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United Kingdom: Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The finding, which threatens the entire rationale of the onshore wind farm industry, will be made by Scottish government-funded researchers who devised the standard method used by developers to calculate "carbon payback time' for wind farms on peat soils. Wind farms are typically built on upland sites, where peat soil is common. In Scotland alone, two thirds of all planned onshore wind development is on peatland. England and Wales also have large numbers of current or proposed peatland wind farms....
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Australian wind farms undercut fossil fuel power prices
2013-02-08 05:37:13| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: New research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has this week provided further evidence that renewable energy can increasingly compete on cost with fossil fuels, revealing that unsubsidised wind farms can undercut electricity sold by new coal or gas-fired power plants. The analysis suggests electricity can be provided from wind farms at a cost of A$80/MWh, while the cost of power from new coal or gas plants, which is now subject to a carbon tax, stands at A$143/MWh and A$116/MWh respectively....
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China: Nation's wind farms heading offshore
2013-01-29 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Daily: China's wind farms are moving offshore, with the largest project going into commercial use in coastal Jiangsu province. The 150-megawatt farm opened off Rudong county in November and will supply up to 190,000 residents with renewable energy a year, according to the China Longyuan Power Group, which runs the farm. "It marks the country's entry into the new era of developing large, offshore wind-energy projects," said Zhou Qinsheng, a climate and energy expert with Greenpeace. A Greenpeace...
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Kedco signs agreement to develop wind farms in Ireland
2013-01-23 01:00:00| Power Technology
Energy developer Kedco has agreed to construct three wind farms with a capacity of up to 30MW in north-west Ireland.
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United Kingdom: No wind farms, no food, warns Sir Ian Wilmut
2013-01-13 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: A WORLD-famous scientist has warned that future generations of Scots could suffer serious food shortages unless people accept wind farms as a necessary evil. Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, the creator of the worlds first cloned sheep, Dolly, said that turbines were vital to reducing the carbon emissions blamed for global warming and an increase in flooding which is destroying food crops. Writing for Scotland on Sunday today, Wilmut says the connection must be made between the record rainfall...
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