A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests - Their Wonders and the Perils They Face. Information on rainforests, biodiversity, and environmental concerns. Tropical Freshwater Fish: Information on tropical freshwater fish including species descriptions, tips on aquarium care, and more. Madagascar: Information on a country rich with culture and biodiversity. Travel Pictures: Pictures of wildlife and landscapes from around the world.
Featured articles | Weekly Newsletter | Topics | Syndicate / XML feed / RSS  

Wind farm

This page contains news and, when available, background information, on Wind farm :. Links on this site lead to other sites on the web..


News archive for Wind farm

Wind farm fight split environmentalists  -  28 Aug 2007
Newsday,After the controversial project was terminated last week, the wind-farm's strongest advocates seemed divided on whether the $700 million price tag should

AMSC adds to wind farm power system orders  -  28 Aug 2007
Bizjournals.com,Officials at Westborough's American Superconductor Corp. report the company has closed two additional orders for its D-VAR voltage control products for

Brockton wants wind farm rules  -  28 Aug 2007
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre,Bagnato says this policy will ensure they are ready for any wind farm proposals. He says it far better to settle these things out now rather than trying to

Airtricity Opens 48MW Bindoo Wind Farm  -  28 Aug 2007
Enviroireland.com (press release),Airtricity, a world leading renewable energy company, has officially opened its Bindoo wind farm in County Cavan. The new facility is the second largest

A muckle majority oppose wind farm  -  28 Aug 2007
Shetland News,A LARGE majority of people in Shetland have come out against a proposed wind farm in the isles, it was claimed last night (Monday).

Hamlin board to hold wind tower meeting today  -  28 Aug 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,In March, the town enacted a moratorium on wind farm development while the committee looked into what, if any, regulations the town should place on wind

Bill would provide uniform assessment of wind farms  -  28 Aug 2007
MyWebTimes.com,The state's burgeoning wind farm industry could see more uniform standards in the way counties assess property taxes, but some companies still question

Gamesa executive addresses key issues  -  28 Aug 2007
The Tribune-Democrat,The proposed Shaffer Mountain wind farm in Somerset and Bedford counties is no different. Allegheny Mountain residents who attend today’s public meeting and

August in South Dakota  -  28 Aug 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,Earlier this month I visited a wind farm outside of Highmore where I saw up close the capability South Dakota has to be a leader in clean, renewable energy.

Here's one way to generate good PR  -  28 Aug 2007
Globe and Mail,Summerside has been going through an environmental assessment to establish a wind farm; it plans to start with three to six megawatts, which would power 900

Spanish wind farms running out of puff  -  28 Aug 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...result of a seasonal or climatic period of low wind in the region or whether incorrect data was used in assessing Olivo's suitability for a wind farm.

Wind power the way to go says Greenpeace  -  28 Aug 2007
Welland Tribune,I can understand people wanting to be cautious, but right now across Lake Erie, the City of Cleveland is already testing to put up their own wind farm just

First death of a US wind farm worker recorded  -  Aug 27, 2007
ReutersBy Bernie Woodall LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man died over the weekend at a wind farm under construction in Oregon in what is believed to be the first death

Teco Electric shares climb on wind farm report  -  Aug 27, 2007
China Post,Teco Electric & Machinery Co. shares had their best streak in more than five years, after a newspaper said the Taiwan maker of air conditioners and

Forced from home after noise from wind farm turbines made family ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,An Illinois trip is also on the horizon for Mr. d’Entremont, the Yarmouth County man who relocated his family of eight away from a local wind farm.

Costs make LIPA reconsider offshore NY wind farm  -  Aug 23, 2007
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Long Island Power Authority is reconsidering an offshore wind project after a study it commissioned showed it could add $2.50 to

LIPA chief kills wind farm project  -  Aug 22, 2007
Newsday,In an April 2002 assessment, LIPA consultant AWS Scientific estimated energy from the wind farm would cost between 6 and 9 cents per kilowatt hour,

Wind farm proposal powers up  -  Aug 25, 2007
Arkansas City Traveler,By JEANNE RICHARDSON Plans for a wind farm in northeast Cowley County have been resurrected as the new owners of The Elk River Wind Project look to expand.

