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Huhne slams green energy 'naysayers'Manchester, England (UPI) Oct 28, 2011 British Energy Minister Chris Huhne lashed out at critics of government subsidies for alternative energy this week, calling them "naysayers" and "curmudgeons." "I want to take aim at the faultfinders and curmudgeons who hold forth on the impossibility of renewables - the unholy alliance of climate skeptics and armchair engineers who are selling Britain's ingenuity short," Huhne said at a renewable energy conference Wednesday in Manchester, England. The Liberal Democrat Cabinet member un ... read more |
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 Wind farm development can be powerful, as long as proper design is implemented Wind energy helps alleviate some of the environmental concerns about burning fossil fuels, but wind farms also introduce their own problems related to wildlife conservation, including habitat loss a ... more | .. |
 Mortenson Construction Builds Its Fifth Wind Facility In Illinois Mortenson Construction has started construction of the Shady Oaks Wind Farm near Compton, Illinois adding 109.5 megawatts to the state's wind energy capacity. The wind power facility will consist of ... more | .. |
 Chinese Wind Market To Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK GBI Research has released its latest research, "Offshore Wind Power Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020 - China's Capacity Investments Position It to Overtake Germany by 2018, Second Only to the UK ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Lesotho signs $15 billion water, wind energy deal Lesotho has signed a $15 billion (11 billion euro) renewable energy deal with a South African company in the country's largest-ever private investment, officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 SeaRoc to provide two Meteorological Masts to Forewind on Round 3 Dogger Bank SeaRochas been selected to project manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind - the consortium res ... more | .. |
 SeaRoc and CDS Wind sign joint agreement to deliver offshore renewable services Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, have signed a joint agreement with marine technology specialists CDS Wind Ltd. (CDS) of Seoul, Korea, to help further develop the ... more | .. |
 Vestas receives 99MW order for Texas wind-energy project Vestas has received a 99 MW order from E.ON Climate and Renewables North America for 55 V100-1.8 MW turbines for the Anacacho wind-energy project near Uvalde, Texas. The contract includes deli ... more |
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 GE invests in Indian wind power GE Energy Financial Services will invest $50 million to form a joint venture with Indian clean energy developer Greenko Group for 500 megawatts of wind projects in India. ... more | .. |
Euro Bank: Wind policy 'direction' needed More confidence-building policy measures are needed to inspire greater amounts of financing for wind power projects, the European Investment Bank says. ... more | .. |
 Natural Power US to act as Owner's Engineer on 2.1GW Wyoming wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been selected to provide Owner's Engineering services during the resource assessment and project design stages of a 2.1GW w ... more | .. |
 Natural Power deploys first dual-mode ZephIR wind lidar in India Leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, has deployed a dual-mode ZephIR 300 wind lidar with the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) in Chennai, India. The dual-mode Zep ... more |
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New energy in search for future wind Scientists are taking the first steps to improve estimates of long-term wind speed changes for the fast-growing wind energy sector. The research is intended to identify the risks for generators in a ... more | .. |
 Spain's Gamesa signs deal with Chinese firm Shares in Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine makers, closed sharply higher Tuesday after it announced a new contract with a Chinese firm that is part of a surge in clear energy investments in China. ... more | .. |
Investment blows into India's wind sector Goldman Sachs will invest up to $200 million in India's ReNew Wind Power. ... more | .. |
MPs: Britain needs North Sea 'supergrid' Britain needs to develop an undersea "supergrid" of electricity transmission cables to capitalize on the North Sea's wind power potential, lawmakers say. ... more |
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Japan plans floating wind farm near nuclear plant Japan plans to build a floating wind farm near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant as part of the country's disaster reconstruction effort, a government official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 First market report on High Altitude Wind Energy The world's demand for safe and clean energy continues to grow, with renewable sources playing an every greater role. Wind power generation, having expanding offshore, is now not only looking out bu ... more | .. |
Researchers build a tougher, lighter wind turbine blade Efforts to build larger wind turbines able to capture more energy from the air are stymied by the weight of blades. A Case Western Reserve University researcher has built a prototype blade that is s ... more | .. |
 Wind Power Now Less Expensive Than Natural Gas In Brazil The President and CEO of Brazil's Energy Research Company (EPE), Mauricio Tolmasquim, has announced that for the first time ever in Brazil, wind power prices are less expensive than natural gas pric ... more |
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BMW to power Leipzig factory by wind energy German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday. ... more | .. |
ACS Group sells Spain wind farm portfolio Spanish construction and renewable energy giant ACS Group says it has sold a chunk of its wind energy business to a private equity firm for $850 million. ... more | .. |
Chinese turbine maker enters Irish project Chinese wind turbine maker XEMC Group has forged a strategic partnership with Irish renewables firm Gaelectric Holdings, the companies announced this week. ... more | .. |
 Offshore wind power in the North Sea offer huge potential but enormous challenges If companies and wind power equipment manufacturers find favourable conditions, the North Sea could become home to offshore wind farms with a combined generating capacity as high as 135 gigawatts by ... more |
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US fund Blackstone plans two big German wind farms The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farms, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022. ... more | .. |
 Scotland offshore wind farm ready to go Developers of the long-planned, $246 million European Offshore Wind Deployment Center say they're ready to begin construction in Scotland. ... more | .. |
European wind power output tipped to treble by 2020: report Energy producers expect European wind power generation to triple by 2020, with tens of thousands of new, ever-bigger wind turbines springing up, an industry body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Estonian wind farm taps GE for turbines Estonian wind energy providers this week tapped GE for 18 turbines to outfit what will be one of the biggest wind farms in the Baltic region. ... more |
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Wind-turbine placement produces tenfold power increase The power output of wind farms can be increased by an order of magnitude-at least tenfold-simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, say researchers at the California In ... more | .. |
 2010 Wind Technologies Market Report Despite a trying year in which wind power capacity additions declined significantly compared to both 2008 and 2009, the U.S. remained one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 20 ... more | .. |
 Bold new approach to wind 'farm' design may provide efficiency gains Conventional wisdom suggests that because we're approaching the theoretical limit on individual wind turbine efficiency, wind energy is now a mature technology. But California Institute of Tec ... more | .. |
New wind turbines said more efficient The power output of wind farms can be increased at least ten-fold simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, U.S. researchers say. ... more |
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