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North Dakota regulators say the state's wind power resources almost doubled in 2009.
Officials on Tuesday identified locations of three offshore wind-power test sites that could unlock the door to huge reserves of energy equivalent to more than 100 nuclear plants in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Work on a West Virginia wind power project has been halted by a federal judge who sided with environmentalists' claim that the project would harm an endangered bat.
A company is offering Allegheny Power customers in western Maryland the opportunity to get their electricity from wind power.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has signed a contract to buy and operate a wind-energy project that would produce enough electricity for about 100,000 California homes.
Gov. Don Carcieri will offer industry leaders an update Thursday on his plans to build a massive wind farm off Rhode Island's coast capable of providing 15 percent of the state's electricity needs.
Harvard University has entered into a 15-year agreement to buy power and renewable energy certificates from a wind energy farm to be built in Maine.
A federal agency that markets electricity generated by water projects such as Missouri River dams is increasing short-term partnerships with wind farms in the Dakotas and might someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers in the two states.
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.
China could cut its emissions by 30 percent in the next two decades if it switches to wind power to meet about half of its electricity demands, a U.S. study published Thursday said.
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.
North Dakota's wind development boom may force utility customers to pay higher electric bills unless rules on sharing transmission costs are changed, state regulators say.
A nagging issue wound its way through the chatter at what was an otherwise celebratory event for the nation's wind industry in Chicago.
Pete Ostrander and the manufacturer he works for took a hard look at the auto industry four years ago, and neither liked what they saw.
Wind power has seen historic growth and the blessing of President Barack Obama — but it's far from recession-proof.
Wind turbines would increasingly dot the Massachusetts landscape under a plan unveiled by Gov. Deval Patrick to ramp up the state's reliance on wind power over the next dozen years.
New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy.
Texas, headquarters of America's oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power.
Legislation to allow an offshore wind farm breezed through the Delaware legislature Wednesday and was quickly signed into law.
Small-scale turbines get praise in Alaska villagesTwo Western Alaska villages spinning power from small wind turbines say they're saving thousands of dollars a year. "I'm still amazed at what they're doing," said Gerald Kosbruk, president of the tribal government in Perryville on the southern Alaska Peninsula. However, the hea …
IRS Auctions Off Crow Creek Sioux Land for $2.5 MillionThis week, the IRS auctioned off 7,100 acres of Crow Creek Sioux land in Central South Dakota to a Highmore, South Dakota resident by the name of Klein for $2,577,210.
Wind could create energy boom (Video)Could Scotland become a world leader in providing wind power to meet future energy needs
Obama Needs China to Help Him Run Great Green RaceIt was a happy accident that Barack Obama found himself in Beijing on the day the U.S. Senate kicked climate change legislation into the spring. Obama needs Chinese President Hu Jintao's help to break the U.S. stalemate over global warming.
Scone horse breeders buck at wind turbinesHORSE breeders say wind turbines will ruin Scone's beauty and potentially affect livestock worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Chinese Manufacturer First to Export Wind to U.S.A-Power Energy Generation Systems won one aspect of the clean energy race and made history, as it will become the first Chinese manufacturer to export wind turbines to the United States. A-Power Energy Generation Systems and a consortium of Chinese and American companies — U.S.
Recession puts wind power projects on holdThe U.S. has enough wind power to fuel the equivalent of nearly 9 million homes, up almost 23% from the start of the year, the American Wind Energy Association reported Tuesday.
"Many, including my mother, thought I was going... | GatherThis is the story of William Kamkwama, a young boy who built a windmill to provide his house with electricity when he was only 14 years old. William lives in the impoverished African nation of Malawi.
Mid Atlantic States Enthusiastic Supporters of Off Shore Wind PowerAn amazingly high percentage of people who live down the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard from New York to Virginia want wind turbines off their coast.
Wind farms + aboriginal rightsFirst Nations in Canada are exercising aboriginal and treaty rights more and more.
Half Century Old Ford Assembly Plant to Become One of the Nation's Largest Renewable Energy Manufacturing FacilitiesFord announced this week that they are breathing new life into one of their older manufacturing plants with a redevelopment plan that will turn the site into one of the largest renewable energy facilities in the country.
Young Couple Says NO to a Mortgaged LifeAmidst the Chihuahuan Desert, Abe and Josie built a home out of dirt, designed a wind turbine from scrap parts, and raised their newborn without diapers and other conveniences.
With so much energy being invested lately in analyzing Obama's push to coerce government reform and control of health care, his other pet project, creating a Green economy to stop global warming has fallen off the radar for the moment.
Our One-Party Democracy - Thomas L. Friedman - New York Times - Op-Ed ColumnistWatching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today.
Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar and Wind PowerAccording to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu (or 7.15 exajoules) by 2030 …
More Wind Power: Not So Simple I had not thought about the ice situation before. Wind is good, but there are issues.
Deadly FlightsMassive wind turbines seem to be killing more and more migratory bats, prompting research into these neglected creatures and efforts to minimize the toll.
Highland Park homeowner installs wind turbine on his roof Doug Snower's neighbors in Highland Park stared hard when the silver and blue wind turbine first appeared on his garage roof.
China Builds High Wall to Guard Energy Industry BEIJING — When the United States' top energy and commerce officials arrive in China on Tuesday, they will land in the middle of a building storm over China's protectionist tactics to become the world's leader in renewable energy.
Sham citizen wind energy activism in Washington stateWindworks Northwest is a pro-development front group whose executive director doesn't even think wind does in fact "work".
Anti-wind arguments still standingAccording to Friends of the Earth UK, with Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a new report that they commissioned "scuppers anti-wind arguments".
Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese DesertA series of projects is under construction to the southeast of Dunhuang, including one of six immense wind power projects now being built around China. Here, a worker measures the interior of a tower that will support a wind turbine.
Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some | Good News WednesdaySleek, streamlined wind turbines have become the icons of the green movement, but for all the growth in wind power — it accounted for 42% of all new electricity generation added to the U.S.
Albania Approves Controversial Wind FarmWhy is it always alternative energy vs. the environment? It is time we figured out how to work with the environment and still promote sustainable energy resources. As always, transparency in following in the money trail will likely unveil a lot.
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