It is developing giant off-shore wind turbines, biomass power plants (including projects in Florida and Washington with Duke Energy), and, with its Ausra acquisition, solar thermal power plants.
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The siting of on-shore wind farms is an issue in the Corby election, with critics unhappy at recent decisions by the Planning Inspectorate to approve projects in Northamptonshire.
Fully working models will be larger and, Makani hopes, be able to generate 600 kW. It hopes the cost of the power generated will initially be competitive with off-shore wind farms.
"We simply can't compete on cost efficiency with a gas-fired plant, though I think that we will be able to compete with off-shore wind and tidal projects, " says Skilhagen.
Above sea level, the offshore structure has been bolted together with a conventional offshore turbine of the sort used for near-shore wind farms that are bolted to the sea-bed.
But I do think there are parts of the country that are more welcoming than others for on-shore wind and I think they should get the benefit from that.
It comes as Energy Minister John Hayes repeated his view that there may be no need for more new applications for on-shore wind farms, once existing targets are met.
But he insisted the UK was on target to meet the expectation - set out in its renewable "roadmap" - of the scale of on-shore wind's contribution to UK energy by 2020.
Asked about the government's strategy, Mr Davey said on-shore wind farms with potential generating capacity of a seven gigawatts (GW) were currently seeking planning consent, in addition to eleven gigawatts of plant either already built or approved.
The underwater trunk transmission line carrying the power from the wind farms to shore has to be built.
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The direction of the wind matters, too, because wind blowing to shore can drive a storm surge and lead to coastal flooding.
The exhibition explains how cables will run from the wind farm to the shore at Anderby Creek.
The Seabourn Odyssey won for best cabins, Regent Seven Seas' Seven Seas Navigator took best shore excursions and Windstar's Wind Surf won for best for embarkation.
They rowed toward shore, urging the raft through whitecaps with a strong wind at their backs.
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.
The man in his 30s came out of water at Shore Road beach, Poole, when a gust of wind caught his kite and dragged him 30m (100ft) to the promenade.
Louay Habib, from the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, told the BBC the shore crew for the boat had said "there was no wind at the time, and they told us that they were organising for a tow to come and get them".
The tide has changed and a south wind forces me to land this particular day on the shore near the Tomales Bay Oyster Company, which sits across the water from Inverness.
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.
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.
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