Category Archives: Wind Energy

Evanston takes look at wind turbines in Lake Michigan project

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. If some Evanston officials have their way, dozens of giant wind-turbines one day could tower above the waves of Lake Michigan several miles off shore, generating enough electricity to power the city’s … Continue reading →

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Ohio Power Siting Board has approved the state's first large wind farms

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. State regulators have approved construction of the first large wind turbine farms in Ohio, including one by a Cleveland-based wind developer. The Ohio Power Siting Board Monday approved three separate projects … Continue reading →

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Michigan's foray into wind energy is faltering as orders for turbines lag

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Detroit Free Press. Data released Tuesday by the American Wind Energy Association show that Michigan’s efforts to diversify into wind energy face some significant headwinds. Orders for new wind turbines have slowed dramatically and … Continue reading →

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For Cape Cod Wind Farm, New Hurdle Is Spiritual

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Two Indian tribes successfully argued that a wind-power project would impede their ritual greeting of the sunrise.

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Study: No Impact on Property Values From Wind Turbines

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Green Inc. Common sense would seem to dictate that wind turbines – their towers hundreds of feet high – would bring down the property values of nearby homes. Yet that is not the case, say … Continue reading →

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Wind Farmers Go To School On Fish

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Scientific American. Designing wind farms with close packing of turbines, based on schooling fish, could greatly increase efficiency, say researchers at a meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. Cynthia … Continue reading →

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Richland Cuts Ribbon on New Wind Turbine

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story from the Decatur Herald & Review. Rising 125 feet in the air, the wind turbine on the Richland Community College campus can’t be missed.

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Windmills fuel pair of bars in … Brooklyn?

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Mother Nature Network. And if wind power isn’t enough of a draw, how about bowling, vintage arcade games and lots of craft beer?

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Raising Wind Turbine Output With Longer Blades

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Green, Inc. A basic problem for wind turbines is that the wind often dies down. As a result, they produce far less electricity than if the wind blew constantly, at full speed. A good wind … Continue reading →

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Windscapes: American Vistas Where Energy Is in the Air

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Recently, wind turbines have become familiar features of the American landscape.

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