By Shawna Mac
We will create 3 categories for wind power systems. We will primarily discuss the small size but all three have some similarities.
-Large: commercial grade Wind Turbines
-Medium: Windmill
-Small: Long Fan blade
How do wind power systems work?
A fan blade system is installed on top of a tower or on the roof of your home and [...]

Companies like AVN Energy, a Danish manufacturer of wind-power equipment, are creating the technology which now provides 20% of Denmark’s electricity production. AVN co-operated with The Trelleborg Group’s Sealing Solutions to develop seals for their wind power actuators. Trelleborg’s reporter, Donna Guinivan, visited AVN’s plant, Silkeborg, Denmark, to get the full story on this and [...]

Nature-Inspired Luxury and Environmental Education-Focused Destination Chooses Wind Power to Offset 100 Percent of Its Electricity Going Green/Corporate Social Responsibility
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga.– Callaway Gardens, a 13,000-acre destination comprised of award-winning gardens, upscale lodge and spa, recreation and residential communities all focusing on connecting man with nature, has offset all of its electricity use with renewable [...]

Wind farms generally improve the scenery of locations that were not that picturesque to begin with. According to a study in Geographical Research published by Wiley-Blackwell, wind farms have a negative impact on landscapes with a high scenic quality, but a positive effect on dull and mundane landscapes.
In the paper titled “Scenic Perceptions of the [...]

DUBLIN, Ireland - Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Offshore Wind Power” to their offering.
The 1st Edition of Offshore Wind Power report is a 75-page overview of how and why offshore wind power is set to become a major contributor to global power production.
Wind power has been the fastest growing industry in the [...]

WindTrain is the recipient of a 2007 Citation from the Unbuilt Architecture Design Committee of the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). This award honors innovation and experimentation in design devoid of standard contextual constraints. Award jurors described WindTrain as, “A bold notion of using found land to reduce automobile emissions.”
Arrowstreet developed the concept of a [...]

Xcel Energy today issued a Request for Proposals for 500 megawatts of wind power to help it meet Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard. Under the company’s preferred option, once built, project ownership would be transferred to Xcel Energy. The company will consider resources with commercial operation dates through 2011.
“We support the goal of securing an environmentally [...]

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xcel Energy announced today that this month the company will achieve 1,000 megawatts of wind power capacity on its Minnesota system.
This renewable energy milestone will be reached by year-end, when PPM Energy’s MinnDakota Wind Power project goes on-line. The 150-megawatt development is located on the Minnesota-South Dakota border.

ELK RIVER, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great River Energy is pleased to announce that it has signed a power purchase agreement with PPM Energy (PPM), a unit of IBERDROLA RENOVABLES, to purchase wind power from the Elm Creek Wind Farm. Construction is expected to begin in the fall of 2008 on the 99-megawatt Elm Creek Wind Farm near [...]

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reinforcing its capability to meet the growing global demand for wind turbines, GE Energy has signed an agreement with one of the leading wind turbine blade suppliers, TPI Composites. In support of the agreement, TPI plans to build a new 316,000 square foot facility in Newton, Iowa that will create approximately 500 new jobs.
The [...]