Do wind turbines provide an affordable means of harnessing a limitless source of clean power, or are they inefficient blots on the landscape that devastate birdlife and are more likely to exacerbate than reduce CO2 emissions?
… Wind turbines debate Alison Hill Alison Hill | 1st March 2004 News Wind Electricity Climate Change British Wind Energy Country Guardian Turbines …
Following premature cutbacks to onshore wind farms the UK's energy security will increasingly depend on large scale offshore wind power, write Ian Broadbent & Peter Strachan. But while energy secretary Amber Rudd talked the sector up in her speech yesterday, she revealed feeble ambition, and said nothing to overcome investors' fears of being left out in the cold.
… at sea? Government's strong talk on offshore wind masks feeble ambition Ian Broadbent Peter … Strachan | 26th June 2015 News Renewables Wind UK Politics Oceans Energy sheringham-shoal-offshore-wind-cut.jpg Following premature cutbacks to …
Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power
… Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power? David Strahan | 27th April 2010 News Energy Climate Change Wind Renewables Grid Demand Management pylonssunset.jpg Wind energy finally seems to be moving …
Perplexed by today's sharp cuts in solar power and other attacks on renewable energy in the UK? Don't be, writes Oliver Tickell. Really, it all makes perfect sense. You just have to understand their real purpose: to keep your energy bills high, along with power company profits. And never mind the 'green crap'!
… July 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Solar Wind Climate Change Politics Corporations … of they are completely right. Take onshore wind power. Onshore wind is by far the UK's lowest cost source of …
US scientists say that very large wind farms could not only withstand a hurricane: they would also weaken it and so protect coastal communities. As Tim Radford reports, wind farms could just have saved New Orleans ...
… Offshore wind could calm hurricanes Tim Radford | 11th March 2014 News Renewables Wind Power Climate Change offshore-wind-homs-dk.png US scientists say that very …
David Cameron's Conservative government did its best to kill off the UK's lowest-cost renewable energy technologies, onshore wind and solar. But in next week's budget, the Chancellor can put that right. Renewables are low carbon, quick to deploy, have low environmental impacts, and enjoy high public support, writes Ervin Bossanyi. It's time to give them a break!
… Budget 2017 - wind and solar are essential to combat climate … renewable energy technologies, onshore wind and solar. But in next week's budget, the … to give them a break! I started working on wind energy in 1978, for a research project on …
The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than that of new nuclear, writes Kieran Cooke - helped along by low oil and steel prices, reduced maintenance and mass production. By 2030 the sector is expected to supply 7% of Europe's electricity.
… Offshore wind powers ahead as prices drop 30% below … Cooke | 19th July 2016 News Energy Renewables Wind Oceans UK Denmark Germany Nuclear Oil … Fuels burbo-bank-cut.jpg The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than …
The wind farms debate rages on as the need for renewable energy grows. But is the UK in danger of putting aesthetics before the need to cut carbon emissions and adopt greener technologies?
… Wind turbines: the future of renewable energy … Bethany Hubbard | 24th February 2012 News Wind Farms Energy Turbines Scotland Donald … Change Society Investigations scrobysandswindfarm.jpg The wind farms debate rages on as …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
… New offshore wind farms could power every UK home Eifion … Energy Climate Change Science And Technology Wind Sea British Wind Energy Association Offshore Wind …
Offshore wind turbines are trying to reproduce at sea what works on land, write Maurizio Collu & Michael Borg. But it's proving a costly and high maintenance exercise. It's time to switch to new 'vertical axis' designs that promise to be cheaper to build and operate.
… Going vertical: offshore wind power must find a new axis Maurizio Collu … | 14th January 2015 Comment Energy Oceans Wind Technology vertax-wind-turbines_multiple_seascape-cut.jpg …
Offshore wind power is crucial if the UK is to meet its renewable energy targets - but a lack of suitably powerful and reliable technology could hamper efforts, reports David Strahan
… to design supersized turbines to maximise wind power potential David Strahan | 1st March 2011 News Energy Climate Change Wind Power Renewables Investigations turbine1.jpg Offshore wind power is crucial if the UK is to meet its …
Prices paid in the UK to solar and wind generators will change to favour offshore wind at the expense of the others. Jim Platt warns that the policy is doomed to failure - offshore wind is just too expensive, and likely to remain so.
… Offshore wind is too expensive! Jim Platts | 7th December 2013 Comment Wind Renewables Energy Oceans offshore-wind-on-the-rocks.png Prices paid in the UK to …
Floating wind turbines offer huge falls in the cost of offshore wind power, writes Paul Brown, and could be generating power in UK waters at well under the cost of new nuclear by 2020, provided adequate support.
