Wind Power Will Help Texas Town Desalinate Groundwater (Environment News Service: Fri, 25 Apr) AUSTIN, Texas , April 25, 2008 (ENS) - The first project in the United States to use wind power to desalinate drinking water for an inland municipality rather than a coastal town has just received a $500,000 grant from the Texas state Office of Rural Community Affairs, ORCA.
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Go Green: Wind Power (KARK Little Rock: Thu, 24 Apr) When it comes to alternative energy, wind power is growing in popularity. Today it produces just one-percent of the world's electricity. Texas is ground zero for wind power. The Lone Star State leads the nation in wind farms.
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Wind Power Moves to the East (News Channel 12 New Bern: Sat, 26 Apr) The State Utilities Commission has approved the construction of a wind farm in the Bettie community of Carteret County. Nearby residents have complained that the proposed wind turbines would be an eye sore and create an environmental hazard.
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German Wind Power Indus: Installed Capacity Growth To Slow (Nasdaq: Tue, 22 Apr) HANOVER, Germany -(Dow Jones)- Germany's wind power industry expects installed wind power generation capacity to rise further in 2008, but said new installations will slow due mainly to falling subsidies for electricity produced from wind.
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