Latest Wind Power company news

O-Power OP: O-Power hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market

O-Power (OP) Limited, a new business, will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market. OP offers concept development and analysis, right through to the supply and installation of product. It will use the human, physical and bus... [more]

Evance Wind Turbines: Evance turbines generate power for farm in Derbyshire

An arable farm in Derbyshire is now harnessing the wind to contribute to its energy requirements while lowering its carbon footprint using two Evance R9000 turbines. Hallmark Tractors, a distributer for Evance Wind Turbines, supplied and installed the two Evance 5kW wind turbines on 18m towers. The power generated b... [more]

General Electric: Lake Erie freshwater offshore wind farm uses GE's wind turbine

The Lake Erie project, the first freshwater offshore wind farm in the U.S., will use GE’s next-generation wind turbine, the largest in its product line, designed specifically for offshore deployment. It will incorporate direct-drive technology from ScanWind, a Norwegian company acquired by GE last year, and will featur... [more]

: A guide to wind energy

Wind is the result of the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun and the fact temperatures will always be attempting to reach an equilibrium (heat is obviously moving to a cooler area). With the rising cost of energy and the destruction of the environment from non-renewable fuels, it is increasingly equitable to harves... [more]

Puget Sound Energy: Lucky visitor to name wind Turbine A-1

More than 45,500 people have visited Puget Sound Energy's Renewable Energy Center since its opening in 2008, with thousands coming each month during the tourist season. To celebrate the 50,000th visitor to its Renewable Energy Center near Ellensburg, Wash., Puget Sound Energy will honor the lucky individual with the op... [more]