Colin P 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…
By Colin P Breakthrough in Storage and Re-use of Wind Power The tricky problem of how to store wind and solar energy and re-use it at a later time, may be a…
By Dirk B Google Acquire Wind Power Company You may recall that search engine supremo Google has invested in some novel innovations and technologies. The self-driving car and the…
By Colin P 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…
By Colin P 4th Annual Wind Power Conference Held in Turkey Today is the second day of the 4th Annual Wind Power Conference, taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. A number of people…
By Dirk B Vestas Reports Strong Performance In Early 2010 Denmark’s Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, is enjoying a large number of orders recently to come back from a…