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AWEA: U.S. Wind Industry Blowing Past Previous Development Records

tags:
wind, electricity, renewables

On track to add about 4000 MW this year shattering last year's record of 2454 MW. This is big.

Cape Wind's latest hurdle a breeze? | Cleantech.com

tags:
wind, capewind, offshorewind, renewables

The bad news: the Cape Cod Commission is likely to reject Cape Wind's electric cable. The good news: the MA Energy Facility Siting Board will almost certainly overrule the Commission and the permitting process will continue.

American Superconductor, Teco in wind generator project | Cleantech.com

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wind, offshorewind, renewables, R&D

These companies are working on 10MW (!!) trubines for offshore wind farms. Interestingly they would also be ultra-low-speed generators spinning at just 11 revolutions per minute. Still the tip speed of the blades would be fast enough to knock you silly.

CapeCodTimes.com - Opponent of Cape Wind unapologetic about connection to coal

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capewind, alliancetoprotectnantucketsound, offshorewind, wind

Love the quote from Cape Wind's PR guy: "Is this really the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound or the alliance to protect coal and oil?"

The Wind on Technorati

tags:
wind, videos, ads

A funny little ad (funny ha ha, but mostly funny as in odd) about the wind and wind power

Reuters AlertNet - Britain approves world's biggest offshore wind farm

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energy, renewables, wind

This is going to be a very large wind farm with 1.3 gigawatt capacity. Interesting also that the UK enviro minister says that this "first of a number of large-scale offshore wind farms."

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Senior Policy Analyst
New York City
I work on clean energy technologies and policy that will advance them -- energy efficiency...
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