Letters and Comments for March 9, 2010Tuesday, 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 plazaTuesday, 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 FactoryTuesday, 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 concernTuesday, 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 crunchTuesday, 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 IndustryTuesday, 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 crunchTuesday, 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 RiverMonday, 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 plansMonday, 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)
For 2025, Telski thinks bigMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 9:34AMCan you imagine a lift-served ski area stretching all the way to Silverton, Ophir and Red Mountain Pass?
Up in the airSaturday, 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 panelSaturday, 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 OlympiadSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:07PMIdaho State University hosted a Science Olympiad Saturday giving students a chance to put their skills to the test.
Grandaddy of green, James Lovelock, warms to eco-scepticsSaturday, 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 McEwanSaturday, 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 actSaturday, 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 issueSaturday, 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 RoseSaturday, 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 electionsFriday, 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.
Alliant to raise rates March 20Friday, 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 ...
B.C. approves 19 private-sector clean energy projectsFriday, 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 VesselFriday, 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 plantFriday, 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 DigestFriday, 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 CityFriday, 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 climateFriday, 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 temperaturesFriday, 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
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 unsafeThursday, 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 contestThursday, 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.
Board against turbine changeThursday, 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 NevThursday, 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 VegasThursday, 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.
Major deal inked to promote alternative energyWednesday, 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 HoodWednesday, 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 ...