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Location is key to getting the most out of small home-based wind turbines, and householders in Scotland enjoy the greatest potential for domestic wind energy, according to a new report from the Energy Saving Trust. The study, “Location, location, location,” summarises the organisation’s findings from a field trial of
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Loughborough-based wind turbine firm Evance hopes to grab a slice of the fast-growing US small-wind market with a new distributor. DC Power Systems of the US will market Evance’s Iskra R9000 5-kilowatt turbine in the US through its network of 250 dealers. The distributor expects home owners, light commercial
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Swedish firm Peab has been commissioned to do the land and concrete work for the Vindkraftpark Stor-Rotliden wind power plant in Fredrika, Åsele. The order from Vattenfall is valued at over SEK 100 million. The contract comprises 40 wind generator foundations, crane parking spaces, roads and cable work. The work
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Accommodating the large amounts of wind energy (PDF) needed to meet Britain’s and Ireland’s carbon reduction targets could mean wildly variable energy prices for both countries, according to a new study from the analyst firm Pöyry Energy Consulting. The report, “Impact of Intermittency,” provides insights into how the
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The UK’s shores could eventually provide up to 25 gigawatts of additional offshore wind energy, in addition to the 8 gigawatts already built or planned, according to Energy Minister Lord Hunt. Those findings, a result of the Government’s Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), will enable the Crown Estate to
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France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned a first round of bond funding to cover 30 megawatts of development (EDF) at the Thorntonbank offshore wind farm being built in Belgium. Once completed, the installation is set to be one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. As part of the
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The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is launching two key reports today: “UK Offshore WInd: Staying on Track” and “Offshore Wind: Charting the Right Course.” Both reports were released at the Offshore ’09 Conference, the UK’s largest dedicated offshore wind energy event, which is taking place at the QE2
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Good Energy has teamed up with River Cottage to help them make its HQ as sustainable as possible. River Cottage is a self-sufficiency-, cooking- and and local food-focussed organisation. The new wind turbine at the River Cottage HQ features a telemetry gadget that lets you see exactly how much electricity
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While climate change activists look to renewable energy sources like wind power as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, some new research suggests that a warming planet could make that goal more difficult. According to a study to be published this August in the Journal of Geophysical Research, wind
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StatoilHydro and Siemens have installed the world’s first large-scale floating wind turbine in about 220 metres of water some 12 kilometres southeast of Karmøy in Norway. The Hywind project was developed by StatoilHydro, and Siemens supplied the SWT-2.30-megawatt wind turbine, which has a rotor diameter of 82 metres.
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A new database enables UK farmers to find out which grants they might be entitled to to help them buy and install small wind turbines. The database was launched by Loughborough-based Evance, a small wind turbine manufacturer, and its main UK distributor, Segen. Farmers using the database can find local
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RES has announced it will sell its eight-turbine Slieve Divena Phase II wind farm project (PDF) in Northern Ireland to Airtricity Developments Ltd. Slieve Divena Phase II was granted planning consent in 2007 and will be situated near Sixmilecross in County Tyrone. It is a 20-megawatt extension to the existing
