Escanaba :: MI :: USA
| about 3 hours ago
Michigan Green, a Michigan based environmental group, has launched a new petition calling on Congress to pass legislation that will make renewable energy more accessible to our nation’s schools. The group released a statement explaining how schools...
Tags: environment, sustainability, clean energy, renewable energy, green schools, green economy, green jobs, wind power, solar power, cleantech, education, opinion, news, petition
Canberra :: Australia
| about 10 hours ago
Australia— Spanish energy company Union Fenosa SA will invest 1.9 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) to double Australia's wind farm power generation by 2013, an official said Monday. In announcing the investment, Trade Minister Simon Crean said...
Tags: wind, turbine, wind power, power, energy, jobs, Union Fenosa Wind, Union Fenosa SA, green, wind farm
Weatherford :: TX :: USA
| 1 day ago
Nobody's sorry anymore, because that high, steady whistle is the sweet sound of money. Wind power is all the rage in western Oklahoma, thanks to a combination of the desire for cleaner, domestic energy sources, a rush for new investments and government...
Tags: Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference, wind power
Berkeley :: CA :: USA
| 5 days ago
An executive order issued last week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for sellers of electricity in the state to have at least 33 percent of the electricity they make generated by renewable sources within 12 years. A portion of the Executive Order states...
Tags: renewable, energy, power, wind power, wind, turbines, turbine, green, solar, renewable energy
Calgary :: Canada
| 6 days ago
The potential for wind power in the upper Midwest United States has led some to dub the region the "Saudi Arabia of wind."...In particular, the difficulty of integrating wind power into utility companies' transmission grids is hampering adoption...Paul,...
Tags: wind, power, energy, algae, renewable, turbine, wind farm, west, Canada, wind power
Mart :: TX :: USA
| 11 days ago
The world's largest retailer said Thursday the Duke Energy farm is being built in Notrees, Texas, and is to start production in April. The retailer will purchase electricity directly from Duke's Notrees Windpower Project, Duke Energy Corp. said. The Bentonville,...
Tags: energy, wal-mart, stores, power, retail, wind power, Duke Energy Corp., Texas, buy wind, mart buy, environment, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Bismarck :: ND :: USA
| 11 days ago
The Western Area Power Administration says its deal to buy up to 50 megawatts of wind power per year from Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative for three years is a "precedent setting" way to meet its power demands and support renewable energy.
Tags: power, wind, west, energy, wind power, North Dakota, Bismarck Tribune
Brussels :: Belgium
| 17 days ago
Wind resources over Europe's seas represent a vast, indigenous source of clean, renewable energy," the Commission said in a statement accompanying its new action plan to promote offshore wind energy. Second only to natural gas in terms of new electricity...
Tags: energy, power, wind power, city, European Commission
Taipei :: Taiwan
| 19 days ago
Liu said that in order to solve the financial problems sooner, the government should adjust priorities and take bold actions. According to Liu, the United States had raised loans of US$10 trillion, comprising 70% of the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Tags: U.S.-Taiwan, United States, wind power, taiwan relations, remain strong, Barack Obama
New York City :: NY :: USA
| 21 days ago
Rick Sergel, president and chief executive of the group, which is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Renewable energy can form a larger portion of electricity supplies without reducing reliability, Sergel said, but not without investments in transmission.
Tags: power, wind power, energy