Less than a year into office, Culver is making a serious case for Iowa--already the leading ethanol producing state in the nation--to become the leader in wind power as well.
However, given the rapid increase in demand for natural resources from countries like China and other BRICS countries, they have become the new targets of resource extraction and could wind up like the Hotspots within a few decades.
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Asphalt shingles ( the most common roofing material in the U.S.) can become loose, cracked, be blown off by the wind or be damaged by hail.
And while some national environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club have become staunch wind power advocates in their war against fossils, others who live in proposed wind farm locations have launched strong legal opposition.
He realized that nearly 50 people were on the ice that had become separated from the shore and being blown out to sea by the prevailing wind.
If the sinking motion at high latitudes were completely stopped, by covering that part of the ocean by sea ice for instance, there would still be a Gulf Stream to the south, and maybe an even more powerful one as the wind field would probably then become stronger.
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John headed the company for almost 20 years, during which time he helped Edison become a leader in solar and wind power, and innovative approaches to proving the profitability of clean energy.
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Offshore wind could become a major player in the UK renewables portfolio, but this would "require massive development in a relatively narrow timeframe, " he said.
Finding corporate patrons to put hundreds of millions of dollars into wind projects has become increasingly important given the limited pool of traditional financiers willing to risk the uncertainty over a federal production tax credit that is crucial to the industry.
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In China, wind energy has surpassed nuclear power to become the third largest energy source in the country.
Members of the project hope that future habitants on the planet will be able to harness the wind, water deposits and soil to become self-sufficient.
Staff at Mayflower Marina in Devonport battled for a number of hours to upturn part of a wooden pontoon which had become trapped on sunken columns that anchor it after having been twisted by the wind and waves.
The production tax credit given to wind, for example, has become a bargaining chip that results in an unhealthy stop-and-go economic system, says van Nispen.
Although the cost of the energy produced this way will be higher, prices should decrease as wind farms become more established, National Wind Power promises.
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