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Spanish windmill makers tilt overseasMadrid (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 Spain's economic crisis is sucking the air out of the windmill business. Once a booming sector of the Spanish energy industry, manufacturers now face an uncertain outlook for demand and state subsidies, industry leaders say. Increasingly, windmill manufacturers are tilting for business in countries such as Scotland, China and Brazil. "The inadequate regulatory framework, the plunge in energy demand and the difficult financial conditions have created a climate that has pushed Spanish business ... read more |
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College Park, Md. (UPI) Jun 30, 2010 Wind turbines as a renewable energy source have problems of noise, visual clutter and land use, and one U.S. researcher says moving them offshore is a solution. Offshore wind farms have been built, but only in shallow water near coasts, and one naval architect wants to go much farther out by placing turbines on floating platforms, a release from the American Institute of Physics said We ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Jun 15, 2010 China is quickly developing into the world's biggest wind power market. The Asian giant in 2009 installed more wind turbines than all of Europe and by 2017 could have the world's largest total capacity, said Angelika Pullen, spokeswoman for the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry group. China in 2009 installed 13 gigawatts of new wind power capacity, compared to 10 GW in Euro ... more 
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2010A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month. Professor Seamus Garvey, of the University's Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, will speak on the potential of vast floating offshore 'energy farms' off the UK coastline, which could produce ' ... more |
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Wind turbines set out to conquer Sweden's great northMarkbygden, Sweden (AFP) June 13, 2010 While 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 uninhabited, desolate stretch of Sweden's great north. "If I were to try the same thing in Germany, it would tak ... read more |
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