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Atlantic Wind Power Connection Backbone Funded by Google

Mike Sandru — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:48:03 +0000

Google has recently announced to have invested in a $5 billion project that consists in building a transmission backbone. The connection, called Atlantic Wind Connection would be a 350-mile power transmission linking wind turbines of 6,000 MW capacity.

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Offshore Turbines to Provide Clean Electricity for 5 Million UK Homes

Mike Sandru — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:13:55 +0000

The South West Regional Development Agency from UK is analyzing the results of a study according to which the South West coast could generate 9.2 gigawatts of electricity, being enough to power five million homes.

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Oceanic Winds Prove Efficient Renewable Energy Resources

Mike Sandru — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:20:39 +0000

In the renewable energy field offshore wind farms are not a new concept and Europe has already made several developments in the technology, which promises better returns than onshore farms being built all over the world.

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