Stanford researchers announce new water-based battery
15/05/2018 by Richard
Researchers from Stanford University have published an article in the Nature Energy journal outlining a new type of battery that could have applications for
European spending on wind power up 9%
24/04/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator
Investments in wind power across Europe jumped 9% to a total of €51.2 billion in 2017 according to the Financing and investment trends report from WindEurope. It should be noted that
World's most powerful wind turbine completed off Scottish coast
21/04/2018 by Richard
In a new first for Scottish wind power, the world’s most powerful wind turbine has been successfully set up off the coast of Aberdeen. The developers, Vattenfall, claim that a single rotation of the 8.8…
Scottish wind power makes great start to year
12/04/2018 by Mark
Figures for the first quarter show that Scottish onshore wind turbines generated 44% more electricity than the same quarter last year, which was also a record-breaking period at the time. The data from WWF Scotland…
UK wind power sees another record high
04/04/2018 by Richard
Recently published government figures reveal that wind power met 14.7% of the country’s total demand in 2017, setting a new record. It was also a good year for renewables in general, with renewable sources—including bioenergy,…
New record high for British wind power generation
20/03/2018 by Mark
The National Grid has announced that power generation from British windfarms hit a new high of 14.2 GW on Saturday, March 17. It also
GE announces world’s largest wind turbine
12/03/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator
Electricity giant GE has announced plans for its new offshore wind turbine, which promises to be the world’s largest and
Hywind floating windfarm exceeds expectations
01/03/2018 by Mark
The Hywind floating windfarm off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire was the first of its kind when it began production in October 2017, but new data from Norwegian
WindEurope stats reveal UK built over half of all European offshore wind power in 2017
15/02/2018 by Mark
New stats from industry body WindEurope show that the UK accounted for 1.7 GW of new offshore wind power capacity, which is 53% of the
Race bank windfarm reaches full power
09/02/2018 by Mark
Windfarm operator Ørsted, which was formerly known as Dong Energy, has announced that its Race Bank windfarm is now ready to generate up to its full capacity of 573 MW. All 91 of the Siemens…
Industry blames government for stifling UK onshore wind power
30/01/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator
While a record 2.6GW of onshore wind generation was installed across the UK in 2017, twice the previous record of 1.3GW in 2013, the
Denmark achieves wind power record
15/01/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator
Denmark set a new record for wind power in 2017 by sourcing 43.6% of its total electricity needs from wind energy, edging out the previous 2015 record of 42%. Over the course of