Wind Turbine Efficiency
According to David Rosser- director of CBI Wales the wind only blows strongly enough 10% of the time for a wind energy project to work. According to James May from Top Gear on his latest TV show, wind...
View ArticleWhat is Amplitude Modulation of Noise from Wind Turbines?
Amplitude Modulation of aerodynamic noise is a term used to describe a noise phenomenon experienced at a few unusual wind energy projects in the UK. The term is often used to cause concern amongst...
View ArticleWind Energy Intermittency Effects on the UK Grid
Claims are sometimes made that wind turbines create electricity intermittently and because of this a) the grid cannot cope and b) back up power stations are needed resulting in no carbon dioxide...
View ArticleWind Energy Questions – Does Wind Turbine Infrasound Attract Aliens?
Last week the press went wild over a wind turbine suffering one lost blade and a second damaged blade. Was it a cow, was it a plane, was it a UFO? Maybe it was the eerie mangled looking photographs or...
View ArticleTop Ten Wind Energy Myths
As with anything new, a small proportion of the population will be suspicious of emerging technology and wind turbines, despite being green and clean do not escape this. Below are some of the common...
View ArticleAre Bats Killed by Wind Turbines?
Bats are a protected species in the European Union and recently concerns have arisen about the potential for bat populations to be affected or harmed by wind turbines. Research work has been carried...
View ArticleImproving the UK Grid for Renewable Energy
Access to the grid network is currently one of the key constraints for increased wind energy development in the UK. Our existing electricity grid network is optimised for traditional (centralised)...
View ArticleWhat is Stopping the Severn Barrage?
The idea of an electricity generating tidal barrage across the Severn Estuary between England and Wales has been around for 160 years. Conceptually the Severn tidal barrage is a simple and green...
View ArticleWind Farm Neighbours
Canadian wind farm neighbour Mulikow tries to describe the noise from his next door wind farm in the video below. As with all attempts to replicate ‘noise experiences’ this video struggles to represent...
View ArticleCan British communities claim renewable energy grants and the Feed in Tariff?
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has now confirmed that the feed in tariff (FIT) is compliant with European law on State Aid Rules. However it is still unclear as to what communities...
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