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US lawmaker pushes for quick growth of wind powerWashington (AFP) April 30, 2010 Democratic lawmaker Rush Holt told AFP on Friday that in view of the disastrous oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico the United States should quickly focus on developing wind power along its coasts. "We should be moving rapidly on those projects," said the New Jersey representative. Holt's comments followed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's go-ahead Wednesday to the first US offshore wind farm project, a billion-dollar effort to tap the steady wind in the Atlantic near northeastern Massachusetts state ... read more |
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Chicago (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 A wind farm built in Oklahoma by Spanish company ACCIONA is a major breakthrough in widening the use of clean and renewable energy in the United States. Environmental politics and international bargaining over carbon dioxide emissions have much to do with a growing energy industry interest in becoming involved with popular, ecologically friendly and potentially lucrative projects that h ... more 
Rome (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Italian 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 w ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 Beijing is trying to prevent the German wind industry from entering the booming Chinese market, industry representatives said Wednesday in Berlin. The current standing of German wind turbine manufacturers in the Chinese market is "disastrous, bottom of the barrel," Thorsten Herdan of the German Engineering Federation, or VDMA, said at a news conference held by the German wind industry. ... more |
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British engineers slam home wind turbines as 'eco-bling'London (AFP) Jan 20, 2010 Installing wind turbines and solar panels in people's homes is "eco-bling" that will not help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions, engineers warned Wednesday. In a new report by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), Professor Doug King said it was better to adapt buildings to make them more energy efficient than try to offset energy use with "on-site renewable energy generation." The leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative party, David Cameron, is among those ... read more |
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