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Wind-tower guidelines aim to lower bird deaths
WASHINGTON — the Obama administration offered new guidance Friday on where wind farms should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind power.
New US wind power guidelines to protect birds
The Obama administration is offering advice on the best places to put wind farms to reduce the number of birds that die by flying into turbines.a bird advocacy group that lobbied for mandatory standards says the new guidelines will…
New wind tower guidelines aim to lower bird deaths
The Obama administration offered new guidance Friday on where wind farms should be located to reduce the number of bird deaths while promoting increased use of wind power.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar …
Can Eagles and Wind Turbines Coexist?
Both wind turbines and birds rely on the power of air currents to move them. That means that as more wind turbines are built, the towers claim an increasing percentage of space once reserved only for avian flight. Some of the best sites for wind farms fall in the migratory paths of birds: The same wind currents attract both, and the birds end up killed . those casualties are a particular problem …
Stockland puts wind up councillors
Shellharbour's Liberal councillors have been left flapping in the breeze just one week after making a public stand against wind farms in the city.
Swedish company proposes floating wind farms for Malta
Hexicon has already set up subsidiary companies in Malta and Cyprus. A massive offshore hexagon-shaped 460-metre-wide platform hosting 36 wind turbines, is being proposed for Malta by Swedish company Hexicon AB.
Many Jobs May Be Gone With The Wind Energy Credit
The wind power industry in this country has grown fast in recent years, but that could come to a screeching halt if Congress doesn't renew a tax credit that wind farms get for the power they produce. Tens of thousands of jobs now depend on the tax credit, as more wind turbine manufacturers have taken root in the U.S.
Plans for wind farms off N.J. coast advance with federal ruling
The five-year long effort to build wind farms off new Jersey’s southern coast took another step forward Thursday, when federal officials said the turbines wouldn’t have a major environmental impact on the mid-Atlantic seaboard.
Plans for wind farms off N.J. coast advance with federal ruling
Welspun Energy signs up for wind farms in AP
Welspun Energy ltd, part of the diversified $3-billion Welspun Group, has inked an agreement with new and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh to install 500 MW of wind energy capacity in the State.
Wind farms in county produce electricity for thousands of homes
In 2007, the first line of wind turbines – windmills, as most people refer to them – were installed in Mahanoy Township and since then, the use of wind power as an alternative energy source in the county provides enough electrical power for thousands of
Wind farms in county produce electricity for thousands of homes
