Sentences with phrase «wind energy interests»

In 1997 Bill Clinton changed the Freedom of Information Act to protect wind energy interests and help them conceal their industrial carnage to highly protected species.

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And it also leads into Google's interest in energy in Africa, like this potential wind farm deal and its investment in the South African solar panel farm.

It's called Tracking the Energy Revolution, and its 18 pages of maps, charts, and graphics tell the story of how plunging equipment costs, strong investor interest, and government and business leadership are driving a global shift to renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, and Energy Revolution, and its 18 pages of maps, charts, and graphics tell the story of how plunging equipment costs, strong investor interest, and government and business leadership are driving a global shift to renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, and energy sources such as wind, sun, and water.

Some were interested in «islanding,» using it as the backbone for an alternate power grid that could sustain itself with emergency generators and large amounts of solar and wind energy if and when the central power grid went down.

Mark Buchanan's article on the limits of wind power raised some interesting aspects of renewable energy (2 April, p 8), but there were some intriguing omissions.

«To me, what is most interesting about our results is that we are now able to start putting different pieces of our larger project together to better understand the response of Greater Prairie - Chickens to wind energy development at our field site,» says study co-author Virginia Winder.

Mark Buchanan's article on the limits of wind power raised some interesting aspects of renewable energy (2 April, p 8),...

He represents the interests of CanWEA members who are Canada's wind energy leaders — wind farm owners, operators, project developers, consultants, manufacturers and service providers; and organizations and individuals interested in supporting Canada's wind energy industry.

The export of wind energy to the United States — a recent request for proposals for clean electricity in Massachusetts has clearly demonstrated strong interest in exports of Canadian wind energy on both sides of the border

Interested in professional speaking opportunities at Canada's largest wind energy conference?

On Nov. 23, 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge the offshore wind industry's interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in four areas offshore South Carolina and to request comments.

Of primary interest are the solar wind mass and energy transport into the magnetosphere and related processes.

Whether your interest involves solar energy, wind energy, biomass, ocean and hydrokinetic energy, biofuels, waste - to - energy, geothermal, electric energy storage or other clean technologies, we blog about it.

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Here's an interesting solution — much smaller wind generators in urban areas (solving the bird problem)-- less energy, but more could be used all over the place:

There is an interesting process in the equatorial stratosphere wherein upward transport of momentum and energy by waves is absorbed depending on the wind structure in such a way as to cause the wind to oscillate from easterly to westerly on a timescale that has no direct dependence on the timescales of any forcing — a bit like an internal clock (QBO).

For an interesting but meaningless factoid, the occasional hurricane that passes through the mid-Atlantic produces wind energy roughly equivalent to all the world's generation — but just try to capture it.

The exhibition So Watt, du design dans l'énergie (some design regarding energy) in France currently hosts two of Positiveflow's projects: In Luce (top image), interesting information about the illumination in architecture and Liberty (bottom image), a provocative concept design idea that consist of giving the Statue of Liberty a giant wind turbine to hold in her raised arm.

Whether you're interested in a hairspray forecast or how wind energy might play out, here are America's most tempestuous towns.

Ceal — I'd be really interested to know why wind (or any renewable energy source) required natural gas backup.

Furthermore, powerful actors with vested interests in fossil fuels are working to remove the incentives for wind power that has made it competitive with the dirty energy sector that enjoys billions of dollars in subsidies.

This strong interest in renewable energy by businesses has prompted vigorous U.S. investment in wind energy.

The other author of the «Greenpeace report» The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) is also of some interest here, its basically a spokesman for the renewable energy industry, wind, photovolticEnergy Council (EREC) is also of some interest here, its basically a spokesman for the renewable energy industry, wind, photovolticenergy industry, wind, photovoltic etc..

In response, a task force is being formed by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which is also checking to see if other companies are interested in competing with Trident Winds for a potential lease.

AWEA is the premier organization representing the interests of America's wind energy industry, with more than 1,200 member organizations and advocates.

All these specious claims for wind energy are simply part of a long line of snake oil sales spiels — intended to fool the public, and to enable politicians to justify favoring special interests by enriching various rent - seekers (which will then return the favor via campaign contributions and other reelection support).

Despite Perry's close ties to fossil fuel interests, he's probably done more for the wind energy industry than most so - called environmentalist Democrats.

