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Scotland Plans World's First Tidal Turbine Farms
The two projects, which each include 20 underwater turbines, will be finished within three years and will provide power to 40,000 homes. ScottishPower Renewables will apply for planning permission next...
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E.ON Opens 335 MW Wind Power Site in Roscoe, Texas
Last week, E.ON Climate and Renewables officially opened its massive new wind farm in Roscoe, Texas. The site is now capable of generating an impressive 335.5 MW of electricity, a figure set to rise to...
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British Columbia Installs Its First Commercial Wind Turbine
Earthfirst Canada has announced that British Columbia’s first commercial wind turbine—a 3 MW Vestas V90— was fully assembled on October 6th about 50 kilometers northwest of Chetwynd, British Columbia....
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Oregon to Build One of World's Largest Wind Farms by 2012
[social_buttons] Utility company Southern California Edison (SCE) has confirmed plans to build a massive 909 MW wind farm in Oregon. When completed, the facility will be one of the largest fully...
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Laser Sensor Boosts Wind Turbine Efficiency
Virginia-based Catch the Wind has an innovative solution for improving wind turbine efficiency— laser beams. The company’s fiber-optic laser system gives turbines up to 20 extra seconds to adjust to...
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UK to Gather Energy from Gas Pipelines Using Mini-Turbines
Mini turbines will be installed inside the UK’s gas pipeline grid later this year in an attempt to gather energy from pipeline pressure. The set-up will be tested in east London and should produce 20MW...
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China Wants China-Grown Wind Turbines, for Itself and Europe
Big shifts seem to be stirring in the wind turbine market. Foreign companies are backing out of China due to China’s move to use more home-grown technology. At the same time, China is looking to expand...
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China Forgets "China-Only Wind Turbines" Policy, but Why?
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about China’s new policy to focus on buying (almost entirely) “China-grown” wind turbines and wind turbine technologies with Chinese patents. That policy wasn’t a big hit...
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Solar Power Costs 50% Lower than Last Year
New research by leading alternative energy research firm New Energy Finance finds that solar power will cost less by about 50% at the end of 2009 compared to the end of 2008. The costs are pre-subsidy,...
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Wind Turbines Don't Hurt Property Values
A new comprehensive study — The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis — conclusively shows that property values are not harmed...
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New Intelligent Wind Turbines "See" the Wind
New wind turbine technology out of Denmark can “see” the wind before it arrives and aim itself accordingly. [social_buttons] The wind turbine technology, called wind LIDAR and designed by Risø DTU...
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Samsung Signs $6.6 Billion Solar and Wind Power Deal with Ontario, Canada
That takes my breath away. In one of the biggest renewable energy deals in the history of the world, a Korean consortium led by Samsung* has agreed to build 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power...
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Wind Turbines based on Jet Engines 3-4 Times More Efficient & Coming to...
FloDesign, an R&D start-up in the US that has created a wind turbine design based on jet engine technology, just secured $34.5 million to help begin commercial development of its turbines. Lars...
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Siemens Looking to Grow Wind Power Technology in India
German engineering giant Siemens is looking to throw some money at solar and wind power in India now. It is going to invest $346 million in India’s renewable energy sector over the next three years....
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World’s 1st Skyscraper with Built-In Wind Turbines (The Razor)
143 meters tall, rising above the crowd in Central London, Strata SE1 (or “the Razor” as it is popularly called, due to its sharp, angular design), is the first skyscraper in the world “to have...
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15 More Cleantech News Stories of the Week
Weekly roundup of other great stories we didn't cover 15 More Cleantech News Stories of the Week was originally published on CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 50,000 other...
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Wind Uprising DVD Giveaway Winner (+Top Wind Power News)
So, the winner of our Wind Uprising DVD giveaway is a Randy Allen Bishop (will contact you). Now, here's a compilation of wind power stories from around the internet this week Wind Uprising DVD...
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Fluid Simulations Helping Better Locate Wind Turbines
A new study published by an Australian researcher has determined that small- and medium-sized wind turbines can not only be placed in inefficient locations, but can be installed in locations where they...
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UK Skills Can Speed 5,000 MW China Offshore Wind Plan For 2015
In a tripartite report released Friday, the Carbon Trust has suggested China accelerate its progress with offshore wind energy by taking cues from the UK’s extensive research, funding, and deployment...
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Black Pine Woven Wheel Turbocompressor Wins Cleantech Open Prize For...
This post is part of an exclusive CleanTechnica series on the Cleantech Open Midwest winners. At least three cleantech competitions have tagged Black Pine Woven Wheel accelerated technology as an...
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World's Largest Wind Farm Planned In Oregon
The Portland Business Journal reports that Oregon has just been given the go-ahead by The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to build a 909 MW wind farm in the north-central part of the state....
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Yesterday’s big announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar heralded what may be a new era for solar power, as thousands of acres of federal land in six Southwestern states were set aside to become...
View ArticleGE to Supply Wind Turbine for Lake Erie Project
(Reuters) – General Electric Co said on Monday it was tapped to sell wind turbines for what is expected to be the first freshwater wind farm in the United States, planned for Lake Erie in the American...
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