Climbing Up GE’s Brilliant Wind Energy Turbine
10:11 | 16/07/2013
With the launch of the first three GE brilliant wind turbines approaching, the world’s leading turbine manufacturer invited media to its test center to see its machine in operation and take a look at the inner workings.
Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
10:28 | 22/05/2013
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.
Indigenous Brazilian Group Turns To Wind Energy
13:15 | 21/05/2013
A few years ago I lay in a hammock in a mud and wattle hut in a Makuxi village, shining my torch on the walls to look for spiders, listening to the BBC World Service on my radio (I learnt that Labour leader John Smith had died).
Apple Designs A Wind Energy Storage Concept
13:50 | 08/01/2013
Apple Inc, the well-known manufacturer of phones, desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, has reportedly designed a unique enery storage system for wind energy.
New regulation set to unbutton wind energy
11:11 | 25/12/2012
Renewable energy developers will be offered a clearer and specific mechanism for setting up electricity purchasing prices of their projects in Vietnam.
The golden opportunity of wind power
09:54 | 21/12/2012
Nature generously gives a gift for the humans on this earth a source of "free" fuel, a tremendous renewable energy resource. It is the wind, or wind energy.
GE Developing Wind Blades That Could Be The “Fabric” of our Clean Energy Future
10:16 | 11/12/2012
In a move that could put wind energy on equal economic footing with traditional fossil fuels, GE (NYSE: GE), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), will begin work on a project that could fundamentally change the way wind blades are designed, manufactured and installed.
Wind Power Wobbles Off Its High Growth Track
09:34 | 17/11/2012
No form of renewable energy has gained more ground in the past 15 years than wind, with installed capacity up 40-fold. Now, facing a long list of hurdles, the Global Wind Energy Council says the industry will need to work hard to make the next 15 years as fruitful – a necessity in the fight against climate change, in its view.
Britain to fund wind energy strategies
10:01 | 13/11/2012
The British government said as much as $16 million in funding was available to industry leaders who can make wind turbines more efficient to run.
Researchers use stunt kites to generate energy
13:20 | 08/11/2012
It may seem as though the German plains are all but tapped out when it comes to wind energy production. To refute this theory researchers are sending stunt kites into the skies to harness the wind and convert the kinetic energy generated into electricity.
Wind Power Storage: It’s A Gas
10:07 | 01/12/2011
The idea of storing excess wind energy as hydrogen is picking up steam in Germany, with a second pilot program popping up – this one from the big power company E.On.