India to begin testing viability of new wind energy projects this year
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyBy Alicia Moore India's Center for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) has announced that it will be launching a new project that will investigate the potential for wind energy throughout the country. The project will be launched this year and CWET claims …
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North Carolina Leading the Way on Offshore Wind Power and Green Energy
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyAccording to the US Department of Energy, if the state installed 1000 megawatts of new wind power, the construction phase alone would create 1628 new jobs and bring $188.5 million into local economies. The first 20 years of operation for these wind …
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Google backed Offshore Wind Power Superhighway Moves Forward
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyThe Google-backed Atlantic offshore superhighway (of transmission lines) for wind power that we've written about several times now has just moved another step forward. The Department of the Interior stated on Monday that there was “no overlapping …
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Quechan Tribe Challenges SoCal Wind Farm
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyBy MATT REYNOLDS (CN) – An Native American tribe wants to block a proposed wind power plant on protected California land that it says is home to hundreds of archaeological sites. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the Ocotillo Wind Express …
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EWEA Blog Wind power covers record 61 of Spanish electricity
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyBy Zoë Casey Last month wind power in Spain reached new heights. This extract from the Spanish wind energy association's (AEE) blog 'somos eolicos' highlights what happened… On 18 April wind power in Spain reached a new record by producing 317 … EWEA Blog
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Juhl Wind Inc Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyPIPESTONE, Minn., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Juhl Wind, Inc. (OBB:JUHL) , the Leader in Community Wind Power, announced today financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. "We are pleased to report solid results for our first …
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Vt wind project could face 11M increase
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyThe Vermont utility building a 21-turbine wind power project on Lowell Mountain is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid. Green Mountain Power estimates …
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Vermont wind energy test equipment maker announces 18 layoffs The Republic
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyAP HINESBURG, Vt. — One of the stalwarts of Vermont's renewable energy industry is announcing a round of layoffs. NRG Systems of Hinesburg is letting go of 18 employees, reducing its workforce to about 100. The company makes equipment for testing …
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Tribe Seeks Injunction To Stop Desert Wind Energy Project
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyBy Jill Replogle The Quechan Indian Tribe filed a complaint in federal court on Monday asking a judge to halt the Ocotillo Express Wind Project slated for western Imperial County in California. The tribe says the US Department of the Interior violated …
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Wind energy in Canada Elecnor new wind farm in Québec
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Wind EnergyThe wind power project consists of 50 Enercon E ]82 wind turbines that will be supplied, in part, from its new manufacturing facility in Matane (Quebec). Enerfin Energy Company of Canada Inc, a wholly ]owned subsidiary of the Spanish Group Elecnor, …
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