wind

Oct
08

UK wind power firm Amec snapped up for £126.6m

UK commercial wind farm developer Amec Wind Energy has been snapped up by one of the largest electricity generators in
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Sep
10

E.ON eyes up 500 new wind turbines

Energy company E.ON has signed a deal with Siemens Energy for 500 new wind turbines with a capacity of
1 min read
Aug
21

NYC gets turbines on skyscrapers - or does it?

Greenbang’s a little confused this morning – confused by the words of Michael Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor. The fella
2 min read
Aug
18

US wind breaks 150 GW record

Greenbang doesn’t know if you’ve been watching a bit of the Olympics at the weekend – or if instead
1 min read
Aug
12

Designer Philippe Starck tarts up turbines

Let’s play a word association game (think Mallett’s Mallet but without the threat of violence from a berk
1 min read
Aug
07

UK wind: only for the rural

Greenbang went to the country once. She wasn’t quite sure what all the fuss was about – sure, there’s
1 min read
Jun
27

Duke buys wind firm Catamount for $240m

Like a student house and Ikea, or bananas and custard, or Boris Johnson and a blancmange made of razor blades,
1 min read
Jun
26

UK goes for 15 percent renewables by 2020

The government has gone literally green crazy with its latest renewables plan – 15 percent renewables by 2020. Here’s the
1 min read
Jun
25

US gets first offshore wind farm

Things the US did before the UK: Ate Krispy Kreme donuts Put a man on the moon Played American football
1 min read
Jun
20

Wind earns $250m for US treasury

The theory goes that smokers are a net benefit to society. Before Greenbang gets her pigtails pulled by anti-smoking lobbyists,
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