It's thought that hot pot originated in Mongolia (it's easy to imagine gathering around a coal fire in that cold and wind-swept region).
The issue is of particular concern to utilities in the Southeast, like Southern, which argue that there is simply not enough wind energy in the region to warrant a mandatory standard for renewables.
Councillors in the Scottish Borders have approved updated guidance on criteria to be applied to wind farm applications in the region.
The clean-energy glut was predictable, given the tendency of snow to melt in the spring and given whopping increases in the region's wind-generating capacity.
Needless to say, the prospect of the region's wind turbine population tripling - and the turbines themselves doubling in height - is a nightmarish vision to some.
Three national environmental groups on Friday sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its approval of a planned NextEra Energy Resources wind farm in the Tehachapi region of California that state and federal wildlife officials had warned threatens the critically endangered California condor.
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It took all the region's wind turbines offline for about five hours and it expects to continue to pull the plug on them for a few hours almost every night until well into July, when enough snow in the Cascades and northern Rockies will have melted for the excess run-off (and therefore the excess power) to subside.
Now EDF Renewable energy is planning a new wind-solar project in the region that will be designed as a hybrid from the start and the electricity will be sold to a utility under a single power purchase agreement, according to Tholke.
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But depending on the region, such as in wind-rich Western states, renewable energy can serve a big chunk of demand.
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The Nature Conservancy is examining potential effects from gas drilling and wind turbines on an eight-state region from New York to Tennessee.
This week EDF Renewable Energy officially unveiled the 140-megawatt Pacific Wind farm in the Tehachapi-Mojave region of Southern California and the nearby 143-megawatt Catalina solar power station.
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When the storm is at its height later in the day, an MTA spokeswoman said, there is a chance of intermittent closures of some bridges in the region standard procedure when wind and snow create whiteout conditions.
While Kelley admits the Southeast lacks the wild winds of Texas or Iowa ( see map), he still envisions the region as a producer and user of wind turbines.
Emergency officials in New Jersey said they were monitoring a coastal storm, expected to bring lashing rain, wind, snow and possibly coastal flooding to the region hit by super-storm Sandy in October.
Maryland's Bay Bridge, which connects Maryland's Eastern shore with the Baltimore-Washington region, closed in both directions, because of wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
In particular, the sunlight and wind speed are too weak to meet a meaningful portion of the region's prodigious energy needs ... at least with today's technology.
While the fires still threatened some 25, 000 homes, the burn rate in the region -- a measure made up of factors like wind speed, humidity and available fuel -- was significantly lower Thursday, a spokeswoman at the California Department of Forestry and Protection said.
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Maryland's Bay Bridge, which connects Maryland's Eastern shore with the Baltimore-Washington region, was temporarily closed in both directions, because of wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
Usually, the prevailing south-westerly wind would take the ash cloud away from Europe and over the polar region, but a high-pressure area is bringing it over Europe, where it is sitting and barely moving as the ash spreads.
Lebed would support the completion of two VVER-440 nuclear power plants at Cienfuegos, Cuba, averring that there was little danger of these reactors experiencing the sort of catastrophe 180 miles up-wind from the United States that caused such devastation to Chernobyl and the surrounding region.
Wu was born and raised in the far-western region of Xinjiang, home to vast plains and peaks that create natural wind tunnels, with gusts so ferocious that they can sweep trains from their tracks.
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