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Brazil May Become Fourth Biggest Market for Wind Farms in 2012
South America's largest economy may build wind farms with as much as 2000 megawatts of capacity this year, trailing China, the US, and India, Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Brussels-based industry lobby group Global Wind Energy Council,
BPA Offers Solution In Dispute With Wind Producers
The Bonneville Power Administration has offered a solution for its dispute with wind energy producers. BPA's offer of compensation is not appeasing wind developers. BPA infuriated wind power producers last year when it repeatedly shut off wind turbines
Vestas CEO to stay to get company 'back on course'
Engel conceded the wind-energy sector is going through a rough patch marred by low profitability and overcapacity, but underlined that "wind power has an important role to play in the future."
Hydropower, Biomass Groups Say Jobs to Be Lost Without Tax Break
The American Wind Energy Association in Washington is lobbying Congress to extend a tax credit that expires this year. The Solar Energy Industries Association, also in Washington, wants lawmakers to revive a Treasury Department grant program that ended
Americans Gaining Energy Independence With US as Top Producer
NextEra Energy Inc., the largest US wind energy producer, shelved plans for new US wind projects next year. Investors also are cooling on wind investment, partly because of falling power prices. T. Boone Pickens, one of wind power's biggest boosters,
Canada in wind power top 10
New figures released by the Global Wind Energy Council, a trade association that promotes the industry, show Canada now has 5265 megawatt of wind capacity, producing enough power for about 2.3 per cent of its electricity requirements.
World Architecture News
In comparison to the average 400ft wind turbine, this giant version would have capacity for around 20Mw to the standard 3Mw. Deputy Head of the wind energy department at the Danish Technical University, Professor Peter Jensen, details: “The cost of
Exclusive from Washington Post: Members of Congress send tax dollars to relatives
In 2009, she co-sponsored two earmarks to the university: $2.4 million for a "National Wind Energy Center," and $476000 for a "Center for Clean Fuels and Power Generation." In 2010, she sponsored a $400000 earmark to the university for teacher training
PhysOrg.com
In Northern Africa, the promising potential of renewable energies, in particular solar and wind energy, has to compete with cheap fossil fuel. Meanwhile the challenge in the Sub-Saharan regions is to improve sustainability and efficiency of traditional
Offshore Wind Energy Development in Mid-Atlantic Moving Forward
On February 2, 2012, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) issued a long-awaited final environmental assessment of offshore wind energy development off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. The study, which was conducted
PCCR USA anticipates resin price increases
The wind energy industry is one of the fastest-growing consumers of fibre reinforced plastics in the world. Production challenges are compounded as the scale of wind turbines continues to climb. Blades, among the most complex parts to mould,
Troublesome winds blowing
The proposed wind energy project for North Perth and Perth East has shaken this community. Letters to the editor are arriving on a daily basis. Normally laid-back and meek residents are speaking out on their beliefs. Tensions ran high during a recent
Doctors discuss wind energy debate
Editor's note: The following are two question-and-answer interviews with Dr. Jeff Aramini of Fergus and Dr. Loren Knopper of Ottawa, who spoke with The Banner regarding their perspectives on the wind energy debate. Answer: My academic credentials,
