Rewiring Britain for an Era of Clean Energy https://www.byteseu.com/921753/ #AlternativeAndRenewableEnergy #ElectricLightAndPower #England #GreatBritain #Infrastructure(PublicWorks) #John(1968) #LabourParty(GreatBritain) #NationalGridPlc #Pettigrew #PoliticsAndGovernment #SolarEnergy #UnitedKingdom #Wales #WindPower

(archive: 2017) Flat Rock Wind v. Rush County Area Board of Zoning Appeals: ‘Over the course of two hearings, the BZA had the opportunity to carefully consider the statutory setback requirement of Section 6.4 and its implications on the life, health, and safety of the surrounding landowners. It received evidence in favor of the project and in opposition of constructing the windfarm. Ultimately, and based on the evidence presented at the hearings,… https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/flat-rock-wind-v-rush-county-area-board-of-zoning-appeals/ #windpower #windenergy

Connemara offshore wind farm will not go ahead, dealing blow to Government’s targets #IRL: The Sceirde Rocks wind farm proposed for off the coast of Connemara is not going to go ahead, despite a planning application for the €1.4 billion development being submitted to An Bord Pleanála recently. The proposed development of 30 fixed-bottom turbines off Carna, Co Galway, in a scenic coastal location, raised concerns about their proximity to the… https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2025/04/13/connemara-offshore-wind-farm-will-not-go-ahead-dealing-blow-to-governments-targets/ #windpower #windenergy

Do all wind turbines rotate in the same direction? If so, why? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/13/do-all-wind-turbines-rotate-in-the-same-direction-if-so-why #Renewableenergy #Lifeandstyle #Environment #Windpower #Energy

(archive: 2024) Impairment of the Endothelium and Disorder of Microcirculation in Humans and Animals Exposed to Infrasound Due to Irregular Mechano-Transduction: Abstract: The microcirculation of mammals is an autoregulated and complex synchronised system according to the current demand for nutrients and oxygen. The undisturbed course of vital functions such as of growth, blood pressure regulation, inflammatory sequence and embryogenesis is bound… https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/impairment-of-the-endothelium-and-disorder-of-microcirculation-in-humans-and-animals-exposed-to-infrasound-due-to-irregular-mechano-transduction/ #windpower #windenergy

## "Virtually noise-free Eco Whisper #turbine
By Paul Ridden
### November 01, 2011

.. claimed to be the world's quietest wind turbine - the Eco Whisper Turbine, capable of producing 20kW of #electricity despite being about half the height and having half the blade diameter of more familiar three-bladed solutions, and is able to automatically adjust the position of the blades to maximize wind capture."

https://youtu.be/OLOKxSxiRsQ

https://newatlas.com/virtually-silent-eco-whisper-turbine-unveiled/20343/

Forget nuclear, Australia is on fast lane to 100pc renewables
https://michaelwest.com.au/forget-nuclear-australia-is-on-fast-lane-to-100pc-renewables-solar/

Australia's politicians have argued over renewables for decades. Some are wasting time on purpose and hyping nuclear power to keep us using fossil fuel.

Meanwhile, citizens and private industry have led the way with solar power. Australia is well on the way to 100% renewable energy — sooner than many people realise.

(archive: 2008) Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 5 #WI: Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 5 By courtesy of Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan Interview with Gerry Meyer, Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. See transcript below (again, thanks to Better Plan). Click here for the Meyer family’s daily log of the wind turbine noise and its effects. [ Click here to view or download the… https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/life-with-industrial-wind-turbines-in-wisconsin-part-5/ #windpower #windenergy

French energy giant ordered to switch off wind turbines that kill endangered birds and bats #FRA: EDF wind turbines on a farm in southern France have been ordered to shut down after a court ruled they were to blame for killing scores of protected birds and bats. In what bird lovers are calling a landmark ruling, the Montpellier court held EDF Renouvelables and nine of its subsidiaries responsible for the deaths of 160 bats and birds, especially… https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2025/04/10/french-energy-giant-ordered-to-switch-off-wind-turbines-that-kill-endangered-birds-and-bats/ #windpower #windenergy

https://www.europesays.com/1980028/ bne IntelliNews – India overtakes Germany in wind and solar power generation in 2024 #bno #germany #India #Renewables #SolarPower #WindPower

UK hatches new floating offshore wind turbine plan.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/08/the-crown-estate-lays-big-plans-for-the-uk-floating-offshore-wind-industry/

Planning hold ups and, frankly, large landowners holding developers to ransom, are one of the main obstacles to improving the UK's infrastructure.

