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T. Boone Pickens orders 667 GE turbines for wind farm in Panhandle
T. Boone Pickens has placed a massive order for wind turbines with General Electric, a big step toward building the world’s largest wind farm in the Panhandle.
Mr. Pickens’ company, Mesa Power LLP, plans to announce today that it ordered 667 turbines from GE for about $2 billion.
That will produce 1,000 megawatts of power, more than the average nuclear power plant, and enough juice to light 300,000 homes.
And it’s just a quarter of the turbines that …
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Putting our faith in wind power will cast us into a new age of darkness
Now that the Scottish Executive has wisely rejected the proposal for a giant wind farm on the Isle of Lewis, it is time for a reality check (Letters, 23 April).
Had the wind “farm” been built, and taking wind limitation into account, it would have generated about 180 megawatts of wobbly electricity hundreds of miles from the bulk of consumers. This is perhaps a tenth of the output of a large power station nd because of …
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India windmill empire begins to show cracks
MUMBAI, India — After harnessing the breezes to build a $7 billion family fortune, Indian windmill magnate Tulsi Tanti is encountering heavy turbulence.
A bit more than a decade ago, Mr. Tanti sold his family’s struggling yarn-making business and scraped together about a half-million dollars to start a new company. Defying industry incumbents who dismissed him as a dreamer, he started building wind-powered turbines.
With lobbying, heavy borrowing and good timing, he turned Suzlon Energy Ltd. into …
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Hamlin first in county to craft wind farm policies
HAMLIN — Town residents will have a chance Thursday to air their grievances over proposed laws to regulate wind turbines.
The town’s debate is one that is playing out in communities throughout western New York that are wrestling with the issue of wind power.
In late 2006, wind farm developer Competitive Power Ventures Inc. erected two devices in northwest Hamlin to study whether it would be a good place for a wind farm.
That’s when leaders of the …
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Tribes push for change in federal policy for wind development
Energy experts say the swift, steady Dakota winds in the northern Great Plains could theoretically meet the nation’s entire electrical needs with clean, renewable power. But federal legislation has been thwarting a greener energy future led by tribes.
Because tribes are tax-exempt, they are not entitled to the tax credits provided to non-Native developers for renewable energy production. And if an outside company wants to team up with a tribe, the federal government will not allow …
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Special meeting to be held over turbines
A special meeting will be held to determine whether eight more wind turbines can be built in Fenland, so a committee can look at the applications in greater detail.
It means a seven-week wait for Anglian Water and the Co-Operative Group to find out if their plans can go ahead.
Fenland District Council’s planning committee deferred their applications after concerns were raised over the close proximity of Anglian Water’s application to Horse Creek Farm equestrian centre in …
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Mapping the wind
Just as the oil industry is turning to increasingly-sophisticated mapping techniques to find new oil fields, the renewable-energy industry hopes maps will chart its future. 3TIER, a Seattle-based firm, announced today what it calls the first global map of wind-power resources.
This first map is free to the public; later, more detailed maps and number-crunching will be for sale to the industry. The idea: Better information on exactly where, when, and how strong the the wind …
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DEP requests clarification on plans
The proposed developer of the Shaffer Mountain Wind Farm in northern Somerset County will have to clarify their plans before being given the go-ahead by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
In a letter dated Feb. 19, the department asked Gamesa Energy USA to provide additional information as part of the application for the company’s post construction stormwater management plan.
The plan, once clarified and resubmitted within 60 days, will be used by the department to decide …
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Clacton: Residents to view wind farm scheme
Residents will be given the first opportunity to see plans for onshore works for a wind farm off Clacton.
The 110-metre high turbines will provide enough electricity to power more than 85,000 homes - enough to power all the homes in Clacton, Holland and Jaywick.
Electric cables from the 30-turbine Gunfleet Sand wind farm, which will be built five miles off the Clacton coast, will come ashore at Holland Haven.
Danish company Dong Energy Renewables will be displaying …
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Concern over windfarm stance
A council by-election candidate yesterday called on the Scottish Government to clarify its stance on wind farms in Highland Perthshire.
Conservative hopeful Graham Rees made his call after planning approval was given at Holyrood last week for a 68-turbine Griffin wind farm near Aberfeldy following an extensive public enquiry.
The application, which will create Scotland’s third largest onshore wind farm in the hills between Aberfeldy and Strathbraan, was opposed by Perth and Kinross Council and local campaigners.
Mr …
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