1 hr ago | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Best wine could be a green one
How about a bottle of green wine for your Thanksgiving dinner table? For the sake of the environment as well as for the quality of their wines, winemakers around the world are returning to farming practices that resemble those of the Pilgrims.
5 hrs ago | Crikey Website
The nuclear option: too slow, too costly
The spruikers for nuclear energy never say die. Climate change has given them a whole new lease of life.
9 hrs ago | WTRF-TV Wheeling
House Passes Governor's Energy Portfolio Bill
The Governor's Energy Portfolio Bill has passed the House of Delegates, but members defeated a move to make it effective Dec.
Gaz Metro books full-year earnings of $158.5M, up from $154.4M; revenues higher
For all of last year, it earned $158.5 million or $1.32 a share, up from $154.4 million or $1.28 a share in 2008.
Mass Megawatts in $5.8M wind power equipment pact
A Pennsylvania licensee of Mass Megawatts Wind Power Inc. has signed a $5.8 million agreement with a wind power consortium in the Scranton, Pa., area for wind power generation equipment.
Wilton Wind Energy Center in North Dakota doubles in size to 66 turbines, 99 megawatts
The Wilton Wind Energy Center north of Bismarck, N.D., has doubled in size. Basin Electric Power Cooperative says the last of 33 additional wind turbines began operating in late October, bringing the total number of turbines to 66 and the generating capacity of the wind farm to 99 megawatts.
Wind Chill: 37 F Font Size: Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state.
There are incentives out there, but to utilize wind power, it will cost you thousands of dollars, at least up front.But if you wait out the investment, homeowners like Gail and Dan Dulgar of Seneca County say you'll get paid back.In April the Dulgars installed a wind turbine in their back yard.
Enbridge and Renewable Energy Systems wind energy project to create 300 jobs
Enbridge Inc and Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. announced Thursday a partnership to develop a wind energy project in Ontario which would create 300 construction jobs.
Engineers use aerospace approach to design wave energy system
Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep airplanes aloft to create a new wave-energy system that is durable, extremely efficient, and can be placed anywhere in the ocean, regardless of depth.
Maryland Public Service Commission approves 50-megawatt wind farm in Garret County
The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County.
Wyo. committee declines to endorse wind tax bills
A Wyoming legislative committee voted against sponsoring two bills to tax wind energy development.
NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA
Salisbury: Wind power plan too close for comfort
Salisbury officials have only recently become aware that 10 wind turbines could be built less than a quarter-mile off Salisbury Beach if the state's draft Ocean Management Plan were adopted.
French 'Big Loan' to spur growth raises concerns over skyrocketing debt, deficits
France risks attracting the ire of its European neighbours when it unveils plans to raise tens of billions of euros in new borrowing just as its EU partners are being urged to begin reining in the stimulus packages that caused deficits and debts to skyrocket.
End of Big Stone II Could be Trouble for SD Wind
South Dakota's wind industry may be "sidetracked" by the recent termination of plans to build a coal-fired power plant in the northeastern part of the state, according to a spokesman for the governor.
Governor wants quick review of energy tax credits
Ted Kulongoski has asked two state agency heads to quickly review whether Oregon's increasingly expensive incentives for renewable energy companies are necessary, specifically for wind energy.
Md. nuclear power plant criticized
BALTIMORE -- As Maryland closes in on the construction of a third reactor at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, an environmental organization has released a report calling nuclear power a step backward in the nation's race to reduce pollution.
Wind Farm to Be Dedicated in Northern Indiana
A wind farm capable of generating enough power to light 60,000 average homes will be dedicated this week in northwestern Indiana.
BC Hydro closer to clean-energy goal
Wind-power projects are among those chosen so far by BC Hydro for the program called Clean Energy Call.
Cappy McGarr, Chinese partners propose U.S. wind turbine plant
Dallas investor Cappy McGarr said Tuesday that his Chinese partners in a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy farm proposed last month have agreed to build a turbine manufacturing plant in the United States.
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