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#wind: Germany
Jul 03 2017 02:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
Germany has produced, . . . 35% of its power from renewables this year, . . . 85% renewables this year, on certain sunny, windy days, and has set a target of . . . 80% renewables by 2050. An entire region of China just ran on . . . 100% renewable ener...
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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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Offshore Wind
Aug 17 2012 03:10 AM | eds in Wind Power
"Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, however, expanding nearly 6-fold since 2006. United Kingdom had 2,500 megawatts of offshore wind, 1/2 half of the w...
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Us Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy
Dec 03 2012 04:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
BOEM Proposes Leasing Nearly 278,000 Acres Offshore . . . Rhode Island, . . . Massachusetts and . . . Virginia for Wind Energy Source: us-atlantic-offshore-wind Google
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$6 Billion Of Offshore #wind
Jan 30 2018 07:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
New York Staters, . . . are looking at hundreds of offshore turbines, with a capacity of . . . 2,400 megawatts, and a . . . $6 billion industry employing . . . 5,000 people, with a . . . $200 million energy transmission, and storage proposal...
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On & Off-Shore Wind Energy Announcements
Jul 05 2012 07:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind energy project and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area, take key steps forward Onshore, Salazar announced the release of final environmental impact statements for a proposed wind power complex in Wyoming that would...
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300-Megawatt Pinyon Pines Wind Projects Completed
Dec 29 2012 05:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
MidAmerican Renewables’ portfolio includes . . . more than 1,250 megawatts of owned renewable energy assets . . . in operation or under construction. Source: businesswire
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Water Dam Type . . . Wind Turbine
Dec 10 2012 08:55 PM | eds in Wind Power
If you look at a hydro dam, . . . the basic principle is to collect water and then, . . . . . down below there are small openings where the water is allowed to escape. . . . By simple physics, when you do that, the water speeds up. . . . . . It is...
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Renewable Power Costs
Dec 03 2012 04:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
Onshore wind power, sites can deliver electricity costs at as little as USD 0.04/kWh. Fossil fuel typically costs between USD 0.06 and 0.12/kWh in OECD countries Source: irena
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Windl New World Record For Crowdfunding
Sep 25 2013 09:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
Raising €1.3 million in just 13 hours, . . . 1700 Dutch households buy . . . 6,648shares in a V80 2-MW wind turbine, for . . . €200 a share, worth around, . . . 500 kWh/share per year. 2013-09-24 Source: Dutch Wind
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New Zealand Closer To 90% Green
May 12 2012 01:35 AM | eds in Wind Power
Geothermal and hydropower have long supplied, the majority of New Zealand’s power, but hydro is at a natural limit. Wind is well positioned to fill the gap.
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Wind Farms Facts
Jun 09 2014 06:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
In more than, . . . 85 countries, wind farms generate . . . 318,000 megawatts, and . . . 24 countries have at least . . . 1,000 megawatts. The wind power capacity installed worldwide, . . . would be enough to meet the residential electricity needs of...
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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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Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Wind Power
Aug 19 2015 06:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years. 9. Today’s wind turbine has as many as 8,000 different components. 8. Wind turbine blade can be up to 260 feet long. 7. Higher wind speeds mean more electricity. 6. U.S.A. wi...
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#wind Farms Vs Hurricanes
Sep 30 2017 02:20 PM | eds in Wind Power
Pattern Energy Group, has reported “no material damage” to its . . . wind farms in: . . . . . . Texas, or . . . . . . Puerto Rico, . . . as a result of hurricanes: . . . . . . Harvey, . . . . . . Irma, or . . . . . . Maria. The company said it evacuat...
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Put The Money, Where The Mouth Is!
Apr 04 2012 02:10 PM | eds in Wind Power
Three large investors in renewable energy,
. . . are risking huge amounts of up-front capital,
. . . to provide Future generations with Clean, Green, Renewable energy.
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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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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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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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Wind Infographic's
Dec 14 2012 02:00 AM | eds in Wind Power
America's Clean Energy efforts are paying off. Source: Chart Chart2 Map Clean-Energy-Jobs
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#wind: Follow The Money2
May 22 2017 02:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
USA, 2 Wind farms will be built offshore the East coast, and . . . are expected to start generating power by: . . . . . . 2022 in Massachusetts, and . . . . . . 2025 in North Carolina. "The cost differential between onshore, and offshore was so la...
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#wind: To Power 1/2 Million Uk Homes
Jun 24 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
DONG Energy, is building the UK's, . . . world’s biggest offshore wind farm, that will generate, . . . 659 megawatt's, to be completed in 2019. 6-24-2017 Source: #wind: to power 1/2 million UK Homes
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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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Wind Output, Just Surpassed 10,000 Megawatts
Nov 28 2012 03:35 PM | eds in Wind Power
MISO, the regional grid operator for 11 states and . . . the Canadian province of Manitoba, . . . actual wind output, just surpassed 10,000 megawatts, . . . representing more than 25% of the generation output being used, . . . overnight Friday, Nov. 23...
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#renewables: 700-Mw For Saudi Arabia
Jul 17 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
Saudi Arabia, The world’s top oil exporter, . . . looks past oil, and pushes ahead with . . . 700MW of solar and wind power. They plans to spend up to . . . $50 billion to produce enough renewable electricity to power, . . . 3 million homes, with...
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