The Green Technocrat

What is it with east cost wind farm development these days?  I don’t think I have come across a single news story about east coast wind development in the last three months that didn’t involve some elements of corruption or intimidation.  Aren’t these mob tactics??
Take the case of Noble Environmental Power and First Wind, two [...]

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A study published in the latest edition of the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology found that wind farms pose little threat to farmland birds.  Dr. Mark Whittingham and his colleagues at Newcastle University surveyed two large wind farms and recorded 3,000 birds from 23 different species.  They found wind turbines had no effect [...]

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The Long Island Power Authority announced yesterday that it would begin researching the construction of a large wind farm 10 miles off the south shore of Queens. It was announced in Newsday that the LIPA will be working with Con Edison to study the economic feasibility over the next two months.
“If this is doable, [...]

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This is a pretty good step by step description (using Flash Multimedia) of how a wind turbine works.

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Interesting article by Mark Svengold in the N.Y. Times on the politics of wind power.  He interviews Peter Mandelstam, founder of Bluewater Wind.  He details Mandelstam’s vicious fight with opponents in the Delaware State Senate to build the first off shore wind farm in the U.S.
Wind-Power Politics

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