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Is The Sky The Limit For Wind Power Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 19, 2009
In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York? A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution and California State University identifies New York as a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds, which globally contain enough energy to meet world demand 100 times over. The researchers found that the regions best suited for harvesting this energy ... read moreGlobal Wind Day: Wind Energy Good, Community Wind Better
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 19, 2009On June's Global Wind Day, sponsored by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), National Wind underscores the myriad benefits not only of wind energy but specifically of community-based development. Community wind projects have 5 times the local economic impact and 3.4 times the impact on local job creation of traditional, corporate wind farm ... more
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Global Wind Power Could Generate 318 Gigawatts By 2013
Oyster Bay NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2009The emission-neutral energy provided by wind power represents a unique opportunity to help the world end its reliance on expensive, polluting fossil fuels, and to spur the economy by creating millions of "green collar" jobs. Wind power has followed an evolutionary path over thousands of years that has transformed it from an efficient method for grinding grain into the world's fastest ... more Wind Energy Project To Be Developed On Kumeyaay Nation Land
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009The Campo Band of Mission Indians of the Kumeyaay Nation, Invenergy and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG and E) have jointly announced a plan to build a wind energy project capable of generating up to 160 megawatts (MW) of renewable power. The three parties signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a wind project on tribal land that could offset as much as 57.6 million ... more Danotek Motion Technologies Brings Green Jobs To Michigan
Canton MI (SPX) Jun 08, 2009On the outskirts of the automotive capital of the world, high-efficiency wind turbine generator manufacturer Danotek Motion Technologies on Friday will open a world-class manufacturing center dedicated to a type of industry not normally associated with the region: the production of electric generators for wind turbines. The 40,000 square foot Danotek facility has the capacity to produce up ... more Little Rock Wind Announces Asset Purchase Of Big Stone Wind
Ortonville MN (SPX) Jun 05, 2009Little Rock Wind, along with its managing partner, National Wind, have announced the closing of its asset purchase agreement with community-owned wind project Big Stone Wind. The assets acquired include development capital, land rights, an 80 meter meteorological tower and historical wind data, and various in-progress development assets. Little Rock Wind, LLC is a community wind ... more |
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PowerAdvocate Receives DOE Funding To Accelerate Wind Power Development
Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2009PowerAdvocate is pleased to announce that it has been selected to receive a DOE Stimulus Funding award to support the "20% Wind Energy by 2030" initiative. PowerAdvocate will specifically concentrate on overcoming supply chain obstacles to Wind Power. In order to meet the 20% Wind Energy scenario by 2030, significant investment will need to occur into the domestic wind supply chain. ... more Duke Energy Announces Acquisition Of First Wind Farm
Charlotte NC (SPX) May 28, 2009Duke Energy took another step in expanding its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement that it is acquiring a 70-megawatt wind power project in Pennsylvania - the company's first in the eastern U.S. Duke Energy will purchase the North Allegheny Windpower Project from wind turbine manufacturer and project developer Gamesa Energy USA. The North Allegheny project consists of 35 Games ... more Camelback Ski Resort Takes Stake In Mass Megawatts
Worcester MA (SPX) May 27, 2009Mass Megawatts Wind Power has announced that Arthur B. Berry III, President and principal owner of Camelback Mountain Resort, has taken an equity position in Electric City Wind Power Corp., a licensed manufacturer of the Mass Megawatts MAT (Multi-Axis Turbosystem) wind energy generator. As with any major ski operation, Camelback Mountain Resort has major electricity demands and locations ... more Cape Wind Completes State And Local Permitting
Boston MA (SPX) May 27, 2009Cape Wind has completed its State and Local permitting process with a unanimous vote of the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board to grant Cape Wind a 'Certificate of Environmental Impact and Public Interest' that rolls up all State and Local permits and approvals into one 'composite certificate'. Cape Wind President Jim Gordon welcomed the news, "The vote marks not just a ... more |
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