Sunday, November 9th, 2008
New York's Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, released the nation's first code of ethics for wind-energy companies last week. The code is an effort to resolve an investigation AG Cuomo began in July related to alleged improprieties in the actions of two wind-power companies in soliciting local support for large scale ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens has delayed work on a state permit to build 170 miles of transmission lines carrying enough wind energy to power 300,000 homes, raising concerns that the much heralded Pickens plan may not pan out as planned.
Earlier this year, Pickens ordered nearly 670 turbines for the ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Quieter than a whisper, the SWIFT Wind Turbine, the first rooftop wind turbine installed in the United States, was pioneered by Cascade Engineering. The first rooftop installation went live early today in Muskegon, Mich., providing businesses and homeowners in windy environments an effective solution to lower energy bills and reduce ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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Small-scale wind power has attracted new attention as a promising microgeneration technology for reducing greenhouse gases. The technology includes any wind turbine that generates less than 50 kilowatts when operating at capacity.
In the past few years, multiple new small scale wind power products have entered commercial markets in the ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
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As Congress braces for an intensely partisan battle over the future of offshore oil drilling, the U.S. Department of Interior is evaluating a clutch of new projects proposing to build massive offshore wind-power farms in precisely the same areas declared no-go zones for oil and gas drilling.
In 2005, Congress gave ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Cape Farewell, Greenland: The Windiest Place in the World
Greenland is the world’s largest island, with an area of over 2 million square kilometers; however, much of the island is covered by an ice cap that can reach thicknesses of 3 kilometers. This photograph (taken by NASA) illustrates the southernmost tip ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Continental Wind Partners, a major renewable power developer, and CEZ Group, the leading CE power utility, finalized the sale of two massive wind farms in Romania today -- Fantanele and Cogealac wind farms. CEZ purchased the two projects, which will together be the largest onshore wind farm in Europe ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The Ventomobile runs with the wind and on it too.
A team of German students built the a wind-powered vehicle -- the Ventomobile - featured above. The design is the brainchild of InVentus, a collaborative effort between Stuttgart University students of Aerospace Engineering. The team finished first in the ...
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