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France's Starck designs garden-friendly wind turbineRome (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 Italian energy component maker Pramac announced on Wednesday the launch of a mini-wind turbine called "Revolutionair" designed by Frenchman Philippe Starck. The turbine, intended to be installed in people's gardens, comes in two models, rectangular and whisk-shaped. The rectangular turbine, which measures 90 centimeters (three feet) without its support stand, will produce 400 watts and will have a price-tag of at least 2,500 euros (3,500 dollars) in Italy. The whisk-shaped turbine measures 1 ... read more |
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Decision Now Imminent On First US Wind ParkWashington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2010 On the eve of a meeting on the Cape Wind clean energy project with U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Clean Power Now Executive Director Barbara Hill issued the following statement: "The long-delayed start to the Cape Wind project is now within sight. After nine years of painstaking and transparent review and extensive public participation under the auspices of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Minerals Management Service, the verdict is clear: Federal environmental impact r ... read more |
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Berlin (UPI) Jan 15, 2009 Britain's multibillion-dollar offshore wind adventure is great news for two German companies: Siemens and Repower are the only companies producing turbines for farms at sea, but several others are poised to enter this lucrative emerging market. Last week Britain awarded 16 European utilities licenses to develop wind farms off the British coastlines. The $160 billion program is designed ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2010China has scrapped restrictions on the use of foreign parts in wind power turbines, state media reported, as the nation seeks access to more advanced technology to meet its clean energy targets. The decision by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) means wind farms in China no longer have to source at least 70 percent of turbine parts from the domestic market, the China Busin ... more 
London (AFP) Jan 8, 2010Britain 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 turb ... more |
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China eyes major wind turbine industryBeijing (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 Wednesday. That will lift China to surpass Spain and become the world's third biggest wind power pr ... read more |
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