Browse by subject: Energy sources: Wind power (112)
Wood, winds and water
05 Nov 2007
Oil and gas may be reaching their peak, but Britain’s winds, woodlands and water resources hold reserves of...
Wish they all could be California?
06 Nov 2006
Where California leads, they say, the world follows. And it's proven true for some pretty dire pop songs, and worse besides...
Winds of change off Cape Cod
06 Mar 2008
Nantucket Sound, long the scene of summer idylls for fortunate East Coast Americans, is being blown about by one...
Winding up
13 Oct 2006
Tired of hearing that lame excuse about the energy-hungry emerging economies of China and India making emissions-reducing...
Wind, woodchip and farm waste to power universities
27 Oct 2009
Higher education switches on to renewable power
Wind working off and on
09 Nov 2006
The UK’s largest offshore wind farm to date, representing the fruition of the first of 18 plans submitted last...
Wind up the scale
04 Nov 2006
Europe’s largest wind farm has come on stream. The 20 turbines at the Middelgrunden offshore site near Copenhagen,...
Wind up for Wicks
30 Aug 2006
Unhappily for the Tory leader, David Cameron’s microgen-friendliness has run into determined resistance from...
Wind power “could provide total US electricity needs”
10 Aug 2009
Federal renewables rules look set to drive fresh surge in wind power on- and offshore
US...
Wind power drifts out to sea
04 Jan 2010
Revolutionary floating turbines, based on oil platform technology, could take wind power far out to sea, where it...
Wind power all at sea?
18 Oct 2006
Is offshore wind power now being accepted as a big part of Britain’s energy future? Conversely, is its more...
Wind in deep water
03 Oct 2008
Floating platforms promise economic wind farms far out at sea
Can offshore turbines be freed...
Wind among the Jewels
10 Jul 2008
Crown Estate reaches Round Three
Although Shell shocked the renewables industry by pulling...
Where the wind blows
05 Nov 2006
The European wind industry keeps having record years. By the end of 2002 the EU had added another 33% to its installed...
Where skylarks dare
08 Jan 2008
Up on Adam Twine’s farm, five turbines spell out his commitment– to community-owned renewables. Yes, there’s...
What does cheap oil mean for renewables?
15 Jan 2009
Inside views from the green energy sector on oil price volatility
Oil up at nearly $150 a...
UK wind power industry set to boom
08 Dec 2009
Britain’s offshore potential gets most of the attention paid to wind in the Government’s latest renewable energy...
UK seas ideal for massive wind power expansion
29 May 2009
There’s plenty of room for wind power offshore. Massive expansion, essential if the UK is to meet its renewable...
UK breakthrough for tidal power
04 Jan 2010
The world’s first commercial tidal plant has come onstream at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. Tidal power...
Turbine-driven telecoms
10 Jan 2008
BT builds up its own green power
Showing a lead to business, BT is investing in zero carbon electricity generation...
Turbine milestone
05 Nov 2006
Britain has got its 1,000th working wind turbine. It was switched on at the Moel Maelogen project in North Wales earlier this year...
The cleantech revolution sweeps through America
12 Nov 2009
A cleantech revolution is sweeping America - but will government have the courage to put the wind in its sails? Polly...
The changing face of Chinese energy
02 Nov 2006
Wind farming boosted by global emissions-cutting fund and national renewables law
Ten to sign up for North Sea's supergrid
31 Mar 2010
A new grid could unleash the power of offshore wind to meet Europe’s growing electricity demands. Thousands of...
Switching the sparks
10 Nov 2006
The UK's renewable industry is tied down and tangled. Simon Jones unpicks the power lines.
Swaffham pair
06 Nov 2006
The three-year old wind turbine in Swaffham, Norfolk, can look forward to getting a new sibling. The viewing platform...
Smart turbines can predict the wind
22 Apr 2010
Wind turbines in Denmark use LIDAR to anticipate the direction and strength of wind, and prepare for it in advance.
Ships take a blow
28 Mar 2008
Merchant shipping tries out carbon-cutting solutions as true extent of emissions emerges
Hybrid container...
Revolutionary new wind turbines spark a surge in renewable energy
11 Jan 2010
A wave of new turbine designs is brightening the prospects for small- and medium-scale wind power. After years of...
Renewed incentives for offshore wind
08 Apr 2010
In a bid to make borderline offshore wind projects viable, throughout 2010, each megawatt installed will earn two...
Records in the wind
05 Nov 2006
In the world of wind power, installations continue to leapfrog one another into the number one position as ‘world’s...
Pulling together for ‘positive energy’
09 Nov 2006
Symbolically demonstrating “unity of purpose and positive energy”, the rowers in a dragon boat race regatta...
Pulling power
31 Mar 2009
Scientists link chain of kites to harvest wind energy six miles high
They call it a laddermill – and they...
Power to regenerate
02 Nov 2006
A wind farm with a difference will come into being in South Wales’s Rhondda valley next year. The utility company E...
Power storage
05 Nov 2006
They are working on catching the wind in Utsira. The Norwegian island, well known to devotees of the shipping forecast,...
New turbine design to take wind off the radar
14 Jan 2010
The UK could add a further 5GW of wind power capacity if a new project succeeds in resolving one of the main objections...
New dawn for offshore
05 Nov 2006
Wind energy in Britain has just had its great leap forward. Planning permission has been given for a brace of 18...
More than just hot wind
12 Nov 2006
"The resource is there, the technology is proven, the costs continue to drop - all that is needed is the political...
Living in a power block
14 Sep 2006
Three wind turbines and a combined heat and power plant will nestle in a new energy-efficient block of flats, destined...
Liquid energy
17 Dec 2008
Waterways to host £150 million green energy project
Long left dormant since their heyday before the railway...
