Ecotoolbox » Wind energy http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog Eco Blog - Climate Change - Alternative Energy - Headline News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 UK ‘needs domestic wind industry’ http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/09/27/uk-needs-domestic-wind-industry/ http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/09/27/uk-needs-domestic-wind-industry/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:25:07 +0000 admin http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/09/27/uk-needs-domestic-wind-industry/ BBC News reports here: Offshore wind energy’s high costs are largely down to importing materials, a report concludes – and boosting domestic capacity would bring costs down.

]]> BBC News reports here: Offshore wind energy’s high costs are largely down to importing materials, a report concludes – and boosting domestic capacity would bring costs down.


]]> http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/09/27/uk-needs-domestic-wind-industry/feed/ 0 U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/01/24/u-s-says-wind-could-power-20-percent-of-eastern-grid/ http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/2010/01/24/u-s-says-wind-could-power-20-percent-of-eastern-grid/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:28:44 +0000 admin http://www.ecotoolbox.com/ecoblog/?p=622 Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday.

]]> Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday.


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