… With floating platforms, offshore wind cost set to plunge Paul Brown | 11th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Wind UK Scotland Oceans Technology ofshore-floating-wind-cut.jpg Floating wind turbines offer huge …
Way out in the turbulent North Sea, the Dogger Bank may seem like an unlikely place to site a large part of Britain's energy infrastructure. But given the stable sea floor, consistent winds, and distance from sensitive neighbours, it could be the perfect place. Even the fish could come to like it!
… is the perfect spot for the world's biggest wind farm Xavier Lemaire | 27th March 2015 Comment Renewables Wind Oceans UK doggerland-photo-vut.jpg Way … But given the stable sea floor, consistent winds, and distance from sensitive neighbours, …
Not only can the US save money on its electricity by moving to a 48-state power network based on high voltage DC power lines, writes Christopher Clack. It's also the key to increasing the penetration of renewables as the lowest cost energy source, with wind and solar delivering 55% of the nation's electricity demand - and a 78% reduction in carbon emissions.
… The cheapest way to scale up wind and solar? A US-wide high-tech power … Renewables Emissions Climate Change USA sun-wind-cut.jpg Not only can the US save money on … as the lowest cost energy source, with wind and solar delivering 55% of the nation's …
Two innovative renewable energy projects are moving forward in Scotland: Britain's first tidal power array, and the world's first deployment of two-bladed wind offshore turbines. The experimental technologies are hoped to achieve significant cost savings and unlock a huge offshore energy resource.
… first: tidal array and twin-bladed offshore wind turbines The Ecologist | 29th August 2014 … the world's first deployment of two-bladed wind offshore turbines. The experimental … also promoting the development the offshore wind, with up to a £100 million of investment. …
New research shows that wind and solar can meet 80% of Germany's power demand, with biogas and hydropower providing the balance, writes Keith Barnham. And if Germany can do it, so can other countries, many of them even more easily - with no need for fossil fuels or nuclear power. COP21 should raise its ambitions and commit to a 100% renewable electricity future, everywhere.
… solar-germany-cut.jpg New research shows that wind and solar can meet 80% of Germany's power … reliability objection is a myth. Solar PV and wind power are complementary. Together they … in Nature Materials explodes the second myth. Wind and PV and wind power are expanding …
The UK has been described as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind, with some 50 TWh of onshore and at least 450 TWh of offshore power available every year, well in excess of our current electricity demand.
… Power On - Wind Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Wind Energy Electricit Hydro-electric Wind Farms Wind Carbon Dioxide Global Warming …
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be
… Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport Mark Jansen … And Economics Energy Climate Change Budget Wind poundsonchart.jpg As the fiscal dust … by Renewable UK (formerly the British Wind Energy Association - the trade body for …
Last night's speech on Britain's energy choices by former environment secretary Owen Paterson's caused widespread outrage long before it was delivered. But what exactly did he say on the night? Read on, and be surprised to discover that it makes excellent sense - in parts.
… renewable technologies in particular onshore wind. I have used the last three months since … scenario, most of the electricity comes from wind power. This is regrettably entirely … need to consider the scale of construction. Wind capacity in the EU 27 must rise from 83 …
Leading environmental campaigner and author George Monbiot has said that he believes land-based wind farms in the UK 'have reached saturation point', and that any future farms should be built at sea.
… George Monbiot: No more wind turbines on land 29th May 2007 News George Monbiot Monbiot Wind Farms Wind Energy Wind Turbines Wind Energy Climate …
How did Germany do it? No, not its World Cup victory - how did Germany engineer Europe's highest penetration of renewable energy, plus fast-dropping electricity prices? Keith Barnham explains - and says the UK could do the same, and better!
… 2014 Comment Germany UK Energy Renewables Wind Solar Climate Change … in Germany in 2006 demonstrated how wind power, solar photovoltaic (PV) power and … in winter too. Electricity from PV and wind costs less than from conventional …
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.
… | 1st April 2008 News Renewables Nimby Wind Solar Biofuels Land Use Equity Climate Change Dams Tidal Solar Wind Climate Change Climate Change Natural … yet fully have grasped. The battle is over a wind farm – potentially the world’s biggest – …
Rising greenhouse gas levels are causing stronger winds over the Southern Ocean. It's good news for Antarctica, writes Tim Radford, as the circumpolar winds are keeping its ice caps cold. But Australia is getting hotter and drier - and its problems will only increase.
… Strong winds keep Antarctica cold - while Australia … greenhouse gas levels are causing stronger winds over the Southern Ocean. It's good news … writes Tim Radford, as the circumpolar winds are keeping its ice caps cold. But …