Ireland's 3 billion euro bid for energy independence
21 Jul 2010
A series of pumped hydro storage stations on Ireland's western coast could make the Emerald Isle greener still.
Into the wind
08 Nov 2006
Insurance - the wind beneath the wings of renewable energy? - Royal & SunAlliance
Intermittency “no obstacle to wind power success”
08 Dec 2009
Wind farm developers everywhere will be heartened by three UK reports this summer addressing ‘intermittency’...
Interconnector to harvest west coast power potential
12 Nov 2006
A new submarine cable connection could be the vital link to promote power generation from renewable sources along...
India’s new wave
11 Jan 2008
From wind power to green cars, Indian entrepreneurs are carving out some innovative responses to the sustainability challenge...
Ill wind in fire sale
11 Nov 2006
The collapse of Enron won’t spell the end of US interest in making wind turbines. The Atlanta-based power player,...
Hydrogen first makes renewables last
09 Jul 2008
Yorkshire technopark pioneers green hydrogen as energy store
A business park in south Yorkshire should see...
How green is their valley?
19 Oct 2007
The rural heartland of mid-Wales is home to an ambitious experiment in sustainable living - one that reaches well...
High wind on the high seas
12 Nov 2006
The latest German wind power project in the North Sea is breaking new boundaries in more ways than one. The current...
Heading up-wind
09 Nov 2006
In a challenge to governments around the world, Greenpeace has joined with the wind power industry to reaffirm the...
Grown up but not blown out
06 Nov 2006
A puff for the wind power industry in Germany, as the country’s installed capacity officially passed 10,000 MW this summer...
Green skyscrapers reach new heights
08 Feb 2010
Big, green and gorgeous: design for efficient, self-sufficient skyscrapers reaches new heights.
Google invests in clean energy
12 Jul 2010
A significant investment in clean energy by Google suggests it sees the renewable market as a key plank in its emerging...
Going with the wind
11 Nov 2006
Forecasts for renewable energy in Europe routinely predict major expansion. So market analysts Frost and Sullivan...
Getting up wind offshore in Wales...
04 Nov 2006
Aiming to boost ‘green electricity’ use in ordinary homes, campaign group Greenpeace is getting directly...
Getting the wind up
11 Nov 2006
Ten million European households are running off wind right now. Statistically, that is - that’s the scale of...
From doom to de-carb
19 Dec 2007
David Pike paints the fresh face of northeast energy, and Nicky Conway looks to tomorrow’s low emission regions...
Four trends that are reshaping America
16 Nov 2009
For over 30 years, Lester Brown has been tracking emerging trends in energy and environment – and working out what...
First fruits from the farm
02 Nov 2006
Boost for renewables as big offshore wind scheme comes on stream
Faith, hope & charities
05 Nov 2007
Unsung heroes abound in many fields, and sustainable energy is no exception.
Fair wind
06 Nov 2006
Contesting the idea that wind farms spoil the view, a new survey suggests that we find them more of a draw than a turn-off...
Electric green energy
15 Oct 2007
It’s time for energy suppliers to put their money where their mouths are, and invest in new wind power, says Dale Vince...
Ecotricity designs wind-powered sports car
11 May 2009
A wind-powered sports car? Sounds like a perfect whipping boy for Top Gear. But Ecotricity’s Dale Vince is deadly...
Devon gets the wind up
10 Jan 2008
Planning approval boosts ‘greenest county’ bid
After multiple knock-backs and a spot of legal wrangling...
Decontamination by wind power
05 Nov 2006
At a former petrol station in Elliot Lake, Northern Ontario, scientists experimenting with new technology have invented...
Danish town gets green makeover
28 Apr 2010
Danish architect plans to turn the waterside of Augustenborg's fjord into an eco-friendly recreation area.
Cash in the carbon
05 Nov 2007
By grasping the climate challenge, innovative entrepreneurs are gaining early mover advantage.
Call of the wind
05 Nov 2006
Putting its own house in order on the energy front, the US-based phone service provider Redjellyfish has gone over...
By the light of the wind
05 Nov 2006
Solar-powered street lights topped up by wind power are part of Pfizer’s plans for the next phase of development...
Blow the wind southerly
05 Nov 2006
With temperatures dropping to - 68 Fahrenheit and winds reaching 155mph, Aberdeen's wind chill factor didn't seem so bad...
Bird-spotters convert to wind power
28 Jul 2009
The new wind turbine at Rainham Marshes could have special significance in the story of UK renewables. It's nothing...
Banking on offshore
14 Oct 2007
Birds, radars, landowners, fishermen – just some of the stakeholders in Hydro’s North Sea wind farm.
Balance of power
13 Oct 2006
Ismail Khan’s latest claim to fame is tackling Kabul’s electricity shortages. A controversial former...
Autumn winds turn
06 Nov 2006
The cost of wind power is coming down. It has just crossed a symbolic threshold, as studies in Europe reveal a ‘best...
A way forward for rooftop micro-wind?
19 Jul 2010
Solar Aero Research has patented a bladeless wind turbine which poses no danger to bats and birds, and won't show up on ATC radar...
A switch in time
10 Jan 2008
Wanted: a clear and sustainable sense of direction on our electric options. The answers could fix the future of power for decades...
A battery to catch the wind
27 Jan 2009
Offshore electricity to be ‘stored’ in energy island
How can offshore wind generation...
...and onshore in Scotland
04 Nov 2006
British Energy, Shell and Scottish Power have announced plans to build what is potentially the largest wind farm...
Tradition with a new face
27 Mar 2008
A wind-powered Aga… whatever next?
Coalbrookdale in Telford, Shropshire, has a record when it comes to innovation...
