To put the scale in perspective, the average nameplate capacity of wind turbines installed in the United States in 2010 was about 1.79 MW, up from 1.74 MW in 2009 and 1.66 MW in 2008, according to the 2010 Wind Technologies Market Report.
Competitor GE Wind Energy, a unit of General Electric, ranked number one in wind turbines sales in the U.S. in 2009, according to a recent report from the American Wind Energy Association.
Police have arrested five people in eastern Sicily suspected of involvement in Mafia corruption over contracts to build wind farms, Italian media report.
Wind River is expected to report fiscal third-quarter revenue in mid-November.
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.
Explosive growth of more than 40% this year--3, 400 megawatts of new generation is expected--could make the U.S. the world's largest wind-power market, a new report shows.
According to a 2009 Energy Information Agency Report on Electricity Generation, wind power provided only 70 billion kWh of the total U.S. 3, 953 kWh supply (1.79% of generated power).
With a key federal tax incentive about to expire, the U.S. installed a 5.5 gigawatts of wind power in December to cap off a year that saw a record 13.2 gigawatts of wind energy come online, according to a report released Friday by research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
FORBES: U.S. Installed Record 13.2 Gigawatts Of Wind Energy In 2012
The launch of CPRE's report, which contains new maps showing wind farms dotted about the UK, was marred by errors in CPRE media releases that provoked an angry response from RenewableUK, which had supplied the relevant statistics.
However, the banking industry argues that the majority would likely wind up fattening company profits, noting that a report by Congress's Government Accountability Office found that experiences in Australia and other countries did not demonstrate a clear cost savings for consumers.
Today the Solar Energy Industry Association issued its 2009 year-end report, following similar reports from the American Wind Energy Association and the Geothermal Energy Association.
Its annual State of the Industry report claimed a record 1, 701MW of wind projects were approved onshore this year, compared to 1, 142MW last year - a jump of nearly 50%.
Administrators were called in to wind up the charity's affairs after a Welsh government report said there was a "fundamental lack of control" in February.
Although the landscape can shield people from sound, the report says one respondent living within 1km of a wind farm said the sound echoed off a nearby mountain into the valley where they lived.
So every report that comes out, like this one about wind turbines, or others about the impending arrival of grid competitive solar PV, just has me shouting that yes, finally, we can cut off the subsidies.
FORBES: Grantham Inst. Report Shows That We Should Abandon Wind Power Subsidies
Last month, a report by the council detailed 25 incidents caused by high wind around the 367ft (112m) building since 2007.
Still, even though the new 6 percent proposal will cost energy producers less than earlier proposals, which could have reached 11 percent for wind efforts and 19 for PV solar projects, according to a Reuters report, not everyone is so happy.
In some part of the country such as Texas, wind energy is now competitive with natural gas-fired power plants, the report said.
FORBES: U.S. Installed Record 13.2 Gigawatts Of Wind Energy In 2012
In a report to councillors, planning officers said Scottish government research suggested that wind farms built during the last 10 years have had a minimal effect on tourism.
Shortly after we caught wind of Android "consideration" within Samsung's camera division, a report surfaced that implied a change in course for the Galaxy giant -- the Korean company was ramping up mirrorless camera production at the cost of scaling back point-and-shoots, and the move appeared to represent a general shift away from compacts with a heavier focus on improving optics in smartphones.
Another key recommendation of the report was the development of environmentally-friendly sources of renewable energy such as wind farms.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change report said 14, 600 Gigawatt hours were generated in Scotland from renewables such as wind and hydro.
And their report out today really does seem to show that, for the UK at least, wind power is simply too expensive to be worth using.
The Obama Administration issued its plan for how to get out of the mortgage business Friday, delivering a report to Congress with a plan to restore private capital to the housing market and ultimately wind down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
FORBES: Geithner: End Fannie And Freddie's Pricing Advantage
The report noted that storms generating more than an inch of rain could happen twice as often, and that wind speeds are dropping.
His comments came because of concerns over a report by the independent Committee on Climate Change which suggested ministers should slow down plans to build more offshore wind farms.
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