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Chinese wind power company seems to understand American political capitalism

December 13, 2010 by Michael Giberson
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American University’s Investigative Journalism Workshop has published reports detailing the extensive political connections in the United States developed by Chinese wind power company A-Power Energy in its effort to build a 600-MW wind farm in West Texas.  A-Power and their partners were seeking $450 million in section 1603 grants... [read more]

Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for a Loan Guarantee to Support World's Largest Wind Project

October 12, 2010 by Mike Gregory
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a conditional commitment to provide a partial guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan in support of the world's largest wind farm to date. The loan will finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project, an 845 megawatt wind-powered electrical generating facility located in eastern Oregon... [read more]

World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in UK

October 1, 2010 by ToddWallace
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The world’s largest offshore wind farm became operational on September 23rd off the coast of Kent, in the United Kingdom. With the opening of this farm, Britain’s capacity to produce wind power will increase by 30 percent. At full capacity, the farm is projected to power 200,000 homes, bringing the nation one step closer to its goal of... [read more]

Up in the Air: The Battle Over Project Hayes

September 27, 2010 by Climatico Analysis
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Image by: Jill MottsPlans for the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere just rose from the dead. At a cost of NZ$2 billion, Project Hayes was put forward by Meridian Energy, the country’s first carbon neutral energy company, a state-owned enterprise that provides renewable electricity in New Zealand. The proposal involved 176... [read more]

The Real Policy Lesson From the Chinese Wind Turbine "Scare"

November 10, 2009 by Yael Borofsky
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Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteBy Yael Borofsky and Jesse JenkinsOutcry over a planned Texas wind farm, which will be the first project to import wind turbines from a Chinese manufacturer, has resulted in calls to prevent government stimulus money from funding the project. As Bloomberg reported, in a letter to U.S.... [read more]

US to Address Climate Change When Only in its Direct Economic Interests

November 6, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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From Cleaner Greener ChinaA few weeks back when giving the presentation What sustainability means to me I made reference to the fact that the current definition of sustainability was becoming less and less about addressing environmental issues, and more and more about economic and political goals. That, unlike 15 years ago when the... [read more]

Step Change Needed to Embrace Renewable Energy

September 24, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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Renewable energy technology by its very nature needs an abundance of the relevant natural resource to generate electricity, whether it be the sun, the wind or the tides. However it also needs to be close to a grid connection point so that the electricity can be distributed to where it is needed. Nimbyism occurs when people refuse to... [read more]

The financial markets might be in trouble but renewables are seeing boom times!

November 6, 2008 by Tom Raftery
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Photo Credit pseudorlayaA couple of interesting announcements were made in Ireland recently.On the 8th of Oct., Eirgrid, the Irish grid operator launched their Grid25 strategy (pdf warning). In the strategy document they announced they are spending €4 billion reinforcing the Irish distribution grid in the expectation of a 60% rise... [read more]

MMS Overwhelmed by 40,000+ Comments on Cape Wind

May 23, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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Agency permanently extends comment period for alt. energy leases [Originally posted at Red, Green, and Blue on May 5, 2008] In the fall of 2001, Jim Gordon of Energy Management Inc. (EMI) announced his intentions to build a 420 megawatt wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts - the nation's first. Now, the long permitting process that... [read more]