Thursday, 23 February 2012
Developments in Latin America include big gains for renewables and wind
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 REMNicaragua has reached a milestone in its adoption of renewable energy, having 48 percent of its demand for power met by renewable sources, the government has announced.
Collaboration will help to optimize wind turbine investments
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 REM Switzerland’s ROMO Wind has acquired a unique yaw error correction technology from The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) that it says will greatly optimize turbine performance and thereby enhanc...
WWEA reveals 700,000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide
Monday, 20 February 2012 REM The World Wind Energy Association will be hosting the 3rd World Summit for Small Wind (WSSW2012) next month, during which it will launch its Small Wind World Report, showing that 700,000 small wind tu...
Siemens opens US wind service distribution center in Woodward, Oklahoma
Friday, 17 February 2012 REM Siemens Energy celebrated the official grand opening of a new 64,000-square-foot wind service distribution center in Woodward, Oklahoma in the US, surrounded by state and local officials as well as a ...
United Kingdom
Work starts on new wind turbine drive train facility
Friday, 17 February 2012 REM Piling has started on the site of a new £35 million wind turbine drive train testing facility at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Northumberland (England). When commissioned in summer ...
Japan
Offshore wind in Fukushima waters
Thursday, 16 February 2012 Mike McGovern A year after the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster, a consortium of more than ten Japanese companies, led by the Marubeni trading company, is about to close a deal to erect an experimental 12-MW wind ...
Do you want clean energy? …Then just breathe
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 Toby Price A Brazilian designer has developed a mask that converts a user’s breath into electricity for recharging small electronic devices. According to its inventor, Joao Lammoglia, “there are small wind t...
United States
TV channel premieres new series featuring wind turbine “cowboys”
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 REM The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) has announced it has greenlit "Braving the Elements," a new docudrama anthology series revealing the work, subculture and characters of professions that take place...
United Kingdom
Offshore wind Round 3 could create 45,000 jobs
Monday, 13 February 2012 REM Renewable Energy recruitment specialists, Allen & York, take a look at the developing careers within the UK Offshore wind industry, specifically exploring the impact and progress of Round 3 on the...
United Kingdom
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens
Friday, 10 February 2012 REM Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd opened the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (UK) this week. The £1 billion Walney wind farm, which is a ...
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