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Build a Wind Turbine to Power Your Home
Unique-Article-Database.com —
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Most of us would love the opportunity to go green and save money, but which way do we turn? More and more homeowners are turning to wind turbine construction to produce electricity for their homes. If we are going to use wind power to save money should we construct our own windmills, and if so, what are the ...8 hours ago -
Wind Turbines and Health Disputes
Kirby Mountain —
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In an editorial at renewablesbiz.com, Bill Opalka describes Nina Pierponts recently published case series describing wind turbine syndrome and the consequent pushback by the American and Canadian Wind Energy Associations. Unfortunately, a few members of their "expert panel" have written in clear support of Pierponts ...10 hours ago -
Safety oversight lacking at turbine collapse site
National Wind Watch: News —
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FENNER — As officials continue to investigate what could have caused a 200-foot-tall wind turbine to collapse in Madison County, it was not at all clear Monday what agency, if any, is responsible for overseeing turbine safety issues at Fenner Wind Farm in this town northeast of Cazenovia.State officials said the ...14 hours ago -
Jackson selectmen to address moratorium on wind power
National Wind Watch: News —
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JACKSON, Maine — The town’s Board of Selectmen will meet tonight to consider extending a moratorium on wind energy projects for another six months.Town Clerk Brenda Dennison said the board believes it needs additional time as it weighs a proposed ordinance regulating wind energy projects as well as two petitions ...14 hours ago -
Turbines are careful fit in desert; Projects to generate energy collide with delicate landscape and endangered species
National Wind Watch: News —
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Some of the biggest windmills in the nation could begin popping up on the Mojave Desert landscape late next year.One plan would put more than 30 turbines — each with blades that would reach 429 feet in the air — on a ridge southeast of Barstow. The wind farm would generate enough power for 50,000 homes or more.The ...14 hours ago -
Gerdes: ‘People are just devastated’
National Wind Watch: News —
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Some Walnut area residents are eagerly anticipating the creation of the Walnut Ridge and Green River wind farms. Last week, the Bureau Valley School Board approved a resolution in support of the Green River Wind Farm project, which calls for the construction of 190 wind turbines spread over 50,000 acres.But there are ...14 hours ago -
Crown Estate to profit £5 billion from wind farms
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Crown Estate is expected to earn £5 billion over the following 25 years from new offshore projects in the UK. The massive boost in revenue comes after Crown Estate representatives stunned energy chiefs by tripling the costs for them to be allowed to install and operate the turbines off the UK coast. The Crown ...17 hours ago -
Industrial Wind Power: An Old, Tried Failure (the intermittency curse then and now)
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Best of MasterResource: 2009 This post orginally appeared (with comments) on March 4th The disadvantage of windpower as a primary energy source has been long recognized. This 1838 textbook described the competitive situation of wind as follows: William Stanley Jevons also detailed the problems of ...19 hours ago -
Lash for $350m wind project
National Wind Watch: News —
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The opposition has accused the Government of being foolhardy in pressing ahead with a $350 million wind farm.Liberal energy spokesman Peter Gutwein also queried yesterday why $30 million had already been spent since April to begin construction work on the wind farm at Musselroe in Tasmania’s North-East.The State ...1 day ago -
Council approves wind farm for Donegal
National Wind Watch: News —
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Donegal County Council has approved a major new multimillion-euro wind farm near the village of Inver. Saporio Limited, with a Dublin address, received the go-ahead to erect four 2.3 megawatt turbines at Clogheravaddy.The turbines will be among the most powerful in Ireland, with a maximum hub height of 64m and a rotor ...1 day ago -
Enel hires consultant to help probe Fenner turbine collapse
National Wind Watch: News —
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Fenner, NY — Enel North America has hired a forensic engineer to look into why a 187-ton turbine at the company’s Fenner Wind Farm fell over early Sunday.The engineer is expected to be joined by a team being put together by General Electric Co., the turbine’s manufacturer, to look into the cause of the collapse, ...1 day ago -
Turbine collapse draws concern from other proposed project areas
National Wind Watch: News —
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FENNER, N.Y. — Local residents are wondering if one wind turbine could collapse in Madison County, then it is very possible for a turbine to fall anywhere.Fairfield resident Jim Salamone thinks why couldn’t it happen in his back yard.Salamone, who is opposed to the proposed wind turbine projects in Fairfield says ...1 day ago -
Rethinking wind tower safety
National Wind Watch: News —
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Another wind tower has collapsed, this one in the Madison County Wind Farm in the town of Fenner. The nine-year-old tower collapsed Saturday night, apparently when power was lost to the tower. This is the second such collapse in upstate New York this year; in March, a tower collapsed in Altona, Franklin County, when ...1 day ago -
Raised fire danger: crop system, wind farms ‘hinder’ access for CFA crews
National Wind Watch: News —
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Volunteer firefighters are at greater risk with raised-bed crops taking over the south-west, local farmers have warned.And the problem will be exacerbated if massive wind turbines are approved across the district, hindering aerial attacks on blazes.“We live in a very fire-prone region,” Berrybank farmer Cathy ...1 day ago -
Green Jobs for Dirtbag Climbers: Fixing Wind Turbines
TreeHugger —
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Photographs by Jigar Mehta/The New York Times I used to love hanging out in the climbing gym, but never thought that there was much of a career in ropes. Kate Galbraith in the New York Times writes that the explosive growth in the number of wind turbines has created opportunities to move from being a dirtbag climber ...1 day ago -
Taxpayer-Funded Wind Farms Prompt Concern from Democrats and Republicans; Jobs for China?
Stupidica —
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CNSNews.com) Wind-power projects funded in part by the $787-billion Recovery Act (stimulus law) are coming under scrutiny at a time when President Obama and other Democrats have promoted alternative forms of energy production. Two New York Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Eric Massa are among the ...1 day ago -
SME Wind Power Alliance Unveiled In Beijing
ChinaCSR.com —
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A China Medium and Small Wind Power Industry Promotion Alliance, which is reported to be the first of its kind in China, has been established in Beijing.Jointly initiated by the Wind Machinery Sub-association of the China Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and International Cooper Association together ...1 day ago -
Top Picks for 2010: Jinpan International (JST)
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Filed under: International markets , China , Newsletters , Stocks to Buy , Green Stocks , best stocks for 2010 This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nations leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new ...1 day ago -
Wind Trends to Watch for in 2010
Environmental Leader —
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With wind turbine prices falling and government incentives rising, more businesses should be able to adopt wind power in the coming year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).In identifying top wind trends for 2010, the AWEA notes that the 30 percent federal investment tax credit on small wind ...1 day ago -
China introduces law to boost renewable energy
Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory —
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A boom in wind-power plants means a large amount of wind capacity is not always properly connected to the grid.1 day ago
