UK government to back offshore wind power
15/03/2019 by Mark
The UK government is to provide further support for the expansion of offshore wind power. It hopes that it will be meeting about a third of the country’s electricity demand by 2030.
Google boosts wind power efficiency with AI
09/03/2019 by Richard
Google has announced on its company blog that it has successfully managed to boost the value of its generated wind power by 20%, thanks to installing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in some of its facilities.
UK wind power sets new records
24/02/2019 by Richard
High winds in February have helped the UK wind power industry to set a series of new records.
Giant UK windfarm produces first power
21/02/2019 by Mark
According to Orsted (formerly DONG Energy), the Hornsea One windfarm has begun generating electricity. The windfarm, which is sited about 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast, will be the largest offshore windfarm in the world…
Vestas presents new wind power platform
30/01/2019 by Mark
Vestas, a wind power firm based in Denmark, has introduced its new EnVestas platform, which the company claims will produce cheaper energy by allowing customers to
Study predicts renewables will dominate next year
21/01/2019 by Richard
According to EnAppSys, an energy market analyst, renewable energy will supplant fossil fuels as the UK’s dominant form of energy generation in 2020. The UK wind
Scottish Power focuses on wind power
12/01/2019 by Richard
Scottish Power has become the first UK energy company to rely solely on wind power following the sale of some of its other generating assets to rival energy company Drax. The sale of
North Uist to get community windfarm
06/01/2019 by OilStoreAdministrator
The island community of North Uist in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides is set to build a community windfarm following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The renewables project plans to
British wind power sets new record
30/12/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator
Figures from Drax Electic Insights, backed up by the National Grid, show that wind power met just over a third of British electricity demand, some 15 gigawatts, for an
Next decade to see extra 680+ GW of wind power
18/12/2018 by Richard
Fresh research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables – an energy, chemicals, renewables, metals and mining research and consultancy group – over 680 GW of wind power generation will be added globally over the next…
GE wins contract for US's first wind–solar hybrid
27/11/2018 by Mark
In the United States, GE has won a contract to provide elements of a new wind¬–solar hybrid, the first such commercial project in the country.
Mobil releases whitepaper on white etching cracks
15/11/2018 by Mark
Mobil has put out a whitepaper following research conducted together with Schaeffler Technologies into the causes of white etching cracks (WEC) in the