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GlobalData's latest report "Global Small Wind Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2013" report gives an in-depth analysis of the global small wind energy market and provides forecast estimates up to 2013. The research analyzes the key trends, major issues and growth opportunities in global small wind market. The report also provides detailed information on the present and upcoming technology ... read more
Rome (AFP) Nov 12, 2009Italian police are closing in on a scam involving wind farms in Sicily, Sardinia and the southern Naples region, a spokesman said Thursday. Four arrest warrants have been issued in the probe codenamed "Gone With the Wind," begun in 2007, Commander Mario Imparato told AFP from Avellino, near Naples. Seven wind farms worth more than 150 million euros (220 million dollars) have been placed ... more
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Otago, New Zealand (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 New Zealand's environment court has rejected a plan to develop the country's biggest wind farm, on the grounds that it would ruin the surrounding landscape. The proposed $1.4 billion 630-megawatt wind farm by Meridian Energy, New Zealand's largest electricity supplier, would have produced enough power to supply all the households on South Island, representing a population of more than ... more 
London (AFP) Nov 9, 2009British energy company Globeleq said Monday it was withdrawing from a giant wind farm project in northern Kenya after failing to reach agreement on buying a controlling stake. "Globeleq failed to reach common ground regarding the development of the projet. Globeleq is therefore not participating in the project," said Paul Kunert, head of business development at Globeleq. ... more 
Oroville, Calif. (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 If the plans of innovators in the emerging high-altitude wind power sector come to fruition, huge floating helium devices and whirlybirds could be part of the aerial landscape. For the first conference Nov. 5 on the subject at Oroville, Calif., inventors, engineers, researchers, entrepreneurs and university representatives came together from the United States, Japan, Germany, Italy ... more |
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Stockholm (UPI) Sep 16, 2009 Offshore wind farms could meet up to 17 percent of Europe's electricity needs in 2030, an industry group said. "Offshore wind power is vital for Europe's future," the European Wind Energy Association said in a report published at an offshore wind industry conference in Stockholm. Currently, 11 wind farms harness the stronger winds at sea, mostly in Britain and Scandinavia. ... more 
Chicago (AFP) Sept 10, 2009China could meet all of its future electricity needs with wind power if the government continues to subsidize the development of wind farms with price guarantees, a study published Thursday has found. Already the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China's electricity needs are expected to double in the next two decades and it is currently adding several new coal-fired power plants ... more 
Oslo (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday. The turbine known as Hywind, which measures 65 metres (213 feet) tall and weighs 5,300 tonnes, lies some 10 kilometres (seven miles) off the island of Karmoey near the Scandinavian country's southwestern coastline, the ... more |
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