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China backs suit against Obama over wind farm dealBeijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2012 China on Friday said it hoped the United States would "fairly" handle a lawsuit filed by a Chinese-led company against President Barack Obama over a blocked wind farm project. Ralls Corporation, a company registered in the US and controlled by directors of an arm of Chinese engineering giant Sany, sued Obama in a US court this month for signing a September 28 order to block the project in Oregon. It has also sued the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for barring the mu ... read more |
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 DNV KEMA awarded framework agreement for German wind project developer SoWiTec Sonnenbuehl-based SoWiTec Development GmbH and Co. KG (SoWiTec) is working in various markets around the world. To support its ambitions, DNV KEMA Energy and Sustainability has been awarded a framew ... more | .. |
 Sandia Labs benchmark helps wind industry measure success Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Monday, and the results should help the nation's growing wind industry benchmark its performance, un ... more | .. |
 Bigger wind turbines make greener electricity The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series concludes that the larger the wind turbine, the greener the electricit ... 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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 Lawsuit fights Obama ban on wind farm sale to Chinese A Chinese-owned company has filed suit against President Barack Obama for blocking its purchase of wind farms near a US military base on national security grounds, court documents made public Tuesday showed. ... more | .. |
EU wind power capacity reaches 100GW Europe's installed wind power capacity has reached the landmark 100 gigawatt level even as doubts about the industry's future growth potential persist. ... more | .. |
US bars China wind farm deal on security grounds President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese-led group from purchasing several wind farms near a US naval station Friday, saying the acquisition threatened national security. ... more | .. |
Wind power faces tax credit uncertainty Uncertainty over the U.S. wind tax credit, set to expire at the end of this year, is taking its toll on the country's wind power industry. ... more |
  
UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
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 Sufficient wind energy available to meet global demands without damaging climate Though there is enough power in the earth's winds to be a primary source of near-zero emission electric power for the world, large-scale high altitude wind power generation is unlikely to substantia ... more | .. |
 Wind could meet many times world's total power demand by 2030 In 2030, if all energy is converted to clean energy, humans will consume about eleven-and-a-half terawatts of power every year, all sources combined. If there is to be a clean-energy economy based o ... more | .. |
 High-altitude winds have large potential as a source of clean energy Airborne wind energy-an emerging approach to harnessing high-altitude winds-could scale up fairly quickly if given significant government support for research and development, according to a survey ... more | .. |
 More accurate wind energy forecasts Wind power is one of the most important forms of renewable energy. In order to exploit inland wind as effectively as possible, turbines must be optimally positioned and dimensioned. A 200-meter high ... more |
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Report backs greater role for wind energy Wind power can play a greater role than currently supported in meeting most or bulk of global energy demand, a report from Stanford and Delaware universities says. ... more | .. |
South Australia blown away by wind power this week South Australia's blustery conditions this week had one positive: wind power provided more than half of the state's power on Wednesday, according to the Clean Energy Council. Clean Energy Council Po ... more | .. |
 Long-planned Scottish wind project OK'ed A major wind farm project in Scotland's Hebrides Islands has been approved after a 10-year battle and significant downsizing of the original plans. ... more | .. |
 SeaRoc charter MPI Adventure for Narec's Offshore Anemometry Hub Installation International marine engineering company SeaRoc can confirm that they will charter MPI Adventure to install Narec's Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), scheduled to take place in October 2012. Sea ... more |
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 Analysis sets price of global wind farms Renewable energy sparks increased interest from investors. But how much should they in fact pay for a megawatt? Based on data from 162 global on- and offshore transactions, Deloitte has prepared an ... more | .. |
 Japan starts up first offshore wind farm Japan's first offshore floating wind farm began trial operations Wednesday off the coast of the western prefecture of Nagasaki, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Maximum Protection against Dust; Minimal Effort One of the main development targets in the wind turbine sector is to keep turbines running for several decades, if possible without a single interruption for servicing. This demands a lot of those c ... more | .. |
US Wind Power Market Riding a Wave That Is Likely to Crest in 2012 Facing looming policy uncertainty beyond 2012, the U.S. remained one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2011-second only to China-according to a new report released by the U.S ... more |
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 Wind farms: A danger to ultra-light aircraft? Airfields for ultra-light aircraft are typically constructed on level ground - and so are wind farms. However, do wind power plantsgenerate turbulence that could endanger lightweight planes? A simul ... more | .. |
 Obama whips up wind power attack on Romney US President Barack Obama tried to put his Republican foe Mitt Romney on the defensive Thursday, accusing him of wanting to end tax credits for the wind energy industry and put at risk 37,000 jobs. ... more | .. |
Off-shore wind power project considered The White House announced it is going forward with the assessment of floating offshore wind technology on the Outer Continental Shelf off Maine. ... more | .. |
 Clegg: Gov't 'committed' to renewables British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says renewable energy will remain a key part of the country's energy policy despite reports of government infighting. ... more |
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Mexico goes ahead with wind power project Mexico is going ahead with a wind power project at Santa Catarina in the north that will add up to 22 megawatts of electricity generation capacity to the national grid. ... more | .. |
 Offshore use of vertical-axis wind turbines gets closer look Sandia National Laboratories' wind energy researchers are re-evaluating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to help solve some of the problems of generating energy from offshore breezes. Though VAWT ... more | .. |
 Wales wind power line plans draw protests The announcement this week of a route for power lines to connect Welsh wind farms to Britain's power grid have prompted strong protests from residents. ... more | .. |
SeaRoc to provide full installation services on Narec's Offshore Anemometry Hub International marine engineering company SeaRoc has been appointed to provide the installation of the foundation, equipment platform and meteorological mast at Narec's proposed Blyth Offshore Wind D ... more |
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Italian police seize giant wind farm in mafia probe Italian police Friday seized assets worth 350 million euros ($428 million) including a giant wind farm in a crackdown on the 'Ndrangheta mafia in the southern region of Calabria, investigators said. ... more | .. |
GL Garrad Hassan releases update of WindFarmer 5.0 Taking another step in the development of its wind farm design software, GL Garrad Hassan has released version 5.0 of WindFarmer. The software aids the design and analysis of wind farm layouts, to g ... more | .. |
 Belgium wind farm a go after EIB loan A once-languishing Belgian offshore wind power project has completed a comeback with $420 million in financing from the European Investment Bank. ... more | .. |
 U.S moves massive wind farm plan forward U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says environmental reviews for major wind energy initiatives in Wyoming, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are completed. ... more |
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