Wind Power News

Wind power is the key to Australia achieving its renewable energy target but there are persistent claims that wind turbines make people sick, despite evidence to the contrary.

Could wind energy be coming to the south coast? A meeting regarding the potential for wind energy off the coast of Coos Bay was held at the North Bend Public Library Wednesday night.

After spending last weekend at the Heartland Coalfield Alliance's retreat in the Illinois coal basin region, I'm more inspired than ever.

After its successful launch of Lopburi Solar with a capital investment of more than Bt10 billion, and expected return of investment within 10 years on projected Bt1.3-billion annual revenue, Natural Energy Development Co is exploring the possibility of setting up a 20-megawatt wind-powered electricity-generation plant.

"Strawscaper": Belatchew Labs, an experiment-focused division of Belatchew Arkitekter in Sweden, proposes a new way of harvesting the wind for power without using wind turbines.

Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature's Energy Committee that's aimed at expanding Maine's natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses' electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat.

Belatchew Arkitekter has proposed converting the Soder Torn building in Stockholm into an urban wind farm by covering it in piezoelectric fibers Despite being the most common renewable energy technologies, solar panels and wind turbines still have their shortcomings.

Alberta could green its image and add plenty of new turbines over the next few years with the right government incentives, the Canadian Wind Energy Association said in a report released Wednesday.

Fallago Rig wind farm has been officially commissioned, but critics point out that in recent weeks its operator received 1.4 million to not produce electricity.

By Staci DaSilva sdasilva@kcautv.com Anywhere from 3,000 - 4,000 Gallons of farm fresh milk travel through Burbach's Countryside Dairy every week.

State lawmakers made a surprising turnabout Tuesday by moving to rescind Omaha's authority to impose an extra half-cent of local sales taxes.

The college Board of Trustees on Monday voted to discontinue the program amid declining interest from students, which officials attribute to negative perceptions of wind energy in this area, among other factors.

Investing in clean energy such as wind power and nuclear reactors could save consumers up to 100 million pounds, it has been claimed Investing in low-carbon power in the 2020s instead of gas would save consumers tens of billions of pounds, the Government's climate advisers have said.

Norfolk County has declared itself unwilling to host new industrial wind farms. County council voted 8-1 last Tuesday to notify the provincial government that it wants no more wind turbines approved for Norfolk.

Dozens of Livingston children used LEGOs to learn about wind energy Tuesday as Youth Appreciation Week rolls on.

Google's moonshot lab Google X is buying up Makani Power, a startup that makes a kite-like wind power device.

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You probably know about Obama's troubles: the Benghazi story about the attack that killed four Americans and the aftermath that falsely blamed a YouTube video, the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny while giving liberals a pass, and, the probe conducted by the Justice Department on journalists' phone calls.

Participation of 26 Mission-Based Organizations and Residents of Washington, D.C. and Maryland Will Reduce Environmental Footprint Equivalent to Taking More than 1,450 Cars Off the Road for One Year Washington & Herndon, VA, May 22, 2013 - Advancing its vision to create economic prosperity locally and drive environmental sustainability, Washington, ... (more)

Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. , the inventor of a large Solar Wind Downdraft Tower structure capable of producing abundant, inexpensive electricity, announced the allowance of Patent Application Number 13/098,476, titled "Atmospheric Energy Extraction Devices and Methods", by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.