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Vietnam Scraps Nuclar Plans
Nov 10 2016 09:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
Vietnam’s government is scrapping plans to construct, . . . the country’s first 2 nuclear power plants, . . . citing slowing demand for electricity, and the . . . declining price of other sources of energy. Another reason for the government’s decision...
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33% Cost Reduction
Oct 05 2016 01:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
KIC InnoEnergy has concluded that wind farm technology innovations, . . . could see the levelized cost of electricity for European offshore wind drop by . . . 33% by 2030. The report identified more than 50 technology innovations, . . . “as having pot...
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New York State's Offshore Wind
Sep 17 2016 01:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
A proposed 90-megawatt, . . . 15-turbine wind farm, . . . 30 miles east of Montauk. Offshore wind, has the potential, . . . to serve as a local source of affordable power for, . . . the New York City metropolitan area, and . . . Long Island, where ener...
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Whirlpool Invests In Wind Energy
Sep 17 2016 01:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
Whirlpool is building wind turbines to help power its plants, . . . in the Ohio towns of Marion and Ottawa, . . . that will make Whirlpool one of the largest Fortune 500 users, . . . of on-site wind power in the U.S.A. 9-17-2016 Source: Whirlpool inv...
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J&j: Buys Texas Wind
Sep 16 2016 12:00 AM | eds in Wind Power
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) agreed to buy . . . 100 megawatts from a wind-power development in the Texas Panhandle, . . . $339 million is the total the companies total invested in clean-energy projects. 9-16-2016 Source: J&J: Buys Texas Wind
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Usa: National Offshore Wind
Sep 09 2016 06:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Wind Program, . . . leads the nation's efforts to: . . . . . . Improve the performance, . . . . . . Lower the costs, and . . . . . . Accelerate the deployment of, . . . wind power technologies. Once buil...
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$3.6 Billion, 2 Gw, Wind Project
Sep 02 2016 03:40 PM | eds in Wind Power
A project this size, . . . might raise questions over the financial impact on taxpayers, but MidAmerican Energy, . . . has promised that Wind XI will be paying for the whole project itself, and . . . will not be asking for an increase in customer util...
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Massachusetts Fund: Offshore Wind R&d
Aug 31 2016 02:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
Governor Charlie Baker’s administration is providing . . . $700,000 in funding for . . . 9 academic and research institutions across . . . Massachusetts, to advance studies relating to, . . . offshore wind development. 8-30-2016 Source: Massachu...
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World's Largest: Wind Farms
Aug 26 2016 06:10 PM | eds in Wind Power
DONG Energy, . . . building wind farms, off the east coast of Yorkshire, England. Hornsea Project 1: 1.2-GW project. Hornsea Project 2: 1.8-GW project. Hornsea Project 3: 2.4-GW project. 8-26-2016 Source: World's Largest: Wind Farms
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Follow The Money: Wind Energy = 2¢/kwh
Aug 18 2016 03:00 PM | eds in Wind Power
Wind power represented the largest source of . . . U.S. electric-generating capacity additions in 2015. Wind power currently meets about . . . 5% of the nation's electricity demand, and represents more than . . . 10% of total electricity generatio...
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World's Biggest Offshore Windfarm
Aug 16 2016 11:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
Hornsea Project Two, located about . . . 55 mi off the UK coast, will cover an area of more than . . . 185 sq mi in the North Sea, will have . . . 300 turbines, producing about . . . 1.8 GW, able to power around . . . 1.6 million homes. 8-16-2016 Sou...
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Wyoming Owns The Wind?
Aug 15 2016 01:40 AM | eds in Wind Power
Te Wyoming Legislature, . . . concluded, that Wyoming did, and . . . that gave them the right to tax it. In the 4 years since Wyoming began, . . . taxing power generated by wind turbines, . . . it has collected a little less than . . . $15 millio...
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1St Usa Offshore Wind Turbine
Aug 05 2016 03:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, . . . announced the successful installation of the . . . first offshore wind turbine in U.S. waters. 8-5-2016 Source: 1st USA Offshore Wind Turbine
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Illinois: Wind Adds Billions To Economy
Jul 23 2016 12:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
Illinois’ 25 largest wind farms have supported . . . 20,173 jobs during construction and will add . . . $6.4 billion to local economies over the . . . 25-year life of the projects. 7-23-2016 Source: Illinois: Wind adds billions to economy
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Map Of Wind Farms In The Uk
Jun 26 2016 11:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
Interactive Map of Renewable and Alternative Energy Projects in the UK 6-26-2016 Source: Map of Wind Farms in the UK
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Follow The Money: $10 Billion
May 06 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
Building new power sources is critical in New England. . . . The region is scheduled to lose more than . . . 8,000 MW in the next 4 years as: . . . . . . Oil, . . . . . . Coal, and . . . . . . Nuclear power plants close. Lawmakers in Massachusett...
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Fukushima Wind Power
Mar 28 2016 01:45 AM | eds in Wind Power
Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, . . . where an unprecedented triple reactor meltdown occurred, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, . . . proposed the establishment of the council, . . . that will discuss details of a plan to prov...
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Ge Wind: 90% Of Block Island’S Electricity?
Mar 23 2016 05:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
Deepwater’s Block Island project, . . . the first offshore farm in the US, is a critical stepping stone, . . . to tapping the vast offshore resources in the USA. In the last 6 years, . . . the renewables industry has been able to lower the cost, . ....
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Uruguay's Wind Power
Mar 15 2016 06:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
In 2007, the South American country of Uruguay, secured an initial grant of . . . $1 million from the Global Environment Facility, and put up . . . $6 million in co-financing from its national budget. This funded the Uruguay Wind Energy Prog...
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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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3.4 Twh Annually Wind Farm
Feb 29 2016 06:30 PM | eds in Wind Power
The Gansu Wind Farm in China, currently under construction, . . . is listed as the largest with an eventual expected capacity of . . . 6,000 MW. Norway's Fosen Vind project's combined capacity, . . . will make it the largest of its type in Eur...
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Dutch North Sea Wind Farm
Feb 29 2016 03:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
Gemini's first electricity has been generated, and . . . delivered to the grid. . . . All together, 150 turbines will be installed, by 2017. 2-29-2016 Source: Dutch North Sea wind farm
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Usa Wind Farms Invested $128 Billion
Feb 26 2016 03:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
USA, by simply building new wind farms, has contributed . . . $128 billion into it's economy, over the last 10 years. Wind energy is benefiting state economies, with . . . 9.4 GW under construction, and . . . 4.9 GW in advanced stages of deve...
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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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World's First 1+Gw Offshore Wind Farm
Feb 04 2016 05:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
DONG Energy's Hornsea, . . . Project One, that's slated to be, the largest offshore windfarm in the world. . . . 1+GW of capacity online. DONG also has rights to develop, at Hornsea, . . . Project Two, and . . . Project Three, which togeth...
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