Wind

Part of: Renewable energy

Wind power refers to the extraction of energy from wind. Modern wind power is converted into electricity by converting the rotation of turbine blades into electrical current by an electrical generator. In traditional windmills wind energy is used to turn mechanical machinery to do physical work. Wind energy is inexhaustible, clean and mitigates the greenhouse effect. Wind power can be extracted large scale in wind farms and small scale for providing electricity in isolated areas.

ARTICLES
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Rashid Alimov

[ 07.04.2008 ]
Bellona's forum on renewable energy in Murmansk leaves participants charged up
An international seminar on renewable energy solutions for Northwest Russian hosted by Bellona Murmansk and the Bellona Foundation ended on a high note as regional authorities, environmental organisations and businesses got their first extensive look at renewable energy options for the Arctic region.
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bellona

[ 02.04.2008 ]
After years of research, Murmansk plugs wind power into its grid
MURMANSK - Despite the slushy day and late winter chill, ceremonies marking the plug-in of this city’s first wind power device to the electric grid went off like a breeze yesterday. The inclusion of the windmill in Murmansk’s energy mix is critically important because Russian law does not obligate the grid to buy power from the wind power producers, and procedures to include such renewable power devices on the grid are far from spelled out.
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Siemens

[ 22.10.2007 ]
Enormous potential for renewable energy on the Kola Peninsula
The Bellona Foundation recommends a replacement of nuclear energy with renewable energy on the Kola peninsula in Russia. According to a new report from Bellona there is a tremendous potential for renewable energy in the area. In particular wind energy resources are among the greatest in Europe, estimated at 360 TWh annually.
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NEWS
[ 04.03.2008 ]
Wind power parks planned for Kola Peninsula

MURMANSK- A wind power park could be in the offing for the Kola Peninsula in Northwest Russia near Murmansk, according to the Russian national weekly Argumenty i Fakty.

[ 30.01.2007 ]
Great Britain to build the largest windmill

British authorities approved a project of the world largest windmill.

[ 22.03.2006 ]
Horizontal windmill operates in France

The first horizontal windmill operates on a roof on a habitable building in France.

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