Wind power takes off
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Wind power's reputation as a fringe technology that should be confined to California is fast being overshadowed by its remarkable growth going to the 21 century. With an annual growth of 20%, wind power has emerged as the world's fastest growing technology for electricity generation. However, several hurdles have to be addressed to make it truly competitive. These include its expense, the hazard its poses to birds, the visual blight it causes in the landscape, its noise and the unpredictability of wind.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1999
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Wind investors
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The wind business represented a $6 billion investment in 2002 alone and is expected to grow double by the next decade. The impressive expansion rate of wind power worldwide has made a number of corporate like General Electric (GE), Shell, FPL Energy, PacifiCorp, American Electric Power (AEP), BP to invest large sums of capital into fine tuning well-established wind turbine designs and new wind projects all around the globe.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 2003
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Wind and wings
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The environmental impact of wind power plants on avian mortality, despite generating green power sources for electric utilities, is examined.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 2005
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