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Conference offers info for business funding Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 2:27AMbristol township
Letters and Comments for March 9, 2010 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 2:09AMLetters and Comments for March 9, 2010 In the eye of beholder To the Editor: I’m in Corvallis now, where the local paper covered the resistance to a wind farm in Union, but I spent my junior high through three years of
DCDC approves grant for new medical plaza Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:35AMThe Dayton Community Development Corporation approved a matching grant of $90,000 to a local doctor in order to build a 10,000 square-foot medical plaza.
U.S.-Chinese Consortium Chooses Nevada for Wind Turbine Factory Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:33AM, March 15, 2010 (ENS) - A consortium of U.S. and Chinese companies has announced plans to build a factory in the Las Vegas area for manufacturing wind turbines that would employ about 1,000 people.
Turbine failures stir up concern Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:15AMWhen the 100-foot-tall wind turbine at Bartlett's Ocean View Farm hurled one of its broken blades nearly 200 feet Jan. 18, it was a statistical anomaly. Wind energy experts claim, and statistics seem to show, failure rates are low.
Windflow Technologies facing cash-flow crunch Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:12AMAnticipated mismatches between production and receipts, as well as the impact of financial difficulties at wind turbine maker Windflow Technologies sole customer is revealed in the company's results for the six months to December 31, with negative cashflow dominating the accounts.
Governors Seek National Power Standard to Boost Wind Industry Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:53AMMarch 16 (Bloomberg) -- Congress must set a national renewable-power standard and revamp the electric grid to help the burgeoning U.S. wind-energy industry reach its potential and compete globally, governors from 29 states said.
Windflow Technologies facing cash-flow crunch Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 12:39AMby Pattrick Smellie March 16 (BusinessWire) - Anticipated mismatches between production and receipts, as well as the impact of financial difficulties at wind turbine maker Windflow Technologies Ltd.'s sole customer is revealed in the company's results for ...
Conditions a threat to wind farm, says Mighty River Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 11:03AMA state-owned power company is warning that its proposed Turitea wind farm may not go ahead if the project is constrained any further.
Decision due over wind farm plans Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 10:00AMGIANT 125-metre turbines could become part of the Bicester skyline if plans for a windfarm near Fewcott are upheld at the end of a public inquiry. (15/03/2010 12:46:22)
Government rejects plan for windfarm near Carlisle Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 9:40AMCampaigners have won their battle to prevent a windfarm from being built on the edge of Cumwhinton.
For 2025, Telski thinks big Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 9:34AMCan you imagine a lift-served ski area stretching all the way to Silverton, Ophir and Red Mountain Pass?
EnvironmentSage grouse endangered? Decision delayed one week Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 9:28AMThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been granted a one week extension to announce its decision on the sage grouse.
Up in the air Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:39PMTipton County could see significant aesthetic and economic change if the wind energy companies build. BROOKSTON – The White County town of Brookston, with its 1,500 residents, meets the archetype of rural U.S.A. on first glance.
Feds name Cape Wind panel Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:11PMA federal panel charged with assessing Cape Wind's impact on dozens of historic sites includes an architect,...
Local students compete in Science Olympiad Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:07PMIdaho State University hosted a Science Olympiad Saturday giving students a chance to put their skills to the test.
Silicon Valley company to replace every window in the Empire State Building Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:47PMGreen project part of an energy efficiency upgrade expected to pay for itself in three years
Grandaddy of green, James Lovelock, warms to eco-sceptics Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 6:18PMJust occasionally you find yourself at an event where there is a sense of history in the air. So it was the other night at the Royal Society, when a small gathering of luminaries turned up to hear that extraordinary nonagenarian, the scientist James Lovelock.
Solar, By Ian McEwan Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 6:06PMPhysicist Michael Beard, the unlikely seducer at the centre of Ian McEwan's latest novel, won the Nobel Prize for his Beard-Einstein Conflation, a brilliant theory that allowed him to be sucked along in the slipstream of Einstein's hurtling importance. Celebrity in his field and honorary degrees ensued, while he coasted through two decades without producing any further original hypotheses ...
Plymouth County balancing act Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:25PMWhen the lead contractor for the county wind project met with the interim county administrator this week, instead of detailing how they planned to compensate the county, as expected, they expressed concern about the future of Plymouth County government.
Council wants voice in offshore wind turbine issue Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 12:40PMAMHERSTBURG – Town council has agreed with a motion put forth by Councillor Rick Fryer concerning the potential for offshore wind turbines near Essex County. Council passed the motion at its March 8 regular session.[...]
Tough job to bloom in the shadow of Sir Stuart Rose Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 12:24PMIt is not absolutely clear what is going to happen to the rubber chicken that hangs up in his office, but Sir Stuart Rose, the executive chairman of Marks and Spencer, is about to fire the starting gun to find his replacement.
Could Wind Turbines Actually Warm the Globe? Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:52PMI've been getting increasingly excited about the potential of wind power recently. But a new paper suggests that wind turbines, installed broadly, might actually change the climate themselves just by disrupting the normal flow of the wind: In a paper published online Feb. 22 in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , [the MIT researchers] Wang and Prinn suggest that using wind turbines to meet 10 ...
Write-ins only choices in Unadilla's elections Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:09PMThe field will be wide open for those going to the polls to vote in Tuesday's Unadilla village elections. Voting will run from noon to 9 p.m. at the Community House.Positions on the ballot " a mayor and two trustees " will be decided by write-in candidates. In her 15 years as village clerk, this is the first time Suzette Hayes has seen no candidates on the ballot.
