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SSE to withdraw applications of two Scottish wind farms
2014-02-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
British electric utility SSE is planning to withdraw its Section 36 planning applications of two onshore wind farms after it found that the projects were not viable financially in the long term.
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Huge Solar Farms On Californias Public Lands Could Power 170,000 Homes
2014-02-21 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Obama administration on Wednesday announced that it has given final approval to two sizable solar projects on public lands near the Nevada-California border, which when operational are expected to provide a combined 550 megawatts of renewable energy, or enough to power about 170,000 homes and create 700 jobs. The announcement represents a milestone for President Obamas renewable energy efforts. With the approval of both projects, there now are currently 50 utility-scale renewable energy projects...
Federal water allocation drought-stricken California farms cut to zero
2014-02-21 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The worsening drought in California will force a first-ever complete cutoff of federally supplied irrigation water to most farm districts throughout the state's Central Valley heartland this year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said on Friday. The projected 2014 zero allocation to all but a handful of agricultural districts supplied by the federally run Central Valley Project comes three weeks after forecasts of similarly drastic cuts were announced by managers of a separate water-delivery system...
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Animal Care Review Panel Disputes HSUS Targeting of Farm's PEDV Treatment Plan
2014-02-21 00:13:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Center for Food Integrity Latest undercover video misrepresents disease causes, consequences. A panel of farm animal care specialists created to analyze undercover video investigations at livestock farms has examined video from a hog farm in Kentucky. The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) created the Animal Care Review Panel to engage recognized animal care specialists to examine video and provide expert perspectives for food retailers, the pork industry and the media. read more
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Claims that aging wind farms are a bad investment blown away by new research
2014-02-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Wind turbines can remain productive for up to 25 years, making wind farms an attractive long-term choice for energy investors, according to new research. The UK has a target of generating 15 per cent of the nation's energy from renewable resources such as wind farms by 2020. There are currently 4,246 individual wind turbines in the UK across 531 wind farms, generating 7.5 per cent of the nation's electricity. There has been some debate about whether wind turbines have a more limited shelf-life...
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