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Space Technology Optimises Windmill EfficiencyParis, France (ESA) Dec 08, 2009 A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 metres - information that is vital when deciding where to build a wind turbine to produce electricity. The French company Leosphere developed their system Windcube using 'lidar' (light detection and ... read more |
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Billings MT (SPX) Dec 03, 2009National 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 ... more 
Llandudno, Wales (UPI) Dec 2, 2009 German utility RWE, one of Europe's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, on Wednesday opened an offshore wind farm in Wales. Located 5 miles off the coast of northern Wales in Liverpool Bay, the Rhyl Flats farm consists of 25 Siemens-made turbines with a total generation capacity of 90 MW -- enough to power 61,000 homes, the company said. The farm, which RWE says is the biggest ... more 
Anchorage, Alaska (UPI) Nov 29, 2009 Alaskan communities are increasingly turning to wind, solar and geothermal power as alternative energy sources, experts say. Federal and state grants for construction and federal tax credits for existing systems often help cover the tab for the alternative energy, which reduces dependence on expensive diesel fuel, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The possibility of selling ... more |
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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 
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 
Somerville MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009National Wind Assessments has adopted to add Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to add value to its wind resource assessment offerings. Designed and manufactured by Somerville, Mass.-based Second Wind Inc., a leading provider of wind assessment systems, the Triton is an advanced remote sensing system that uses sodar to capture accurate wind data at the heights of today's wind turbine ... more |
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