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Duke Energy in Partnership with UNC Shift Focus on Wind Demonstration Projects

Duke Energy Carolinas has decided to refocus its collaboration with the University of North Carolina (UNC) to study and assist enable the development of large-scale offshore wind energy projects on North Carolina coast’s ocean side.

21 Aug 2010

Østerild in Denmark, a Practicum for Tomorrow’s Wind Energy Research

Østerild in north-western Jutland in Denmark is regarded as a national test centre for wind turbines.

20 Aug 2010

Genoa Township Installs Wind Turbines Under EECBG

Andrew S. Levin, acting Director of Department of Energy Labor & Economic Growth, has announced that the Genoa Township in Livingston County went green with the installation of five Windspire wind/solar hybrid wind turbines, as part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant project (EECBG) valued at $94,919.

20 Aug 2010

Clipper Windpower to Install 2.5 MW Wind Turbines at University of Minnesota for Conducting Wind Energy Research

Clipper Windpower, Inc., a wind turbine manufacturing and wind project development company, has been chosen to enlist in a powerhouse group comprising industry and scholastic leaders, to assist the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in accomplishing a target of 20% wind power generation all over USA.

20 Aug 2010

University of Western Ontario Brought in Cheers for Wind Farms

A research group co-headed by Rajiv Varma, an electrical engineering professor from the University of Western Ontario, has brought in cheers to the wind farms that struggle to operate during windstorm nights.

20 Aug 2010

The Size of a Private Wind Turbine Puts South Ribble Council in a Quandary

Farmer Reg Wareing has put the South Ribble Council in a quandary with his application to construct an 85-feet wind turbine to supply electricity to his farm located away from Dunkirk Lane in Leyland.

20 Aug 2010

Maxwell Technologies’ BOOSTCAP Ultracapacitors Enable Functioning of Wind Turbines in All Weather Conditions

Maxwell Technologies, a manufacturing company building up economical energy storage and power delivery solutions, has reported an increase of 40% in sales of its patented BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products used in wind energy related applications.

20 Aug 2010

Idaho Power Closes RFP Without Awarding Wind Energy Contract

IDACORP Inc, the principal subsidiary of Idaho Power, in May 2009, had issued a RFP (Request for Proposals) seeking to buy around 150 MW of wind energy by the year 2012.

20 Aug 2010

Eoliatec to Install Wind Power Farm in Jalisco, Mexico

Eoliatec of Mexico, a power generation company, is set to install a wind farm in Jalisco, Mexico at an investment of more than $100 million. The wind energy project named Aeolus will be constructed in the Ojuelos, Jalisco municipality.

19 Aug 2010