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Vestas wins 52MW wind power order in Turkey
2013-09-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Vestas Wind Systems has won a contract from Turkish steel pipe producer Erciyas Celik Boru to deliver wind turbines for the 52MW Kavakli RES wind power plant in the Balikesir province, Turkey.
Dominion Virginia Power wins second competitive offshore wind lease auction
2013-09-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Dominion Virginia Power has won the bid in a federal auction to lease 112,800 acres of land on the outer continental shelf off of Virginia to construct a 2,000MW offshore wind power plant, which is expected to generate enough energy to power more tha
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Conservative wins Australia by landslide; declares end to climate change 'crap'
2013-09-08 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BizPac: Things can be a bit upside down when youre down under. Whats called the Liberal Party is actually conservative. But one thing crystal clear is that Tony Abbott, the Liberal Partys leader, is now Australias prime minister, and hes set to perform some major house cleaning - beginning with the absolute crap of this thing called climate change, Business Insider reported. Abbotts victory marked the end of a turbulent six-year reign by the Labour Party, and as depicted in the video below,...
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Pacific climate change pact wins US support
2013-09-08 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A new Pacific regional pact calling for aggressive action to combat climate change has achieved a "major accomplishment" by gaining US support, officials said Sunday. The Majuro Declaration, endorsed by the 15-nation Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) at their summit last week, contains specific pledges on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The PIF nations, some of which are barely a metre (three feet) above sea level and risk being swamped by rising waters, have since received wide support led by...
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Tokyo wins race to host 2020 Olympics
2013-09-08 00:11:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Tokyo is chosen to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, winning the IOC vote ahead of Istanbul and Madrid.
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