Blame game played over wind farm plant shutdown  -  Aug 22, 2007
ABC Online,SAMANTHA DONOVAN: It hasn't been a good week for the wind farm industry in Victoria. AGL Energy announced a $140-million wind farm in the State's south-east

Arcapita sells Zephyr wind farm stake for $288 mln  -  Aug 22, 2007
ReutersFull Bio LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Bahrain-based buyout firm Arcapita Bank said on Wednesday it was selling its one-third stake in the Zephyr wind-farm

Firm to look at third wind farm  -  Aug 25, 2007
Shropshire Star,An international renewable energy company is planning to investigate the feasability of a third wind farm in Powys. Acciona Energy is investigating the

LIPA chair concerned about wind farm costs  -  Aug 21, 2007
Newsday,Amid a growing chorus of critics, LIPA earlier this year commissioned an outside consultant to study the costs of the wind farm in comparison to

Wind farm supporters and opponents hit the airwaves  -  Aug 21, 2007
Boston Globe,BOSTON --Both sides in the debate over a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod are stepping up their public relations efforts. Greenpeace is launching a $40000,

China's Longyuan Power starts building 1.58 bln yuan wind farm in ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Forbes,The wind farm, located in Baotou, has a designed installed capacity of 200000 kilowatts, the company said in a statement posted on its website.

China starts work on 12 bln yuan wind farm in Hebei  -  Aug 19, 2007
Forbes,BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China has started work on the first phase of a 12 bln yuan wind farm in Weichang, Hebei province, the Hebei Development and Reform

Long Island cancels wind farm project  -  Aug 24, 2007
American Thinker,...power plant on Long Island, which is about $137 per megawatt hour, and a megawatt hour of power produced by the wind farm, which it said "could be $291.

Tower Collapse at Oregon Wind Farm Kills Worker  -  Aug 26, 2007
FOX NewsA giant turbine tower at a wind farm toppled, killing a worker atop the structure and injuring another who was inside, a company spokeswoman said.

Long Island offshore wind farm scuttled; Cape Wind predicted this ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
Cape Cod Today,By Walter Brooks, Yesterday Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Chairman Kevin Law confirmed his decision to cancel a 40-turbine offshore wind farm 3 ½ miles

Construction of wind farm begins  -  Aug 19, 2007
BBC News,Work on a locally-funded £4.4m wind farm in Oxfordshire is finally getting under way after 15 years of delays. Construction of the farm,

Cost blows New York wind farm  -  Aug 24, 2007
EnergyCurrent,By Billy Youngson USA: Plans for an offshore wind farm in New York are dead in the water after the developer discovered it would cost consumers an extra

New Gorge Wind Farm Brushes up against Population Centers  -  Aug 20, 2007
Seattle Post IntelligencerWind farms are rising throughout the windy Columbia Gorge. Until now, the towers in Oregon have been east, in remote fields of wheat and on rangeland.

Ravenswood wind farm powering up  -  Aug 24, 2007
Business Edge,Construction by Sky Generation, developer of the Ferndale wind farm, began this month and is scheduled for completion in late fall 2007.

Wind farm builder wants more green credits  -  Aug 24, 2007
CBC Prince Edward Island,Ventus Energy, which is building a new wind farm in West Cape near O'Leary, is trying to negotiate a longer-term share of green credits, but PEI isn't

Study: LIPA wind farm would cost $811M  -  Aug 23, 2007
News 12 Connecticut,...(08/23/07) UNIONDALE - An independent study commissioned by the Long Island Power Authority pegged the estimated costs for a proposed offshore wind farm at

Wind farm plan for Tallentire  -  Aug 24, 2007
Times & Star,...“We believe this wind farm will be an asset to Tallentire, Gilcrux and the surrounding area, providing clean, green electricity to homes and businesses and

Decision on Burnham-On-Sea wind farm due in November  -  Aug 23, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea,A decision on whether controversial plans to build a wind farm on the outskirts of Burnham will proceed will be made in November, it was announced on the

AGL shelves Vic wind farm plans  -  Aug 15, 2007
ABC Online,By Ashley Hall A planning tribunal received about 1500 individual submissions against the wind farm proposal. (AFP: US Department of Energy) Energy company

For the birds: New wind farm east of  -  Aug 23, 2007
Greeley Tribune,Now something else catches your eye on the horizon, and as you edge closer to the Cedar Creek Wind Farm, you'll see white turbines with three huge

Study of West Coast Wind Farm Site Begins  -  Aug 15, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Eskom's plan to develop South Africa's first commercial wind farm on a 25km2 site just inland from the beach and opposite Vredendal on the West Coast is

Genesis to investigate wind farm in Hawkes Bay  -  Aug 23, 2007
Radio New Zealand,Genesis Energy, the country's third largest power generator, is investigating getting into wind farm development in Hawkes Bay. The state owned enterprise

DTE agreement means new wind farm in Richland  -  Aug 16, 2007
Detroit Free Press,...(MichCon), DTE said the long-term agreement will allow for Michigan-based Heritage to build a new 6500-acre wind farm in Richland.

NY: Long Island Wind Park Scrapped  -  Aug 23, 2007
Forbes,Plans are proceeding for an offshore wind farm in Massachusetts, where a company called Cape Wind hopes to build 130 windmills in Nantucket Sound.

