Sentences with phrase «in a wind farm»

Enbridge Inc., which used to control Canadian oil exports to the U.S., has become the largest gas distributor in Ontario and invested in wind farms.

Mr Huhne also announced investment in wind farms and domestic solar power, but dismissed the deployment of a tidal station in the Severn estuary, citing unworkable costs and environmental impacts.

The laborers rallied outside of the the Roosevelt Hotel, where the American Wind Energy Association investor conference was being held in New York City, protesting EDF Renewable Energy's hiring practices, the California - based company involved in the wind farm project.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates energy losses in wind farms to be as high as 10 - 20 percent and identifies complex airflows created by the turbines as the major culprit for such losses.

This research is essential to improving wind energy efficiency, especially in wind farms where airflows from many large wind turbines interact with each other.

We exchanged cards, and around 10 days later he called me, telling me about his scheme for investing the money of (my and other) IRA investors in wind farms that he had in upstate New York.

Use that same money instead to invest in wind farms and other clean energy sources, and reduce our down - on - our - knees dependence on:

The Ballarat Courier reported on 2010/11/18 that a total of seven houses in the wind farm area have been bought by Acciona.

In the past decade, she said, Rocky Mountain Power has invested $ 1 billion in wind farms.

Professor Simon Chapman and a team of researchers at the Public Health Faculty of the University of Sydney of Australia found strong supporting evidence that the psychogenic hypothesis was the dominant factor in wind farm health complaints in a recently published study undergoing formal peer review and publication.

The price per kWh was exactly the same as the difference between the local power price and the FIT level in that wind farm's location.

AT least $ 1.5 billion worth of investment in wind farms is in limbo after a collapse in the price of renewable energy certificates.

Previously, such a violation could potentially draw criminal charges and discourage private investment in wind farms known for catching birds in their rotors.

I suspect that, in practice, fridges and freezers will be useful for balancing the short term fluctuations in generation from sustainable sources such as solar photovoltaics affected by intermittent cloud cover while water heating, electric car charging, and municipal water pumping will more nearly match the time spans involved in wind farm generation.

Now only behind China in wind farm energy generation, some U.S. states (below) have farmed the power bonus from this renewable energy source.

In an effort to get a clearer picture about the true extent of fires in wind farms, the team carried out an extensive analysis of data from a wide range of sources.

The number of wind turbines installed grew three-fold between 2007 - 2012 and the instances of reported fires in wind farms are increasing, say the researchers.

I know that I looked at investing in wind farms some years back and one of the benefits was that I would get a portion of the ITC that I could use to offset income from other sources.

Fewer are needed in a wind farm, creating more benign aesthetic and habitat impacts while generating a lot more electricity.

Public policies and robust market forces are driving businesses to prioritize energy efficiency, consumers to put solar panels on their roofs and utilities to invest in wind farms.

They are set to replace met masts entirely for offshore applications and to be systematically used in wind farms at one or multiple stages of their life cycle.

There is no such thing as a «nimby» in the wind farm debate.

Sustaining this increase in wind energy output is an increase in wind farm development.

Since the turbines occupy less than 1 percent of the land in a wind farm, this technology lets farmers harvest both energy and crops from the same land.

(4)-- The Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO / Birdlife) wrote (translation): we were able to verify the occulting of bird carcasses by wind farm employees, who perhaps thought that their jobs depended upon the number of birds being killed in their wind farms, and that behaviour reduces the mortality rate shown in monitoring studies.

I would suggest oil companies invest in wind farms to stay relevant and on the right side of the moral equation.

Most people would do better investing in a wind farm operation rather than installing their own turbine.

This technology ensures efficient power transmission in wind farms situated at a great distance from the shore.

As discussed in my book, Environmentalism Gone Mad, most earlier investments in wind farms have ended in unsightly scrap heaps that taxpayers must then often pay to remove after the subsidies have run out.

**** STT hears that the Head Boy has taken a personal interest in the wind farm health inquiry and is keen to make sure that only the best of the best are involved in the task and that there's a bucket of cash to pay them.

Delegates are geared up to gain exclusive insight into the very latest industry O&M strategies which will maximise production and reduce unnecessary costs in wind farms they are associated with internationally.

In Colorado, for example, the demand for green power is driving the investment in wind farms, a fast - growing source of power in the state.

These would not, however, be used in groups to provide the equivalent amount of power of the arrays of large wind turbines you find in a wind farm tied to major transmission systems.

Another, perhaps preferable, arrangement would be a gift of shares in the wind farm, as then the receiver would have an interest in the running and profitability of the wind farm.

Andrew Miskelly provides daily wind farm output in a graphical format in wind farm performance.

Those who are investing in the wind farm are building an enterprise from which they hope to make a profit;

Gas - electric hybrid cars with an enhanced battery and a plug - in capacity, combined with investment in wind farms feeding cheap electricity into the grid, permit most daily driving to be done with electricity, and at a cost equivalent of less than $ 1 - a-gallon gasoline.

The AEMO document stated «Historically, South Australia imported electricity from Victoria, however from 2006 - 07 a combination of factors including more expensive interstate supply, dryer / drought conditions affecting interstate hydro generation supplies, and an increase in wind farm construction in South Australia led to changes in the South Australian supply mix.

Eon, Canadian energy infrastructure company Enbridge and a consortium comprising the Green Investment Group, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and the Universities Superannuation Scheme are investors in the wind farm.

All leased landowners in the wind farm unit receive regular royalty revenue payments based on generation.

I believe that the closest wind turbine will be about 5 km from my house in Crystal Brook and the least distance between a turbine and a house not financially involved in the wind farm will be 1.5 km; 500m greater than that required by the state government.

Large turbines, often grouped in wind farms, are widely used by utilities across Canada to provide electrical energy to electricity grids.

It will also help many South African communities to invest in wind farms and generate electricity, new jobs and new income.

Would the observed size and orientation of lakes necessary to produce or arrange lake - effect snow give a clue to what effects a wind farm or solar power plant would have (factoring in that wind farms are mechanical, not thermal, forcing, etc.)?

Google's stakes in the wind farms are in the form of «tax equity» investments, in which investors take over a project and use federal tax credits granted to the project to offset their own taxes as a return.

In due time we will all no doubt be receiving Spam emails advertising «carbon reduction pills» or «clean energy enhancement» products or opportunities to invest in wind farms owned by deposed African dictators.

The very low rate of sick leave in wind farm workers would be very difficult to explain if wind turbines truly made people sick.

Glimpses of the new economy can be seen in the wind farms of Western Europe, the solar rooftops of Japan, the fast - growing hybrid car fleet of the United States, the reforested mountains of South Korea, and the bicycle - friendly streets of Amsterdam.

Since becoming PM Mr Turnbull has done very little to increase the amount of renewable energy in Australia and to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions; the hiatus in wind farm construction engineered by PM Abbott continues under PM Turnbull and it has just been reported that Australia's emissions have increased for the first time since the Howard years.

If in Texas one job was created for every 1.7 million dollars invested in a wind farm, that just shows wind farms are not labor intensive, which is a good thing.