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Greenwatch: Wind energy bumps into power grid's limits

                   
guardian.co.uk
27-Aug-2008
        
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Today's top green stories from websites around the world The energy challenge: wind energy bumps into power grid's limits Source: New York Times When the builders of the Maple Ridge wind farm spent $320m (£173m) to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to... [read full story]                    

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Millions wasted on wind power planning

wind-watch.org
27-Aug-2008
        

The wind power industry has spent at least NOK 100 million on projects that are unrealistic at the outset, according to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). The main reason is that the exsisting...

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