Mercury News interview: Energy Secretary Steven Chu Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:43PMChu says U.S. can't afford passivity in climate change fight
Alliant to raise rates March 20 Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:14PMCustomers of Alliant Energy will soon be paying more for their electricity. The company recently announced that it will raise rates for its residential customers by 11.7 percent effective March 20. Alliant filed a request with the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) to phase in the rate increases over a three-year period. At the end of the three-year period, the final residential rate will be 19.4 ...
Deering Man's New Invention In Wind Energy Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:13PMA wind turbine that one Deering man thinks will reshape the market.
B.C. approves 19 private-sector clean energy projects Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:00PMFourteen of the 19 proposals are run-of-river hydroelectric projects, in which river water is diverted through turbines to produce power without the use of dams; the remainder are wind power projects.
Fugro Takes Delivery of Survey Vessel Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:19PMFugro took delivery of a new-build survey vessel, the M/V Fugro Searcher which it commissioned in 2007. Fugro took the opportunity to look at all aspects of overall survey vessel design in detail and install the latest equipment, making it the most advanced vessel of its type in the world.
Group announces Nevada wind turbine plant Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:03PMWASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Renewable Energy Group, China-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems and American Nevada Group announced Thursday plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Nevada.
Business Digest Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:53AMHigh court backs state's wind farm permit process; Air carriers gear up for summer discount wars; Vermont utilities ink deal with hydro Quebec; Fed may seek more power on auto safety standards; Comcast bid for NBC unit bears close scrutiny; Siemens moves power unit to N.C. from Ontario
NextEra holds open house in Story City Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:27AMNextEra Energy, the Florida-based energy company that owns wind turbines in northern Story County, held an open house not long ago at their gearbox repair facility in Story City.
Wind resistance: Analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:03AMWind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years ? one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about 2 percent of U.S. electricity is currently generated from wind turbines, the U.S. Department of Energy has said that wind power could account for a fifth of the nation?s electricity ...
Wind farms could raise temperatures Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:56AMOpponents of land-based wind farms have a new ally in the form of MIT. Researchers there say that, far from mitigating global warming, land-based wind turbines actually increase the temperature around them. read more
Link Central: school budget cuts, body found in gorge, police dept. changes Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:53AMWelcome to Link Central. Each weekday we will collect and publish links to stories that may be of interest to our Central New York readers.
BOC sends small-scale turbine ordinance back to planning commission Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:41AMBy Kate HesslingTribune Staff Writer
China Idles 40% of Windpower Turbine Output Capacity (Update4) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:57AMMarch 11 (Bloomberg) -- China is idling as much as 40 percent of its wind-turbine factories following a surge in investment driven by the government’s renewable-energy goals, the vice president of Shanghai Electric Group Corp. said.
Bartlett's suing windmill manufacturer; Alleges turbine unsafe Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:50AMWith its new 100-foot-tall windmill still broken and idle, Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm has sued its manufacturer and the company which installed the turbine in Nantucket Superior Court, seeking $1.5 million in damages.
Students get first place in turbine contest Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:48AMTwo teams from St. John the Evangelist School recently competed at the KidWind Challenge in Syracuse, a design competition that has middle and high school students test their engineering and scientific prowess by building wind turbines.
Obama’s Trade Goal Fights His Clean-Energy Plan (Update2) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:48AMPresident Barack Obama’s goals of boosting U.S. exports and combating climate change are colliding as the U.S. Export-Import Bank expands financing for oil, gas, mining and power-plant projects.
Stark State students school the governor Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:38AMTwo years ago, George Judson punched a time clock for the final time at the Hoover Co.
U.S. wildlife agencies seek protections for loggerhead turtles Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:35AMFederal wildlife agencies proposed Wednesday increased protections for loggerhead turtles along both U.S. coasts, including in Maryland .
Board against turbine change Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:25AMWORCESTER - The Planning Board last night voted unanimously against recommending a change to the cityand#8217;s zoning ordinance that would have allowed wind turbines to be up to 450 feet in height in all zoning districts.
Reid issues statement on construction of wind turbine plant in Nev Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:22AM"The clean energy industry is the future of Nevada. It can create much-needed jobs in the short-term and will help diversify our state's economy in the long-term," Reid said.
Wind Turbine Plant to Be Built In Las Vegas Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:14AMA group of companies has announced plans this morning to develop a plant in the Las Vegas valley that would employ about 1,000 people for manufacturing wind turbines.
Gov. McDonnell signs bills intended to promote Virginia as an East Coast energy power Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:58PMRICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower.
Major deal inked to promote alternative energy Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:55PMThe Energy and Agriculture ministries yesterday inked the cooperation pact to jointly promote alternative energy. The cooperation covered the creation of human resources, data development and R&D, to achieve the 15-year alternative energy development plan.
Charges of ‘neglect’ unfair to all who’ve worked at Mount Hood Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:04PMI respectfully must take exception to Myron Dittmer’s accusation in last week’s newspapers that Mount Hood has been treated with “benign neglect” (“Passive recreational study needed at Mount Hood,” Free Press , March 4). Throwing out statements like this, without any substantiation, is not fair to the many hundreds of citizens who from 2002-2010 have volunteered their time and hard work to first ...
Jennifer Schwab: ECO:nomics -- Creating Environmental Capital Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:59PMIf there is one clear message coming out of the ECO:nomics Conference, it's that we need to assign a price or cost to carbon emissions, and soon
HBM celebrates 60 years as a worldwide leader in test and measurement Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:08PMMarlboro, MA - HBM, the worldwide leader in test and measurement is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.