Latest News About home wind power
Pickens, Home Depot Beat Wind-Turbine Makers in U.S. Energy Legislation
July 28, 2010 at 2:58 pm ~
T. Boone Pickens , the billionaire energy hedge-fund manager, and Home Depot Inc. , the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, are poised to beat out solar-panel and wind-turbine makers in energy legislation before Congress.
Pickens, Home Depot Win in Senates Energy Measure
July 29, 2010 at 2:29 pm ~
T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, and Home Depot are winners in energy legislation that fails to help solar-panel and wind-turbine makers
Revised energy bill cuts wind standards
July 28, 2010 at 8:17 pm ~
A pared-back energy bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled Tuesday doesn't include a national renewable energy standard sought by wind and solar power interests.
SW Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fan flames
July 28, 2010 at 9:22 pm ~
At least four structures were damaged and dozens of homes evacuated Wednesday as a wind-whipped grassfire northwest of Idaho's capital city expanded to thousands of acres and threatened rural subdivisions. No injuries were reported.
Powering production: Wind turbine proposed near Chapin Beach by aquaculture firm
July 29, 2010 at 9:08 am ~
Calling it a hardship case, Aquacultural Research Corporation owners Gail Hart, Dick Kraus and Susan Machie are seeking public support and Dennis Old Kings Highway Regional District Commission approval to construct a wind turbine on their 39 acres adjacent to Chapin Beach in Dennis.
Polegate wind farm could power 7,000 homes
July 28, 2010 at 3:09 pm ~
SIX wind turbines could power more than 7,000 homes in the Polegate area if a firm's plan for a wind farm comes to fruition. (28/07/2010 10:11:13)
Wind whips county's power
July 28, 2010 at 5:59 am ~
Four baby squirrels huddle in their nest in a tree Tuesday after crews from Lewis Tree Service of West Virginia, below contract with Pepco, found them while removing a fallen tree on Dennis Avenue in Silver Spring.
Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fans flames
July 28, 2010 at 10:05 pm ~
Three homes burned and dozens of others were evacuated Wednesday as a wind-whipped grassfire northwest of Idaho's capital city expanded to thousands of acres and threatened rural subdivisions. No injuries were reported.
Underground power lines not cure-all for avoiding storms
July 28, 2010 at 6:52 pm ~
The lengthy power outages left in the wake of Sunday's storm have prompted calls for burying power lines underground, where they would be sheltered from wind, rain and snow -- but such a move is expensive and wouldn't necessarily solve the problem, officials say.
Front Yard Wind Power Plan Irks SF Neighbors
July 28, 2010 at 10:52 pm ~
Neighbors are not pleased with a San Francisco man's plans to plant a 35-foot, three-bladed turbine in his front yard. Nathan Miller, who lives close Twin Peaks, is big on green energy. So he set out to install a turbine similar to the ones that you can look on the Altamont Pass, only smaller.
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