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International Power nears construction of 99MW wind farm in Canada

Energy Business Review

International Power Canada said it is preparing for construction of the 99MW Cape Scott wind farm located 25 miles west of Port Hardy on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The company plans to begin civil construction ...
 
The Party's Over for Big Wind (I do not agree with the premise of this article but I posted it any way, it's just more reasons to fight harder) 

Huffington Post

The US has about 170 anti-wind groups. AWEA doesn't want you to know that a number of towns in New York state have prohibited the construction of industrial wind turbines. In April, the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts enacted a year-long moratorium on ...
 
Deadlines loom for Crisfield grants

Delmarva Now

The proposed wind turbines are expected to take a huge financial burden off the city, which currently pays about $20000 per month on electricity at the sewer plant. Crisfield officials have already met with representatives of companies hoping to get a ...
 
How LinkedIn's social media guru became a solar panel evangelist

ITworld.com

Crane's suitor was Sungevity, a solar-panel leasing company based in Oakland, Calif. Before agreeing to sign on, however, Crane decided to check out the company in a more fundamental way -- as a customer. As SolveClimate News's Maria Gallucci writes: ...
 
UMass Lowell, MassArt Students to Compete in Solar Decathlon

UMass Lowell (press release)

The 4D Home features photovoltaic panels to generate electricity, a solar-thermal water heater to provide hot water, thick walls to allow for more efficient insulation, a heat pump and exchanger for cooling/heating the house in summer and winter, ...
 
Public hearing set on solar facility

Tasley Eastern Shore News

The solar photovoltaic farm if approved will consist of 20 one-megawatt blocks, each containing about 4750 solar panels, along with a 200 by 200 foot substation. The land where the solar farm is proposed to be built is zoned agricultural. ...
 
Corbett quietly turning off the lights on renewable energy

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

... of Environmental Protection's Office of Energy and Technology Deployment ... "In the past 12 years, Pennsylvania has gone from having virtually no clean ...
 
US Army Plans To Invest $7.1 Billion In Renewable Energy

GreenAnswers

By Kristen Metz on Sun, 08/14/2011 - 9:15am In an effort to combat rising fuel prices, the US Army has announced plans to invest a substantial amount of money in renewable energy sources. The creation of the new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force ...
 
Christie's energy plan a step backward, opponents say

Power Engineering Magazine

"All of these things combined will lead us to a future here in New Jersey where we have lower-cost energy but also are leading the way on renewable energy," Christie said when he presented the plan in June. Richard Colby, a professor of natural ...
 
Natural gas drilling leaving East Tenn. for Northeast

Knoxville News Sentinel

(J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL ) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reported 76 wells dug into Marcellus Shale areas by the end of 2007. In 2010, the department reported 1440 such wells were drilled during the year. ...