Posts Tagged ‘wind energy’

Wind Energy News

InfoGrok Energy, a leading Energy industry news and intelligence website is reporting that Vestas, the Denmark-based wind energy company have received a substantial order from Devon Wind Power Ltd, a subsidiary of ESB Wind Development UK.

The order is for delivery of 22 units of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbines to its large scale Fullabrook Wind Farm.

Fullabrook Wind Farm, which is situated between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North Devon area.

The order that has been received has an overall capacity of 66 MW. All the wind turbines ordered as part of the deal will be installed at the site.The delivery of the turbines is scheduled to be completed by a deadline of April 2011. The contract includes (1) supply; (2) installation and; (3) commissioning of the wind turbines. It is estimated that once the wind farm is fully operational, it will provide sufficient electricity for nearly 30,000 domestic consumers in the UK.

Klaus Steen Mortensen, President of Vestas Northern Europe is quoted as saying, “We are very pleased to announce this order.” “When completed, the Fullabrook will become the largest onshore wind farm in England, and it is a landmark in both the development of ESB as one of our key accounts and in their strategic goal of investing EUR 4 billion in renewable generation projects. Vestas looks forward to playing an active role in the achievement of this target.”

When put into full production, Vestas predicts the wind turbines will save the environment from an annual carbon emission count of more than 91,000 tons of CO2 compared with the average generated energy sources such as oil, gas and nuclear in the United Kingdom.
This move will further strengthen the UK coalition governments green credentials amongst environmentalists, the general public and also work as a test bed for future growth of the wind energy industry in the United Kingdom.

Wind Energy is becoming a popular alternative source of energy that the general public is becoming interested in. Using natural resources to replace electricity is a win-win situation. No pollution, little cost to operate and lower power bills. There are numerous companies that are building factories and starting to build these tested windmills but the cart appears to be ahead of the horse.

Energy, as we know it, is taking on a new face in the educational field. Being an engineer at the electric company or a driller in the oil field does not qualify one to know the ins and outs of wind power. Data analysis and interpretation, policy impacts, feasibility analyses, site selection, project design, energy estimations, equipment design, environmental impacts, maintenance strategies and contract considerations are a few areas that need to be studied and learned in all phases of wind power.

Many of us know that with the changing trends we will have to go back to school but where do you go? Chances are your local university does not offer classes and training programs on wind energy or many of the other green energy technology now entering our markets. This is not abnormal when a new system evolves. Computers and the World Wide Internet did not happen overnight but slowly evolved into what it is today. If you are interested in wind energy, researching the subject and knowing where to start could easily put you ahead of the game, maybe even make you a specialist in your field.

Knowing which sector of this field you are interested in would be a good start. The manufacturing sector involves turbine, tower and gearbox and component parts. The service sector has to do with site prospecting, wind farm development, onsite construction, transportation, environmental impact assessment, legal assistance, financing, operation and maintenance and wind energy forecasting. Sales and marketing is self-explanatory and the last sector is public and non-profit where skills in public/community relations, non-profit advocacy and education, policy research and lobbying and governmental programs are necessary.

If you are already experienced or educated in one of these areas, training may be as simple as applying for a job for a supplier of wind turbines and letting them educate you on their product. There are government programs available to manufacturers to use funds for training and they are aware that education is way behind them. Another alternative is to find a school that specializes in alternative energy programs. They are few and far between right now but growing stronger every day.

Deciding if wind energy is an area that you are interested in can be discovered in this recommended read. Now is the time to decide if you want a future in wind energy, before the nation becomes saturated with educated individuals. There’s something to be said for starting on the ground floor and working your way up and wind energy is a great area to begin a new future.

The globe as it is today is an energy hungry place and it’s imperative that we be searching renewable supplies of energy to provide that thirst. We should also get better means of applying the current sustainable energy technology that are already in place. We all need to be interested about the impact that is being put on our globe and how the high cost of energy is impacting us. The U.S. wastes energy at an frightful rate as if we feel we are entitled to it. We need to wake up and become more limited in our usage. . There are working propositions to these problems but how voluntary have people been to carry out these solutions at the present.

One of the more popular forms of sustainable energy is wind power. The price of the power it produces is turning really aggressive with established methods of energy output such as coal and natural gas. Wind Generators have been used for many years to produce power. They used to used on the farms to pump water and every farm had one back then. It is a known fact these days that the states of Texas, Kansas, and North Dakota have enough wind to furnish power for the whole U.S.

Corn over the past several years has been seen as a savior to our oil dependence. The ethanol that is made from corn is a clean burning energy source and crops can be grown year after year so it is renewable but at what cost. The cost of corn has gone up as the result of this, which is good for the farmer but bad for the consumer. Research has shown that prairie grass would do a better job than corn. In reality it generates more energy per acre than corn. Prairie grass grows wild. You don’t have to cultivate or tend to it. It is a chemical free crop that just needs to harvested and processed.

Another sustainable energy source we see and hear more of is solar power. You have the solar panels which convert sunlight into electricity and solar water heater to produce hot water. I’ve read about people who have placed solar energy systems on their homes in areas you wouldn’t think it would work, like Seattle. The payback figures for the system were impressive even for a mostly overcast area like this.

One of the things I like about solar is that it can give the power back into the peoples hands to a large degree. The control of power can be decentralized. Think about it, there hasn’t been a lot of money spent on the research and development so costs remain high and the cause doesn’t advance. Large corporations want to protect their profits and unfortunately it almost seems as though they’d do anything to make that happen.

We all know that oil isn’t going to last forever. If we don’t start doing something about it now than when. We need to get smart about what we are doing with our energy situation and begin to implement a new energy agenda. We can start to benefit from it now but we also need to think of how it is going to be of value to the next generation. Help out by doing something to make renewable energy something we can all enjoy.

You can learn more about solar chargers, wind energy , and other forms of renewable energy sources by doing more research on the Web about the subject that intrigues. Be green and help keep the earth healthy and alive for the future.