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Green Energy News for 25-05-2008

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Giant Floating Windmills To Launch Next Year View Articles
pacroon writes "StatoilHydro is building the world`s first full-scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and testing it over a two-year period offshore of Karmøy, Norway. The company is investing approximately $80 million. Planned startup is in the fall of 2009. The project combines existing technology in innovative ways. A 2.3-MW wind turbine is attached to the top of a so-called Spar-buoy, a solution familiar from production platforms and offshore loading buoys. A model 3 meters tall has already been tested successfully in a wave simulator. The goal of the pilot is to qualify the technology and reduce costs to a level that will mean that floating wind turbines can compete with other energy sources."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wind Power and the Maine Economy View Articles
Last Friday MEBSR -- Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility -- put on our 15th Annual Sustainable Business Conference.
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