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Antarctica wind farm operationalAuckland, New Zealand (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 The world's southernmost wind farm, in Antarctica, is now operational. The Ross Island wind farm will supply about 11 percent of the power to New Zealand's Scott Base and the American McMurdo Station. Previously, the two sites relied on diesel-powered generators for electricity. The wind farm will cut diesel consumption by about 463,000 liters a year and reduce carbon dioxide output by 1,370 tons annually, according to New Zealand-based Meridian Energy, the project's developer. ... read more |
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Britain grants licences for huge offshore wind farm expansionLondon (AFP) Jan 8, 2010 Britain granted licences Friday for a huge expansion of offshore wind farms, based around nine sites which together could provide enough electricity for almost all homes in the country, officials said. Foreign firms including Germany's Eon and RWE, Norway's Statoil, Portugal's EDP and Sweden's Vattenfall won bids to develop the coastal sites which have the potential for 6,400 additional turbines generating 32 gigawatts. This would be enough "to supply nearly all the homes in the UK, ... read more |
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Boston (UPI) Jan 8, 2009 A plan to build the United States' largest offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, Mass., has suffered another setback after nine years of environmental and political arguments. Energy Management Inc.'s proposed Cape Wind $1 billion wind farm would cover 24 square miles -- an area roughly the size of Manhattan -- in the sound. But the National Park Service Monday announced that ... more 
Randers, Denmark (UPI) Jan 6, 2009 Denmark's Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker, has been raking in a number of orders recently to come back from a rocky 2009. Vestas said Wednesday that German company Nordwind Handels GmbH & Co. ordered 40 V90 turbines for installation in eastern Germany. Each turbine has a capacity of 2 MW. The contract includes delivery, installation and commissioning as well as ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2009China 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 ... more |
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Maine readies for offshore wind powerAugusta, Maine (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 Maine has selected three Atlantic Ocean sites for prototype wind turbines. Gov. John Baldacci and researchers estimate that the state's offshore energy potential is equivalent to 100 nuclear plants. The Tuesday announcement positions Maine to become the first U.S. state to create offshore wind test and demonstration sites. "This is where the future lies. We want to become an energy generating center," Baldacci said during a news conference to announce the sites. Baldacci's goa ... read more |
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