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Invenergy to install GE Brilliant wind turbines for Texas wind farm
2013-05-02 10:00:00| Power Technology
GE has secured a contract to deliver three of its new Brilliant 2.5-120 wind turbines to Invenergy's Goldthwaite Wind Energy facility in Texas.
Canada: Wind turbines have reduced property values, court says
2013-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: An Ontario court says that landowners near a proposed wind farm have suffered diminished property values. A lawyer for the landowners says the decision will clear the way for more actions against both wind developers and those who lease their land for wind turbines. But a spokesman for the wind power company says the evidence that the court heard was speculative, and the proceedings never reached the point where core issues were addressed. The ruling by Madam Justice S.E. Healey dismissed...
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World to get fewer new wind turbines in 2013: industry group
2013-04-17 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world will see a sharp drop in the number of new wind turbines installed this year after record growth in 2012, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said. It predicted a strong recovery in 2014 but also cited risks to investment, chiefly policy uncertainty. "Wind power may be variable, but the greatest threat to the continued stable growth of the industry is the variability and unpredictability of the politicians who set the frameworks for the energy sector," Steve Sawyer,...
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Do wind turbines cause a secret disease that drives you crazy?
2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: People living near wind turbines say they cant sleep, cant think straight; that sub-audible, low-frequency sound is causing them sickness, earache, depression, and tinnitus. But are their conditions real or imaginary? Several recent studies have looked at "wind turbine syndrome" (WTS), giving hope to both believers and deniers--though more to the latter. Most researchers put the condition down to a "nocebo effect," where patients are warned theyll become sick and do. They dont doubt that...
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United Kingdom: Wind turbines, a new airport and an atomic plant threaten historic wetlands
2013-03-24 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the picturesque town of Lydd, the museum records the fate of two smugglers arrested at the turn of the 17th century. The men were locked in a room at a inn on the edge of Romney Marsh, a few miles from the English Channel, where they were guarded by six armed customs officers. But the officers were unprepared for the militancy of local residents. Hours after the arrests, more than 100 from the surrounding marshes confronted the guards, freeing the men. More than a century later, residents confirmed...
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