Wind Turbines

The Danish island of Samso is the poster child of clean energy. Its residents generate more energy than they consume. Now the Danish government wants to export that model back to the mainland.

Developers in Portland has begun installation of a set of wind turbines atop a new tower in downtown Portland.

The city of Cumberland, Maryland is prepping a new zoning text amendment to regulate wind turbines, primarily to create height restrictions on turbines over 150 ft. in height.

With communities balking at the purported ugliness of windtowers and solar panels, a Dutch company proposes using nature's own designs.

The Alaskan government has announced plans to build wind turbines in six small villages along the state's windy western coast. Locals applaud the investment.

The Department of the Interior has decided that a proposed wind farm to be built in the waters off Cape Cod poses 'no serious environmental threat.' Homeowners and boaters on the Cape, including Ted Kennedy, continue to fight it.

A proposed bridge going over the Columbia River in the Portland-Vancouver area may be able to power itself with wind turbines integrated right onto the design.

Canada is now on the road to developing enough capacity to have at least some residents in every province receiving at least some of their energy from turbines.

Some residents living too close to wind turbines are feeling the negative effects of the noise they produce: nausea, headaches, and vertigo, to name a few.

In order to reduce New York City's dependence on natural gas, Mayor Bloomberg is proposing an offshore wind farm and skyscraper-mounted turbines.

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has announced his plan to reduce America's dependency on foreign oil, emphasizing the extensive transfer of wealth out of the country it has caused. His plan relies on natural gas vehicles and increasing wind power.

Offshore drilling company StatoilHydro is finding a new way to get energy at sea- with large-scale wind turbines.

The Navajo Nation has announced plans to build wind turbines and generate electricity in the windy high mesas of Northern Arizona.