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World’s biggest floating wind farm approved in Scotland
Norwegian oil giant to build 30MW floating wind farm in North Sea after the world-first project was approved by Scottish government.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 3, 2015

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Abbott promises to Do Something about wind turbines
Fate of Austalia’s RET in balance once again as Abbott vows to appoint wind commissioner, listen to Senate inquiry, and have CEFC push big solar.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 18, 2015

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Wind energy beats nuclear, CCS for global warming mitigation
The myth is that only nuclear can be scaled to sufficient capacity to reduce the impacts of global warming should be ignored.
Mike Barnard

Jul 30, 2014

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How often do wind turbines catch fire? And does it matter?
A new report tries to work out how big a problem wind turbines catching fire is, but there’s little data to work with.
Mat Hope and Simon Evans

Jul 21, 2014

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The desperate anti-wind tactics of fossil fuel promoters
Wind power is supported by a wide majority of Americans and evidence suggests that where there’s more wind power, there’s even more support – with benefits.
David Ward

Jun 25, 2014

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World wind energy capacity to double by 2020
Research firm Gobal Data has released figures stating that wind power will increase from from 319.6 Gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2013 to 678.5 GW by 2020.
Emma Fitzpatrick

Jun 16, 2014

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Australian research will help better locate wind turbines
Australian research into Computational Fluid Dynamics will help prevent wind turbines being placed in inefficient locations.
Joshua S Hill

Feb 12, 2014

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The lamentable tale of the non-existent wind turbine
In the absence of evidence of harm from wind turbines, decades-old research on a non-existent turbine, never installed in Australia, becomes breaking news.
Ketan Joshi

Jul 9, 2013

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Graph of the Day: Just how much have solar PV, wind prices fallen?
Two eye-popping graphs chart the extreme plunge in solar PV module prices since 2008, and the not quite so extreme drop in wind turbine prices.
Zachary Shahan

May 8, 2013

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Mixed Greens: Pro-wind groups call for change to Vic planning laws
Petition calls on Vic Premier to amend wind laws. China taking climate lead; power privatisation flawed; ice manufacturer wins PV grant, Virgin considers ‘bio-port’.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 30, 2013

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