In this blog post, we will compare various stats, power curves & swept area of the Hannevind 11 kw wind turbine, and the class leading Gaia 11kw Wind Turbine, both turbines are available in Northern Ireland & Ireland. Swept Area & Blade Diameter: Gaia 133 11kw Swept area: 133m – Blade Dia: 13m Hannevind (11kw) – Swept area: 79 m - Blade [...]
In this blog post, we will compare various stats, power curves & swept area of the Redriven 10kw wind turbine, and the class leading Gaia 11kw Wind Turbine, both turbines are available in Northern Ireland & Ireland. Swept Area & Blade Diameter: Gaia 133 11kw Swept area: 133m – Blade Dia: 13m ReDriven (10kw) – Swept area: 51m - Blade [...]
Today, Silverford Renewables met up with Gwyneth and Ralp from NIE Energy, at their Belfast office’s to discuss the future of renewable energy in Northern Ireland. After speaking to Gwyneth & Ralph, we can see that NIE Energy are certainly taking the lead when it comes to encouraging renewable generation, in terms of providing grants to domestic wind and pv/solar projects. Both parties debated [...]
Today, I had an interesting telephone conversation with a farmer from Co Down, regarding wind turbine revenue generation. The chap in question, was basically ringing around wind turbine resellers in Northern Ireland, and enquiring about their respective wind turbines models.. He said, that after speaking to a few wind turbine companies, the pay-back and annual revenue generation [...]
Environment Minster Edwin Poots, wants to give councils powers over planning. His department said the minister was committed to transferring planning powers, but final decisions would need the approval of the Stormont Executive. However, Sinn Fein has again criticised Mr Poots over his failure to cut the current 26 councils down to 11. Sinn Fein’s [...]
Despite what Environment Minister Edwin Poots has to say about Wind Turbines – “While other renewable energy technologies will play an increasingly important role, I believe it is the mature technology of wind energy that will provide the most significant contribution toward the achievement of this target.” Mr Poots said… “ I believe firmly that PPS18 strikes [...]
It amazes me every month the number of farmers and landowners in Northern Ireland willing to spend £200k + on reconditioned, refurbished, second hand wind turbines like the Vestas V27 225kw for example, without fully understanding the pro’s and the con’s…. Some of my concerns are regarding resellers/installers of reconditioned- refurbished turbines not offering a support package to the customer, in terms of [...]
THE UNIVERSITY of Glasgow has been carrying out research on small scale wind turbines in cooperation with green energy company Gaia-Wind – and found that, crucially, larger blades are more efficient at generating electricity in lower wind speeds. This is important because, while the giant wind farms are mostly sited on hillsides and coasts with [...]
The Gaia Wind 133 11kw wind turbine is now listed as an approved wind turbine on the SEAI – ACA Scheme. The ROI – ACA scheme is a tax incentive for companies paying corporation tax and aims to encourage investment in energy efficient equipment. The ACA offers an attractive incentive whereby it allows companies to write [...]
It’s been a very interesting time in the last few weeks….we had communications with NIE Energy, Aitricity, eROC, and Action Renewables, all regarding our current situation in Northern Ireland…. NIE Energy started a enlightening sequence of calls, about Silverford trading ROC’s, instead of surrendering your ROC certs to NIE Energy for generators under 50kw . The good folk at NIE Energy tell us that it’s all hassle & [...]
