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Scotland issues rare wind farm denial
Jun 14, 2012 (UPI)
The Scottish government has issued a rare denial for a wind power project, turning down a bid to construct 30-turbine wind farm in the country's Highlands. Scot...
South Korea partners for offshore wind
Jun 13, 2012 (UPI)
The United Kingdom and South Korea have formed an alliance to promote collaboration between the countries in offshore wind and tidal and wave power. he U.K.-Kor...
Change in air as Africa's biggest wind farm set for Kenya
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
Tumbling down to the jade waters below, the rugged hills around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya are made of boulders and lava stone. This is a remote, lunar land...
China Leads Growth in Global Wind Power Capacity
Jun 05, 2012 (SPX)
Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to new research conducted by th...
Wind Powering An Island Economy
Jun 05, 2012 (SPX)
The island of Maui has some of the most expensive electricity in the U.S. To reduce dependence upon fossil fueled generators for energy production, Maui Electri...
US slaps duties on Chinese wind towers
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday imposed duties on large wind towers from China, alleging they are unduly subsidized for export to the US market. The US Departmen...
Obama pushes for wind power tax credit
May 25, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the tax benefits key to the nation's wind power sector. Speaking Thursday in Newton, Iowa, from a manufactu...
US DoI Approves Ocotillo Express Wind Project
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
The US Department of the Interior has approved construction of a 315-megawatt wind energy facility on more than 10,000 acres of public lands near Ocotillo, Cali...
Opening Day Draws Close for Janneby Wind Testing Site
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
The only independent wind turbine testing site in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein will soon be ready to accept its first wind turbines. The test ...
Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas
May 01, 2012 (SPX)
Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Cl...
NASA Satellite Measurements Imply Texas Wind Farm Impact on Surface Temperature
May 01, 2012 (SPX)
A Texas region containing four of the world's largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years that researchers have connected ...
DoD, Navy and Wind Farm Developer Release Historic MoA
Apr 27, 2012 (AFNS)
The Navy released a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by officials from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Navy and Texas Wind Group (TWG...
British engineering firm creates 1,000 wind farm jobs
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
British engineer Offshore Group Newcastle announced on Friday that it would create up to 1,000 jobs after receiving a government grant to help build offshore wi...
Cape Wind picks contractors for wind farm
Apr 12, 2012 (UPI)
Cape Wind has selected a joint venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal Dive International, Inc. and Cashman Equipment Corp. as its construction contrac...
Reducing cash bite of wind power
Apr 03, 2012 (SPX)
The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University's Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfie...
GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA mobilized for offshore wind power
Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)
In Normandy, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gerard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaid and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted th...
Real-World Wind Turbine Performance Metrics and Just-in-Time Predictive Maintenance Software
Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)
The production of wind-derived renewable energy is growing, and so, it's important to help wind farm owners operate at higher efficiencies with lower costs. In ...
Denmark OKs ambitious green energy deal
Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)
The Danish Parliament has overwhelmingly passed an ambitious green energy agenda that includes the building of two large-scale offshore wind farms. The center-l...
GDF vows 6,000 jobs in French wind farm bid
Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)
French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday that its bid to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,0...
Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated
Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)
A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher...
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