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![]() Fredericton, New Brunswick (UPI) Aug 6, 2010 Energy companies in Canada's Maritime Provinces say they are studying ways for their customers to help them utilize wind energy more efficiently. Wind power is environmentally friendly but unpredictable compared to carbon-fueled sources of electricity, which are always available as needed, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News reported Friday. A $32 million Power Shift Atlantic project hopes to recruit consumers to help solve the problem by developing ways to use wind-generated power whenever ... read more |
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First Electrical Safety Listing Of Large Wind Turbine Hydraulic Brake System![]() An important step for bringing the widespread use of wind power for energy applications in North America was has announced by Intertek, a leading provider of a broad range of support services for manufacturers, owners and operators in the wind energy industry. It is the industry's first electrical safety certification of a large wind turbine hydraulic brake system in North America for Hydr ... more Dakota Wind Energy Accepted Into Big Stone 2 Transmission Backfill ![]() Dakota Wind Energy, along with its managing member, National Wind, have announces the acceptance by the Midwest ISO ("MISO") of its 300 megawatt (MW) interconnection request into the Big Stone II Transmission backfill study group. Regional electrical transmission operator, MISO, identified wind projects that can utilize, or "backfill," the electrical capacity once reserved for the Big Stone II c ... more Fed wind farm rules may not save birds ![]() 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 |
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![]() Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) May 4, 2010 The Falklands' main British military base will be run on wind power following successful experiments with wind-driven power generation in the capital, Stanley. The Mount Pleasant base, now used mainly by the British air force, was at the center of the 1982 Falklands war when Argentine forces captured it and defied British bombing raids designed to disable the airstrip. A British task force repelled the Argentine invasion but the conflict left 907 dead and did not end Argentina's soverei ... read more |
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