Deepwater Wind Proposed a 1000 Megawatt Wind Farm Near Rhode Island
Deepwater Wind, a wind power developer, proposed a 1,000-megawatt wind farm in a spot between Rhode Island and the eastern end of Long Island in New...
Direct Drive Wind Turbine Reduces Complexity
Wind turbines that work without a gearbox can make offshore wind power facilities even more reliable. Siemens has now begun selling a three-megawatt turbine...
EoleWater -wind turbine to harvest water and energy in the desert air
After years of design and testing prototypes, the French inventor and founder of EoleWater, Marc Parent launched his product, a kind of wind powered...
Solar and wind powered traffic lights
Reworking traffic lights may not be the first thing that comes to mind when local governments consider ways to save money.
But a project in...
A $117 million for Hawaii wind project
First Wind, a developer of wind farm projects from Boston has been awarded with $117 million loan guarantee by the US Department of Energy...
Carnegie Mellon University Purchases 100 Percent of its Energy From Wind Power
Carnegie Mellon University has announced that it will purchase green power to offset 100 percent of the university's electric consumption for 2012.
The purchase reflects...
Higher potential for wind energy in India than previously estimated
A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is...
Northern Sweden conquered by wind turbines
While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more...
Better Redesigned Windmills Will Get Lower Cost per Megawatt
Windmills have assumed the same basic form for centuries: long vertical axles crowned with rectangle-shaped blades. Now, a start-up is preparing to exceed 10...
Supply Chain Issues Dominate Offshore Wind Industry
This year’s discussion on The UK Offshore Wind conference, which took place in Liverpool, was all about how to get in place the vast...