As such wind velocity at a site determines the economics of wind power generation.
Environmentalists also see potential for wind power generation along the coast, where windmills on islands could supply some big cities.
The company is continuing to pursue contracts in the offshore oil and gas industries - and also in wind power generation from offshore sites.
The little white dots you see on the ground as you are on final approach to Oakland Airport are megawatts of wind power generation in Altamont Pass.
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Von Hoene says that wind power generation will continue to grow even without the credit, adding that his company still supports tax credits for other types of renewable generation that have not yet matured.
Jore believes they can leverage the CORE motor technology in a wind turbine power generation system at Boulder Wind Power in Colorado for residential and commercial deployments.
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If the wind intensifies very quickly, the amount of power generated by the wind turbines increases rapidly, injecting excess power into the generation system.
The company owns and operates wind, hydroelectric and thermal power generation facilities.
Likewise, trying to build a link with wind generation, supplying power for turbines' down times, has not sparked much activity.
Abundant, relatively low-priced supplies now make natural gas a highly competitive alternative to both nuclear and wind power and even to coal generation.
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GE, which manufactures gas turbines for power generation, wind turbines and a variety of products for energy production, distribution and management is benefiting from this rising demand.
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According to a 2009 Energy Information Agency Report on Electricity Generation, wind power provided only 70 billion kWh of the total U.S. 3, 953 kWh supply (1.79% of generated power).
Then there's a small-technology approach: solar power, wind energy and distributed generation.
In 2011, the three utilities collectively secured 20.6% of the electricity sold to retail customers from solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable power generation.
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Chu has long been on record as a staunch advocate of reducing the nation's carbon emissions by vastly expanding generation from wind and solar power.
The other thing that we have to do is look at things like wind power and solar power and the next generation of electric vehicles.
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So GE is determined to come out with a battery system that will store energy, but the investment costs are enormous as it needs to develop a massive storage system for a huge global customer base, says Wlliam Schmitz, president and CEO of WindTamer (WNDT), a maker of wind power generators utilizing proprietary technology for elecrtric generation and energy management.
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So when you develop the wind, you can then remove natural gas from power generation and put it into a transportation fuel market.
The relentless pursuit of technical improvements has brought solar and wind power prices down enough to compete with conventional energy-generation technologies in many markets.
In their talking points will be AWEA's other top two priorities: establishment of national requirements on power generation from renewable sources and ensuring that wind power has prominent role in the emerging area of global warming legislation.
Wind power is also being experimented with in a small way for power generation in northern and western China, where it could supply electricity to rural villages in windswept and increasingly arid Inner Mongolia and Gansu Province that are still not on the grid.
These alternatives are highly variable, with power generation going in and and out with cloud cover and wind gusts.
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Wind tends to blow more forcefully and uniformly over the ocean than on land, providing the potential for increased electricity generation and smoother, steadier operation than land-based wind power systems.
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However, Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse highlighted the poll suggesting that 77% of SNP supporters, 76% of Liberal Democrat supporters, 68% of Labour supporters and 55% of Conservative supporters "support the continuing development of wind power as part of a mix of renewable and conventional forms of electricity generation".
Yet for all the hoopla that renewable energy receives, wind and solar account for just 6% of total U.S. power generation.
Although Japanese firms are leaders in green technologies such as wind, solar and geothermal, these sources account for only 1% of all power generation.
For many of these states, offshore wind is the most abundant indigenous energy source and the only commercial option for renewable power generation, especially in southern states where land-based resources become scarcer with decreasing latitude.
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Although more than half the states have passed mandates to increase renewable energy use (which often results in new wind farms and local "clean" generation), utilities still need to get that power to consumers.
One example he points to is the Bonneville Power Authority in the Pacific Northwest, which he said could increase the wind share of its generation portfolio from 20% to 40% within several years.
China is of course planning to employ other sources, like wind power, hydropower and nuclear, but the sooty black rock is expected to represent as much power generation as all those others combined.
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