A pump jack works in front of a wind farm in Southwestern Ontario in this photo from July, 2012. (Randall Moore/The Globe and Mail) ROBERT HORNUNG The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Feb. 22 2013, 7:39 AM EST Ontario will have shut down 17 of 19 coal-fired power plants by the end of this year. By
Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
By Earth Policy Institute Grist guest contributor By J. Matthew Roney Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the next few years as wind surges ahead. Since 2007, nuclear power generation
In eastern Ontario, a battery five times the size of Niagara Falls
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Wind energy passes 30% in Denmark
31 01 2013 Danish Wind Energy Assoc. By the end of 2012 wind energy covered more than 30% of Denmark’s electricity consumption. Denmark is thus still well on its way toward the target of 50% wind energy in 2020, and remains the country in the world that has the highest share of wind energy in the
Here on the right side of history
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Media campaign against windfarms funded by anonymous conservatives
Secretive funding network channelled millions to stop state governments moving towards renewable energy Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent The Guardian guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 February 2013 12.12 GMT The trusts, Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, served as the bankers of the conservative movement over the past decade, have funded a campaign against windfarms. Photograph: Alex Garcia/Getty
In Australia, Wind Power Is Already Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, And Solar Is Right Behind
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Global wind energy capacity grows 19 per cent in 2012; Canada remains the world’s 9th largest wind energy market New survey shows high public support for further wind development in Ontario and Quebec
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Wind Farm Infrasound Myth Debunked
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Wind Energy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
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Cool job posting: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy
By Philip Bump Important job opportunity, everyone. From Craigslist: Our firm needs 100 volunteers to attend and participate in a rally in front of the British Consulate/Embassy in Midtown Manhattan on the East Side on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12 noon. The event is being held in order to protest wind turbines that are being built
Wind Energy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
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It’s a myth that wind turbines don’t reduce carbon emissions
Conclusive figures show that the sceptics who lobby against wind power simply have their facts wrong The assertion that wind turbines don’t reduce carbon emissions is a myth, according to conclusive statistical data obtained from National Grid and analysed here in the Guardian for the first time. With a new wind generation record of 4,131 megawatts set on
Renewable Energy Provides Half of All New US Electrical Generating Capacity in 2012
By Kenneth Bossong, SUN DAY Campaign January 17, 201 Renewable Energy World Washington DC – According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) accounted for 49.10% of all new domestic electrical generating capacity installed in the twelve months
Wind isn’t perfect, but let’s be truthful about its value: Hamilton
by Tyler Hamilton January 11, 2013 Toronto Star Wind turbines dot the shoreline near Port Burwell, Ontario, Thursday, November 22, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins An intriguing story emerged last week about an Apple patent that has absolutely nothing to do with wireless gadgets, digital music, touch screens or the Internet “cloud”. The title of
