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![]() Charlotte NC (SPX) Aug 26, 2010 Duke Energy Carolinas will no longer pursue a plan to place up to three demonstration wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound. Instead, the company and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will refocus their collaboration to study and help enable large-scale offshore wind development on the ocean side of the North Carolina coast. Since the project was announced in September 2009, in-depth analysis and engineering have been conducted. Duke Energy concluded that the fixed costs associate ... read more |
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Painesville Announces First-of-Its-Kind Municipal-Scale Wind Project![]() The City of Painesville, Ohio, has decided to move forward with a groundbreaking municipal-scale wind power project, according to an announcement made by NexGen Energy Partners. NexGen Energy, a leading owner and operator of distributed renewable energy systems, will develop, construct and operate up to 3.2 megawatts of commercial-scale wind turbines on multiple sites across the Painesvill ... more Caltech Researchers Find Schooling Fish Offer New Ideas For Wind Farming ![]() The quest to derive energy from wind may soon be getting some help from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri-and a school of fish. As head of Caltech's Biological Propulsion Laboratory, Dabiri studies water- and wind-energy concepts that share the theme of bioinspiration: that is, identifying energy-related processes in biological systems that may ... more Sailing Vessels Manoeuvre In Ports Using Electric Energy From Wind ![]() The car is not the only vehicle that can be propelled electrically. Lecturers at the Higher Nautical and Naval Engineering Technical School, Mikel Lejarza, Jose Ignacio Uriarte, Miguel Angel Gomez Solaetxe and Juan Luis Larrabe are part of a research team working on an innovative project: to have a sailing boat that can undertake port manoeuvres (such as mooring and unmooring) using electric ene ... 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. "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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