A Wind-Powered Town, an Energy Bill and a Lot of Hot Air
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There's a certain irony in Washington's failure to devise a modern energy policy. This is, after all, the one place on earth that is powered almost entirely by wind.
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While the rest of the country frets over surging energy prices, a small but growing group of businesses is fueling a boom of sorts in the US oil patch.
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The strong winds that blow across the Northern Plains have been chased over the past two years by a spate of politicians and entrepreneurs eager to exploit them as an energy alternative to fossil fuels.
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Larger supplies, more energy alternatives, and a slowing economy could be factors.
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A new breed of freighter uses an age-old energy source -- wind.
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New Yorkers pride themselves on their ability to handle almost anything: Blackouts. Sweltering subway stations. Obscenely small apartments at ridiculously high costs.
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Some families are trying to save money and the planet, with energy from backyard turbines.
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Air cooled by ice is just as efficient -- and more environmentally friendly -- than traditional air-conditioning systems. It's also taking pressure of the city's power grid.
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Some businesses in California will probably be forced to cut electricity use on Thursday because hot weather and high air-conditioning use prompted the state's power grid manager to call a "Stage 2 power emergency."
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Masdar City, a nearly self-contained mini-municipality designed for up to 50,000 people, is intended to be a hub for research on nonpolluting energy technologies.
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In this north German town a huge crane is helping to build the world's largest wind power plant, a prototype for offshore wind farms from 2006.
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Home wind turbines may never become be as ubiquitous as satellite dishes, but their popularity is steadily gaining momentum.
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The United States is the fastest-growing market in the world for wind power. Despite a patchwork of laws and regulations, many European energy companies would like to plant their windmills here.
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As the state seeks to replace aging power sources with clean energy plans, wind-power developers fear Vermont's rural aesthetic is too strong to allow towers atop mountain ridges. Folks just don't want to spoil the view.
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Plans for a large increase in the numbers of wind turbines around the UK coast have been set out by ministers.
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city's power grid to the limit &#151; but some have found a cool alternative.
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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.