The US small wind turbine industry is finally on track to hit mainstream agricultural and rural markets, after years of playing second fiddle to gigantic, utility-scale turbines.
The wind turbine company UGE first crossed our radar in 2012, when it teamed with GE to launch Sanya Skypump, the world’s first EV charging station powered directly by a wind turbine. Now the company is back with the launch of VisionAIR3, a ramped up, high efficiency version of the … [continued]
The town of Kuchl, near Salzburg in Austria, strives for sustainability – not only with wood, but also with electricity. Around 500 visitors from Germany and Austria gathered to see the successful inauguration of T4L (Technologies for Life) GmbH’s new wind turbine at the company’s headquarters in Kuchl this week. … [continued]
I published preliminary stats on the American Wind Energy Association’s 2011 report on small wind turbine growth about a month ago. The official release of the study results is now out. Here’s AWEA’s news release on it (much more information and many graphs are included at the link on the bottom):
