Bicker Fen wind farm substation: Residents ‘shocked’ RWE N power Renewables is planning more than 250 offshore wind turbines at Triton Knoll

Residents say they are shocked at plans to build a substation the size of 30 football pitches in their village.
RWE N power Renewables is planning more than 250 offshore wind turbines at Triton Knoll but has faced opposition to building a substation on land.
The company said it had selected a…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-energy-power/bicker-fen-wind-farm-substation-residents-shocked-rwe-n-power-renewables-is-planning-more-than-250-offshore-wind-turbines-at-triton-knoll/ power Renewables, wind turbines

Wind turbines arrives for Panama’s first wind farm

Spanish-owned Union Eolica Panameña, or UEP, started unloading the sections of the giant wind towers that will hold the wind turbines at the $440 million Penonome wind farm, the first wind power plant of its kind in Panama and the largest in Central America.
The first two barges carrying the…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/wind-turbines-arrives-for-panamas-first-wind-farm/ generation power plant, Goldwind, Panama¡ wind energy, wind turbines, Wind turbines industry, Wind turbines power plant

Offshore Wind Energy: EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd Offshore Team up to Jointly Respond to the French Government’s Second Call for Tenders

EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore, two key players in European offshore wind energy, have announced the signing of a partnership agreement.
The agreement formalizes both groups’ decision to combine their expertise in the French government’s second call for tenders, with a view to…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/offshore-wind-energy-edf-energies-nouvelles-and-wpd-offshore-team-up-to-jointly-respond-to-the-french-governments-second-call-for-tenders/ Alstom, EDF Energies Nouvelles, France, Offshore, Wind energy, wind turbines, wpd Offshore

No link between wind turbines and adverse health effects development of wind energy citing apparent health concerns.

Belgium’s supreme health council (Conseil Supérieur de la Santé, CSS) – a scientific body which advises the government – has called for a “reflection” on the development of wind energy citing apparent health concerns.
The CSS would do well to note that an increasing body of evidence…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/no-link-between-wind-turbines-and-adverse-health-effects-development-of-wind-energy-citing-apparent-health-concerns/ apparent health concerns, development of wind energy, health effects, health wind energy, wind turbines

Clean Energy Espionage Case Heads to China’s Supreme Court corporate espionage dispute between AMSC

There’s a new legal development in the corporate espionage dispute between AMSC and the Chinese wind turbine supplier Sinovel.
China’s Supreme People’s Court said it will review two civil suits AMSC brought against Sinovel for stealing its proprietary software in 2011. (The…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/clean-energy-espionage-case-heads-to-chinas-supreme-court-corporate-espionage-dispute-between-amsc/ AMSC, China, clean energy trade, Cleantech, Energy and Economy, Finance, intellectual property rights, News, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Wind, wind turbines

Google and Wind Energy: Acquisition of Makani Kite Power development under its Google[x] division

It’s been a long time since we covered Makani Power, the company developing kite-like wind turbines. But the company didn’t float away (bad pun intended). In fact, it has just been bought by Google, for development under its Google[x] division.

Image Credit: Makani / Google
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Falmouth votes to keep wind turbines; Australian sound study confirms others installed at its wastewater treatment plant.

The town of Falmouth, Mass., on Cape Cod voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against removing two wind turbines installed at its wastewater treatment plant.
The vote in Falmouth was taken in a context in which state health agencies across the U.S., including in Massachusetts, and their counterparts at…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/falmouth-votes-to-keep-wind-turbines-australian-sound-study-confirms-others-installed-at-its-wastewater-treatment-plant/ Australian sound study, Falmouth votes, wastewater treatment plant, wind turbines, wind turbines installed

Eolus sells 14 wind turbines to Munich Re signed an agreement regarding sales of 14 wind turbines (30 MW)

Eolus Vind AB and MEAG have today signed an agreement regarding sales of 14
wind turbines (30 MW) with an expected yearly energy production of roughly 80
GWH to Munich Re.

The agreement concerns the wind farms Hakarp, Kaptensberget and Åsen, all of
them established and taken into…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/eolus-sells-14-wind-turbines-to-munich-re-signed-an-agreement-regarding-sales-of-14-wind-turbines-30-mw/ Eolus sells, Eolus wind energy, Europe’s largest investors, Munich Re, signed an agreement, wind turbines

Wind turbine illness is a myth Capital Wind Farm near Bungendore

It would be hard to find anyone who sleeps closer to wind turbines than farm manager Megan Mitchell who lives on the Capital Wind Farm near Bungendore.
“I love living on a wind farm, waking up to the beautiful rural landscape where my husband Andrew and I have been renting a cottage since…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/wind-2/wind-turbine-illness-is-a-myth-capital-wind-farm-near-bungendore/ myth Capital, Wind energy, Wind Farm near Bungendore, Wind turbine illness, wind turbines

Compressed Air Energy Storage In The Northwest — Enough Wind Energy To Power 85,000 Homes For 1 Month Can Be Stored In Porous Rocks

Around 85,000 households in the Northwest could be powered every month by the energy that could be stored deep underground in the region’s porous rock, according to new research. By utilizing such an energy storage solution, the region’s substantial wind energy resources could be put to full…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/compressed-air-energy-storage-in-the-northwest-enough-wind-energy-to-power-85000-homes-for-1-month-can-be-stored-in-porous-rocks/ wind turbines