http://www.winddaily.com/index.html Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST en-us Leading French wind project developer and renewable energy producer VALOREM recently added a Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to its wind resource assessment program. The purchase, which followed an initial rental Triton deployment, represents a significant endorsement by a leader in the French wind industry. VALOREM's acquisition followed a four-month performance validation study at a site in s]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST Wind turbines may be one of the best renewable energy solutions, but as turbines get larger they also get noisier, become more of an eyesore, and require increasingly larger expanses of land. One solution: ocean-based wind turbines. While offshore turbines already have been constructed, they've traditionally been situated in shallow waters, where the tower extends directly into the seabed.]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST Wind turbines as a renewable energy source have problems of noise, visual clutter and land use, and one U.S. researcher says moving them offshore is a solution. Offshore wind farms have been built, but only in shallow water near coasts, and one naval architect wants to go much farther out by placing turbines on floating platforms, a release from the American Institute of Physics said We]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST China is quickly developing into the world's biggest wind power market. The Asian giant in 2009 installed more wind turbines than all of Europe and by 2017 could have the world's largest total capacity, said Angelika Pullen, spokeswoman for the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry group. China in 2009 installed 13 gigawatts of new wind power capacity, compared to 10 GW in Euro]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month. Professor Seamus Garvey, of the University's Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, will speak on the potential of vast floating offshore 'energy farms' off the UK coastline, which could produce ']]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST A Chinese wind turbine-maker confirmed Monday that it has axed a 1.2 billion-US-dollar share sale in Hong Kong due to "excessive market volatility", the latest in a series of ditched listings. Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology said it would be "inadvisable" to press on with the listing on June 22, in what was billed as the city's second-largest initial public offering (IPO) this year ]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST Ten U.S. East Coast states have formed an alliance with the U.S. Department of the Interior to promote offshore wind power. Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina have signed the memorandum of understanding related to wind power. The agreement will help to facilitate federal-state coope]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more than 1,000 giant turbines, with barely a whisper of protest. The secret? The giant Markbygden wind farm - covering more than 500 square kilometres, or the equivalent of five times the size of Paris - is being built in a virtually uninha]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST The City of Painesville, Ohio, has decided to move forward with a groundbreaking municipal-scale wind power project, according to an announcement made by NexGen Energy Partners. NexGen Energy, a leading owner and operator of distributed renewable energy systems, will develop, construct and operate up to 3.2 megawatts of commercial-scale wind turbines on multiple sites across the Painesvill]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST The quest to derive energy from wind may soon be getting some help from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri-and a school of fish. As head of Caltech's Biological Propulsion Laboratory, Dabiri studies water- and wind-energy concepts that share the theme of bioinspiration: that is, identifying energy-related processes in biological systems that may ]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST The car is not the only vehicle that can be propelled electrically. Lecturers at the Higher Nautical and Naval Engineering Technical School, Mikel Lejarza, Jose Ignacio Uriarte, Miguel Angel Gomez Solaetxe and Juan Luis Larrabe are part of a research team working on an innovative project: to have a sailing boat that can undertake port manoeuvres (such as mooring and unmooring) using electric ene]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST An important step for bringing the widespread use of wind power for energy applications in North America was has announced by Intertek, a leading provider of a broad range of support services for manufacturers, owners and operators in the wind energy industry. It is the industry's first electrical safety certification of a large wind turbine hydraulic brake system in North America for Hydr]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST Dakota Wind Energy, along with its managing member, National Wind, have announces the acceptance by the Midwest ISO ("MISO") of its 300 megawatt (MW) interconnection request into the Big Stone II Transmission backfill study group. Regional electrical transmission operator, MISO, identified wind projects that can utilize, or "backfill," the electrical capacity once reserved for the Big Stone II c]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST The American Bird Conservancy says it fears proposed voluntary guidelines for wind farms will not prevent the deaths of birds by the turbines. ABC President George Fenwick said Monday he sent letters to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey identifying key shortcomings in recent federal plans to address the affects of wind farms on birds.]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST National Wind of Minneapolis, MN, and KRS Energy of Centennial, Colorado, have announced the launch of Buffalo Wind Energy. The Buffalo Wind Project plans to develop up to 300 megawatts of wind energy. Buffalo Wind Energy currently has 14,500 acres under lease between the towns of Amarillo and Umbarger along with the direct participation of 12 area families. The 12 families appointed four ]]> Thu, 29 JUL 2010 21:25:29 AEST