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Morris County St. Patrick’s Day Parade cancelled asrRain soaks and wind ravages in two-day weekend rainstorm
The rain storm that wreaked havoc across New Jersey Friday into Monday, cancelling the Morris County St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Morristown Saturday, left downed trees, power outages and intense flooding throughout the area.
Read more on Morris NewsBee

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Everyday Danes profit from pioneering wind power

by adminlet on March 21, 2010

Long ago, Denmark pioneered wind power, which now accounts for 20 percent of its energy production. Everyday Danish citizens — from farmers to art dealers — invested in windmills. Worldfocus special correspondent John Larson reports on how Danish citizens are capturing windfall profits. worldfocus.org

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Wind energy has faced some opposition, mostly against people who are afraid their oceanfront views will be obscured by windmills seven miles offshore, but now it has a pretty tough opponent in the U.S. military.
This article from BiofuelsWatch.com says the military is raising concerns about wind farms disrupting military radar arrays:
The primary military concern about [...]

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Attracting the Smart Grid to Wind Power

by adminlet on March 18, 2010

Under the nation’s economic stimulus, the industry will receive $93 million to develop wind power technology. Still, experts say a price on carbon is needed to make wind more attractive to grid operators is. Wind industry advocates say it has already generated 35-thousand new jobs and 55 new manufacturing facilities this past year alone and [...]

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homegrown Solar and Wind Power Update

by adminlet on March 17, 2010

Here is a short update about our system here in North Dakota, We have added two 190 watt Evergreen solar panels this summer, changed out 8 new marine trolling batteries 125AH from walmart $80 “ten total”. cleaned up some wiring in conduit and customizes some meter boxes along with some changes on our sub panel [...]

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Denmark has been touted as a country that has been successful at implementing wind power to its energy mix. Here, Hugh Sharman of Incoteco aps and Rob Gramlich of AWEA discuss Denmark’s experience with wind power on cleanskies. “Wind Energy: The Case of Denmark,” is a new study from CEPOS that analyzes the economic impact [...]

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The U.S. Renewable Energy Group, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. & American Nevada Group To Develop A Wind …
The U.S. Renewable Energy Group , A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. , and American Nevada Group today announced the development and construction of a new production and assembly plant in Nevada that will supply highly advanced wind [...]

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Delivers up to 400 Watts or 27 Amps in ideal conditions
Carbon fiber composite blades ensure low wind noise
Blades are 13in. Long and overall diameter is 46in.
Patented high wind overspeed technology
Lightweight cast aluminum body

Product DescriptionUse the wind to generate power and run your appliances and electronics. Great for cabins, battery charging, remote power, backup power and [...]

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www.windenergyguide.net – How My Home Built Wind Power Generator WORK How Ibuilt an electricity producing wind turbine – Oct 16 I started by Googling for information on home-built wind turbines. … Permanent magnet DC motors work as generators, but they weren’t designed to be Do Home Built Wind Power Generators Really Work? Do Home Built [...]

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Is wind power/ hydro power really a good idea?

by adminlet on March 11, 2010

I’ve been researching this idea for a while now, and I’d like some other opinions. Based on physical laws, energy cannot just be made. It has to come from somewhere. By harnessing wind and waves, we are taking energy from the oceans and from the air. To be clear, wind turbines slow the wind, and [...]

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