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Wind energy rules draw big crowd in Roanoke County
ReporterIt was a full house in Roanoke County on Tuesday night. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on regulations for large wind energy systems. More than 50 people spoke on the subject. Their concerns ranged from noise to the viewshed. ...Tags: Renewable Energy, Roanoke County, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Wind Power
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Future Jobs: A new tech boom coming to Danville?
ReporterIs a new boom to Danville's economy about to happen? As part of our weekly series in February looking at future jobs, will small startups fill lost factory jobs? Danville's uneployment has been hovering at about ten percent. And to get it down and...Tags: Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Washington, DC, Economy, Business and Finance
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Feds fast-track mid-Atlantic offshore wind energy
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The Energy Department is pledging to spend $50 million to speed the development of offshore wind energy, with a goal of issuing leases off four Atlantic Coast states by the end of the year.
The Interior Department said Monday that...Tags: Steven Chu, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, Executive Branch, Ken Salazar
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Roanoke Co. changes wind energy zoning ordinance
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- Roanoke County officials have revised a proposed zoning ordinance on wind energy generation.
The county planning commission made the revisions Tuesday to require large and utility-scale wind turbines to be at least a half-mile from...Tags: Renewable Energy, Wind Power
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Virginia wind farm developer seeks aviation change
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The developer of a proposed wind farm in Roanoke County wants federal authorities to raise the flying altitude around four turbines deemed a hazard to airplanes.
Chicago-based Invenergy wants to build the wind farm atop Poor...Tags: Renewable Energy, Air Transportation Industry, Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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INTERVIEW-Deepwater expects to win U.S. offshore wind lease-CEO
ReutersBy Scott DiSavino June 14 (Reuters) - Privately held Deepwater Wind expects to win a federal lease to build a wind farm of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) in federal waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the company's chief executive said in an...Tags: National Grid Plc, Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Siemens
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Deepwater expects to win U.S. offshore wind lease: CEO
Reuters(Reuters) - Privately held Deepwater Wind expects to win a federal lease to build a wind farm of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) in federal waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the company's chief executive said in an interview. The Department of...Tags: National Grid Plc, Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues, Siemens
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World's wind turbines to cross the 300 gigawatt mark - data
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world will have enough wind turbines to generate more than 300 gigawatts of power - the equivalent of 114 nuclear power plants - by the end of the year, industry figures show. As Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa add...Tags: G8, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, European Union, Germany
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Native Americans decry eagle deaths tied to wind farms
ReutersBy Laura Zuckerman June 14 (Reuters) - A Native American tribe in Oklahoma registered its opposition to a U.S. government plan that would allow a wind farm to kill as many as three bald eagles a year despite special federal protections afforded the...Tags: Renewable Energy, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Government, Alternative Energy
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REFILE-Australia renewables fund courts controversy with first investment
ReutersSYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters) - A renewable energy fund financed by the Australian government is set to sign a deal to help New Zealand's Meridian Energy increase its debt in a major wind project, freeing up more cash for the state-owned generator ahead of...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Renewable Energy, Finance, Environmental Issues, Financing and Stock Offerings
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COLUMN-One good option for avoiding solar trade war: Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - The European Union, United States and China are most likely to resolve a multi-billion dollar trade dispute over solar power equipment by agreeing on a floor price for Chinese products. The EU's executive...Tags: Trade Dispute, Renewable Energy, International Organizations, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Wind farm planned in eastern Indiana
WINCHESTER, Ind. -- A wind farm with up to 100 electricity-generating turbines is being planned for a rural area of an eastern Indiana county. The project is being developed by Houston-based EDP Renewables North America across a stretch of farmland...Tags: Environmental Politics, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alternative Energy
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