Commission Approves More Giant 'Windmills' (WBAL Channel.com) A state Public Service Commission hearing examiner has recommended approval of a third western Maryland wind power project - but with environmental restrictions that could force developer Synergics Inc. to reconsider.
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Stores offer renewable energy credit at checkout (Denver Post) Wind power goes on sale today at 76 Whole Foods stores in Colorado and the Western U.S., where customers can buy cards representing wind-energy credits at the checkout counter. In denominations of $5 and $15, the credits enable customers to financially participate in generating wind energy, even though their actual home power will continue to come from conventional sources.
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Windmills of Altamont have their breath taken away (Stockton Record) The wind still blows. But thieves are ripping off its harnesses. Over the past six months burglars have repeatedly trespassed onto the Altamont wind farm, where they have cut and stolen copper cables used to operate thousands of windmills.
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New welcome to solar, wind and geothermal energy in Arizona (Arizona Republic) Arizona Corporation Commission members Bill Mundell, Barry Wong, Kris Mayes and Jeff Hatch-Miller voted Tuesday for a measure, and Mike Gleason against, to require that 15 percent of the state's total energy production be from renewable energy sources by 2025.
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Cuts 'funding' wind turbine drive (BBC News) A £10m drive to add wind turbines to public sites and to promote renewable energy is being funded by cuts to other green projects, it has been claimed. The Partnership for Renewables scheme will work with private firms to put the turbines on sites such as hospitals.
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