Sandy's final toll will include, for instance, the shattered panes of glass in a third-storey apartment window on a wind-whipped street in Washington DC.
Before, during and after the performance, musicians play a variety of traditional melodies on a wind instrument known as a gralla, setting the rhythm to which the tower is built.
Plans for a hotel and houses on the estate have been put on hold until a decision is made on a proposed wind farm off the coast of the links.
On Friday, I was in Boston -- that's good news. (Applause.) On Friday, I was in Boston, where workers will soon be breaking ground on a new Wind Technology Testing Center that will allow researchers in the United States to test the world's newest and largest wind turbine blades for the very first time.
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Then, carried on a gust of wind, the sound became for moments a rhythmic tromp that relieved them as the human reason for the great cloud of dust.
There's currently only a single wind turbine on a small outer island providing energy to Hong Kong, the rest of the city just doesn't get enough wind for traditional turbines to do any good.
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More than just a frisson of fear shivered through the crew of Deuce when this hulking, 1930s-vintage iceboat found itself caught by a sudden gust of wind on a Wisconsin lake a few years ago.
Councillors are being advised to reject an attempt to change conditions imposed on plans for a wind farm.
On a no-wind day, the Eclipse can fly two passengers and luggage more than 1, 200 nautical miles nonstop and still have an hour of fuel reserve.
It estimates more than 11% of the island's 68, 900 population has put their name to the petition which calls for a ban on commercial wind turbines in any Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a separation distance of at least 1.5km (0.9 miles) from housing.
On the flip side were several of its direct competitors, such as Suntech Power, Yingli Green Energy, Trina Solar, and LDK Solar, all up substantially on the day. (For a bullish thesis on wind, read Wind Energy Is Poised To Pop After Strong First Quarter).
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It might not look full of promise but a lot of hope is hanging on a big grey box at a Cornwall wind farm.
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With the rain lashing down and a swirling wind making life difficult on a bumpy pitch, there were few first-half thrills for the 3, 640 hardy souls in attendance.
Speaking at the same press event, Mr. Van Rompuy said that the recent flare-up of the euro-zone crisis following botched bailout attempts in Cyprus highlighted the need for a European Union plan on how to wind down unviable banks, a crucial step in Europe's quest for a harmonized and shared system of dealing with ailing banks.
Most of all, there is nothing as satisfying as those moments where you step out on a dark night, the wind blowing, the rain beating down, with a long journey ahead - and decide to catch the Tube instead.
As we stood in a chill wind on Sixth Avenue, he was obviously uncomfortable discussing it, but he is a storyteller, and he eventually launched into a narrative.
On the Blade Network web site (note the .net address or you wind up on a site about hand-crafted knives) the company illustrates a rack with two Intel Xeon quad core blade servers with other components for high speed messaging and switches.
Secondly, although China is on a tear building out wind farms, let's be realistic.
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Like Bach's original, Muse is in three movements, with the brief, middle one flitting by like a leaf on the wind.
The lime-green devices run on electromotive energy from a wind-up mechanism--thus allowing the machines to be used in areas lacking a regular power supply.
As well as the small-scale schemes, Dumfries and Galloway Council is also being consulted on plans for a major wind farm development at Kilgallioch in Wigtownshire.
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Environmentalists successfully blocked a proposed 500 megawatt wind project on private land in a remote part of Montana near the Canadian border planned by GreenHunter Energy.
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But any bias incident, from a Muslim being yelled at from a passing car, to a Muslim being profiled on a plane, can wind up in CAIR's report.
Ben Collard, director of renewables at George F White, said he was advising his clients to set rent on land used for a wind turbine at ten per cent of the estimated income.
If you've spent any time reading the papers in Iowa and some other Midwestern states, you may have seen a focus on this wind tax credit, which is something that has been debated in Congress.
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But, again, if we incentivize, through comprehensive clean energy legislation, an economy that puts a premium on alternative energy like wind and solar, we're going to create a lot of jobs -- in the short term, in the medium term, and ultimately in the long term.
At the same time, consumers got an extra bill to support wind farms that, because of the inconstancy of the wind, operate at 25% of their capacity (figure from the British Wind Energy Association) or 8% (according to E.on, a large operator of UK wind farms).
The Cape Wind project is the most developed of any proposals to build wind facilities on the OCS, but a number of other offshore wind power proposals are also in the works.
On the summit of Cairn Gorm, a wind speed of 135mph was recorded at midnight and 114mph on Wednesday morning, according to the CairnGorm Mountain ski centre.
Meanwhile in Scotland's border country, David Bellamy, a broadcaster on wildlife, has joined the campaign against a wind farm in the rugged Lammermuir Hills.
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