A little prairie grouse could give the wind energy industry big fits. Should the lesser prairie chicken become listed as threatened or endangered — and it’s close now — there would be significant restrictions on companies hoping to plant towering turbines across a five-state region believed to have some of the nation’s best wind energy [...]
Minnesota can capitalize on wind energy and spark job growth in a down economy with the right amount of government support, according to a recent report by think tank Minnesota 2020. Minnesota, the fourth largest provider of wind energy in the nation, could create more than 2,200 jobs and generate about $9 billion in economic [...]
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Green Energy Technologies LLC, Ohio’s only OEM wind turbine manufacturer, unveiled the first commercially installed WindCube(R), now in service on the roof of the new Crown Battery Renewable Energy Center in Port Clinton’s Lake Erie Business Park. Based on initial site analysis and testing, at winds of 14 mph it [...]
On January 16th Skyline Turbine delivered two Air Breeze turbines to the UVA learning barge. An interdisciplinary team of University of Virginia students and faculty are collaborating with community partners on an innovative service-learning project to design and build a floating, sustainable classroom. Located on the most polluted tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, the Learning [...]
