LaBrot first steered "The Southern Wind" to Haiti after the earthquake in 2010, delivering 20, 000 pounds of medical supplies, 80 sheets of plywood and 2, 500 pounds of tin roofing.
According to Sam Peacock from Scottish and Southern Energy wind farms projects also brought fundamental benefits to communities such as job opportunities and visitor centres.
It assumes that the biggest need will be to supply northern wind power to southern and western consumers.
While this development may not directly help solar and wind firms across Southern Europe, it will likely give ammunition to local companies willing to fill that energy gap and help France reach EU-backed sustainability goals of 20 percent by 2020.
Once built, it will be the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere.
The region is a valuable asset for another reason: In July Felsinger inked a deal to provide Southern California Edison with 250 megawatts of wind power for 20 years from a wind farm planned for the Baja town of La Rumorosa.
Weather officials said a wind trough extending from eastern to southern India and a western disturbance would result in rains this week.
The idea has not been popular in the Southeast, where there is not a lot of wind energy, and firms like Southern Company are lobbying against such a proposal.
The developers will also fund the employment of two countryside rangers for the "promotion, payment and management" of the Southern Upland Way over the 25 years the wind farm is operational.
Hurricane Irene is expected to hit southern New England around 05:00 with sustainable wind gusts projected to average 65 miles per hour.
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The issue is of particular concern to utilities in the Southeast, like Southern, which argue that there is simply not enough wind energy in the region to warrant a mandatory standard for renewables.
This week EDF Renewable Energy officially unveiled the 140-megawatt Pacific Wind farm in the Tehachapi-Mojave region of Southern California and the nearby 143-megawatt Catalina solar power station.
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Power firm Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has announced plans to develop an offshore wind turbine testing facility in North Ayrshire.
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Meanwhile, downed power lines, leaking gas lines, broken water pipes and still-blazing fires have blocked the return of thousands of Southern Californians who fled their homes this week ahead of more than 20 wind-whipped wildfires.
One of the reasons why Plakias and other southern getaways have remained relatively immune from mass tourism is the terrific summer wind that roars through everything, pelting beach-goers with sand and whipping up whitecaps on the sea.
Much of Southern California was under red flag warnings for fire danger due to heat, wind and low humidity levels.
The mountains in the state's northwest region roll off the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains, and a maze of mountains and valleys funnel the wind into extreme speeds by the time they pass over ridge crests and mountain tops of the Guadalupe and Davis mountains.
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