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Britain urged to speed up wind-power plansLondon (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 Britain must allow more wind farms if it is to meet its climate-change target of generating 15 percent of its energy needs from green sources, experts say. The United Kingdom has committed to reaching that goal by 2020, but only 3 percent of its energy now comes from renewable sources like wind and solar power, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. The country is likely to miss the target unless there is massive investment in wind, wave and solar power, said Lord Adair Turner, chairman of ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2010 Ten U.S. East Coast states have formed an alliance with the U.S. Department of the Interior to promote offshore wind power. Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina have signed the memorandum of understanding related to wind power. The agreement will help to facilitate federal-state coope ... more 
Markbygden, Sweden (AFP) June 13, 2010While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more than 1,000 giant turbines, with barely a whisper of protest. The secret? The giant Markbygden wind farm - covering more than 500 square kilometres, or the equivalent of five times the size of Paris - is being built in a virtually uninha ... more 
Painesville OH (SPX) May 31, 2010The 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 |
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First Electrical Safety Listing Of Large Wind Turbine Hydraulic Brake SystemChicago IL (SPX) May 17, 2010 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 Hydrep, Inc. of Jonquiere, Quebec, Canada. With the widely recognized ETL Listed Mark, this first-of-its-kind cert ... read more |
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