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Eagle monitoring technology to be deployed in Tasmanian wind farm

Effie P — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:53:44 +0000

One of the main environmental impacts of wind farms is that birds get killed when they collide with turbine rotors. This becomes even more serious when the wind farms are located within the distribution range of bird species already endangered or threatened with extinction. This is the case, for example, of the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles, […]

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Wind Power Knocks Out Coal in Texas

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:10:56 +0000

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90 percent of the state’s power grid and the majority of its power is sourced from natural gas and coal. Ten years ago, its wind power accounted for only two percent of its power mix. With the expansion of transmission capacity and market reforms, the current power […]

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DONG Energy Builds World’s Largest Wind Turbine

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 18:35:26 +0000

What’s up-and-coming in 2017? According to DONG Energy, it will be the UK commencement of the operation of the world’s largest wind turbines. Expected to supply clean electricity to 230,000 homes in the UK, the wind turbine at the Burbo Extension offshore wind farm is another respected addition to the changing green world. Wind energy […]

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Underwater Giant Balloons to Store Compressed Air From Wind Farms

Mila Luleva — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:29:53 +0000

Over the past few years we have been witnessing incredible developments in the world of renewable energy generation. Unfortunately, while new solar cells, wind turbine designs, and biofuel-producing technologies keep bombarding us, the same cannot be said about energy storage. Since improvements in battery technologies seem to be emerging very slowly, any new alternative invention […]

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€3 Billion Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Boosts European Renewable Energy Market

Mila Luleva — Fri, 16 May 2014 10:38:25 +0000

The European renewable energy sector is yet again reaching new heights. With Germany being a record holder in solar energy production, the competition is becoming more severe, with others craving a piece of the big pie too. The Netherlands just announced a 3 billion Euros deal to construct the world’s biggest offshore wind farm that […]

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Chocolate Maker MARS Inc. Invests In Giant Wind Farm

Mila Luleva — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:30:54 +0000

MARS Inc. products are always looked at as a bit of a guilty pleasure. You know you like them, you know you want them, and yet you are still inclined to look at the nutrition information on the back of the pack just after you take the first bite. However, an announcement released by the […]

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Rise in Eagle Deaths Tied to Wind Farms

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:39:18 +0000

In Oklahoma on Thursday, the Osage Nation registered opposition to a US government plan that would allow Wind Capital Group of St. Louis to kill up to three bald eagles a year on its 8400 wind farm, despite the eagles’ protected status. The Native American group took a stand about the proposed wind energy project […]

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UK Wind Farms Do Not Need Fossil Fuel Backup

Mila Luleva — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:32:34 +0000

Seemingly an innocent postscript added by mistake to a wildlife article in The Daily Telegraph a week ago, reports that wind farms might not need as much backup as claimed. The figures listed in the piece indicate that only 22 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy from fossil fuel stations should be added to the total of 23,700 […]

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Large Wind Farms Might Produce Less Energy Than Thought

Mila Luleva — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:41:31 +0000

A study conducted by scientists from University of North Carolina and Harvard University claims that global wind power resources have been significantly overestimated. Amanda S Adams and David W Keith state that production levels of 2 to 7 watts per square meter, estimated before, are unrealistic and should be brought down to not more than […]

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Wind Farms’ Impact on Bird Population Not as High as Thought, Study Suggests

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:52:04 +0000

A wind farm is a very economical form of renewable energy in the long run. But wind power harvesting has a few drawbacks, as well. One of the major problems caused by wind farms was considered to be the decreasing of bird population, but studies show that this issue is not actually as big as […]

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Japan Builds Offshore Floating Wind Farm Near Fukushima

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:47:38 +0000

The Japanese government has plans to build an off-shore floating wind farm near Fukushima, thus seeking to reduce its dependence on nuclear power and the associated dangers. “This is part of the government’s effort towards reconstructing the disaster area while promoting renewable energy,” said an official at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. “Building […]

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Italian Football Club President Invests in Romanian Wind Power

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:48:27 +0000

It may seem weird, but the president of the football club Internazionale Milano, Massimo Moratti, is looking to invest in wind power. He is currently analyzing the opportunity of further developing the wind farm in the county of Dobrogea, and several other similar projects.

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$1.5 Million Paid to UK Wind Power Companies for Extra Electricity They Haven't Delivered

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:07:49 +0000

Usually, one man's garbage is another man's gold, as they say. The rule does not always stand up when the latter pays 20 times more than he should, and there's so much of it that it can't be carried from one to another. That's the case with some Scottish wind farms that just provided too much energy and had to be disconnected recently, but the wind power companies had to be paid anyway.

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Google Invests in Wind Power "Backbone" Cable, People Worried About Timing

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:00:37 +0000

Google has started to invest in a 350-mile-long power line that will link Virginia and new Jersey. Taking into account that we're talking about energy, the $5 billion cost is insignificant, over a period of 10 years.

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World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Starts Generating Energy For Kent County, UK

Mike Sandru — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:09:34 +0000

Starting today, UK will have the world's biggest offshore wind farm of Thanet in Kent that will generate clean electricity for about 240,000 urban homes. If the wind farm runs at full capacity, it will be able to power half the county of Kent.

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146 Megawatt Wind Farm Installed in Atchison County, Missouri

Cristi — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:33:03 +0000

The Atchison County wind farm is able to power 33,000 homes and it's not interfering with corn and soybeans crops. Between the turbines, crops are still grown and harvested, thus contributing to the well-being of the community.

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North America's Largest Wind Farms to be Built by Cannon and Gamesa

Mike Sandru — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:38:29 +0000

San Diego wind farm developer Cannon Power Group and Spanish wind turbine builder Gamesa are planning to build one of the largest wind farms in North America. The companies have started to build a wind farm South of the Border to supply clean power to a quarter of a million households in both Mexico and California from 500 MW of power until 2015. Cannon also said that the potential capacity of the site is ultimately 1,000 MW.

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New Jersey Container Port to Tap Wind Energy Using Five Wind Turbines

Mike Sandru — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:28:26 +0000

According to a Jersey Journal report, New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York plan to power the Port Jersey-Port Authority Marine Terminal with five, 288-ft tall wind turbines erected on a 70-acre site.

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Kenya to Have Africa's Largest Windfarm Built by 2012

Mike Sandru — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:03:31 +0000

Africa's most ambitious project of renewable energy will be the installation of 365 giant wind turbines around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. The project will be completed in 2012, when the £533m project will have a capacity of 300MW, a quarter of country's current capacity.

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Largest Offshore Wind Farm Planned in Netherlands

Cristi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:25:46 +0000

Largest Offshore Wind Farm is Planned to be build in Netherlands. The wind farm will be made from 59 wind turbines and will have an approximately capacity of 300 MW.

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