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Chinese firms slam UN wind farm rulingsBeijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 A group of Chinese power firms has expressed shock at a UN decision to reject 10 wind farm projects amid claims that Beijing fudged figures to qualify for financing under a UN carbon trading scheme. The ruling came under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, which allows rich nations to fulfill emissions reduction commitments in part by investing in clean energy technology in developing ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Dec 08, 2009A 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 ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 7, 2009The energy ministers of nine European Union nations on Monday signed a deal to develop a massive offshore wind power grid in the North Sea and Irish Sea, as UN climate talks got underway in Copenhagen. The text was signed on the margins of an EU energy ministers' meeting by Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden. "This very ambitious ... more 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009Over 30,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity are installed across the United States and an increasing number of communities are considering new wind power facilities. Given these developments, there is an urgent need to empirically investigate typical community concerns about wind energy and thereby provide stakeholders involved in the wind project siting process a common base of knowledge. ... 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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