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Wind turbine to serve as sculpture at I-80 rest area
“We did look into that because wind energy is a theme for this rest area,” Masteller said. “But, this rest area is pretty low in the landscape. It's kind of down in a bottom area, next to a creek. The experts at MidAmerican Energy told us it would not
Is The Ocean An Alternative?
Much as tuna was once marketed as the “chicken of the sea,” ocean currents are the “wind energy of the sea.” Recalling that the kinetic power in a fluid flow is ½?Av³, where ? is the density of the fluid, A is the area described by the collecting rotor
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Martin O'Malley's bill offering subsidies for offshore wind energy projects, which a Sierra Club spokeswoman argued would help the state meet its renewable energy goals while improving air quality, boosting jobs and mitigating global warming.
Delmarva Power acquires wind power capacity
Delmarva Power will receive 38 megawatts of wind energy from the recently completed Chestnut Flats wind facility in Logan Township, south-central Pennsylvania. The wind farm features 19 turbines, with two megawatts of rated capacity a piece.
TVA Adds to Its Wind Farm Portfolio
Today, TVA has activated a wind energy portfolio totaling 950 MW, including five operating wind farms in the Midwest with a combined 542 wind turbines. The new wind farms that began delivery to TVA in January are: ENEL Green Power's 201-MW Caney River
AEP SWEPCO Signs Wind Power Purchase Agreements for 359 Megawatts
The agreements will more than quadruple SWEPCO's wind energy portfolio. The new series of 20-year agreements includes: Three contracts totaling 201.25 MW from Canadian Hills Wind, LLC, owned by Apex Wind Energy Holdings, LLC and located in Canadian
INDIA OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO MAURITIUS IN TAPPING RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Mauritian side thanked India for its support in imparting training to Mauritian scientists and technicians in solar and wind energy. Dr. Abdullah also visited Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden at Port Louis where he laid a wreath on the
Racing for Protectionism
Late last year it began targeting China's solar industry, while last week it said it would investigate Chinese makers of wind energy towers. Beijing is no leading light in free trade, its protections for intellectual property are poor, and in recent
Landowners sue Frankfort over wind farm ordinance
According to the complaint, other types of development have occurred on the land, including the construction of radio towers and tree harvesting, and that there is no "rational planning objective for singling out wind energy facilities in a town that
EarthTechling
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has announced a global wind energy photography competition, open to one and all, entitled (appropriately enough), “Wind in Mind.” Photographers are invited to take that and run with it, giving free rein to
EU offshore wind installations 'stable' in 2011
Gail Rajgor speaks to Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive Officer of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), about where the biggest markets will be and which other countries are worth watching for some potential surprises.
Obama: Sticking to “promise of clean energy”
With uncertainty over the future of the PTC, which is set to expire at the end of this year, layoffs have already begun in the wind industry, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Bryan Ritterby of Holland, Mich.
The Age of Fossil Energy is Far From Over
European countries that rushed to promote solar and wind energy with mandates and subsidies have discovered once again that such policies are counter productive. Rather than pick and promote “winners”, governments should promote knowledge creation and
