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Muskegon County seeks bids for wind farm at wastewater site |
MUSKEGON COUNTY -- Muskegon County officials are preparing to seek proposals from wind-energy developers interested in... |
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Eight off-shore wind power applications in immediate area |
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has confirmed that three companies have issued 12 off-shore wind power... |
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Irondequoit planning to start studying wind farms |
The Irondequoit Town Board may be the next local political body asked to come out in opposition to the proposal for wind... |
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Off-shore turbines considered off of Bruce coastline |
The public has less than a week to comment on the first phase of a government document that could lay the framework to... |
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Lake wind farm panel powers up |
The Niagara County Legislature’s special committee examining offshore wind farming’s effects on the local... |
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Wind power is measured |
Scientists at Savannah River National Laboratory are part of a key step in the quest to harness offshore wind energy along... |
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Power plants and fish life |
The Indian Point nuclear power plant has been grabbing headlines again, this time because of its devastating impact on fish... |
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Turbines to be submerged in river this week |
Imagine if every time you flipped on the light, the energy could be traced back to a giant underwater fan propelled by the... |
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Wind turbines on Lake Erie face many challenges, including ice |
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Some of the world's biggest wind developers were in Cleveland this week to talk about something none... |
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Lake Erie to Become the United State’s First Fresh-Water Wind Farm |
Lake Erie is about to join Cape Cod in hosting one of the first offshore wind farms in the United States. For a while now,... |
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Fed grant supports GVSU/U-M wind study |
MUSKEGON, MI — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $1.4 million grant to Grand Valley State University's... |
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Algae: Simple seaweed or major fuel source? |
TOLEDO, OHIO - Algae is often considered to be unwanted residue found at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and ponds.... |
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Central New York companies sign up for NYPA wind power registry |
The New York Power Authority came to the Syracuse Center of Excellence Thursday to enlist local companies in the effort to... |
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Turbines in Lake Erie pose risk to Western New York |
-->Never has anything divided the environmental community as much as the wind turbines. While we all agree that... |
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Scandia alters strategy in light of county board rejections of wind farm proposal |
Grand Haven, MI -- Scandia Wind Offshore has pulled back from asking for county board votes on its plans to build wind farms... |
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Governor's tech man sees green potential on Lake Erie |
When Gov. Ted Strickland created a new cabinet post for state energy advisor, he tapped Mark Shanahan for the job.... |
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Lake Erie wind proposals filed |
New York Power Authority has received five proposals from companies vying to construct the Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW)... |
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Turbine tower up at Vantage Point |
In the summer, the dozens of flags on top of Port Huron's Great Lakes Maritime Center flap in the ample wind of Vantage... |
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City of Evanston awaits wind farm developers' proposals |
Though no one has officially replied to Evanston’s Request For Information for an offshore wind farm, 10 developers... |
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Cape Cod windfarm "marks birth of a global offshore wind industry" |
The approval by the Obama administration of the first offshore windfarm in the US "marks the birth of a new phase... |
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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation Announce Great Lakes Offshore Wind Partnership at AWEA |
GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) of Northern Ohio announced today a long-term partnership... |
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House bill would allow Lake Erie waters to be leased for wind farms |
China's first offshore wind farm should be generating power within a month, while more than 800 windmills can be found... |
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Wood burning power plants picking up steam in Great Lakes states |
The Great Lakes states are coal powerhouses. Six Great Lakes states – Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin... |
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Wind turbine blade stirs Columbus residents to think about renewable energy |
It was not the type of petition he is used to signing. With a permanent marker, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman scrawled his... |
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Residents Weigh In On NYPA Offshore Wind Project |
Chautauqua County is at a Dickensian crossroads, according to Doug Champ. As chairman of the annual Chautauqua County Energy... |
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Turbines going to take out eagles |
What wonderful news. It appears that the magnificent eagle may be making a resurgence in Essex County. Too bad we won't... |
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Majority of people attending Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council conference voice support for offshore wind farms |
The overflow crowd that jammed the Muskegon Community College’s Collegiate Hall Tuesday night to hear about the state... |
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Cape Cod Residents Don’t Expect One Ruling to End Long Fight |
The federal government may have described the Cape Wind project as a fait accompli, but Ian Parent does not expect to see... |
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New Bills Seek to Regulate the Development of Offshore Great Lakes Wind Power |
In December, I posted an entry discussing the massive potential for energy production of offshore Great Lakes wind.... |
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Windmills Power Controversy on Great Lakes |
What's 410 feet tall, makes a humming sound and could be at a lake near you soon? Answer: Wind turbines - an alternative... |
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Evanston, Illinois, to vote on offshore wind farm RFI |
We're all familiar with NIMBYs. Well, the City of Evanston, Illinois, has a YIMBY group. Citizens for a Greener Evanston... |
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ERCA board opposes turbines |
The Essex Region Conservation Authority board backed a regional approach Thursday to fighting offshore wind turbines in... |
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Ontario takes green lead with record $8-billion energy investment |
The Ontario government will announce today that it is awarding just over $8-billion in renewable energy projects to dozens... |
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BP withdrawing proposal to build windfarm in Manistee National Forest |
BP Alternative Energy is withdrawing its application for a proposed commercial wind farm in the Huron-Manistee National... |
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Power from St. Clair River |
A Michigan company intends to test a device in the St. Clair River this summer that converts water current into electricity... |
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Wind turbines to be built in Lake Erie by 2012 |
Wind turbines could rise from Lake Erie as early as 2012, a development group says. The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp.,... |
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Kingsville residents come out in droves to say no to turbines |
Packing a public meeting at the Lakeside Park Pavilion, about 300 Kingsville residents opened fire on a multibillion-dollar... |
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DEC issues 5 permits to Galloo wind farm |
Galloo Island Wind Farm has its permits from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The department issued five... |
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Windsor area wind farm proposal draws fire |
Town council is opposed to the multibillion- dollar, offshore wind turbine project proposed by SouthPoint Wind for Lake St.... |
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Wind project developer touts $4 billion plan |
A wind project developer has floated a $4 billion plan that includes offshore wind farms in Lake Michigan and luring a wind... |
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Grand Haven area leaders weighing reaction to wind-farm proposal |
As a longtime resident of Grand Haven's North Shore, Jan Beukema has fought the growing number of rental units, seasonal... |
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Community leaders show interest in expanded wind farm proposal |
Community leaders in the Muskegon area, including some from northern Ottawa County, and regional economic developers seem to... |
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United front urged over wind farms |
Area municipalities and the Essex Region Conservation Authority should develop a regional response to the 700 offshore... |
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Proposed legislation introduced to incentivize US offshore wind |
Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced legislation to... |
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Solar-powered 102-foot boat debuts |
What is being touted as the world's largest solar boat was unveiled recently at a shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Called... |
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State board's advice on wind farm skirts distance rules |
A governor-appointed advisory panel has issued its recommended state rules and regulations for offshore wind developments in... |
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Atomic Dreams: Federal support of nuclear power spurs talk in Saginaw Bay |
As plans to build a new $2 billion-plus coal-fired power plant in Bay County’s Hampton Township move forward, state... |
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A Clean Energy Triple Play |
Last May, I first posted here about how Michigan would lead the green industrial revolution. Some folks scoffed at that idea... |
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Turbines OK'd despite petition |
Hasn't mankind done enough damage to our planet already? Approximately four years ago, the Ontario government put a... |
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700 wind turbines proposed for local lakes |
Seven hundred offshore wind turbines are being proposed for Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair including 165 turbines north of... |
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