I do have some sympathy for the people affected by this. No one really wants their lovely view broken up by a bunch of pylons.

Unfortunately, this is just the kind of thing we're going to have to live with if we're going to have a grid fit for the 21st century. It does, ultimately, have to go in someone's back yard.

And this is for a proposed wind turbine site, something we desperately need more of.

#windpower #nationalgrid #ukpolitics #ClimateCrisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglx4wzey71o

The World surpasses 40% clean electricity with Europe leading as a 'solar superpower'.

The world generated more than 40% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in 2024, for the EU it's 71%.

Solar energy is soaring in a targeted race to build an entirely clean electricity system. Solar in the EU almost doubled in the three years to 2024 to account for 11% of electricity.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250408-the-world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

The World surpasses 40% clean electricity with Europe leading as a 'solar superpower'.

The world generated more than 40% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in 2024, for the EU it's 71%.

Solar energy is soaring in a targeted race to build an entirely clean electricity system. Solar in the EU almost doubled in the three years to 2024 to account for 11% of electricity.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250408-the-world-surpasses-40-clean-electricity-with-europe-leading-as-a-solar-superpower?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-2023-power-sector?ref=sparkofgenius.org

"A bolder approach could let China phase down coal without causing power cuts, says Lauri Myllyvirta of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (crea), a think-tank in Finland. It would need much more renewable power and big upgrades to China’s grid to let clean energy be transferred over long distances or stored (to offset for the fact it can be generated only when the sun shines or when the wind blows). China is already spending substantial amounts on trying to clean up. Clean-energy investments came to $940bn, or 10% of gdp, in 2024. In that year alone the country installed more solar-power capacity (277gw) than exists in the whole of the United States (200gw).

The bottleneck is that China lacks a flexible, nationwide power market that could ensure clean power is efficiently dispatched to where it is needed. At the moment most power is sold locally through long-term contracts, which typically favour coal-fired plants by guaranteeing the purchase of fixed amounts of power. Attempts to reform the system have been slow. In the last quarter of 2024 China’s wind and solar power use dropped in spite of favourable weather, as a result of an “oversupply” of coal-fired power, according to analysis by crea.

All this threatens to further entrench the role of coal in the power-generation system and will make it expensive to phase out, says Yan Qin of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. After all, the more plants that are built, the higher the cost of abandoning them."

https://www.economist.com/china/2025/03/31/china-could-greatly-reduce-its-reliance-on-coal-it-probably-will-not

Eine viele Jahre lang allzu mangelhafte #EnergyTransition / #Energiewende in der #EU und anderen Teilen von #Europa (positive Ausnahme z.B. Dänemark und in #Habeck's Amtszeit #Deutschland)
machten folgenschwer abhängig von #Energie-importen z.B. ehem. Billig- #Gas aus #Russland, nun umso teurer aus Katar, #USA etc ( #Flüssiggas etc)
Auch *deshalb* ist Folgendes richtig und wichtig
=> https://europeangreens.eu/news/europe-needs-investment-in-green-industry-not-the-false-promise-of-deregulation/ #Trump #Zölle #GreenDeal #solarpower #windpower #Greens #Europe #EuropeanGreens

(archive: 2019) Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise on Redemption of Sleep Medication and Antidepressants: A Nationwide Cohort Study #DNK: BACKGROUND: Noise from wind turbines (WTs) is associated with annoyance and, potentially, sleep disturbances. OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to investigate whether long-term WT noise (WTN) exposure is associated with the redemption of prescriptions for sleep medication and antidepressants. METHODS:… https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/impact-of-long-term-exposure-to-wind-turbine-noise-on-redemption-of-sleep-medication-and-antidepressants-a-nationwide-cohort-study/ #windpower #windenergy