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On the Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of government, academia and industry are working on the Edison Project – a pilot project that uses wind power to recharge electric vehicles.

From engineering firms to leading shipyards, new entrants are jumping on the wind power bandwagon, riding a global push for alternative, clean energy and seeking to counter a slowdown in their traditional businesses battered by recession.

Professor David Mackay is the author of a book on sustainable energy. He calculates that even if we covered every available plot, offshore location and tidal estuary with wind, wave and tidal power we may not meet all our current energy needs.

The University of Delaware today released results of a survey of Cape Cod, Mass., residents' opinions on a controversial offshore wind power project. Researchers found 57 percent now support the project with 41 percent opposing it, showing a reverse in public opinion.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Wind energy makes economic sense locally, environmental sense nationally and security sense globally, proponents said Wednesday.

Households will be paying £500 a year to subsidise wind turbines and tidal power stations by 2025, the energy regulator warned yesterday. Almost a third of the average domestic fuel bill will be siphoned off to fund the construction of renewable energy sources and other Government green initiatives, according to Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan.

The team of researchers collected data on almost 7,500 sales of single-family homes situated within 10 miles—with the closest home within 800 feet—of 24 existing wind energy facilities in nine different states.

The Chinese companies have already proven to be formidable competitors. Domestic producers have seen their Chinese market share blossom to nearly 60% collectively. That is largely at the expense of such foreign players as Vestas Wind Systems, Gamesa and General Electric, which were dominant there just five years ago.

By revamping the power grid, Dong Energy, Better Place’s partner and the biggest utility in Denmark, wants to power the anticipated fleet of electric cars with wind energy, which already supplies nearly 20 percent of the country’s power.

If China is already sprinting toward a wind-powered future, does it really need a crutch to help it get there? That’s the question raised by the spat over Chinese wind farms and the United Nations’ funding program for clean-energy projects.

A vast swath of northern and western Scotland could be set aside to give greater protection to one of the UK's most enigmatic birds of prey.

A Minnesota-based wind energy developer and a Montana-based company announced plans for a 500 megawatt wind farm to be built near the Judith Gap wind project, which produces 135 megawatts of electricity

North Charleston landed a $98 million wind turbine test lab because of strong state support, good port facilities and Clemson University's "forward-looking" management plans, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday.

Wales' largest wind farm - the Rhyl Flats off the coast of north Wales - is to be opened officially by Welsh Secretary Peter Hain in Llandudno. The off shore wind farm is expected to be fully operational by the end of the month.

A DUKE has been ordered to stop carrying out building work that locals say is linked to a wind farm which has not yet been granted planning permission.

You may have noticed that A-Power Energy Generation Systems (Nasdaq: APWR) has been on an absolute tear lately, with shares up 70% over the past month.

Kansas City Power & Light says it wants to add up to 300 megawatts of wind-generated electricity over the next two years.

In the two years since the turbine began producing energy, it has generated more than £200,000 for Fintry.

The North Carolina Wind Working Group found that every 100 MW of installed wind power capacity provides 310 full-time manufacturing jobs, 67 contracting and installation jobs, and 9.5 jobs in operation and maintenance.

A recent record for wind-power output in Texas, the U.S. state with the most capacity to turn wind into electricity, has surprised even the power grid operators, according to the agency.

The invention of the steam engine in the 19th century freed ships from dependence on wind as their driving power. Two centuries later, however, wind is now a savior for Korean shipbuilding firms, which are desperately searching for a new growth engine amid the worldwide slump in the industry.

Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) today announced that it signed a contract with REpower Systems AG to supply wind turbine power converters for five projects in the Canadian province of Quebec under the Hydro-Quebec Distribution wind power project.

The world’s first wind park with 7 MW wind turbines has opened in Belgium, using largest units ever placed into operation to generate electricity.

Local residents who allow wind farms to be built in their neighbourhood will be rewarded with lower energy bills, the Tories have promised.

In northern Europe, huge wind-farms account for 20% of Denmark's electricity, studies suggest the African countries with the most potential are Madagascar, South Africa, Kenya, and Ethiopia.

North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region had installed 5.03 GW of wind power capacity by the end of October, ahead of the government's goals by more than one year, said an official with the local government.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gov. Don Carcieri will soon offer leaders in the green energy industry an update on his plans to build a wind farm off Rhode Island’s coast.

Alaskan communities are increasingly turning to wind, solar and geothermal power as alternative energy sources, experts say. Federal and state grants for construction and federal tax credits for existing systems often help cover the tab for the alternative energy, which reduces dependence on expensive diesel fuel, the Anchorage Daily News reports

HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Honiton Energy Group has hired Morgan Stanley (MS.N) to advise the China-focused wind power developer on luring a new investor, in a deal that could value the entire company at up to $250 million, sources said on Monday.

Cheshire-based wind company Community Windpower Ltd has submitted a planning application for a 20 turbine wind farm at Claughton and Whit Moor, east of Lancaster, which would generate up to 50MW of electricity.