Yet wind is far from a perfect source of electricity, since the wind blows when and where it will.
But since the wind consists of charged particles, it will interact with a magnetic field.
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Since 2005 wind capacity has surged from 250 megawatts to 3, 500 megawatts, and is expected to double again by 2014.
This factoid has become a source of outrage for anti-taxers ever since they got wind of some estimates by my Tax Policy Center colleagues.
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.
Since June, Cape Wind has faced a legal challenge from a group that includes Californians who normally lobby in favour of renewable energy.
Since then, Western Wind has substantially increased in value by bringing its Windstar development into commercial operation, and by making substantial progress with Yabucoa.
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The group notes that old and new energy sources have both promise and risk for society and nature, since natural gas and wind energy produce less pollution than coal.
Europe has had offshore wind farms since the early 90s, but all of the development has been in shallow waters, unlike the deep waters of the Gulf of Maine.
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Grid operators in the Pacific Northwest have repeatedly pulled the plug on several large wind farms in Oregon and Washington State, collectively curtailing roughly 13 gigawatt hours (GWh) of wind power since last Wednesday.
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Also New England has added 155 megawatts of wind generating capacity since the summer of 2012.
And what we know is that the policy the President has pursued has led already to the doubling of production of renewable energy from sources like wind and solar since the President took office.
Moreover, the Jordanian near-miss underscores the point that we should take no comfort from the fact that the status of such weapons is unknown, since some of them may wind up being used outside Iraq.
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Democrats have tried to wind down the war since taking over Congress in January, but Senate Republicans have used filibuster tactics to stymie those efforts.
Colorado has quadrupled wind-energy production since the governor came in.
Also, since the necessarily erratic nature of wind power necessitates the development of energy-storage technologies to guarantee continuous supply, wind power can also act as a spur to the development of a hydrogen economy in which cars no longer require petroleum fuel.
Beijing has since raised the technical bar for wind farms to connect to their energy grid, and now industry experts predict that a larger number of companies will be forced out of the sector altogether in the next three years, trade barriers or not.
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Guy Newbold, from Seascale, Gosforth, said the wind had been "howling" since early morning.
"We've seen the wind shift four or five times since it started, " Walls said.
Renewable energy production through sources like wind and solar have actually doubled since the President has been in office.
The deal is especially difficult to value since not only will the seat-holders wind up with some cash and shares in the new company, but so will a host of other parties--including the top executives of the exchanges themselves.
But in Hong Kong, which has comparable tropical weather patterns to Indonesia, nearly one in 500 arriving and departing flights have reported significant wind shear at the international airport since its opening in 1998, according to the Hong Kong Observatory's website.
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There is more hope for offshore wind, which is technically trickier, since North Sea oil has left a legacy of marine-engineering expertise in Britain.
Greenpeace argues that CCS will never be competitive, since other low-carbon technologies, such as wind power, are already cheaper and becoming more so as time passes.
Last month, a report by the council detailed 25 incidents caused by high wind around the 367ft (112m) building since 2007.
But experts note that even renewables need conventional backup, since the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow.
President Obama is aligning himself with the green movement, pointing out that wind and solar projects have doubled in size since 2008.
Mr Trump has repeatedly clashed with local residents, environmentalists, wind farm manufacturers and the Scottish first minister since buying the land eight years ago.
He says Gamesa, which also builds and runs wind parks, is a safer bet, since it has long-term contracts with the large Spanish utilities.
He has repeatedly clashed with local residents, environmentalists, wind farm manufacturers and the Scottish First Minister since buying the land on the Menie Estate eight years ago.
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