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Wind Power Leading The Way
Jul 06 2015 01:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
The global wind energy market in 2014, . . . reached 52.8 GW of newly installed capacity, according to the JRC report, with . . . 13 GW installed in the European Union. This brought global cumulative capacity up to 370 GW, and . . . Europe’s cumulative...
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Nuclear: Twice The Cost Of Wind
Jun 23 2015 03:10 PM | eds in Wind Power
Denmark continues to set the pace in driving down the cost of offshore wind. . . . In its latest tender for 350 MW of near-shore wind farms, . . . the maximum price has again been reduced. Danish offshore wind now costs roughly 1/2, . . . of what the n...
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First Offshore Wind Farm In The United States
Jun 21 2015 11:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
Residents pay some of the highest electricity retail prices in the nation, . . . up to $0.50 per kWh in the summer months, . . . provided by approximately one million gallons of diesel each year. In March 2015, Deepwater Wind secured financing fo...
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Turkey Wants Wind Energy
May 12 2015 02:00 PM | eds in Wind Power
115 applications, representing 5.5 GW capacity were received, . . . for the province of Çanakkale, which is located at the Aegean Sea coast, . . . making it, understandably, the first choice of project developers, . . . to set up wind power plants. 05...
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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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Wind Project In Mexico
May 11 2015 02:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
Vestas Wind Systems, . . . will provide 45 turbines, amounting to 148.5 MW, . . . to projects, set to be developed in Tamaulipas, Mexico. 05-11-2015 Source: Wind Project In Mexico
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Rhode Island’S Offshore Wind Farm
Apr 28 2015 11:40 AM | eds in Wind Power
Block Island is a 5-turbine, 30-megawatt project, . . . of the company Deepwater Wind. With its relatively shallow waters, . . . the Atlantic coast of the USA has offshore wind energy ripe for the picking, . . . so what’s taking other States so long to...
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Wind Saves Water
Apr 22 2015 01:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
Everyone knows that Wind Turbines save Carbon, . . . but, did you know that Wind Turbines also save Water? 04-22-2015 Source: Wind Saves Water
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2014 Global Wind Energy Growth
Apr 02 2015 06:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
Surpassing 50 GW, . . . “Wind power’s growth is increasingly driven by its competitive pricing, . . . as well as because it enhances: . . . . . . Energy Security, . . . . . . Price Stability, and . . . . . . (especially in China) through the need to ad...
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Dow Chemical: Texas Wind Beats Gas
Mar 17 2015 01:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
Gas and Oil boom, turns bust, in Texas, . . . Dow Chemical's decision, sealed the deal on an agreement, . . . with a soon-to-be-built wind farm in South Texas, . . . serves as a systemic hedge against both energy and power price volatility. 03-17-...
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2014: Usa Largest Source Of New Energy
Mar 06 2015 04:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
US Department of Energy says, . . . wind energy generated 4.4% of all electricity during 2014. 03-06-2015 Source: 2014: USA Largest Source Of New Energy
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Follow The Money: Whirlpool Corp.
Mar 01 2015 11:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
A new energy-efficient refrigerator is coming, thanks to, . . . US Energy Department’s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, . . . Whirlpool Corporation, and Embraco's, Wisemotion Whirlpool Corporation, will also be using an, . . . $18 Million Wind...
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Wind Tree
Mar 01 2015 03:40 PM | eds in Wind Power
This wind tree power generator, . . . is designed for a urban environment and wind pattern. Since the urban wind is not very strong, but is turbulent, this is the reason, . . . why the turbines, only need a small amount of wind to get started. A typica...
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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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Follow The Money: Google Buys Wind Energy
Feb 13 2015 06:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
Google has already spent, . . . $1.5 billion around the world on clean energy projects, and . . . now Google's 20-year agreement with NextEra Energy, . . . commits it to buying 1/2 the output from the windmills, . . . on Altamont Pass in east...
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Offshore Wind
Jan 25 2015 03:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
The US is racing with China for wind domination, . . . but, the US hasn’t even touched its vast offshore wind energy potential yet. The Atlantic Coast has an estimated, . . . 1,000 gigawatts in potential offshore wind energy. . . . That’s just about e...
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Wind: Washington State’S Energy Storage
Jan 19 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
3 Wind Farms, in Washington state, will have, . . . Modular Energy Storage Architecture (MESA) 1 project, . . . two 1-MW, 500-MWhr lithium-ion battery based systems at one substation. This is the first of 4 energy projects, . . . that Washington state...
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Ridgeblade Wind Turbine Silences Nimbys
Jan 14 2015 12:00 AM | eds in Wind Power
Noiseless, Invisible, 9 times the energy, Low cost, Modular RidgeBlade has been developed to be retrofitted into the existing built environment. .. . In addition, the unit has been designed to be low cost, in terms of: . . . . . . manufacture, . . . ....
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Return Of The Age Of Sail
Jan 09 2015 12:40 AM | eds in Wind Power
90% of all the goods on earth travel by sea at some point. . . . Today’s ships burn bunker oil, the heaviest, dirtiest oil there is. . . . All those ships on all those oceans, . . . spew millions of tons of crud into the atmosphere every year. Norwegi...
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Follow The Money: Wind
Dec 05 2014 02:00 PM | eds in Wind Power
Today, power generation that comes from wind: . . . . . . South Dakota, 26%, . . . . . . Washington State, added 2,800 megawatts, . . . . . . Oregon, 12%, . . . . . . Iowa, 27%, and the ripple effect of all this activity, . . . on other economic sector...
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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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Wind Power's New Google Data Center
Nov 19 2014 12:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
The new €600 million data center Google is building in Eemshaven in the Netherlands, . . . will be completely powered by renewable energy from its first day of operation. It will be Google’s 4th hyper efficient facility in Europe." “Power purchas...
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Warren Buffett’S Wind Farms
Oct 13 2014 02:55 AM | eds in Wind Power
Warren Buffet’s energy investment vehicle MidAmerican Energy. . . . is investing $280 million more, . . . into Iowa wind farms. Altogether, by the end of next year, . . . MidAmerican will have been responsible for the development of around . . ....
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India's Offshore Wind Farm
Oct 02 2014 05:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
Gujarat, India's, 100 MW offshore wind project, . . . will act as a demonstration, With India's 7,600 kilometer long coastline, . . . offers opportunities for much future expansion. India has 22 GW of onshore wind capacity, already installed...
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Sowfa
Oct 01 2014 05:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) say's, . . . wind energy only needs a very little nudge, . . . to become cost-competitive with fossil fuel energy sources. A new software tool Simulator for Wind Farm Applic...
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