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Aerogenerator turbine sets sail for a greener future
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Switching to such a design could ensure that thousands fewer turbines would be needed in order to meet the government’s new wind power target, …
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Aulac will soon be home to new 43-turbine wind farm
Sackville Tribune Post – Sackville,New Brunswick,Canada
A 43-turbine wind farm is expected to be up and running in Aulac by November of next year, supplying enough power to meet the electricity needs of about …
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AWEA: Installed US Wind Power Capacity Surged 45% In 2007
ElectricNet (press release) – Horsham,PA,USA
Shattering all its previous records, the US wind energy industry installed 5244 megawatts (MW) in 2007, expanding the nation’s total wind power generating …
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Dallas, Houston make list of top green power purchasers
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) – Washington,DC,USA
(Dallas, Texas – January 30, 2008) Wind power has propelled the cities of Dallas and Houston onto the Environmental Protection Agency’s national list of top …
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A-Power Energy subsidiary gets license to produce Fuhrlander wind …
Energy Business Review – USA
Under the technology license, GaoKe has the right to any advancements or improvements that Fuhrlander makes to its 2.5MW series wind turbine without charge. …
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GE, Horizon make wind turbine deal
Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA
The four wind farms will annually produce enough electricity to power more than 180200 average homes in the United States and will avoid nearly 1.4 million …
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Turbine decision won’t come until spring
Woodbury Bulletin – Woodbury,MN,USA
16 Woodbury City Council workshop, district officials did present the basic concepts of what the wind turbine might look like, where it would be built and …
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AMSC pulls in $3M for pair of wind power orders
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
The orders for wind turbine core electrical components and systems were placed through AMSC’s Windtec subsidiary. In China, AMSC customer CSR Zhuzhou …
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Horizon Wind Energy Signs Wind Turbine Supply
Greentech Media – Cambridge,MA,USA
At the end of 2007, Horizon was operating wind power plants with a total installed capacity of more than 1300 megawatts, and the company currently is …
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AMSC Receives Orders for Wind Turbine Electrical Systems from …
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
“AMSC has continued to increase its penetration of the global wind power market, with sales now being generated on four continents,” Yurek said. …
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A-Power Signs Second Wind Turbine Deal, Enters Exclusive Agreement …
Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
As a natural adjunct to our rapidly expanding distributed power generation business, we are adding this leading wind technology to our repertoire of …
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Residents learn about wind turbine proposal
Janesville Gazette – Janesville,WI,USA
29, 2008 Anglie and Harlin Miller, left, who own property near the proposed wind turbine sites, listen to EcoEnergy representative Curt Bjurlin explain the …
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Wind turbine ordinance on fast track
Mohave Valley News – Laughlin,NV,USA
Endline’s $12000 rebate from Mohave Electric Cooperative for wind and solar power is being held up because of the standoff with the city. …
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S-VE Town Talk: Tioga CCE offers wind power seminar
Ithaca Journal – Ithaca,NY,USA
The hills and valleys of Van Etten and Spencer often cause the wind to blow fiercely. A mild breeze in the village may be a stiff, steady wind out in the …
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New York Sets Guidelines for Wind Turbine Harm to Birds, Bats
Environment News Service – USA
ALBANY, New York, January 28, 2008 (ENS) – Guidelines meant to facilitate wind power development across New York state while minimizing the potential …
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Clipper Windpower Completes Sales Contract With UPC For Delivery …
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Clipper Windpower Plc today announced that it has completed a sales agreement with a subsidiary of UPC Wind for the supply of 387.5 MW (155 units) of …
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Suzlon Energy Rises in Mumbai as Overseas Sales Surge (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
Suzlon may benefit from potential US tax breaks for wind power projects, UBS analysts said on Jan. 25. The company may gain from European Union proposals to …
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Delmarva Power is seeking bids from onshore windpower
Cape Gazette – Lewes,DE,USA
By Leah Hoenen Delmarva Power is taking advantage of the stall in the state’s charge toward offshore wind power to pursue contract bids with onshore wind …
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Wind turbine inquiry will go ahead
Halifax Evening Courier – UK
By Michael Peel A PUBLIC inquiry is to be held in Halifax into controversial plans to put five huge wind turbines on the moors overlooking Todmorden. …
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DA’s 6 point plan to solve SA’s electricity crisis
Moneyweb – Johannesburg,South Africa
To make better use of South Africa’s wind power, the government and Eskom must, among other things, expand the Klipheuwel wind power programme to other …
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Grid deal could help wind power
Sioux Falls Argus Leader – Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Building transmission lines to move wind power out of South Dakota to markets that can use it remains almost as large an impediment to developing the …
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Don’t let Ohio miss the opportunity to develop wind and solar power
The Morning Journal – Lorain,OH,USA
In a job-starved area like Lorain County, which sits on the windy shore of Lake Erie, the creation of a wind power industry could mean hundreds of new jobs. …
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Wind energy official sees a chance to have impact
Marshall Independent – Marshall,MN,USA
A wind turbine is an entire power facility, Krug said. “It’s an energy facility all packed into one,” said Krug. “It’s like a Big Stone type plant all …
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A Snapshot of the US Wind Industry
GreenBiz – Oakland,CA,USA
At a recent Capitol Hill hearing I was surprised to learn that it was far from common knowledge just how competitive wind power has become. …
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Western Isles wind farms cannot take on such energy requirements
The Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
The SNP have spent the last few months telling us we don’t need nuclear energy as Scotland is ideally placed to take advantage of wind power and other …
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Wind power in India: preparing for gusty future
Navhind Times – Panjim,India
by Radhakrishna Rao Right now, the country is the fourth largest generator of wind power in the world after Germany, Spain and United States. …
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Family’s 40ft turbine plan
Bolton News – Bolton,England,UK
The family want to use the wind turbine to power their home and send surplus electricity to the National Grid for redistribution. …
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Wind turbine could help power Stanley County schools… | KXNet …
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck – Bismarck,ND,USA
If the district takes part in the six-state program, a small wind turbine would be built. The school board says if the district is chosen, the windmill will …
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PROGRESS: Maker of wind turbine blades looks beyond ‘the year of LM’
Grand Forks Herald (subscription) – Grand Forks,ND,USA
And at an average wage of $15 an hour, the Denmark-based wind turbine blade maker estimated that it now contributes about $28 million to the economy in …
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Green living starts at home
Boston Globe – United States
And DeSantis is in the process of installing a wind turbine between the house and garage, to harness wind power, strong even on cloudy days. …
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Power plan takes root in Fremont County
Pueblo Chieftain – Pueblo,CO,USA
Hydro also complements wind power because the wind can be used to power the pumps necessary to move water between the larger reservoir and the smaller …
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Wind power key to energy targets
Hexham Courant – Lake District, United Kingdom
As the applicants in the inquiry have stressed, the Government has said that to meet these targets onshore wind energy production needs to play a …
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London MP opens Ravenswood wind turbine farm
LondonTopic.ca – London,Ontario,Canada
Located just outside of Forest, the Ravenswood wind farm is Bullfrog’s newest green electricity project. The project will provide enough green power to meet …
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