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- Orsted, Eversource Energy bid to supply New York offshore wind power
Denmark's Orsted and U.S.-based Eversource Energy have submitted a joint bid to build a wind farm offshore of New York state, the companies said on Thursday.
Reuters. Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:04:07 -0500. - Malawian boy saves famine-stricken village with wind turbine in Berlinale movie
A movie premiering in Berlin tells the true story of a young boy from a famine-stricken village in Malawi who studies books about energy then builds a wind turbine that enables farmers to irrigate their land.
Reuters. Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:54:20 -0500. - Iowa student dies after being found unconscious outside in minus 51 degree wind chills
An 18-year-old University of Iowa student died after he was found unresponsive outside a building on campus in wind chills as frigid as 51 below zero.
Yahoo. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:35:59 -0500. - Wind Power Breaks New Record At $0.02 Per KWhr
Masdar and EDF have won a tender to build a 400MW wind farm in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, providing power at a cost of 2.13 cents per kWhr.
By Felicia Jackson, Contributor. Forbes. Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:06:00 -0500. - Google considers building $600M data center in Minnesota
Google is looking into building a $600 million data center in central Minnesota that would be powered by two wind farms
ABC News. Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:49:15 -0500. - WEC Energy Buys 80% Ownership Interest of a 97MW Wind Farm
WEC Energy (WEC) acquires majority interest in an under construction wind farm in South Dakota to expand renewable power generation.
Zacks Equity Research. Zacks. Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:53:00 GMT. - Building wind farms in England is pointless because it isn't windy enough
Keith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, said he will put up more turbines but only in Scotland and Wales. In 2018, wind accounted for 17 per cent of energy generation in the UK.
Daily Mail. Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:56:05 +0000. - Texas lawmaker proposes casinos to subsidize wind insurance
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A Texas lawmaker has proposed subsidizing the state's underfunded windstorm insurance and flooding assistance by building casinos in coastal counties. State Rep. Joe Deshotel filed the bill on Dec. ...
Washington Times. Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:33:04 -0500. - Construction underway on West Africa's 'first utility scale wind farm'
Project will generate more than 450,000 megawatt hours of energy annually.
CNBC. Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:27 GMT.
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Wind Definition(s)
The word wind is a noun. Wind means (1) the act of winding or twisting, (2) breath, (3) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus, (4) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath, (5) an indication of potential opportunity, (6) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, (7) a tendency or force that influences events.
Wind is also a verb that means (1) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help, (2) form into a wreath, (3) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem, (4) wrap or coil around, (5) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course, (6) catch the scent of; get wind of, (7) extend in curves and turns.
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