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Posted: over 13 years ago

Opponents of Cape Wind compare it with Gulf oil spill (USA)

As opponents of a massive wind energy factory in Nantucket Sound watch the impact of energy giant BP...

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Norwegian company continues with plans in four Michigan counties (USA)

A Norwegian company that originally proposed wind farms to four West Michigan counties encountered a...

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NEW offshore wind farm to be sited 10 miles off the coast of Wirral (UK)

Situated in Liverpool Bay near the North Wales coast, Gwynt y Môr will be one of the largest offshor...

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Sailers, waterfront residents oppose wind generators (Canada)

A Canadian company’s plan to place hundreds of wind turbines in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie h...

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Offshore Wind China 2010 Conference & Exhibition

With the aim of promoting the sound development of China’s offshore wind industry, Chinese Ren...

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Underwater caves a problem for Malta wind turbines

The discovery of two large underwater ‘caves’ on the reef where the government plans to build ...

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70 percent supports offshore wind turbines in Lake Ontario (USA)

Three-quarters of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll support offshore wind ...

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Rhode Island offshore wind energy and fishing (USA)

The Deepwater Wind Project in Rhode Island makes me proud to be a Rhode Islander. This project furth...

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Wind turbines could co-exist with military activities off Virginia’s coast (USA)

Wind turbines could co-exist with military activities off Virginia’s coast depending on their ...

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Platform in lake Ontario will be used to install wind anemometer (Canada)

The structure in Lake Ontario off Grey Abbey Park is hard to miss, but it’s still not the wind...

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Texas in a race with Cape wind (USA)

If you picked up a newspaper in the last week, you probably read that—after nine tortuous years of r...

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USA: Atlanta-based company to construct equipment to measure wind speeds and directions off Jekyll Island coast

Southern Co. has asked the U.S. Department of the Interior for ocean leases off the coasts of Jekyll...

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USA: Governor Carcieri speaks about offshore wind farm near Block Island at hotel at Quonset Point.

Governor Carcieri continued his campaign on Thursday for a proposed offshore wind farm near Block Is...

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USA: Meeting at Hamburg for Lake Erie

New York Power Authority representatives Sharon Laudisi and Lou Paonessa will present information on...

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USA: Voice of support for Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council at Muskegon Community College conference

The overflow crowd that jammed the Muskegon Community College’s Collegiate Hall Tuesday night to hea...

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USA: The future is in direct drive wind turbines

The standard for wind turbines being built by the ever-innovating wind industry in utility-scale ins...

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USA: If approved projects in Atlantic waters would add between 2,261 and 2,426 MW of offshore wind energy

Al Gore has called on the U.S. to “commit to producing 100% of electricity from renewable ener...

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USA: Gov. Granholm to host meeting today about Great lakes wind farms

The Great Lakes Wind Council — a 29-member advisory body appointed by Gov. Granholm — is hosting a p...

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