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December 03, 2009
Judith Highlands Energy Begins Development Of Community-Owned Wind Project
Billings MT (SPX) Dec 03, 2009
National Wind, working with area ranchers and Billings-based, Montana Wind Resources, has announced the formation of Judith Highlands Energy, LLC. Judith Highlands Energy plans to develop over 500 megawatts (MW) of community-owned wind projects in the central-Montana counties of Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, and Fergus. This project is potentially the largest development of its ... read more

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German utility opens wind farm in Wales
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Alaskans look to wind power benefits
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Clemson University to test wind turbines
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Global Small Wind Market Analysis And Forecasts To 2013
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Maldives signals switch to wind power
Male (AFP) Nov 2, 2009
The Maldivian government on Monday flagged off construction of a 200-million-dollar wind farm as part of efforts to make the low-lying archipelago carbon neutral by 2020. The wind turbine facility on a small islet just north of the capital Male is expected to be completed within 20 months, an official said, adding that it would supply more than half the nation's electricity needs. ... more

Massive wind farm planned for West Texas
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2009
A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced plans Thursday for a $1.5 billion, 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas. The venture's main companies include U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power LP, China's Shenyang Power Group and A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. The wind farm is to be located on 36,000 acres in West Texas, although the group did not ... more

Wind helps Britain meet green targets
Liverpool, England (UPI) Oct 20, 2009
Britain is on track to reach its ambitious green energy targets, according to the country's wind energy industry. The British Wind Energy Association Monday announced that Britain now has 4 GW of wind power generating capacity, enough to power 2.3 million homes. "We are on track to hit the target of 10 percent of energy in the U.K. coming from renewables by 2010," BWEA head ... more

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Leading Wind Assessment Firm To Offer Second Wind's Triton To Its Clients


World's largest offshore wind farm opens in Denmark


BP expands U.S. wind power operations
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Eon and Gazprom in contract conflict

San Francisco versus Amsterdam in green city rivalry

Gazprom, Statoil seek to widen U.S. market

French reactor shut down following loss of cooling

US says cannot meet deadline to screen cargo for nukes

Japan's Amano takes helm as IAEA chief

Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Up By 29 Percent Since 2000

NASA Conducts Airborne Science Aboard Zeppelin Airship

Missing Link To Cloud Formation Found

World Forest Observatory Needed

Indonesian graft harms case for forest carbon offsets: HRW

Canadian firms tout 'green' Christmas trees

China's approval of GMO rice, corn seen boosting yields

Global warming threatens food supply: Vietnam

Hong Kong shark fin traders criticise US report

Hybrid-Electric Supercar With Microturbine Technology To Debut At LA Auto Show

GM's China sales speed past those in US

China's Geely to own Volvo technology: report

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Offshore wind to power Europe
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

Wind could meet China's electricity needs by 2030: study
Chicago (AFP) Sept 10, 2009
China 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

World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway
Oslo (AFP) Sept 8, 2009
The 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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Duke Energy To Build Ninth US Wind Farm


First German offshore wind farm online


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Nigerian group to facelift a notorious Lagos slum

China tells West to heed poor nations on climate change

Climate change may be dire for Nigeria, minister warns

Hybrid-Electric Supercar With Microturbine Technology To Debut At LA Auto Show

GM's China sales speed past those in US

China's Geely to own Volvo technology: report

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence

LHC Sets New World Record

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan

Four "Butterflynauts" Emerge On ISS

ISS Crew Members Prepare For Departure

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Shuttle undocks from station, returns to Earth

NZ Rocket's GPS Battery Dies

NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Rocket Stars: The Guys Making Rocket Science A Career

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Wind Energy On The NSW South Coast

Vietnam's high wind power potential

Protecting Birds And Bats From Wind Turbines

Offshore wind industry slowly improving

China's wind farms profitable?

Tennessee Tech Receives Funding For Wind Power Research

Catch The Wind Provides Update On Trial Program

California Entity Purchases Washington Wind Farm

Tri-State And Duke Energy Team Up On New Wind Project

Wind power reaching southern Germany

First WindCube Rooftop Wind Turbine Enters Service

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ADB backs China wind farm project

NACEL Energy Announces Fifth Texas Wind Power Project

Ontario Lauded As North American Wind Power Leader

WindWorks! Northwest Releases Short Documentary Film On Wind Power

Viryd Tests Advanced Drivetrains For More Reliable Small Wind Systems

NOIA Applauds Issuance Of Exploratory Offshore Wind Leases

PGE's Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Expanding Daily

China aims to build "Three Gorges of wind power" in the northwest

Vestas betting big on U.S. wind market

Is The Sky The Limit For Wind Power

Global Wind Day: Wind Energy Good, Community Wind Better

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