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The agency that distributes hydroelectric power generated by Missouri River dams is planning to buy wind power for the first time.

Vestas Wind Systems has received an order for two projects totaling 29 units of the V90-2MW wind turbine. The projects have a total installed capacity of 58MW, and the turbines for the projects will be delivered during 2009.

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 21 nations finds very strong support for the government requiring utilities to use more alternative energy, such as wind and solar, and requiring businesses to use energy more efficiently, even if these steps increase

Wind power supplied a record 43 percent of all electricity demand in Spain, which is being lashed by heavy winds and rain, for a brief period on Monday, the Spanish wind power association said.

Four projects in British Columbia are part of Finavera’s new focus on wind after setbacks in wave energy pursuits

Two companies are looking into developing wind farms in southwestern Grant County, and county officials are preparing for a possible increase in windmills through a new ordinance.

The man who came to Elsie Bacon’s ranch house door in July asked the 71-year-old widow to grant access to a right of way across the dry hills and short grasses of her land here. Ms. Bacon remembered his insistence on a quick, secret deal.

New York City, USA, 22-23 January 2009

Even as more than 1,000 workers get ready to walk out of Chrysler LLC’s Newark car plant for the final time next month, state economic development officials and some business leaders think manufacturing still has a future in Delaware.

In hopes of slowing global warming and creating “green jobs,” Congress and the incoming administration may soon impose a mandate that the nation get 10 or 15 percent of its electricity from renewable sources within a few years.