All right, a slightly old news, but thought it could be interesting to many of those keen on knowing the types of opportunities companies from the traditional sectors will gain from renewable energy. Tata Steel has secured a major contract from Siemens Wind Power to supply 25,000 metric tons of...

Photo and article credit: Revmodo Designers from McCamley UK  have released a prototype of a new wind turbine designed for the small spaces and changing wind speeds of cities. The cool-looking vertical axis wind turbine turbine can be built in sizes ranging from a tiny 1 kW model to a...

Wind energy associations in India have appealed for investor friendly policies to accelerate wind energy development in the country. Against the backdrop of the recent power outages in the northern and eastern grids in India and which affected over 600 million lives, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), the...

Not sure if the Republicans are perennially against renewable energy, but Mitt Romney for sure is not going to provide lavish incentives to the wind power industry, that much appears to be for sure. He has publicly said that he would do away with the wind subsidies. Add to this...

Infrastructure India, an investment company focused on India's transport and energy sectors, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Indian Energy, has successfully converted its Theni wind farm to a group captive power project, thereby increasing the potential future returns from the project. The Theni project is located in Tamil...

The consumption of composite materials in Global Wind Energy Industry is forecast to reach $3.9 billion by 2017, a study says. The world’s growing appetite for wind energy has transformed wind turbine blades into one of the hottest composite applications around. The huge demand for wind power generating equipments –...

I have always loved looking at those wind turbines and have felt they looked majestic and cool. But apparently, there are many around the world who do not share my view (you will be knowing this especially if you are in Europe). Why do some folks hate wind turbines? Is...

The Efficient Offshore Wind Program is a globally significant research and development program involving four leading energy sector companies formed to investigate and overcome challenges in the offshore wind industry. Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, SSE, Technip Offshore Wind and Wood Group Renewables were joined by Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of...

MSC Software Corporation (MSC), recently announced the new 2012 version of its Advanced Wind Turbine Modeling (AdWiMo) solution. AdWiMo allows rapid modeling and accurate system simulation of wind turbines. As a plug-in to Adams, the multibody dynamics analysis software from MSC, the new version of AdWiMo fully supports the new...

Cooling products maker Fedders Lloyd Corporation (FLC) today announced its foray into wind turbine component sector by setting up a tower manufacturing facility in Bharuch district of Gujarat. The B R Punj-promoted FLC has set up a wind turbine tower manufacturing facility, having annual production capacity of upto 250 towers,...