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Lake Region State College to dedicate wind turbine

Jun 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kevin Bonham Grand Forks Herald - Lake Region State College will dedicate a 1.6-megawatt wind turbine Wednesday. More...

Infigen And Gamesa Enter 15-Year Long-Term Services Agreements

DALLAS and TREVOSE, Pa., June 16, 2013 /PRNewswire - Infigen Energy (Infigen) and Gamesa Wind US LLC (Gamesa) today announced that they have settled all outstanding legal proceedings related to Gamesa-manufactured turbines purchased by Infigen. More...

Runway extension could affect wind farm plans

Jun 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Steve Clark The Brownsville Herald, Texas - Cielo Wind Power has been thinking about building a wind farm somewhere on Port of Brownsville property for a decade or so. More...

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Outer Banks offshore wind farm plan gets blowback

Jun 16 - Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) - Most Outer Banks visitors know a trip to the beach is sure to include one constant: wind, and lots of it. More...

Wind farm planned for E. Indiana county

WINCHESTER, Ind. -Jun 14 - Evansville Courier & Press - A wind farm with up to 100 electricity- generating turbines is being planned for a rural area of an eastern Indiana county. More...

Predictions of turbine's demise premature

Jun 15 - Record-Eagle, The (Traverse City, MI) - The nation's first wind turbine run by a public utility can once again handle a good blow after a 10-month odyssey of failures and almost $50,000 in fixes. More...

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DOE's 'National Offshore Resource & Design Data Network' ...and Then?

By Eric Hahn P.E.
On: March 5, 2013

According to Mr. Jose Zayas, Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy, in the January 2013 edition of Sea Technology, "DOE is taking the first steps to develop an integrated National more...

Wind Energy Challenge: Google Raises the Hub

By Harry Valentine
On: July 27, 2010

Internet search engine Google provided an estimated $10 million to a wind energy research group to develop a technology that could convert wind energy to massive amounts of electrical energy at competitive costs. Several entrepreneurs, more...

Prospects for Mechanical Power Transfer Technology in Modern Power Generation

By Harry Valentine
On: June 14, 2010

Early forms of power generation involved waterwheels and windmills that transferred power through mechanical systems to achieve such tasks as grinding and milling grain or pumping water. During the early decades of the industrial revolution, more...

The Promise of using Wind Power to enhance Hydroelectric Power

By Harry Valentine
On: March 17, 2010

An interesting phenomenon has been noted at several coastal wind farms in the western UK that are located along the Irish Sea. On clear days over the eastern Irish Sea, the wind turbines generate mist more...

Evolving Trends in Wind Power Generation

By Harry Valentine
On: December 15, 2009

Wind power generation is expanding worldwide with the tower-mounted 3-bladed design being the most popular wind power conversion technology. However, the variation of designs and range of output level is expanding as researchers and developers more...

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