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Nordex – a wind energy co. interested in Wills Ridge – wants to partner with …
Posted by: | CommentsBy Wanda Combs By Wanda Combs Nordex, one of two companies exploring the possibility of building wind turbines on top of Wills Ridge in Floyd County, wants to partner with the community. Three representatives from the company, including the project …
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First foundation installed at Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm
Posted by: | CommentsThe first foundation at 295 MW Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium has been installed. By Renewable Energy Focus staff The 50 m high and 550 tonnes steel jacket foundation has been placed on top of the foundation piles that were already …
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Statoil Agrees to Sell Onshore Wind Power Activities in Norway
Posted by: | CommentsBy Meera Bhatia – Mon Jun 27 07:26:22 GMT 2011 Statoil ASA (STL) signed two agreements for the sale of its onshore wind power activities in Norway. Statoil signed an agreement for the sale of its 50 percent interest in Sarepta Energi AS to …
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Swiss companies ride foreign wind
Posted by: | Comments| At the end of May, the Swiss electricity companies, EOS Holding and BKW, announced the purchase of 88 wind turbines in Germany and two wind farms in Italy. “Thirty years ago investments were made in nuclear power plants, primarily in France,” explained … See all stories on this topic » |
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State council signs off on wind turbines
Posted by: | CommentsPENDLETON — A siting committee in Eastern Oregon has approved the construction of up to 134 wind turbines at the Helix Wind Power Facility. The East Oregonian reports the state Energy Facility Siting Council overrode concerns from neighbors of the …
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China powers on in green energy
Posted by: | Comments| It is perhaps no wonder that this facility, belonging to the state-owned Guodian United Power Technology, is churning out wind turbines by the dozen.The market for them in China is booming. Last year, the country installed almost 19 gigawatts of new … See all stories on this topic » |
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WIND FARM SWINDLE
Posted by: | Comments| The duping of Americans by the environmentalist movement continues, as wind farms use as much electricity from the fossil fuel grid as they produce. This article comes from reliable research derived for what I call the Wind Farm Swindle. … See all stories on this topic » |
 The Cypress Times |
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Why should we pay Ireland for its wind?
Posted by: | Comments| By Christopher Booker Just when you think our Government's obsession with wind power could reach no further heights of absurdity, we learn that it now plans for us all to shovel billions of pounds into the pockets of the Irish wind industry. … See all stories on this topic » |
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Adam Scott: Wind Power: A Quiet Solution to Climate Change
Posted by: | CommentsWe asked a tough question today: Is the fear and anxiety being spread about the sound of wind power justified? In an age when people fit subwoofers into their Honda civics, buy pickup trucks with 'tuned exhaust' noise and watch movies with ear crushing …
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Assurance sought on wind farm
Posted by: | CommentsMuch is being made about the fact that Mr. Richland County Commissioners Thursday passed a resolution to intervene in the proposed wind farm to be built on acreage on the Richland-Crawford County line. Commissioner Tim Wert said commissioners are …
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Nowhere's special
Posted by: | Comments| This June, there's a new and unexpected topic: Wind power. Eighteen miles away, a subsidiary of Boston-based First Wind Holdings wants to build a 27-turbine wind farm on the flanks of Bowers Mountain, east of Lincoln. That's a mighty far cast from this … See all stories on this topic » |
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Protesters in Va. Beach push for wind energy over drilling
Posted by: | Comments| Participants formed a human chain and chanted for wind energy, not offshore oil drilling, to be developed. They set small pinwheels in the sand to represent the windmills they favor. (Brad Vest | The Virginian-Pilot) Last year, more than 1000 people … See all stories on this topic » |
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TURKEY,UNITED STATES : First Hybrid Power Plant to use Solar, Wind and Natural …
Posted by: | CommentsTurkey is in all preparation to build a new hybrid power plant which will be a blend of traditional gas-fired steam turbine with solar thermal power and wind power, according to GE. It's a move towards amalgamating renewable sources into the …
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New Hampshire Wind Farm Gets DOE Loan
Posted by: | Comments| by Jasmine Greene, June 25th, 2011 While not known as the windy state, New Hampshire gets ample wind, enough that the US Department of Energy granted a conditional loan of $135.76 million to Granite Reliable Power for the largest wind farm in the state … See all stories on this topic » |
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BPA identifies projects to add wind, transmission
Posted by: | CommentsPORTLAND — The Bonneville Power Administration is proposing two transmission line upgrades in Washington and Montana that would deliver 3200 additional megawatts of electricity, including 1900 megawatts of wind power. The 3200 MW of new service …
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