wind power

wind power capture does exactly what it says on the tin - it harnesses the energy of the wind then uses it to carry out a variety of tasks depending on what your needs might be. The most common today is of course producing electricity. However, this wasn't always the case. Hundreds of years ago windmills were constructed with massive wooden sails in order to use the power of the wind to grind grain and thus produce flour, amongst other applications.

Today though, wind power is generally harnessed to produce electricity with highly efficient permanent magnet generators trickle charging current into storage units. Technology has really moved on a-pace and with it commercial applications. There are now many robust and reliable wind turbine generators which you can buy over the sheld and which are designed to carry out a whole range of different generation needs - sailing boats and marine to domestic, household and insdustrial.

This section of renewable-energy-site.co.uk is aimed at providing all the information you'll ever need to research where wind energy comes from, to find out how to harness it yourself, see what the future projections for it are, even to locate a supplier to sell you a pre-built unit or install a system for you. You'll also find a wealth of books on the various areas of the wind power world displayed down the right hand side of each page as well as all the latest developments in each specialism at the bottom.

We're adding new wind energy & wind power articles and resources all the time, so please be sure to bookmark us and check back regularily!

wind power articles

wind power in the news

Letter Wind power is not delivering - Scotsman
1 Aug 2010 at 12:09am
Letter Wind power is not deliveringScotsmanIn a paper published on the website Master Resource, electrical engineer Kent Hawkins has shown that when wind power surpasses 5 per cent of power generated ...

Fury over four planned wind turbines near Gillingham - BBC News
30 Jul 2010 at 2:32pm
Fury over four planned wind turbines near GillinghamBBC NewsA new campaign has been launched against a proposal to build wind turbines near Gillingham. Two years ago 1987 people wrote to the council to object to ...

Norfolk council ordered to pay wind farm protest costs - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
31 Jul 2010 at 5:02pm
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressNorfolk council ordered to pay wind farm protest costsNorfolk Eastern Daily PressJohn Fuller, leader of South Norfolk District Council, said: ?Obviously we are disappointed, but wind turbines raise strong passions on either side. ...and more »

Terra-Gen Power Breaks Ground on World's Largest Wind Project - Earthtimes
30 Jul 2010 at 5:53pm
GazetteNETTerra-Gen Power Breaks Ground on World's Largest Wind ProjectEarthtimesAWEC will increase the installed wind power capacity in California by 25 percent and conserve more than 888 million gallons of water annually. ...Powerful argumentPlanningResource (subscription)US wind falls back to 2007 levelsBusiness GreenUS wind industry calls for national renewable energy standardSmartPlanet.co...

Engineers race to design world's biggest offshore wind turbines - The Guardian
26 Jul 2010 at 5:59am
Telegraph.co.ukEngineers race to design world's biggest offshore wind turbinesThe GuardianBritish, American and Norwegian engineers are in a race to design and build the holy grail of wind turbines ? giant, 10MW offshore machines twice the size ...Wind turbines set for 'increase'BBC NewsChris Huhne to announce increase in wind turbinesTelegraph.co.ukMore cheap wind turbines are key to power str...

Wind power - The Economist (blog)
29 Jul 2010 at 2:21pm
The Economist (blog)Wind powerThe Economist (blog)American power companies with significant wind power installations are struggling to cope with fluctuations in the juice their turbines are producing, ...and more »