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WIND POWER OPPOSED; – The Lindsay Post

Re: “Councillor irked at choice of site for wind turbine
meeting,” Aug. 27′ Energy Farming Ontario Inc. (EFO) are the proponents for a number of
wind energy projects proposed for primarily agricul- tural lands in
the City of Kawartha Lakes, Millbrook, Hastings, Centreton/Grafton,
and Orono, along

Inside look at Vestas’ Pueblo wind tower plant – The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)

If you’ve driven south out of Pueblo in the last year, you’ve probably noticed the giant wind turbine sitting east of the highway. That’s the Vestas Pueblo plant. Continuing Wednesday’s visit by Danish wind energy giant to The Broadmoor, where it was trying to win over more than 150 investors and

Presentation planned on prospects for wind farm – Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)

Two representatives from the State Power Authority will make a presentation on the Great Lakes wind turbine project at the Sept. 21 meeting of the Niagara County Legislature, Legislator Renae Kimble disclosed Tuesday. Kimble, D-Niagara Falls, told the Legislature’s special committee on wind power

Wind power panel expanded – Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)

Three new members were added Tuesday to Niagara County’s fact- finding committee on the New York Power Authority’s proposed wind turbine project. Legislature Chairman William L. Ross also removed Thomas Marks, a charter boat captain, from the committee because Marks lives in Derby in Erie

Norway oil giant floats idea for bobbing windmills

An anchored Hywind prototype developed by Statoil will undergo two years of testing. The company is looking to install more floating wind turbine test farms in possibly Scotland or Maine.

Corus planning to manufacture wind turbine steel foundations in Teesside

Corus, one of the largest steel producers in Europe, announced recently the company is planning to manufacture wind turbine steel jackets, and has chosen Teesside to be the location of the company's new manufacturing facility. With the growth of the offshore wind energy industry, the company is anticipating higher demand for steel foundations, which are [...]

Vestas starts selling V112 unit – bags 420 MW order from Australia

Vestas started selling its V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for both onshore and offshore applications, and alsmost immediately bagged an order for 140 units (420 MW) from AGL Energy Limited and Meridian, for a wind farm project in Australia.
The Macarthur wind farm will have 420 MW of installed capacity, and is to be located Victoria, Australia. [...]

Siemens starting North American wind production operations by the end of 2010

Having signed several major deals in the past months, such as the 600 MW combined capacity deal with Samsung C&T for wind energy projects in Ontario, Canada, or the latest wind turbine supply deal for 227 MW of capacity for the Crossroads wind farm in Oklahoma, Siemens is concentrating its manufacturing operations on the North [...]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; – The Peterborough Examiner

NIMBY is right approach to so-called ‘wind farms’ I recently had a conversation with a friend about my concern over
the prospect of an industrial wind turbine project in my immediate
vicinity. These large-scale developments are referred to by energy
companies as “wind farms” or “wind parks.” The

Kerry bill would extend energy grants – The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON – Grants for wind turbine and solar panel makers to help
promote renewable energy would be extended for two years under a tax measure
proposed by Senator John F. Kerry. The legislation, introduced late Thursday, is similar to a $25 billion tax
package being considered in the House, said