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Bill Clinton: Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Nov. 11 (Fact Check) - During a Nov. 8, 2011, appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, former President Bill Clinton touted the prospects for adopting renewable energy. "Solar energy and wind energy ... would already be competitive with coal if you had to pay the extraneous costs of coal -- the health care costs and other things. And ... wind within two years and solar within five will be competitive in price with coal. They're both cheaper than nuclear right now."

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Donald Trump Angry Over Offshore Wind Farms Near Scotland Golf Course

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Tara Kelly - Aug. 12 (News Report) - According to Bloomberg, he also wrote in a recent email, “I am very disappointed that Scotland may allow the development of a wind power plant directly off Aberdeen’s beautiful coastline.”

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The Curious Case of the Texas Wind Industry

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

theenergycollective.com - By Christopher Head - Feb. 09 (News Analysis) - Oil and natural gas companies such as ConocoPhillips, Exxon-Mobil, and Halliburton are headquartered in Texas, and these companies have enjoyed substantial support from politicians such as Governor Rick Perry, who has been an unapologetic ally of the coal, oil, and natural gas industries throughout his decade-long tenure. Indeed, Governor Perry has long been one of the most prominent anti-environmental politicians in the country. And yet, Governor Perry has overseen one of the greatest renewable energy success stories in the United States.

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How is Wind Power Harvested?

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

chacha.com - Jun. 19 (Special Report) - Early attempts at using windmills to create electricity were quite successful, but the energy provided could not compete with the output of a fossil fuel burning plant and the technology was widely abandoned. Recently, as global warming has increased and oil supplies have decreased, wind power is being looked at again as a clean energy source.

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Favourable wind behind green technologies

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

theengineer.co.uk - By Ellie Zolfagharifard - Jun. 14 (News) - In a first for the World Cup, one of the venues hosting the tournament is being powered by wind energy. Promoting the message of ’green power’, around 25 Vestas-built wind turbines will be offering around 1.8 megawatt (MW) of clean energy each for the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

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Wind power

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wikipedia - Jun. 12 (Special Report) - Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2008, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 121.2 gigawatts.

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Vinalhaven, Maine Shows Us How We Can Help Store Wind Power

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Zero Energy Construction - By Adam Cohen - Jun. 12 (Breaking News) - If you wish we had more wind energy on the grid, you no doubt have been frustrated by all the Nay Sayers who say; “Nah, wind will never work. And when it does blow in the wee hours of the mornings, nobody has any use for the power. You can’t store wind power.” Not so fast. A very simple low-tech solution is being tested over the next few months on Vinalhaven Island in Maine, that last year installed its own 100% wind power and then discovered that they needed a way to store the extra power! Now they are testing a low tech “distributed” storage for that extra 3 AM wind power. Even better, if it works, this very simple wind storage solution is one that WE can ALL help to supply. And it benefits us, by supplying clean, low-carbon heating.

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Pumped Hydro and New Energy

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New Energy News - By Herman K. Trabish - Jun. 07 (Special Report) - Anybody who says wind and sun will not be substantial sources of power generation until there is adequate and economic storage for them is either uninformed or an adversary. The proof is what is happening with wind in Denmark, in Spain, in Iowa and in Texas.

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NREL Study Shows Power Grid can Accommodate Large Increase in Wind and Solar Generation

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

National Renewable Energy Laboratory - May. 20 (Special Report) - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of increased contributions from wind and solar energy producers on the power grid. The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study examines the benefits and challenges of integrating enough wind and solar energy capacity into the grid to produce 35 percent of its electricity by 2017. The study finds that this target is technically feasible and does not necessitate extensive additional infrastructure, but does require key changes to current operational practice. The results offer a first look at the issue of adding significant amount of variable renewable energy in the West and will help utilities across the region plan how to ramp up their production of renewable energy as they incorporate more wind and solar energy plants into the power grid.

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Balancing the Power of Offshore Wind

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By David Richardson - Apr. 29 (News Report) - Fears that wind only provides power when it’s blowing outside could be neutralized by drawing from a wide area — like the U.S. Atlantic coast.

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A Fine Texas Wind

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

American Spectator - By William Murchison - Mar. 17 (Special Report) - The current calumnification of oil companies ("Big Oil") and the products they bring to market (gasoline, electricity, plastics, etc.) puzzles and infuriates the generality of Texans. The state that long ago, as to energy, worked out some constructive balance between economic and cultural imperatives finds out-of-state power elites declaring, hold it, won't do, the Age of Carbon has to end right now, got that?

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Wind Energy News - Brazil's Wind Energy Potential

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

windenergynews.com - By Wind Energy News - Mar. 02 (News) - Wind Energy News

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Alternative Energy Voices Fight To Be Heard At Copenhagen (VIDEO)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Kate Willson - Dec. 08 (News) - Pete Gorton, director of the International Solar Energy Society, says his industry can't compete with the cash-backed lobbying of the big carbon emitters. It depends, instead, largely on grassroots advocacy at a national level. "We believe it's effective," he explains. "If we had more money, we could do more. But we're optimistic. I'm paying my own way here. I'm here out of interest."

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Wind could power the entire world

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

news.mongabay.com - By Jeremy Hance - Jun. 24 (News Report) - Wind power may be the key to a clean energy revolution: a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science finds that wind power could provide for the entire world’s current and future energy needs.

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Wind Power: GE, China on the Rise

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

greentechmedia.com - By Jeff St. John - Mar. 26 (News Report) - In a growing, but slowing, wind power market, General Electric is catching up to wind turbine market leader Vestas – and China's wind turbine industry is catching up to the rest of the world. Those are some of the conclusions from a report out this week from BTM Consult ApS, a Danish wind power research firm. It predicts that the next five years will see wind power continue to grow, but not at the breakneck pace of the past five years. BTM predicts an annual growth rate of 15.7 percent through 2013 for wind power installations, compared to a 27.6 percent annual growth rate over the past five years.

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The Element That Could Change the World

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

discovermagazine.com - By Bob Johnstone - Sep. 29 (Special Report) - Making green energy work may depend on three unlikely heroes: an Australian engineer, a battery, and the element vanadium.

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