Wind Power

Wind power is great!

• Joining Forces To Help Finetune Wind Technology

  Windturbine manufacturer Gamesa, a Spanish company with U.S. headquarters in Langhorne, is working with the Department of Energy to transform windpower technology, making it cheaper and more reliable.

• Wind Energy Ready To Deliver Clean, Affordable Power As Part Of BCs New Energy Strategy

  OTTAWA , Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ The Canadian Wind Energy Association CanWEA is encouraged by British Columbias commitment to “clean and green” power in the provinces new natural gas strategy, …

• Wind Power Sector Eager To Deliver On B.C. Power Promise

  As Christy Clarks Liberals tie British Columbias economic future to an unprecedented natural gas boom, proponents of the provinces renewable energy resources hope for an opportunity to join in. B.C., predisposed to both massive and smallscale hydroelectric power development, has been one of the worlds laggards in terms of wind energy.

• Wind Power: Why The MPs Have Written To The Prime Minister

  As more than 100 MPs have written to David Cameron to protest about subsidies paid to wind farm industry, we explain why wind energy has become so controversial.

• Obama Opens Door To Offshore Wind Power Along MidAtlantic Coast

  The Obama administration today unveiled plans to boost US offshore wind power by opening up four new windleasing regions for wind turbine power generation.

• Wind Energy Plans 550 Million Of Projects In Thailand By 2016

  Wind Energy Holding Co., a Bangkok based developer, plans to add 270 megawatts of windpower plants in Thailand costing as much as 550 million as the nation seeks to boost its cleanenergy production.

• Wind Power: Clean Energy, Dirty Business?

  In the developing world, where landintensive wind turbines are being rapidly constructed, wind power has often turned clean energy into dirty business.

• MidAtlantic Wind Farms Take Step Forward

  The feds have cleared a major hurdle for the development of wind power energy off the coast of Ocean City.

• Going With The Wind

  The wind blowing across the prairie is a familiar part of living in this area, a force of nature. A perfect storm seems to be brewing to make it something more, to make wind energy important as an economic development force. The American Wind Energy Association released fourth quarter 2011 results recently that showed Illinois moving from fifth to fourth in the nation in wind power generation …

• Wind Energy Milestone: California Now Gets About 5 Percent Of Its Electricity From Wind Power

  California Wind Energy Association says 2011 was a banner year for wind projects