Archive for July, 2008

David Suzuki on Wind

In the UK more than 100 national and local groups, led by some of the country’s most prominent environmentalists, have argued that wind power is inefficient, destroys the ambience of the countryside and makes little difference to carbon ...

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WIND POWER IPO FILING: First Wind Holdings (WNDY)

We've just seen a filing for an initial public offering from First Wind Holdings Inc., which looks actually to be a holding company that owns class A and class B "Units" of First Wind Holdings, LLC. First Wind has applied to take the ...

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Denver billionaire backs wind power

Boone Pickens isn’t the only billionaire in the wind power game. The Denver Business Journal reports Phil Anschutz is getting in on the action with a plan to transmit power generated in the mountain west to population centers in the ...

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EDITORIAL: Blow Harder: US Now Largest Wind Power Nation

31--AUGUST looms with tax-free school shopping, release of late summer blockbusters and the ringing of school bells. Yet August looms as the least windy month in Oklahoma. Last week the American Wind Energy Association ...

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Wind Sails past Hyrdo Power as UK Energy Source

For the first time in history, wind power has surpassed hydro-electric power production in the United Kingdom, with five percent of its power coming from renewable energy sources. This included government data indicating that power ...

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Cramer's Wind Power Takeover Stocks

"This wind story is a 2009 story in terms of earnings, but it is a takeover and consolidation story right now. Very exciting." - Jim Cramer.

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Forget wind power, go solar

CUC is looking to wind power to help bring down the high price of electricity in the Cayman Islands. It is interesting to us that CUC is considering wind power after concluding after a year–long study in 2003 that wind energy was ...

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CUC inviting wind power proposals for Cayman

Record-breaking fuel costs have pushed the Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) to consider the possibility of harvesting wind power in the Cayman Islands. CUC is seeking experienced and qualified wind -generation companies worldwide to ...

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China will blow away India’s wind power rank

Less than six months from now China will upstage India’s global wind power ranking. As of 2007-end, India with 8 GW ranked fourth in terms of installed wind power capacity behind top-ranking Germany, USA and Spain. ...

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AltaGas boosts renewable energy output with hydro and wind power …

UN) has acquired hydroelectric and wind power projects in two deals that will boost its renewable energy capacity under construction to 1900 megawatts.The fund said Thursday it will acquire NovaGreenPower Inc., a subsidiary of NovaGold ...

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