Archive for category Wind Power

Global Wind Turbine Market Evolution Uncertain

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 21, 2013

According to an expert at GlobalData, the wind turbine market is currently suffering from manufacturing overcapacity, falling subsidies, and general uncertainty about the long-term future of wind energy. Presented as evidence, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer has predicted far weaker sales this year and is revising shipment forecasts. GlobalData’s Senior Energy Consultant Jennifer Santos [...]

China Wind Power Generation Bigger Than Nuclear

Posted by Leigh Kim in Nuclear Power, Wind Power on February 21, 2013

Nuclear power is no longer the top energy source in China. Wind power has overtaken nuclear power, and in 2012, wind farms generated 2% more electricity than nuclear power plants. This gap will only widen in the years to come. China was in the throes of growing its nuclear energy program when the Fukushima disaster [...]

Honda Uses Wind Turbines to Manufacture Cars at Ohio Factory

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 12, 2013

At its transmission plant in Russells Point, Ohio, Honda is currently installing wind turbines that will supply 10% of the factory’s electricity needs. In addition to reducing CO2 emissions, experts predict the turbines will produce 10,000 megawatt hours per year. Honda will have the distinction of having the first automotive manufacturing facility in the United [...]

Pennsylvania’s Mehoopany Wind Farm Becomes Fully Operational

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on February 8, 2013

Sempra US Gas and Power in collaboration with BP Wind Energy revealed early this year that the Mehoopany Wind Farm, a $250 million wind farm in Pennsylvania, is now fully operational. Sempra US Gas and Power CEO and President Jeffrey W. Martin expressed joy at the announcement, praising the State of Pennsylvania for leading the [...]

Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, Report Says

Posted by Benji Jerew in Green Policy, Wind Power on February 8, 2013

For many proponents of keeping the status quo, that is, sticking with fossil fuels for our energy needs, a common claim will be, “Fossil fuels are cheaper than renewable energy.” This may have been true twenty years ago, or even five years ago, but according to a recent report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance [BNEF], [...]

Technology Helping Wind Turbines Overtake Fossil Fuels for Energy

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 7, 2013

Although wind turbines do not appear to have changed much over the years, the technology behind them has gotten considerably more sophisticated. This has led to the increase in the amount of electricity wind turbines can generate and has lowered the cost of wind power. General Electric’s 2.5-120 wind turbine is a leader in the [...]

Spanish Wind Farms’ Record-Breaking Power Generation in Last Three Months

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on February 6, 2013

According to industry experts, wind farms in Spain have over the last three months generated more electric power than any other source of energy. Grid company Red Electrica de Espana’s data shows that electrical capacity of more than six terawatt hours was generated by wind farms in January alone. Spain’s Wind Energy Association announced this [...]

Wind Farms Equivalent to Statues on Easter Island, According to Founding Father of the Green Movement

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 6, 2013

In a shocking move, a founding father of the Green movement is fighting to stop a 275 foot wind turbine from being erected near his home in England. Inventor of the “Gaia Theory” and original predictor of global warming, Professor James Lovelock is combating wind turbines and believes the original intentions of the Green movement [...]

China’s Wind Energy Investments at an All-Time High

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 5, 2013

In China, wind energy is quickly overtaking coal and hydro power to become a major source of electricity. In fact, wind energy in China now accounts for 5.3 per cent of the country’s generating capacity and supplies about 2% of its electricity. However, China has such a major air pollution issue that 2% wind energy [...]

Kite-Powered Electric Vehicle Sets Three World Records in Trek Across Australia

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 5, 2013

Evonik, a New Jersey company that has been developing lithium-ion batteries for Daimler for the past 5 years, has developed a record-breaking electric vehicle that employs kite power as its main energy source. Astonishingly, during tests, the electric car drove 3000 miles across the entirety of Australia only using self-contained wind power. Evonik claims the [...]

Two Vulture Species in Africa at Risk of Extinction Due to Wind Power Project

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on February 5, 2013

According to Birdlife International, two threatened vulture species in southern Africa may be at risk of extinction if a new wind power project in the mountains of Lesotho comes to fruition. The vultures are often killed by the spinning blades of the wind turbines, and experts are certain the wind power project will have dire [...]

2012 Seen as Milestone for Wind Energy in the US

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on February 1, 2013

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) confirmed 2012 as a record-breaking year for wind power in the US with a total of over 13 GW capacity (up from about 10 GW from 2011) installed throughout the country during the year. Also worthy of note is the fact that over 8 GW of the 13 GW [...]

Texas Introduces World’s Biggest Wind Energy Storage System

Posted by Mike Sandru in Wind Power on January 27, 2013

North Carolina’s Duke Energy has started operations in what it refers to as the biggest battery power system in the world. The Notrees wind farm facility, which cost $44 million and has a 36 MW capacity, uses some of the most advanced technology to store the energy being produced by the 153 MW renewable energy [...]

Weather Forecast Accuracy Affected by Electromagnetic ‘Clutter’ From Wind Turbines

Posted by Leigh Kim in Wind Power on January 26, 2013

The development of wind energy opportunities in the UK and Europe, from small micro wind turbines up to larger mega wind developments, both onshore and offshore is actively supported by the Met Office. However, recently, the coalition has been split in two over controversial wind farm findings. Research has determined that wind farms can quite [...]

Audi’s Synthetic Fuel Produced With Solar and Wind Power

Posted by Benji Jerew in Biogas, Solar Power, Wind Power on January 25, 2013

Audi is set to release a number of natural-gas [NG] powered vehicles this year, such as the Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. It can run on petroleum-sourced NG, which is abundant, but is also a carbon-positive fuel. In order to make these vehicles greener, a carbon-neutral fuel would be even better. To that end, Audi is [...]