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Fed wind farm rules may not save birdsWashington (UPI) May 10, 2010 The American Bird Conservancy says it fears proposed voluntary guidelines for wind farms will not prevent the deaths of birds by the turbines. ABC President George Fenwick said Monday he sent letters to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey identifying key shortcomings in recent federal plans to address the affects of wind farms on birds. "I find it ironic that the Interior Department is asking us to believe that the wind industry will fol ... read more |
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Julesburg CO (SPX) Feb 25, 2010NECO Wind announces that Phillips County, Colorado was recently awarded a $2.5 million Community Renewable Energy Grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to help finance its community-based wind energy development. The grant, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will help jumpstart development on the first 30 megawatt (MW) phase of the project located in Phillips County. The ... more 
Riso, Denmark (SPX) Feb 23, 2010For some years, the Wind Energy Division at Riso DTU has been working to develop a method for controlling the loads on large wind turbine blades using a flexible trailing edge made of an elastic material which can be controlled by means of compressed air or hydraulics. Now, the invention, which has been called CRTEF (Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flap), has been tested in a wind tunnel with ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Feb 22, 2009 Amid steep competition and lower profit margins, some industry insiders say China's wind turbine sector grew at the expense of quality. In 2004, there were six wind turbine manufacturers in China. By 2009 that number increased to more than 70 companies. During the same period, China's wind power capacity increased from 760 megawatts to 20,000 megawatts. Now the country is the world's th ... more |
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U.S. wind farm is a first for clean energyChicago (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 help minimize the threat of climate change through environmental pollution. ACCIONA's Red Hills Wind Far ... read more |
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