One of the first wind chill measures, known as Siple-Passel, was based on observing how quickly bottles of water froze in the Antarctic wind.
Installed by UGE Iberia, the Spanish branch of New York-based Urban Green Energy, the first wind-powered EV charging station is located at Cespa's global headquarters near Barcelona.
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The U123's smart looking case has a sleek, clean design and is the first Wind available in red and blue, in addition to the standard grey and white.
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The first wind farm, with five floating turbines, will be completed by 2017 and a larger 500 megawatt farm (half the strength of a nuclear power plant) by 2020.
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We first caught wind of Delphi and Verizon's new Vehicle Diagnostics service a couple of days back.
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If it proceeds, it will be America's first offshore wind park, with an impressive capacity of 468 megawatts.
The private-equity firm Kraft Group, for instance, first got wind of Naked Pizza through its tweets and ended up making two investments.
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BARCELONA, SPAIN - August 14, 2012 - Urban Green Energy (UGE) and GE (NYSE: GE) have unveiled the world's first integrated wind-powered electric vehicle charging station.
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It's big and shiny, built in 90 days, but the contractor put it together in a way that when the first stiff wind comes, the house blows down.
German company TimberTower celebrated the installation of the world's first wooden wind turbine tower in Hanover, and for the annual Glow Festival, Eindhoven unveiled an impressive glowing dome made from 30, 000 LEDs.
This will be the first commercial wind farm in the U.S. to deploy, at scale, turbines that use permanent magnet generators tech-speak for evolutionary turbine technology that will improve efficiency, reliability and grid connection capabilities.
When subsidies for wind energy were first mooted, most wind farms were expected to be built offshore, since there is a lot of wind there and seagulls don't sit on planning committees.
For investors looking to capitalize on a booming global market for wind energy, the First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund ( FAN) and the PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio ( PWND) offer a wide range of globally diversified stocks in the industry.
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With green energy the rage, along have come First Trust Global Wind Energy and PowerShares Global Wind Energy.
An undergraduate at Stanford and law student at Yale, Kennard had first hoped to wind up in broadcast management.
While tidal power got to the grid first, offshore wind has the potential to create a great deal more electricity.
The current NFL champions were just too quick for the All-Ireland kingpins who failed to take advantage of first-half wind advantage.
Wind energy credits were first authorized in 1992 (good for wind farms that were up and running by July 1, 1999), and have been extended four times since.
At first glance, the wind appears to be blowing the Democrats' way.
The first payment from the wind towers will be approximately 1.2 million.
My eldest brother, for some reason, became the first trumpeter in the wind band of Rakunan Junior High School, and became known as a musical genius.
But the first waves of marine wind farms are being built in shallower water, nearer consumers, to the east of England and in the Irish Sea.
The First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy fund is more weighted towards turbine manufactures and, like PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio, contains top producers like Vestas (VTR) and Gamesa (GCTAF).
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Powys said it screened its first meeting - about wind farm plans - in July 2011 when 1, 500 watched followed by subsequent debates viewed online by 3, 000 and 10, 000 people respectively.
The Economist also points out that Texas is first in the nation in wind power growth.
Campaigners have handed a 4, 500-strong petition against the spread of wind farms to First Minister Alex Salmond.
The American was forced to start the tournament three times after wind halted his first two attempts.
"We looked a little bit stressed by them and things weren't going to plan, and with the wind in that first half they pinned us back, " he added.
Helped by the wind in the first half, Down hit the opening two points and while Limerick then levelled, Nicholson's goal gave the home side a three-point lead.
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