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3 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Wisconsin should embrace wind energy

Over the past few years, Wisconsin's wind industry has faced an unreasonable number of obstacles, more than any other form of energy production, nearly grinding the job- and energy-creating potential of this critical sector to a halt.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, St Croix County, WI, Opinion

7 hrs ago | IcNetwork

The first turbine being installed at Gwynt y Mor wind farm off the North Wales coast

THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the huge Gwynt y MA r offshore wind farm eight miles off the North Wales coast.

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Related Topix: Turbine, Flintshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy

Sat May 18, 2013

Alabama Live

Pass or die time for Baldwin County bills in Legislature

When the Alabama Legislature convenes Monday for the last day of the 2013 legislative session, it will be pass or die time for several Baldwin County bills.

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Related Topix: Baldwin County, AL, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Southwest Riverside News Network

Ocotillo Wells: Blade breaks off wind-powered turbine, prompts investigation

A 173-foot-long blade broke off a wind turbine and fell to the ground at a 315-megawatt wind farm that supplies electricity near El Centro, it was reported today.

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Related Topix: Ocotillo, CA, El Centro, CA, Imperial County, CA, Industrial Machines, Telecom, Siemens, San Diego County, CA, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

The Nation

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Expand investment in Australia to generate new robust investment base RATCH revealed an investment strategy of focusing mainly on overseas investments, especially in Australia.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

News and Star

Inquiry starts into scale of Allerdale windfarm plans

An inquiry will be held in Maryport this afternoon to discuss findings of a report looking at the numbers of windfarms and their locations across Cumbria.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Cumbria County, England, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy

Tri-cityherald.com

China’s hunger for American coal in doubt

The American coal industry, stung by a drop in U.S. demand, hopes to revive its fortunes by sending Rocky Mountain coal to Asia from proposed terminals near Bellingham and Longview, Wash.

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Related Topix: Longview, WA, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Fri May 17, 2013

Business Journal

New law lays out ground rules for wind power

Wind turbines generate as much as 10 percent of the electricity used in states with wide plains, including those in eastern Colorado.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Pat McCrory, US Governors, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

WLOS

Wind energy permitting process among new NC laws

Gov. Pat McCrory says a bill laying out how wind farms can operate in North Carolina will help create a diverse supply of energy for the state and boost the economy.

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Related Topix: Pat McCrory, US Governors, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Daily Policy Digest

Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths

It happens all too frequently: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

UnionLeader.com

Antrim asks for review of wind farm project

The town submitted an appeal Wednesday of the state Site Evaluation Committee's denial of a permit to Antrim Wind Energy LLC for the project, and, in doing so, requested a rehearing of the application.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Inhabitat

Taiwanese Wind Tower is Covered with Thousands of Wind Turbines and LED Lights

Beijing-based Decode Urbanism Office has designed a conceptual skyscraper with a facade composed of thousands of small wind turbines that would be able to produce enough energy to power the entire building.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

WHO-TV Des Moines

Mixed Opinions

They stand as tall as the statue of liberty, but some Iowans who live next to them say they don't always make the best neighbors.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Opinion

Thu May 16, 2013

Express India

Welspun Energy ties up loan for Jaisalmer wind power project

Welspun Energy today said it has been sanctioned Rs 120 crore loan for its 20 MW wind power project at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

SooToday

Have your say regarding Bow Lake Wind Project

NEWS RELEASE SAVE ONTARIO'S ALGOMA REGION *************************** Comment period for Bow Lake Wind Project has now begun Please note: The Bow Lake Wind Project has been re-named to reflect the First Nation partner, Batchewana First Nation.

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Related Topix: Ontario (Ontario, CA), Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

National Geographic

Wind Energy's Shadow: Turbines Drag Down Power Potential

Wind turbines line the crest of a hill in Canada. New studies question just how much wind farms can grow before they encounter a limiting wind-shadow effect.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Physics, Science, North Carolina, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Express India

REpower Systems bags orders for 580-MW wind power

Wind turbine maker Suzlon today said its subsidiary REpower Systems has bagged orders for 580 MW capacity in the past three months from various countries.

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Related Topix: REpower Systems, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Criminal Report Daily

Funnel Wind Turbine Generates Jaw-Dropping Power

In order to get off oil as our main energy source, renewable energy needs to be cost-competitive with natural gas and coal.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Chaska, MN

Sherwoodgazette.com

Taxing carbon gets new scrutiny - Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:00

Any top 10 list of Oregon's most daunting challenges is likely to include global warming, wobbly school funding and unstable state finances.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Portland State University, John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Wed May 15, 2013

Science Daily

Storage power plant on the seabed

The energy will be stored with the help of high water pressure. The idea of an underwater pumped hydroelectric power plant may sound like Jules Verne fiction, but then it was hatched by a German engineer who has spent much of his professional life working in aerospace technology.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy