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March 09, 2012
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Raytheon to Supply Wind Turbine Mitigation Technology to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Amsterdam, Holland (SPX) Mar 07, 2012
Raytheon has been chosen by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to upgrade the air traffic control radar system at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base in the town of Woensdrecht with technology to mitigate the adverse effects on radar performance caused by wind turbines. Raytheon will implement the modification by the end of 2012, the first operational implementation of this technology. Wind turbines' rotating blades generate large, moving, false targets that can deluge radars, rendering it ... read more

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Mongolia to tap wind power
Construction on Mongolia's first wind farm is to start next month. ... more
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Yorkshire officials OK Hull turbine plant
A planned $333 million wind turbine factory in the British port city of Hull has taken a key step forward with a thumbs-up from Yorkshire officials. ... more
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Wind farm on hold over bald eagle concerns
Minnesota regulators say they've delayed a proposed wind farm since the developer failed to produce an adequate plan to protect bald eagles and other creatures. ... more
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Golden eagles found dead at wind farm
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is investigating the deaths of two federally protected golden eagles at a California wind farm. ... more
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Japan firms plan wind farm near Fukushima: report
A group of Japanese firms led by trading house Marubeni Corp. plans to build a large floating experimental wind farm off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a nuclear disaster last year, a report said Tuesday. ... more
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New EU wind power capacity near level
A bit less new European power generating capacity blew in wind's direction last year with 9,616 megawatts installed in 2011, industry backers said this week. ... more
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US wind firm presses theft charge against China rival
US wind energy company AMSC said Monday it had filed three civil lawsuits in Chinese courts against rival Sinovel Wind Group Co., which it accused of stealing industrial secrets. ... more
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U.S. offshore wind moves forward
The Obama administration is moving forward with the process for wind energy lease sales off the coast of four mid-Atlantic states, the U.S. Department of Interior said. ... more
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Beware of misleading claims on wind farms and health
The clean energy industry today urged governments and the broader community to beware of misleading claims about wind farms and health by anti-wind power activists and to reject their calls for extr ... more
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New style turbine to harvest wind energy
A new way of generating wind energy which could see smaller, more efficient turbines on the landscape is being developed by a Derbyshire inventor with support from Nottingham Trent University. ... more
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Natural Power appointed as Owner's Engineer on 20.5MW Sixpenny Wood wind farm
Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Sixpenny Wood wind farm for AES Wind Generation, a subsidiary of the energy company A ... more
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China voices 'deep concern' over US wind tower probe
China expressed "deep concern" Saturday after the US launched a probe into Chinese wind towers that it suspects of being unduly subsidised and sold at a loss on the American market. ... more
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Power generation is blowing in the wind
By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time. Power generated by a wind turbine largely de ... more
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Spain's Gamesa wins Chinese wind turbine contract
Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine groups, has won a contract to supply Chinese firm Longyuan with 50 Megawatts of power generating capacity, the company said Monday. ... more
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SA Opposition wind policy threatens $3 billion investment
The South Australian Opposition's policy on wind farms would threaten more than $3 billion of investment and push up power prices for South Australian householders if implemented in its current form ... more
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Mortenson Starts Construction of Rim Rock Wind Project
Mortenson Construction was recently selected by San Francisco-based developer, NaturEner, for the construction of the Rim Rock Wind Project. Located on nearly 21,000 acres approximately 20 miles nor ... more
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Firms make 10 bids for huge French wind farm project: source
French and Spanish companies have put in 10 bids to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel, a source close to the project said on Wednesday. ... more
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New Research Helps Predict Bat Presence at Wind Energy Facilities
An interactive tool developed by researchers from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) will help wind energy facility operators make informed decisions on efficient way ... more
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Natural Power launches WindManager in the US
Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power announces this week the release of WindManager - a groundbreaking wind farm portfolio information system increasing profitability of ... more
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Denmark to push green energy in EU helm
Denmark says it plans a heavy push on green energy initiatives during its six-month stint in the presidency of the European Union. ... more
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Scottish wind firm passes 1-gigawatt mark
The Scottish renewable energy firm SSE says its rapid expansion of onshore wind farms has resulted in its surpassing the 1-gigawatt installed capacity mark. ... more
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China launches offshore wind farm
China has launched its largest intertidal wind farm. ... more
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ISO New England Selects GL Garrad Hassan as Wind Power Forecaster
In order to manage wind generation in its real-time and day-ahead markets, the system operator for the New England area of the U.S., ISO New England Inc., has awarded GL Garrad Hassan a two-year con ... more
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Mortenson Construction Completes Comber Wind Project
For the last year, Mortenson Construction, one of North America's leading renewable energy contractors, has worked through challenging weather conditions to construct the 165.6- megawatt Comber Wind ... more
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Wind sector trade dispute revs up
A coalition of U.S. manufacturers of utility scale wind turbine towers is calling for stiff tariffs on towers coming into the U.S. market from China and Vietnam. ... more
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Wind Power Accounts For Over 80 Percent Of Brazil's Contracted Energy
The Brazilian National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) held the A-5 Power Generation Auction on December 20, resulting in 42 new electricity generation projects with a total installed capacity of 1,2 ... more
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Eneco appoints Natural Power as Owner's Engineer on 51MW Lochluichart wind farm
Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Lochluichart wind farm for energy company Eneco. The company will be providing constr ... more
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Iowa State engineers study how hills, nearby turbines affect wind energy production
Hui Hu pulled a model wind turbine from the top of an office filing cabinet. The turbine tower was just 10 inches high. Its three blades were 10 inches in diameter. It was a perfect 1:320 scale repr ... more
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More than twenty UK wind farm sites adopt Natural Power's ForeSite wind forecasting service
In the last six months more than twenty wind farms in the UK have moved to leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, to provide their wind farm production forecasting service, ForeS ... more
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Lawrence Livermore ramps up wind energy research
As the percentage of wind energy contributing to the power grid continues to increase, the variable nature of wind can make it difficult to keep the generation and the load balanced. But recent work ... more
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British wind turbine factory said a 'go'
A $327 million wind turbine factory in the English port of Hull is moving ahead, German manufacturer Siemens and port officials said this week. ... more
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