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Lib Dems MP Stands up For Wind Turbines

November 6, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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Cheltenham Lib Dem MP Martin Horwood stood up for wind energy this week, opposing a bill for a new rule dictating wind turbines should be 2km from houses. The bill introduced by a few anti wind energy MP’s could bring an overnight halt to the UK’s renewable energy progress if passed. Horwood explained the problem with an example close... [read more]

Flapping Wind Turbine Inspired by Bumble Bee Wings

November 4, 2009 by Big Gav
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TreeHugger has a post on some biomimicry being applied to wind turbine design - Flapping Wind Turbine Inspired by Bumble Bee Wings. VentureBeat has more.The xBEE has a19-foot wingspan and swoops in a majestic back-and-forth pattern. Green Wavelength CEO Sabri Sansoy (an MIT grad with a master's in Aeronautics and Astronautics) says, "... [read more]

NREL Installs Siemens Wind Turbine

October 27, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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The US energy department DOE has installed a new wind turbine on its premises near Boulder, Colorado. The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has commissioned the 2.3 megawatt turbine on its National Technology Center site as part of an R&D project with Siemens. The wind turbine has been commissioned... [read more]

10 Megawatt Superconductor Turbines on Their Way

February 14, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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Alternative technology company AMSC announced this week that it has signed a contract with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to investigate and assess the economics of a 10 MW “high temperature superconductor” wind turbine. The company’s website says that it is already developing full 10MW wind... [read more]

The financial markets might be in trouble but renewables are seeing boom times!

November 6, 2008 by Tom Raftery
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Photo Credit pseudorlayaA couple of interesting announcements were made in Ireland recently.On the 8th of Oct., Eirgrid, the Irish grid operator launched their Grid25 strategy (pdf warning). In the strategy document they announced they are spending €4 billion reinforcing the Irish distribution grid in the expectation of a 60% rise... [read more]

Vestas Quietly Opens First North American Blade Plant

March 3, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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Danish wind-energy giant, Vestas, has apparently already opened the doors to its $60 million, 400,000 square foot blade manufacturing facility in Windsor, Colorado. Even though the plant was not officially scheduled to open until this week, The Coloradoan has reported that manufacturing stealthily began as much as four weeks ago. The... [read more]