Windmill Turbines:  Not at Home on the Range
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Texas has surpassed California as the country's top wind-energy producer, but the new technology is clashing with old ranching ways
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Wind energy may be emerging as an important alternative power source for the Northwest, but there are concerns about the danger to hawks and eagles as turbines expand to wild areas of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Almost every morning, the whirr of the power generator sitting outside house No. 36 broke the quiet of the neat tree-lined street, bringing air conditioners and refrigerators on the block back to life. On Thursday, the generator stood silent.
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What New England lacks in sunshine, it makes up for in wind. So after you roll up your cellphone's solar panel for the winter, wouldn't it be great to plug in a turbine that does the job just as effectively?
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When 1,800 workers lost their jobs after a Maytag appliance factory and headquarters closed last year in the small town of Newton, Iowa, a wind turbine blade company saw opportunity Â an available, skilled workforce in the middle of one of America's hardiest wind energy production regions.
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Science & environment: Â· Major projects cancelled because of uncertaintyÂ· Planning problems will stall wind-farm growth
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KORIYAMA, Japan  - Overlooking a mountain lake a few hours drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin in the breeze creating carbon-free power for the world's fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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Wind farms can change the weather, according to a model of how these forests of giant turbines interact with the local atmosphere.
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By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 9--BLOOMINGTON -- A controversial wind farm proposal has been recommended to the McLean County Board.
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A novel solar technology hits an important milestone as it competes with other forms of solar power plants.
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Science & environment: Is wind turbine that looks like a giant rotary washing line the answer to our renewable energy prayers?
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Why put a 1.2MW turbine in the ocean when you can get away with smaller ones that cost less?
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By Elizabeth Moore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Mar. 9--Bucking the exodus of manufacturers from Long Island, a leading European aluminum products maker has announced it is opening a factory in Holbrook to produce specialized aluminum ladder systems for wind turbines.
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An orange flag marks where Gary Lisle planned to put up a 33-foot windmill behind his house. But that's about as far as his green idea got in this Dallas suburb.
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By John McGonigle  Game commission wants to make sure birds won't be harmed by new energy-producing windmills on the Appalachian ridge.
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An MIT researcher has a vision: Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see them.
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Seagull poo on solar cells is primary tech snag In the Irish Sea off Wales this week, a new kind of robot is taking to the waves. For once, this is not a military kill-droid, nor a securo-pork powered surveillance machine. Instead, we are seeing the debut of the fully-autonomous sailboat, which uses its own software to navigate out at sea. For now the uninhabited windjammers will stay relatively close to home but, next year, their successors will race across the Atlantic.â¦