Trump, Judge and Wind Farm
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China has built a new type of wind turbine that floats in the air. The high-altitude, airship-like machine has just passed its first test after being flown at 2,000 metres and plugged into the national power grid.
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A Mighty Wind
Gigantic turbines off the coast of New York could soon power tens of thousands of homes, unless Trump gets his way.
RWE said the wind farm would potentially generate a maximum of 1080MW. "Once fully constructed, Five Estuaries would be capable of generating sufficient electricity to power the equivalent of up to 1 million typical UK homes annually," it said.
A federal judge ruled the Empire Wind project can move forward while he considers the merits of the Trump administration's order to suspend it.
The Yellow Sea and China's Pacific coast have seen the emergence of wind farms. Taking advantage of the near-continuous offshore winds, the Chinese people are beginning to benefit from this manna of renewable energy.
The UK is set to back a vast new fleet of offshore wind projects in the North Sea alongside eight other European countries including Norway, Germany and the Netherlands. The government says the deal will strengthen energy security by offering an escape from what it calls the "fossil fuel rollercoaster".
A new map reveals where wind turbines are projected to be placed for the first phase of Southwest Wisconsin’s largest proposed wind farm.
The second phase of a wind farm in Eastern Kings is now in operation, doubling its capacity to 30 megawatts of electrical generation. But the mayor and councillors in the rural eastern P.E.I. municipality are unhappy with the project.
Alliant Energy plans a 277 MW wind farm in Columbia County, Wisconsin, with over 40 turbines and construction completing by 2028 to power 100,000 homes.