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The Indian government is planning to double wind power- generation capacity to over 20,000 MW by 2022 or triple it from the present 10,500 MW to promote the use of renewable resources, say media reports.

State regulators signed off Wednesday on a new Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. wind farm being built near Woodward. The OU Spirit wind farm is expected to help the University of Oklahoma achieve its goal of powering its Norman campus with renewable sources by 2013.

Controversial plans to build 20 wind turbines standing 410ft (126m) tall in north Cornwall will be reviewed by the Government Office for the South West. Plans for the turbines, in Davidstow Woods near Camelford, were approved by Cornwall Council in October.

Turkey’s Zorlu Enerji has installed first three 50-megawatt wind turbines in Pakistan at an estimated cost of $120 million. The capacity of the wind farm may be extended to 250 megawatts at a later stage.

A spit of land that native legend says is the birthplace of human life on earth is at the heart of a debate that has divided the Haida Nation. It lies adjacent to the site of a proposed $2-billion energy project, and until recently, the plan to build Canada's first offshore wind farm in Hecate Strait, near the northeastern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands, seemed to have strong support from the Haida.

LONDON (Reuters) - Clipper Windpower Plc said financing has been received for 27 wind turbines to supply power to Wal-Mart Stores Inc in Mexico.

TWO large wind turbines could be built on the docks at Sharpness if an assessment and investigation find it a viable site.

Investment of about £30bn is needed to develop Scotland's offshore wind power potential, it is to be claimed. The first Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference is being held in Aberdeen's Marriott Hotel on Thursday.

Duke Energy has gotten a $22 million stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to install large-scale batteries at its 151-megawatt Notrees wind farm in Texas.

A £4.4m Government grant for the US company’s Britannia Project earlier this year could bring manufacturing to the North-east - and unlock huge contract potential for the Tees Valley’s burgeoning offshore wind supply chain.

“It’s about what’s good for the planet,” said Mark Renfrow, a Dallas homeowner who this summer began paying an extra $26 or so a month to his electric company, Direct Energy, for 100 percent wind power.

Skykon Tower Solutions has won the contract to supply towers for the Clyde Wind Farm. Scottish and Southern Energy is to build 152 turbines for the Clyde Wind Farm near Abington in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

One of the keys to the project is the turbine, which is based on the proprietary wind accelerating technology invented by Peter Sterling of Pavilion. According to the company, “These turbines generate 400% more turbine power per dollar of capital than existing technology”

"Energy storage truly has the potential to serve as a 'game-changer' when it comes to renewable power," said Wouter van Kempen, president of Duke Energy Generation Services, a Duke Energy unit that owns and develops renewable energy assets. "Through this project, Duke Energy intends to show that renewables can play an even bigger role in our country's energy future."

The U.S. Energy Department said Monday that a site on the former Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston would become a test-bed for the world's largest offshore wind turbines, a move that lawmakers said may turn out to be a Boeing-size economic development prize.

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Wind energy projects are starting to take-off in North America based on several drivers including federal government incentives, angel funding and financial partnerships.

China Longyuan Power Group, the nation's largest wind power producer, has announced that it plans to raise up to HK$17.5bn (US$2.2bn, £1.3bn) through an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Yesterday, the West Virginia Boundary Commission met in Charleston to discuss information and research it had collected about the Virginia-West Virginia boundary dispute.

A radical new design of electrical generator that solves an engineering quandary and promises to be cheaper, lighter and more reliable than anything currently available has been unveiled by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.

As the world’s largest producer of wind turbines, Vestas has decided to make it as simple and easy as possible for pupils, students, teachers, and others to learn about wind power and the energy challenges facing the world. To this end,Vestas has announced plans to make its award winning e-learning programme freely available.

Onshore wind as an energy source is expensive, unreliable and will scar the landscape

Offshore Center Danmark hosted November 17th the Offshore Wind Business2Business Event 2009 in Esbjerg, Denmark. 60 participants from companies and organisations from Germany, The United Kingdom, France, USA and Denmark participated in order to exchange business cards and discuss future projects and ideas within the offshore wind sector with potential business partners and sub suppliers.

An Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory has installed what is thought to be one of the most remote wind turbines in Australia.

The combination of pro-renewable energy legislation, economic stability and industrial demand are fuelling a vibrant wind power sector in Chile.

Through its Texas subsidiary Horizon Wind Energy, the giant Portuguese company EDP Renewables; the second largest wind company in the world, intends to almost triple its US projects to $4 billion worth of new wind energy projects in the United States through 2012.

A Michigan company named EarthTronics has developed a small-scale wind turbine that could be used to generate electricity at home in winds as low as two miles per hour. The company is calling it "the highest output, lowest cost per [kilowatt hour] installed turbine ever made."

A little before 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday October 28th, the Lone Star State got about 6,223 megawatts from the wind. That’s a record. At the time, the total load was about 35,000 megawatts. That’s 17.8% of its power from the wind.

PLANS to erect a 46-metre-high wind turbine in Wroxall have suffered a setback, after the applicants were ordered to carry out an environmental impact survey.

Pretax profits from Haymarket, which owns Autocar, Gramophone and Management Today, tumbled to £4.5million from £7.9million in the year to December 2008. A large chunk of this was due to a fall in value of property, and the cost of new acquisitions, including Windpower Monthly and Compliance Week.