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Change in air as Africa's biggest wind farm set for KenyaSouth Horr, Kenya (AFP) June 7, 2012 Tumbling down to the jade waters below, the rugged hills around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya are made of boulders and lava stone. This is a remote, lunar landscape and the site of what will one day be Africa's largest wind farm. A consortium of European and African companies is preparing to put up 365 wind turbines in a 165 km2 (64-square-mile) stretch of this desolate area inhabited only by semi-nomadic pastoralist herders. As yet, there is little sign of the project. The hills appear unt ... read more |
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 Wind Powering An Island Economy The island of Maui has some of the most expensive electricity in the U.S. To reduce dependence upon fossil fueled generators for energy production, Maui Electric Company (MECO), the local utility ha ... more | .. |
 China Leads Growth in Global Wind Power Capacity Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital S ... more | .. |
US slaps duties on Chinese wind towers The United States on Wednesday imposed duties on large wind towers from China, alleging they are unduly subsidized for export to the US market. ... 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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 Obama pushes for wind power tax credit U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the tax benefits key to the nation's wind power sector. ... more | .. |
 US DoI Approves Ocotillo Express Wind Project The US Department of the Interior has approved construction of a 315-megawatt wind energy facility on more than 10,000 acres of public lands near Ocotillo, Calif. The project is expected to pr ... more | .. |
 Opening Day Draws Close for Janneby Wind Testing Site The only independent wind turbine testing site in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein will soon be ready to accept its first wind turbines. The test field, which has been developed by GL ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellite Measurements Imply Texas Wind Farm Impact on Surface Temperature A Texas region containing four of the world's largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years that researchers have connected to local meteorological effects of the ... more |
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 Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study, led by Liming ... more | .. |
 DoD, Navy and Wind Farm Developer Release Historic MoA The Navy released a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by officials from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Navy and Texas Wind Group (TWG) that outlines a mutual approach to e ... more | .. |
 British engineering firm creates 1,000 wind farm jobs British engineer Offshore Group Newcastle announced on Friday that it would create up to 1,000 jobs after receiving a government grant to help build offshore wind farms. ... more | .. |
Cape Wind picks contractors for wind farm Cape Wind has selected a joint venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal Dive International, Inc. and Cashman Equipment Corp. as its construction contractor to build a wind power facility off Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. ... more |
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Reducing cash bite of wind power The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University's Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfield to consider now: Investment Tax Cre ... more | .. |
 GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA mobilized for offshore wind power In Normandy, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gerard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaid and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan c ... more | .. |
 Real-World Wind Turbine Performance Metrics and Just-in-Time Predictive Maintenance Software The production of wind-derived renewable energy is growing, and so, it's important to help wind farm owners operate at higher efficiencies with lower costs. In fact, figures from the World Wind Ener ... more | .. |
 GDF vows 6,000 jobs in French wind farm bid French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday that its bid to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs. ... more |
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 Denmark OKs ambitious green energy deal The Danish Parliament has overwhelmingly passed an ambitious green energy agenda that includes the building of two large-scale offshore wind farms. ... more | .. |
 Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates- about 20 ... more | .. |
Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms pl ... more | .. |
 NOAA science supports New York's offshore energy planning A newly released NOAA study will help New York state officials make advances in managing their coastal waters and guiding future development of offshore wind energy projects. The study, A Biog ... more |
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 AREVA delivers M5000 turbines for Trianel's Borkum wind farm AREVA announces the delivery of 20 M5000 turbines, out of a total of 40, to be installed in Trianel's Borkum offshore wind park located in the German North Sea. The Borkum wind farm, situated 45 km ... more | .. |
 Project Financing of Second Largest Wind Park in Italy Completed GL Garrad Hassan supported the investors of the Italian wind park "Fossa del Lupo" ERG Renew and the three banks involved with its due diligence services. The three banks are ING Bank, acting as Man ... more | .. |
 US wind generation increases by 27 percent Wind generation in the US increased by 27 percent in 2011 as compared with 2010, continuing a trend of rapid growth, the government said Monday. Tax credits and grants for electricity from cer ... more | .. |
S.Africa unveils wind atlas in renewable energy push South Africa on Tuesday launched its first verified wind atlas which maps out potential hotspots as a tool for wind farm developers as the coal-hungry country pushes toward renewable energy. ... more |
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 Masdar of Abu Dhabi procures two ZephIR 300 wind lidars Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have each chosen industry leading ZephIR technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The ... more | .. |
Raytheon to Supply Wind Turbine Mitigation Technology to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence 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 ... more | .. |
 Mongolia to tap wind power Construction on Mongolia's first wind farm is to start next month. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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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