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The Wind Industry Fights Back Against Claims Of Uselessness

We stage a debate between wind power evangelists and those who think it just doesn't work very well.READ»

Wind Farms Often Don't Produce as Much Energy as Advertised: Report

A new study from the John Muir Trust--not the sorts who would attack wind farms just for the fun of it--debunks five important industry claims.READ»

How Wind Farm Technology Can Be Improved

How do wind turbines generate energy when the wind doesn’t blow? The answer might lie in connecting wind turbines together. Willett Kempton, director of the Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration at the University of ...READ»

Watch Out, Cape Wind: Deepwater Wind Proposes Largest Offshore Wind Farm in U.S.

Deepwater Wind proposed this week the biggest off-shore wind farm ever in the U.S.--a deepwater wind farm near Rhode Island that will include 200 wind turbines and power up to 800,000 homes at a cost of $5 billion dollars. READ»

New Zealand Wind Farm to Power 70,000 Homes

The country's newest wind farm is approved after a lengthy battle. READ»

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Wind Power: Poverty Reducer

The Asian Development Bank has granted $630,000 to conduct initial feasibility assessments for three proposed wind farms on the Philippines island of Luzon.READ»

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Can Wind Power a Rural Renaissance?

Jon Bergstrom, a cotton and hay farmer in Sweetwater, Texas (population 10,472), looks outside his window every day and feels grateful. The giant white towers spinning on the near horizon have everything to do with it. Sweetwater is ...READ»