Wellington wind farm going ahead  -  Aug 15, 2007
TVNZ,Even at 62 turbines, the wind farm will generate between 140-150 megawatts, which would be more than enough to supply every household in Wellington city,

DTE Energy GreenCurrents Agreement Enables Michigan Company To ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe 10-year agreement will enable Heritage to build a new 6500-acre wind farm in Richland, Michigan. Introduced earlier this year, GreenCurrents offers DTE

Jones Beach Wind Farm Plans Scrapped  -  Aug 23, 2007
WNYC,NEW YORK, NY August 23, 2007 —Plans for a wind farm off the coast of Jones Beach haven been scrapped because it would be too expensive.

AGL pulls out of Vic wind farm proposal  -  Aug 15, 2007
The Age,AGL Energy Limited has officially abandoned plans to build the 48 turbine Dollar Wind Farm in Victoria's southeast, 10 months after placing its application

Meridian to proceed with Makara wind farm  -  Aug 14, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,State-owned Meridian Energy today confirmed it would proceed with its Wellington wind farm and expects to begin enabling work within the next month.

AGL dumps $140m wind farm plan  -  Aug 14, 2007
NEWS.com.au,By Charisse Ede A $140 million wind farm mooted for southeast Victoria has been officially dumped as no longer being financially viable.

Construction underway on Cohocton wind farm  -  Aug 22, 2007
News 10 Now,So far, the wind farm is just a dirt field, a staging area to get a wind farm going. After that, "We start with the roads and the foundations and then we'll

Views aired over wind farm scheme  -  Aug 16, 2007
BBC News,A public meeting is to be held in Selkirk to discuss the possibility of a community wind farm for the town. It follows a report commissioned by the Selkirk




archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured


XML / RSS / Syndication options

mongabay.com features more than 350 RSS feeds to meet your specific area of interest


MONGABAY.COM
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development (more)

CONTENTS
Rainforests
Tropical Fish
Madagascar
Pictures
Kids' Site
Languages
About
Contact
Archives
Submissions
Newsletter
Contribute


SUPPORT
You can help support mongabay.com by becoming a contributor to keep this site up and running. Thank you for your continued interest in the site.

Help support mongabay.com! Use the link below to buy from Amazon.com!

In Association with Amazon.com




POPULAR PAGES
Rainforests
Amazon deforestation
Deforestation
Deforestation stats
Why rainforests matter
Saving rainforests

Fish
Biotopes
Chemistry
Ecosystem index
Fish conservation

News
Most popular articles
Worth saving?
Forest conservation
Earth Day
Poverty alleviation
Cell phones in Africa
Seniors helping Africa
Saving orangutans in Borneo
Palm oil
Visiting the rainforest

Other Sections
Links
Interview
Mongabay's mission
Recommended Books
Advertising



T-SHIRTS

Madagascar Wildlife
Save Madagascar



Sucking on this frog
may make you insane



In Madagascar there are
lemurs that dance



Don't fall asleep
the sloths will
eat you
<


Canvas shopping bags



Some Blogs:
How to Save the World
Bottleworld
Earth-Info.Net
NewScientist Blog
Gristmill
Journal Watch
Celsias
Cleantech Blog
EcoGeek
EcoSherpa
Earth Blog
GreenOptions
Lime
Plenty Magazine
How the World Works
ScienceBlogs
Sierra Club Compass
The Oil Drum
Treehugger
Triple Pundit
WorldChanging



TOPICS

Africa
Agriculture
Alternative Energy
Amazon
Amphibian Crisis
Amphibians
Animal Behavior
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Automobiles
Biodiversity
Bioenergy
Biofuels
Biomimicry
Birds
Borneo
Brazil
Bushmeat
California
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Finance
Carbon Sequestration
Cellulosic Ethanol
China
Climate Change
Congo
Conservation
Coral Reefs
Deforestation
Ecological Services
Endangered Species
Energy
Environment
Environmental Law
Environmental Politics
Ethanol
Extinction
Fires
Fishing
Forests
Fossil Fuels
Green Business
Green Design
Green Energy
Greenland-Arctic
Happy-Upbeat Environmental
Hurricanes
Illegal Logging
India
Indigenous People
Indonesia
Interviews
Invasive Species
Lemurs
Logging
Madagascar
Mammals
Monkeys
New Guinea
Ocean Acidification
Oceans
Oil
Olpc
Orangutans
Palm Oil
Plants
Politics
Pollution
Population
Poverty Alleviation
Primates
Remote Sensing
Renewable Energy
Reptiles
Saving Rainforests
Sea Ice
Sea Levels
Sea Turtles
Sharks
Solar Power
Species Discovery
Strange
Technology
United States
Water
Whales
Wildlife

more



About | Privacy
Copyright Rhett Butler 2009