Environment groups that have supported the wind industry and taken their thirty pieces of silver, «health professionals» who have no expertise in acoustics and no interest in faraway rural communities, but do have an overblown interest in climate health effects, have jumped on the wind energy bandwagon eager to claim the high moral ground despite the human collateral damage.

There is an interesting statistic out there that I never tire of repeating, because for me it illustrates both the progress wind energy has made in Canada and t (more...)

The renewable energy mandate has been responsible for much of Michigan's interest in expanding wind power.

Offshore wind development in New York is also benefiting from the interest of the New York Power Authority, which happens to be the largest state - based energy agency in the U.S.:

Rules being rules, the Interior Department could not grant exclusive wind energy development rights to NYPA willy - nilly, so the proposal touched off a broader investigation of interest that resulted in the competitive leasing process.

On 2013/07/23 I received the following in an email from a person calling herself The Callous Wind (TCW); it shows an interesting mix of good education in the use of language (such as that expected of a veterinarian, Ms Bittner for example) and appalling ignorance or massive bias in regard to renewable energy:

This interesting, albeit incomplete, map shows energy plants, wells, pipelines, solar and wind farms, and areas of energy producing potential throughout the United States.

This is one reason that developers are interested in pursuing offshore wind energy resources.

«I think interest in wind power and other renewable energy sources is now growing not only in Delaware, but nationally due to the rising cost and long - term supply issues associated with traditional energy sources, as well as other concerns such as global warming,» Kempton said.

The conference program for the Canadian Wind Energy Association's annual exhibition, to be held from October 27 - 29, in Montreal, Quebec, will focus on a wide range of topics of interest to Canadian and international wind energy investors, wind farm owners and operators, and many other partieWind Energy Association's annual exhibition, to be held from October 27 - 29, in Montreal, Quebec, will focus on a wide range of topics of interest to Canadian and international wind energy investors, wind farm owners and operators, and many other partEnergy Association's annual exhibition, to be held from October 27 - 29, in Montreal, Quebec, will focus on a wide range of topics of interest to Canadian and international wind energy investors, wind farm owners and operators, and many other partiewind energy investors, wind farm owners and operators, and many other partenergy investors, wind farm owners and operators, and many other partiewind farm owners and operators, and many other parties...

Converting to energy through the implementation of countless wind turbines and solar panels, manufactured with dirty coal energy in Asia, is not in anyone's best interest — financially, economically, environmentally, or otherwise.

In recent years China has significantly expanded its interests in renewable energy sources including wind, solar, biofuels, tidal, and small hydroelectric dams.

China to add wind power capacity August 15, 2005 In recent years China has significantly expanded its interests in renewable energy sources including wind, solar, biofuels, tidal, and small hydroelectric dams.

First, Thursday April 13th saw a disclosure from the Energy Ministry that Ontario paid out $ 28,095,332 including about $ 240,000 in interest to Windstream Energy to satisfy the award made to them under the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) tribunal, due to cancellation of a 300 - MW offshore industrial wind turbine project.

They believe the transition to a wind & solar powered energy grid could be made in two decades or less using current technology, and at an affordable cost — but only if the many roadblocks now being thrown up by nuclear and fossil fuel interests can be overcome.

My anti-nuclear, pro-renewable relatives now living in California believe it is only the entrenched opposition of well - financed nuclear and fossil fuel interests which prevents America's rapid transition into a mostly wind and solar energy future.

«Wind is producing enough electricity to power every household in northern BC,» he says, «and continues to help spread economic benefits to many more BC communities; creating permanent revenue streams and sustainable jobs in local communities and for First Nations interested in participating in the development and ownership of clean energy projects that will bring new revenues to their communities.»

You may find this interesting regarding the cost of pumped hydro and of battery storage to store sufficient energy from intermittent energy sources like solar and wind to meet the demand of the Australian National Electricity Market: http://bravenewclimate.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peter-lang-solar-realities.pdf

For those fighting wind farm developments, you may be interested to know — but not surprised to hear — Infigen Energy Development Manager Jonathan Upson is a former Babcock and Brown employee.

Wouldn't it be ironic if in the interest of global warming we mandated massive switches to energy, which is a finite resource, which slows the winds down, which causes the temperature to go up?

One sometimes confusing element of wind energy agreements is the nature of the interest being conveyed.

So while the use of storage is by no means limited to renewable energy applications, I include it here because it will interest those who follow wind and solar policy.

In response, China's leaders are engineering a serious shift toward wind and solar energy, greater energy efficiency, and development of shale gas, based on political and economic self - interest.