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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.
Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming.
Puget Sound Energy says its Wild Horse wind farm in the hills of Central Washington has added another 22 turbines producing power.
The nation's first offshore wind farm faces more delay after a top Massachusetts historic preservation officer said that two Indian tribes' claim to Nantucket Sound needed more study.
A Democratic senator on Thursday called on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project, saying it will generate Chinese, not American, jobs — a claim strongly disputed by the project's developer.
A Wyoming legislative task force has recommended tightening wind development standards at the county and state level to help establish a regulatory structure for companies pursuing wind farms here.
China took a big leap into the U.S. renewable energy market Thursday, putting up $1.5 billion for a 36,000-acre wind farm in Texas with the power to light up 180,000 homes.
The Glacier Wind Farm in north-central Montana has almost doubled its power generating capacity to 210 megawatts under a recent expansion.
Blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain, where environmentalists have battled Virginia-based Massey Energy over mountaintop removal mining for more than 18 months.
An environmental consultant hired by developers of a proposed West Virginia wind farm told a federal judge he believes the project won't harm the endangered Indiana bat.
Homeowners who live near the site of proposed Western Maryland wind farm brought their case before utility regulators Wednesday, saying the impact on their safety has not been adequately considered.
Two of Nebraska's largest agriculture groups have joined forces to make sure farmers and ranchers get a fair shake in wind-energy deals and to break down barriers they say stymie development of big wind farms.
Siemens Financial Services Inc. said Monday that it has loaned Windy Point Partners II $178 million to finance expansion of a wind project in Washington state.
Power company Duke Energy said Thursday that wind power projects in Wyoming and Pennsylvania are now up and running.
Richard Grant Jr.'s family has ranched Wyoming's rugged granite-and-grass hills for generations, their 123-year-old ranch dotted with reminders of their long history — an historic schoolhouse, an old red barn and the parcels of land sold away during hard times.
The prospect of wind energy development in the northern Laramie Range is stirring debate among residents of the area.
Silent surroundings almost tease the ears as clouds skitter across the top of this eastern corner of Maine. The wind, barely audible, swishes through beech and fir trees crowding the hills of an area so remote it's part of the state's Unorganized Territory.
A little prairie grouse could give the wind energy industry big fits.
Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.
A company that supplies power to rural electric cooperatives in four Western states announced Monday that it will buy electricity from a new wind farm on Colorado's Eastern Plains.
An Irish company hoping to benefit from the Obama administration's emphasis on renewable energy purchased three Illinois wind farms near Chicago.
Cleanup crews are busy around the northern half of Vermont, clearing away limbs and sometimes whole trees that fell during a violent windstorm that caused widespread power outages.
A New York state utility is exploring whether it is possible to put electricity-generating wind turbines in the Great Lakes, rather than inland or along the shoreline.
The Interior Department issued long-awaited regulations Wednesday governing offshore renewable energy projects that would tap wind, ocean currents and waves to produce electricity.
Texas continues to blow away the competition, but Iowa can now generate more wind power than California, according to a new industry report to be released Monday.
Guy Jumps Off Pier To Save Womans Dog (pics)Guy jumps off pier to save womans dog (photos)
Windmill Boat "A boat that is driven by windmills is certainly a mechanical curiosity. However, just why this complicated arrangement of bevel gears connecting the propeller shaft with the vertical windmill shafts should be better than canvas sails transcends our imagination."
GREEN JOBS-for China!Obama promised Green Jobs, he just didn't say for whom! Huge Texas Wind Farm's Turbines Will Be Made in China A Chinese wind-turbine company strikes a deal to become the exclusive supplier for one of the largest U.S. wind farms
Pickens Makes Push For Energy PlanSTILLWATER, Okla. -- Boone Pickens returned to Stillwater on Thursday, making another push for his alternative energy plan.
You might have heard of the impending blizzard bearing down on Colorado and Wyoming. Some areas are predicted to get more than 30 inches of snow.
With all the debate the past several years about Global Warming or Climate Change as it's now called I can't help but wonder why we aren't pursuing Nuclear power to replace our coal dependence? Most of our electrical needs are met by the burning of coal because it's a cheap and a …
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Saving Bats From Wind-Farm DeathsReporting in The Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers write about a strategy for protecting migratory bats from fatal encounters with wind farms.
The viability of wind energyIt's interesting that the article points out that the single greatest challenge to the use of wind power comes from finding better storage for harnessing peak energy production.
Thomas Friedman's Love Affair with China, Cont.It is hard to know if Thomas L. Friedman's love affair with China, already reaching approval of autocracy, is so intense that he is blind to reality or that he simply likes to pick and choose facts from China to buttress whatever he thinks we should do in America.
Pickens Argues for His Business Plan to Translate Into PolicyKnown for his "Pickens Plan" that pushes wind and natural gas investment, billionaire businessman T.
CAPE WIND AS PROPOSED FOR NANTUCKET SOUND POSES A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY Zoning is Police Power intended to create order by law to prevent chaos that results in public safety hazards.
Dane did not pass gas: wife happy According to an article currently being circulated around the internet, a 30-year old Danish man was the unfortunate sufferer of a terrifying accident recently.
World's first offshore wind turbine is floatingStatoil has constructed the world's first full-scale floating wind turbine a couple of hours by catamaran from the oil town Stavanger, in the hope that one day vast wind farms could be constructed far offshore in water depths of up to 700m.
Students Learn About Renewable Energy by Gathering It. Teachers at Pocatello Community Charter School have a new tool for teaching kids about renewable energy, the climate and other subjects -- a 51-foot-tall wind turbine.
Florida Garden Tip: Prune Trees Now Every time there is a big storm, or lots of wind, we see the problems caused by un-trimmed (or badly trimmed) trees. These trees can act like sails with their leaves and tree tops catching the wind, until it torques, topples or blows down onto something (or someone).
World's largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, facing stiff NIMBY opposition, has closed their factory on the Isle of Wight. 600 jobs have been or will soon be lost. "Many more jobs that depend on Vestas will follow."
KENNEDY FLOOR STATEMENT ON THE CAPE WIND PROJECT May 9, 2006.
Wind Power's Weird Effectn West Texas electricity prices dropped to zero 11% of the time in the 12 months through May 2009, says Bernstein Research analyst Hugh Wynne. Three percent of the time in the same period, prices dropped to nothing or below in northern Illinois and New York.
How Can Wind Power Put Money in Your PocketWind power GeneratorsWind power generators are a smart choice when searching for a viable alternative power resource for homes for many great reasons.
China plans 100 GW (100 billion watts) windpower by 2020, #1 in windpower growth 2009People's Daily: "China plans to finish 100 gigawatts of wind power capacity by 2020 ... China will also become the biggest growth market for wind power generating capacity this year, ahead of the United States"
Mysteriously High Tides on East Coast Perplex Scientists | Wired Science | Wired.comHIgher tides on the East coast in stumping scientists.
Let's enjoy our communities now and celebrate what they have to offer!Although there will be bumps along the way our Economy has stabilized. Consequently, enjoy a treat now and buy something for you and/or your family today.
Dragonflies - Longest Insect Migration RevealedEvery year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa... ...and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km. More Articles
Wind farms will be a monument to an age when our leaders collectively went off their heads "Let us be clear: Britain is facing an unprecedented crisis. Before long, we will lose 40 per cent of our generating capacity.
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