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WASHINGTON – Executives at Dallas-based Tang Energy, a partner in a Chinese wind-power blade manufacturing plant, say they are planning a factory in the United States to capture some of the resurgent U.S. market for renewable energy.

Swedish power company Vattenfall said Thursday it will invest 5.8 billion Swedish kronor ($837 million) as part of an investment program to strengthen the regional power grid and give a significant boost to wind power.

The McLean County Zoning Board of Appeals has given its blessing to a proposed 333-turbine wind farm. After four public hearings held the past several weeks and more than an hour of deliberations Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to recommend that the McLean County Board approve a special use permit for Houston, Texas-based Horizon Wind Energy.

Mr Rudd said the wind farm, operated by Infigen Energy, would boost Australia's wind power capacity by 10 per cent. "This is a significant day for Australia, it's a significant day for NSW, it's a significant day for Bungendore," the prime minister said.

A design for a new generation of deep water wind turbine foundations developed by a British consortium led by consultant Gifford has been selected in a competition organised by the Carbon Trust.

Over the next two years Hywind will test the feasibility of what some people think may be the next big idea in alternative energy: generating power from the winds over the open ocean, far from land.

The facility, alpha ventus, was built by EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall in the consortium DOTI at a cost of €250 million. All 12 wind turbine units were installed in less than 7 months, and 6 of the wind turbines are already being test-run and have generated 13 million kWh of wind power.

Tesco wants to build 200 wind turbines at its supermarkets as part of a programme to improve its carbon footprint. The project would be the retail giant’s second foray into the renewable energy sector. It is in the process of equipping 20 of its stores with 6 kW turbines at a cost of around £70,000 per site.

The most cutting-edge work that we’re seeing in terms of using wind power for cell phones is the development of mobile phone towers that can be powered by the wind.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Former Vice President Al Gore came to town Wednesday to press his case for U.S. polices that cut dependence on foreign oil through solar and wind power. The Nobel prizewinner was greeted by more than 2,300 people who packed Keller Auditorium and paid $65 to hear him and by a large group of protesters outside.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is asking Ottawa to fund more scientific research into the potential health effects of wind turbines. The organization has asked the government to focus on two areas: low-frequency noise and electrical disturbances from industrial-scale wind developments. The issue was raised in September by three municipalities from Ontario at a national board of directors meeting.

EDP Renewables (EDPR) is looking to invest $4 billion into the U.S. wind market over the next three years, Reuters reports. The wind energy division of Portuguese Energias de Portugal is planning to commit the funds towards new projects and manufacturing equipment.

NEW DELHI: In keeping with India’s national effort to move to path of low carbon intensity development, the Union Cabinet is expected to approve a proposal to incentivise generation of wind energy through a generation-based incentive.

Cheap energy storage is sometimes called the ‘holy grail' of renewable energy,” observed Steven Kline, a vice president for the San Francisco-based utility PG&E. It is the key to unlocking the full potential of wind, solar and other intermittent renewable power sources.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, said it plans to almost double its capacity to produce wind-power equipment in India as the government offers new incentives for renewable energy.

If the U.S. wants to help stop global warming, nuclear power is not the way to go, according to a new report released today. The Environment California Research & Policy Center concluded that launching a nuclear power industry nearly from the ground up is too slow and expensive a process. Energy efficiency standards and renewable energy options are better solutions, researchers said.

Wind turbines could be put up across the countryside without planning permission under Government proposals to cut red tape for environmentally-friendly projects. Changes to the planning rules would also allow home owners to put up solar panels and councils to install charging points for electric cars in public parking lots without the need to fill in forms

There's a building near the end of Lagoon Drive at Honolulu International Airport that looks like it's about to take off. But the 16 propellers on top of the building aren't meant to lift the building off the ground. The wind turbines are intended to generate enough power to keep a key state Department of Transportation airfield electrical facility operating.

This year’s just-published World Energy Outlook delivered an alarming message on the overwhelming need to quickly move away from burning fossil fuels.

"It's a marriage of ideas that will take academic programming and convert that into meaningful programs, said Mel Lehman, of the Montana Wind Project. "We want these graduates to have jobs."

Sales of small wind turbines soared last year to $77 million and 10,500 units capable of generating 17.3 megawatts of electricity, marking a 78% increase in capacity sold from 2007, according to the American Wind Energy Assn.

China WindPower Group Ltd., a Hong Kong-traded renewable energy company, said first-half profit almost doubled on increased use of the cleaner form of power on the mainland.

Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming.

The wind farm set to power Sydney's desalination plant will begin operation this week and its owner Infigen Energy says similar projects will drive the company's growth. The 67-turbine Capital wind farm, near Bungendore, east of Canberra, will be opened on Wednesday.

Winds of change continue to blow in northern Michigan, at least when it comes to renewable power generation. Traverse City's Heritage Sustainable Energy is expanding its Stoney Corners Wind Farm in Missaukee County, and negotiating with Traverse City Light & Power to sell up to 10 megawatts of wind power.

The wind potential of Turkey could mean producing all of its electricity from wind alone, a completely renewable source of energy. Politics, business interests, and a lack of direction, however, have all led to what seems to be a delayed, or even a wasted, opportunity.

Amid heated debates over clean power sources, how to build out the smart grid, and the future of advanced transportation, one thing’s clear: Energy storage technology will play a key role in all of these transformations.

Some countries already get a substantial share of their electricity consumption from wind power: Denmark 20%, Spain and Portugal 11%, Ireland 9%, and Germany 7%. Power systems have to cope with variable electricity consumption. Variable wind power will increase variations that the power system has to manage. According to a recent IEA WIND report, wind energy is rather smoothly integrated as system operators get on-line production levels and forecasted production estimates in their control rooms.

Nimby paradise piece. Looks like the Express (the self-styled Greatest Newspaper in the World) was, once again, a bit too quick in checking its facts. Example piece of sloppy journalism added to bad facts added to vested interests.

China's wind power industry is still promising in the long run, although the growth rate will inevitably slow down compared to that of previous years, according to a report from the international consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.