Jan 21 2008
Wind Power News
Village lead with wind power
Great Yarmouth Mercury – Great Yarmouth,England,UK
A Norfolk village famed for its flower power could soon be taking the lead in solar and wind power as well. More than 50 people attended an energy road show …
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Carbon-free without nuclear power?
Brattleboro Reformer – VT, United States
Take the fossil fuels out of the equation and solar, wind and nuclear power have no carbon footprint. In North Dakota alone, wind power could eliminate the …
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Woodbury / Wind may power new high school
Pioneer Press – St. Paul,MN,USA
Depending on its size, the wind turbine could produce enough energy to power nearby city facilities and be sold to local energy suppliers. …
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Wind power not blowing into Scott County
Quad City Times – Davenport,IA,USA
Other parts of Iowa are also benefitting from the wind energy industry. Factories that produce wind turbine components are popping up in Cedar Rapids, …
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Schools to start wind turbine projects
Quad City Times – Davenport,IA,USA
The city of Geneseo, Ill., also has plans to build two wind turbines, at a cost of $9.4 million, which will supply about 12 percent of the town’s power. …
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Wind energy hits highest output ever
The Missoulian – Missoula,MT,USA
The wind howled, the turbines turned and, for the first time ever, the wind power blowing through the region’s electric grid surpassed the 1000-megawatt …
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Crowder Wind Turbine
KOAM-TV – Pittsburg,KS,USA
Crews are working to connect it to the local power grid. “It’ll make, we expect, between 5000 and 8000 kilowatts per month,” said Art Boyt, …
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Sir Bani Yas wind turbine begins producing power
GulfNews – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The produced energy is being used to power the island’s facilities alongside conventional supply from the national grid. The wind turbine, the only one of …
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BP Plans To Boost Wind Power, Clean Coal Technologies In China
China CSR – Shanghai,China
The two parties have also agreed to explore further wind power investment opportunities in other areas of Inner Mongolia. BP and Sinopec signed a Memorandum …
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2007: record year for US wind industry
The Oil Drum – USA
Wind power prices are quite simple: there is no fuel cost, just a little bit of maintenance, so each additional kWh of power provided when wind blows is …
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