wind farm
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The Intense, Lobster-Fuelled Fight Over America’s First Floating Wind Farm
There’s a rumble brewing out in the ocean, and it could forecast some troubles ahead for renewable energy. It involves some of Maine’s small fishermen, a high-profile wind project in the state, and an aggressive showdown with a research vessel earlier this week.
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Rich Hamptons Residents Scared of ‘Violent Energy Releases’ From Offshore Wind Farm Cable
If New York doesn’t meet its renewable energy goals over the next few years, some billionaires might be to blame. A group of well-heeled Hamptons property owners filed a lawsuit this week seeking to block a key piece of infrastructure needed to construct a large wind farm off the coast of Long Island.
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Spirit The Eagle Helps To Stop Birds Getting Chopped By Wind Turbines
Renewable energy sources are surely cleaner than carbon-based or nuclear energy, but there are a few more or less inevitable drawbacks which make them unappealing for a lot of people: solar farms scorch birds in midair, meanwhile wind turbines confuse and often strike them to death. Addressing the second issue, now researchers are trying to…
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The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm From Space
The London Array — the world’s largest offshore wind farm — started operating on April 8, 2013, about 20km off the coast of Kent and Essex, England. Looking at these pictures taken from space gives you a perfect idea of the Array’s amazingly vast extension.