One modern nuclear plant takes 7 square miles and produces 95%, while wind would take an area of 300 square miles and only produce 23% max if the wind is blowing.
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Wind waves: waves formed in the area in which the wind is blowing.
Plans for a 21-turbine wind farm in Carmarthenshire have been rejected despite falling in an area outlined for wind energy projects.
To deliver 42 kWh per day per person from wind for everyone in the United States would require wind farms with a total area roughly equal to the area of California, a 200-fold increase in United States wind power.
Your local meteorological bureau can give you data on average wind speeds in your area.
In the area of wind, it expects to develop 100 GW of domestic capacity by 2015 (the number is already well over 35 GW).
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Moore didn't help his case by living 10 miles south of El Paso and belonging to a group that sued another wind developer in the area.
When completed, the London Array will be one of the world's largest offshore wind farms covering an area of 90 sq m (232 sq km) between Margate and Clacton.
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.
Last week, a clutch of European countries launched plans to develop a vast network of offshore wind-farms over an area of about 293, 438 square miles in the North Sea.
"I think it's a great opportunity for local companies and also local entrepreneurs to think very hard how they can give service to the development of wind farms in their local area, " he said.
Last year, a consortium of US and Chinese companies announced plans to build a manufacturing center in the Las Vegas area for building wind turbines that would employ about 1, 000 people, according to partner US Renewable Energy Group.
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It has about five windmills on one property, 52 in this area -- 52 wind farms generating incredible amounts of energy and, by the way, helping family farmers with a little bit of extra income.
The four wind turbines would be built in an area north of Catshead Woods on farmland at Sudborough.
It also says that many of the unregulated power generators will need to broaden their fuel options, meaning they will look for other participants not just in the natural gas area but also in the wind, solar and hydro sectors.
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Anglers and bird watchers are among visitors to the area and opponents have said the wind project would affect this tourism.
In their talking points will be AWEA's other top two priorities: establishment of national requirements on power generation from renewable sources and ensuring that wind power has prominent role in the emerging area of global warming legislation.
When asked if they would be for or against the development of large-scale wind energy projects being built in their council area, 77% of SNP supporters, 71% of Liberal Democrat supporters, 64% of Labour supporters and 53% of Conservative supporters said they were in favour.
To match that output using wind energy, you'd need a land area nearly the size of Rhode Island.
The offshore project, called Neart na Gaoithe (meaning "strength of the wind" in Gaelic), would occupy an area of around 65 sq miles.
The project calls for the off-white wind turbines in a 25-square-mile area in a shallow part of the sound, a triangular body of water surrounded by Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
Cape Wind, designed to offset fossil fuel usage in the area, would be located in waters where the politically powerful surround.
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Burning wooden embers from the building and the prevailing wind conditions put a number of other properties in the area at risk, including a nearby community college.
The MSP said that a majority of the supporters of each party were also in favour of wind farm developments even when they were in their own area.
Mr. THISSE: It's still a very wild area, but now there's a huge wind tower sticking up.
It will take several years and several projects for the wind industry to feel confident enough to establish itself in the New Bedford area.
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Said Sareea will start to wind down later this month, but 3 Commando will remain in the area until mid-November as part of an amphibious training exercise in the Arabian Sea.
The Bastakiya area of the old city, hidden among a warren of restored wind towers and traditional family homes, you will find the XVA Art gallery.
The wind farm's developers said it was a strategic development which was crucial to the area's economic future.
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