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January 04, 2010
China eyes major wind turbine industry
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2009
China is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom. The country's installed wind power capacity will reach 20 gigawatts this year, said Shi Lishan, vice director of the National Energy Administration's New Energy Department, the Xinhua news agency said Wed ... read more

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AGL Energy doubts massive wind project
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Enel completes its main wind farm in France
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Maine readies for offshore wind power
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Wind power global markets set to expand
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Chinese firms slam UN wind farm rulings
Beijing (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 ... more

Root River Energy Signs Over 20,000 Acres For Community Wind Project
Ostrander MN (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
Root River Energy, along with managing partner, National Wind, is proud to announce that it has secured over 20,000 acres of land in Mower and Fillmore Counties. This represents about two-thirds of the leased acres needed to develop up to 300 megawatts of community-owned wind energy in the area. With 10,000 acres signed in the last few months, Root River Energy's Jim Connolly and Barry ... more

Wind power to gain from Copenhagen deal
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 14, 2009
A breakthrough deal in climate-change talks in Copenhagen would lead to a sales boost for the wind power industry, says the chief of India's biggest maker of wind-turbine generators. Suzlon, based in the Indian city of Pune, could see a ten-fold increase in annual revenues by 2020 with a successful Copenhagen outcome, predicts chief executive Tulsi Tanti. "With a very strong ... more

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China moves up in renewable energy


EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture


Instant online solar energy quotes

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Iraq says more 'superfields' up for grabs

Woodside seeks new buyer after China LNG deal lapses

Foreign firms win 10-billion-dollar Turkmen energy deals

Iran in new threat over uranium swap deal

Brazil nuclear plants may close as floods kill 68

Soviet-era Lithuanian nuclear plant shuts down under EU deal

Website For Astronomers To Report Unexplained Aerospace Phenomena

Less Nitrogen Oxide In Tropical Weather Than Expected

Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Up By 29 Percent Since 2000

Logging exports banned in Sierra Leone

Norway launches country group to fight deforestation

Forests offer first hope out of climate deadlock

Politically correct food on the menu in Britain

Annual income of Chinese farmers hits record high: media

Nufarm dumps China deal as Japan's Sumitomo moves in

Chinese car park makes space for women only

GM India chief says China partnership start of Asia thrust

Geely's Volvo bid highlights China's global car ambition

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Space Technology Optimises Windmill Efficiency
Paris, 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 ... more

Nine European nations agree on wind energy initiative
Brussels (AFP) Dec 7, 2009
The 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

Wind Power Projects Have No Imapct On Surrounding Residential Property Values
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009
Over 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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Wind projects don't affect property values


Argentina takes wind power to villages


Judith Highlands Energy Begins Development Of Community-Owned Wind Project
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Refurbished computers aid Kenyan farmers

Guinea's junta celebrates first year in power

Security chiefs 'dominate diamond trade'

Chinese car park makes space for women only

GM India chief says China partnership start of Asia thrust

Geely's Volvo bid highlights China's global car ambition

Four PTB Primary Atomic Clocks Will Contribute To UTC

You couldn't make it up: offbeat stories from 2009

Events that marked the start of the 21st century

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions

New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff

Milt Thompson's Wild Ride

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German utility opens wind farm in Wales

Alaskans look to wind power benefits

Clemson University to test wind turbines

Global Small Wind Market Analysis And Forecasts To 2013

Maldives signals switch to wind power

Massive wind farm planned for West Texas

Wind helps Britain meet green targets

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

Offshore wind to power Europe

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Wind could meet China's electricity needs by 2030: study

World's first floating wind turbine opens in Norway

Duke Energy To Build Ninth US Wind Farm

First German offshore wind farm online

Keeping Our Sights On Big Breakers With Radar

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

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