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German wind growth down, exports strongBerlin (UPI) Jul 30, 2010 The German wind energy industry dominates global export numbers, but at home, turbine installations are slowing down. An unusually long and harsh winter has slowed down wind power growth in Germany, Hermann Albers, the president of the German Wind Energy Association, said Thursday in Berlin. Installed capacity grew by 660 megawatts in the first half of this year, down from around 800 MW in the first six months of 2009. "We believe we won't quite reach last year's level," Albers ... read more |
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Washington (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. ... more 
Randall County TX (SPX) May 06, 2010National Wind of Minneapolis, MN, and KRS Energy of Centennial, Colorado, have announced the launch of Buffalo Wind Energy. The Buffalo Wind Project plans to develop up to 300 megawatts of wind energy. Buffalo Wind Energy currently has 14,500 acres under lease between the towns of Amarillo and Umbarger along with the direct participation of 12 area families. The 12 families appointed four ... more 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 05, 2010Intertek has announced the opening of an open air test site for small wind turbines. The test site in Otisco, NY, together with Intertek's nearby Cortland, NY lab, is the only wind testing facility in North America that is operated by an OSHA recognized Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory capable of providing small wind turbine system and electrical component certifications. Third par ... more |
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Cape Wind gets green lightBoston (UPI) Apr 30, 2010 After nearly a decadelong permitting path, the Obama administration has approved the United States' first offshore wind farm. The 130-turbine Cape Wind project, to be located in federal waters of Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts, is expected to meet 75 percent of the total electricity demand of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island. "This will be the first of many projects up and down the Atlantic Coast," said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Wednesday in Boston as ... read more |
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