One of the most popular forms of carbon (almost) neutral power generation developed to combat climate change and global warming is wind power. Wind power usage in Europe has increased in the last year by 20%.
A Cambridge University spin-out has hit upon a revolutionary way to cut the cost of maintaining the world’s wind turbines, which could save over £72m in the UK alone.

The St John’s Innovation Centre-based company has developed a generator for use in wind-powered electricity farms which makes maintaining the units, predicted at £30k per tower, a breeze.

A new maintenance-free generator which doubles the lifetime of wind installations has been developed. CLICK HERE for the full report by Sam Fountain of Business Weekly.

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