Olympic wind turbine planned (BBC News) One of the UK's tallest wind turbines is to be built to provide power for the London 2012 Olympics. Plans for the 393ft (120m) structure, which will be the turbine nearest to London, will be unveiled by the Olympic Delivery Authority.
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Wind giants on the way? (The Lowestoft Journal) The Corton skyline could soon be dominated by two new wind turbines, which potentially could become the largest in Britain - dwarfing popular Lowestoft landmark Gulliver by some 70m.
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Wind turbine to power greenhouses (Washington Evening Journal) An 80-foot tower has risen in a field north of Fairfield, and in the next few days, it will begin supplying wind energy to Maharishi Vedic City's and Maharishi World Peace Vedic Organics' two greenhouses.
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Nova Scotia Wind Farm Project Cancelled (North American Windpower ) Black River Wind Ltd., a Nova Scotia-based wind power producer, has announced that its 6 MW project that was scheduled to be built in Inverness, Cape Breton and Pictou counties has been cancelled by Nova Scotia Power Inc.
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Wind Power Cards, Whole Foods, and you (Grist Magazine) A kerfuffle has broken out in the green blogosphere. The state of play thus far: Steve Johnson noticed the new "Wind Power Card" from Renewable Choice Energy, available now at a Whole Foods near you. He is not a big fan: When you buy a card, you don't get any wind-generated electricity delivered to your home however. In fact, all you get is a card that doubles as a refrigerator magnet.
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Utility scouts for wind farm sites (Indianapolis Star) Indiana Michigan Power has invited 250 residents of Jay, Randolph and Wayne counties to meetings next week to discuss the possibility of developing a wind farm. The electric utility is seeking people willing to lease their land to I&M for the installation of two or three 200-foot meteorological towers to collect wind data.
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May the wind be with you (Canada Agriculture Online) Wind energy is good news for western Canadian farmers according to landowners who host these anorexic turbine towers, which over the past few years have spiked across the rolling foothill and grassland landscape in gradually increasing numbers.
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