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![]() College Park, MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 Offshore wind power offers a feasible way for Maryland to help meet its renewable energy goals, but presents some economic and political hurdles, concludes a new study by the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). Maryland Offshore Wind Development, is the most in-depth feasibility assessment to date of developing and operating wind farms in Maryland's Atlantic coastal waters, the researchers say. Among the study's key findings, offshore wind development ... read more |
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![]() Morocco draws on the elements for its green energy project Water, sun and wind: Morocco has launched an ambitious programme to harness the elements to produce "green" electricity to reduce its dependence on energy imports. And eventually it even hopes t ... more | .. |
![]() Spanish windmill makers tilt overseas 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 su ... more | .. |
![]() Britain opens world's largest offshore wind farm Britain on Thursday inaugurated the world's largest offshore wind farm, part of the government's bid to reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change. The project got a qualified welcome ... more | .. |
![]() US Wind Energy Project Nets Billions The Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC) is located in the heart of one of the most proven wind resources in the United States - the Tehachapi-Mojave Wind Resource Area, in Kern County, California. To pro ... more | .. |
![]() Spanish wind turbine firm Gamesa to triple China investments Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine manufacturers, said Tuesday it would triple its total investment in China by 2012 to meet rising demand for clean energy there. The company ha ... more |
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Britain urged to speed up wind-power plans![]() 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 th ... more China sailing ahead in offshore wind power ![]() Offshore wind power is gaining ground in China. Chinese energy companies are expected to submit bids Friday for four offshore wind power projects with a total installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts, representing a combined investment of $3.06 billion, China Daily reports. The proposed projects follow on the heels of the 102-megawatt, $337 million Donghai Bridge Wind Farm, China's ... more Duke Energy Changes Focus Of Coastal Wind Demonstration Project With UNC ![]() 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 200 ... more |
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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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