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Dong Energy: “First Power"
Nov 21 2016 02:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
Dong Energy has generated electricity for the first time from its . . . 258MW Burbo Bank 2 offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. “First Power" is a key milestone, . . . because it proves that every part of the transmission, and . . . generation equ...
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Doi Auctions Offshore Massachusetts For Wind
Nov 26 2014 06:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered, . . . for commercial wind energy development in a January 29, 2015, . . . competitive lease sale. “This sale will triple the amount of federal offshore acreage available, . . . for commercial-scale...
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Doe: Offshore Wind Loan Guarantee
Jul 05 2014 02:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
The Cape Wind offshore 340-MW wind farm in Massachusetts is close to receiving, . . . an Energy Department loan guarantee of $150 million. 07-05-2014 Source: DOE: OffShore Wind Loan Guarantee
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Doe Wind Reports
Aug 19 2014 02:00 PM | eds in Wind Power
The success of the U.S.A. wind industry, has had a . . . ripple effect on the American economy, spurring more than . . . $500 million in exports and supporting jobs related to: . . . . . . development, . . . . . . siting, . . . . . . manufacturing...
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Denmark: Reached 40% Of Its Power From Wind
Feb 24 2015 09:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
Denmark's Goal, is to get all of its energy from renewable sources, and . . . it's headed for 50% renewable power by 2020. 02-24-2015 Source: Denmark: reached 40% of its power from wind
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Danish Island Hits 100% Renewables
Oct 24 2013 03:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
On a small island off the coast of Denmark, . . . a group of potato farmers have turned into power brokers, . . . owning the wind turbines that have made their island a net energy producer. In less than 10 years, Samsø went from producing . . . 11 tonn...
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D.c. Government’S Go 100% Wind Energy
Mar 21 2013 04:10 PM | eds in Wind Power
Washington Gas Energy Services owned wind farm in Northern Virginia, . . . will provide all of the electricity needs, . . . for the district’s government agencies. This equates to: . . . “avoiding the consumption of 32,825,000 gallons of gasoline, or...
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Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Maine
Aug 09 2012 06:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
Statoil floating technology, about . . . 12 nautical miles off the coast, would have a . . . 12-megawatt production capacity through . . . 4 wind turbine generators Source: Commercial-Wind-Leasing-Offshore-Maine floating-turbines
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Chokecherry And Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project
Oct 11 2012 10:10 PM | eds in Wind Power
Ken Salazar today announced that the Department of the Interior . . . has reached the President’s goal of authorizing . . . 10,000 megawatts of renewable power on public lands with the . . . approval of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Ener...
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China's: Ultracapacitor Wind Farm
Jan 27 2016 06:40 PM | eds in Wind Power
Maxwell Technologies, claims to be installing, the Worlds First, . . . MW-scale ultracapacitor-based wind farm energy storage system, . . . in a secret location in China. “Ultracapacitors allow large-scale wind farms, . . . to connect to the grid as a...
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China Becomes The Global Wind Power Leader
Feb 12 2016 06:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
China installed an “astonishing,” . . . 30.5 gigawatts (GW), boosting total installations up to . . . 145.1 gigawatts (GW). 2-12-2016 Source: China becomes the global wind power leader
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Carnegie: 1Mw Wave Machine
Mar 22 2014 02:50 PM | eds in Wind Power
CETO-6, the latest in a series based around Carnegie’s unique design, . . . was unveiled as Carnegie confirmed that a . . . 3-machine, 3MW demonstration plant costing around . . . $25 million would now likely be built in Australia. That commitmen...
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Cape Cod: Air Force Radar Stations, Wind Turbines?
Oct 13 2012 12:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
Cape Cod Air Force Station, the 6th Space Warning Squadron receives . . . 2 new wind turbines. Aveillant has come up with a new radar system for air traffic control at airports . . . that it calls a Holographic Radar, which uses . . . 3-D imagery to...
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Caltech Professor Speaks In India
Feb 01 2014 10:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
Prof John O Dabiri of Aeronautics and Bioengineering, . . . at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA . . . will talk about his research on vertical wind turbines, . . . as a part 'Roddam Narasimha Distinguished Lecture' at IITGN. H...
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Building China's Giant Wind Farms
Jan 14 2014 03:40 PM | eds in Wind Power
BBC News Building China's giant wind farms How effective are high rise wind turbines
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British Wind
Jun 26 2013 05:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
For the 23,700 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy generated by wind in the UK, . . . only 22 GWh of electrical energy from fossil fuels . . . "was needed to fill the gaps when the wind didn't blow." Source: National Grid Map-pdf
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Britain’S #wind Farms Vs 8 Nuclear Plants
May 16 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
Britain’s wind farms, provided more electricity than its . . . 8 nuclear power stations in the first 3 months of 2018, . . . marking the first time wind has overtaken nuclear across a quarter. At one point overnight on 17 March, . . . wind turbines br...
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Boston, Mass: Proposed Wind Farm
Nov 11 2015 01:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
The proposal, (called Bay State Wind) would build, . . . 100 giant wind turbines, and produce up to, . . . 1,000 megawatts of electricity. DONG executives called it the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind,’ . . . (a reference to the Middle Eastern country’s plentif...
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Australia: New 3 Gw Of Wind Record
May 11 2015 07:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
Australia has excellent wind power potential, especially in some of the coastal areas. . . . A study found that it could generate about 30% of its electricity from wind by 2025, . . . if it maintained the pace of installing new turbines. Currently, mos...
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Army Adds Wind Power To $7 Billion Buy
Sep 10 2013 03:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts to . . . 17 private companies to build wind turbines, . . . on Department of Defense facilities around the country. Not too long ago there were concerns about wind turbines, . . . interfering with r...
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Almost Invisible, Low-Cost Rooftop Wind Turbine
Jan 14 2014 09:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
The ridgeblade is a cross flow turbine fitted on the ridge line at the top of a building, . . . and uses advanced aerodynamics to collect and focus the wind. And whilst the unit is fixed to the roof and doesn't turn to face the wind, . . . the adva...
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600% Energy From Sheerwind's Invelox
May 13 2013 05:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
The costs of producing wind energy with Invelox are lower, delivering electricity with prices that can compete with natural gas and hydropower. it captures wind at any speed, even a breeze, from a portal located above ground. The wind captured is then...
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5 Years Ago
Mar 13 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
5 years ago, . . . almost no wind farms were built in Wisconsin. A new project, valued at about . . . $200 million, could generate up to . . . 99 megawatts of electricity, from nearly . . . 50 turbines could be built over the next year or so, . ....
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400-Megawatt Offshore #wind Farm
May 24 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Wind Power
Rhode Island, . . . selected Deepwater Wind, to develop a . . . 400-megawatt, proposal . . . in federal waters far off the coast. 5-24-2018 Source: 400-megawatt offshore #wind farm
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33% Efficiency Increase In Offshore Turbines
Nov 02 2013 05:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
New research from the University of Delaware, . . . staggering offshore turbine in rows: . . . 14% decrease of output losses from eddies, and . . . 33% increase of overall performance. 2013-11-02 Source: Offshore Wind
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