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Green Inc. Column - Tempers Flare Over Chinese Involvement in Wind Farm Planned for Texas - NYTimes.com
"News last week of the first major influx of Chinese capital and wind turbine manufacturing expertise into the renewable energy market in the United States — a 600-megawatt wind farm planned for the plains of west Texas — had many readers of the Green Inc. blog in a state of agitation."
Texas completes $1 billion wind energy complex | Green Tech - CNET News
One of the world's largest wind farms is now operational in the area surrounding Roscoe, Texas, E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) announced Thursday.
The series of 627 wind turbines providing a 781.5-megawatt capacity covers about 100,000 acres and four Texas counties. But it's not an isolated wind farm per se, nor a uniform series of turbines.
Supplying 200,000 homes, world's largest offshore wind farm opens in Denmark
The wind farm will supply 200,000 Danish households with electricity. It is the first of its kind to be equipped with a platform where personnel can spend the night.
Offshore Wind Farms to Power 17% of Europe’s Electrical Needs in 2030
Offshore wind farms could meet up to 17 percent of Europe’s electricity needs in 2030, an industry group said.
“Offshore wind power is vital for Europe’s future,” the European Wind Energy Association said in a report published at an offshore wind industry conference in Stockholm.
Currently, 11 wind farms harness the stronger winds at sea, mostly in Britain and Scandinavia. Together, they account for only 0.2 percent of Europe’s electricity demand, but that figure could be boosted to 10 percent in 2020 and up to 17 percent in 2030, EWEA said.
Yale Environment 360: Growth in Wind Power Gets Boost From Change in Subsidies
Large banks, including Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, are making major investments in wind farms because a change in federal renewable energy subsidies is providing investors returns of up to 15 percent, the Wall Street Journal reports. The surge in investment has been spurred in part by a new
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U.S. government policy, which now allows wind farm developers to receive 30 percent of the cost of the project upfront in cash, rather than receiving tax credits spread out over the life of the wind farm.
North American Windpower: Content / Projects & Contracts / NaturEner Closes On Construction Financing Tax-Equity Facility For Montana Wind Project
San Francisco-based NaturEner USA LLC has closed on a $117.5 million construction loan and a $120 million tax-equity facility arranged by Morgan Stanley for NaturEner's Glacier II wind farm outside Ethridge, Mont.
Africa’s biggest wind farm to be built in Kenya - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
With a capacity of 300 MW, the wind farm will supply a quarter of Kenya’s current installed power, setting a new standard for the exploitation of wind power in sub-Saharan countries.
China builds $17.6 billion wind project: report | Green Business | Reuters
China will begin construction of a 120-billion yuan ($17.6 billion) wind power project in about two weeks in Gansu province as part of a major push to boost renewable energy and cut the nation's reliance on coal, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The project, also called "the Three Gorges Dam on the land" could be China's biggest wind power station, with an installed capacity of 20 GigaWatts (GW) by 2020
NewNet News - New York State to build country's largest offshore wind farm
A host of New York State and New York City agencies have formed a collaborative with the private sector to develop the largest offshore wind farm in the country.
China unveils $140bn plan to build seven giant wind farms by 2020 - 30 Jun 2009 - BusinessGreen.com
China unveils $140bn plan to build seven giant wind farms by 2020
Government claims wind farms will contribute eight per cent of country's total power capacity
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Ranchers driving wind revolution
Texan cattle rancher Mike Baca seems an unlikely evangelist for the American green revolution.
When he voices a visceral dislike of the "Washington liberals" there seems to be little hint of the environmentalist beneath the cowboy hat and saucer-sized belt-buckle.
But Mike is proof that renewable energy now unites the partisan debate on climate change.
Europe's biggest onshore wind farm to be ready early | Environment | Reuters
ScottishPower, a unit of Spain's Iberdrola, said on Monday its Whitelee wind farm near Glasgow is to be completed ahead of schedule in the next few weeks.
ScottishPower Renewables said all of the 140 turbines at the farm would be ready in the near future, raising its capacity to 322 megawatt -- enough to power more than 180,000 homes. It would be Europe's largest onshore wind farm.
Amazing new windfarms of the future - Science and Health Blog - Mirror.co.uk
The next generation of windfarms may not look like anything we have seen so far.
Turbines of the future could have vertical wings like giant washing lines spinning high above the ocean.
Your Industry News - Giant windfarm could be England's biggest onshore windfarm
AN area of land near Fakenham appears to be in line for what could be the largest onshore windfarm in England.
Offshore wind farms may line U.S. coast - CNN.com
Offshore wind has taken a back seat to offshore drilling for oil and natural gas in the current energy debate. But those wind-driven turbines probably will be operating long before oil platforms appear off Atlantic Coast states.
Delaware hopes to be the first state to construct a wind farm off its coast. The project, scheduled to be completed in 2012, is one of several offshore wind proposals that have cleared significant hurdles in recent months.
Europe’s largest onshore wind farm is coming to Romania » VentureBeat
Continental Wind Partners and CEZ Group have concluded a deal to create Europe’s largest onshore farm in Romania, with a total capacity of 600 megawatts
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