All Posts Tagged With: "wind power"

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Four Corners Update —
Navajo Nation Wind Farm Gains Momentum

Native American leaders are being courted by Sempra Energy and Citizens Energy as the two companies compete for the opportunity to build the Navajo Nation’s first renewable energy project - a $1 billion wind farm.

16Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Locating Solar, Wind Installations is Tricky Business –Google Collaboration to Help

Solar and wind companies badly want to avoid fights that could slow down their projects. “They kept asking me, ‘Please tell me where I shouldn’t go,’” says Johanna Wald of the National Resource Defense Council said.

3Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Power Industry Seeks Trained Workforce

Educators say the difference this time is the surging interest in so-called green-collar jobs. President Obama wants to create 5 million of them over the next decade. What isn’t clear is how the U.S. is going to prepare this workforce.

2Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report: U.S. BioPower — The Road Ahead

The slowing of the development of the Biopower industry in the U.S. can be traced to high feedstock costs due to inadequate infrastructure and lack of accounting for the positive environmental attributes of biomass in the market.

29Jan2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Coloradoans Favor Renewables
Over Nuclear and Coal Power

If elected officials in Denver and our nation’s Capitol are going to continue investing in energy through subsidies, tax breaks and other incentives, the focus should shift from coal and nuclear power to promoting wind and solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, and highly fuel-efficient vehicles.

17Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued