AWEA: U.S. Wind Industry Blowing Past Previous Development Records
On track to add about 4000 MW this year shattering last year's record of 2454 MW. This is big.
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Recent Links Tagged "wind"
Cape Wind's latest hurdle a breeze? | Cleantech.com
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
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
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
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
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."
