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World NewsWind Power News Saturday September 23rd 2006
Delivering windmills
(Minnesota Public Radio) Dock workers in Duluth are getting used to handling a challenging new cargo: windmills for wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota. Business in windmills is booming - despite inconsistent federal support.
Why wind generates only bluster
(Times Online) Wind has the potential to supply one third of the world's electricity by 2050, according to a report by Greenpeace and the Global Wind Energy Council. It's an ambitious goal, but even this far off it looks hopelessly unrealistic.
Jury's out on controversial wind farm
(Daily Record) After sitting through more than 27 hours of hearings this week, listening to or reading testimony from 35 witnesses and cross examining some of those labeled as expert witnesses, the jury is finally out on the controversial Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project.
Wind turbine first at city school
(Norwich Evening News) A propeller-free wind turbine and technology centre is set to be built at a city school to help teach pupils the importance of going green. Thorpe St Andrew School in Laundry Lane will be the first in the county to generate electricity with a new style of turbine which does not have visible moving parts.
The power of wind
(Mail Tribune) Mercury Cafe owner Marilyn Megenity, a self-styled energy activist, drives a biodiesel-fueled car, conserves electricity at her business and voluntarily buys wind power. But by the end of this month, she expects to have something rarely seen in Denver: two power-generating windmills atop her popular downtown restaurant.
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