Country Guardian is the National Campaign to oppose wind turbines in Britain's precious landscapes and promote energy conservation. We strongly advocate the need for drastic cuts in energy consumption but object to windfarms.
Industrial Wind Action stands ready to assist communities faced with unwanted industrialization by providi g residents as well as government officials with information to make informed decisions.
This site provides the resources that promoters of industrial wind don't. Armed with unspun information, you can decide for yourself whether the elusive benefits of large-scale wind energy development are enough to justify the further destruction of rural communities and the environment.
Our mission is to offer fact-based information on the impact of wind turbines within the entire region of upstate New York.
This website will present the facts about wind power and the introduction of wind farms and wind turbines—so that residents and regulatory agencies can make educated decisions about the placement of these technologies into the community.
Citizens, Residents and Neighbors concerned about ill-conceived wind turbine projects in the Town of Cohocton and adjacent townships in Western New York.
Founded in November 2001, the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) works to bring all forms of renewable energy into the mainstream of America's economy and lifestyle.
The Australian Wind Energy Association's Vision is for a robust Australian Wind Community that makes a significant contribution to safe, reliable, economically and environmentally sustainable energy supply in Australia.
Established in 1984, CanWEA represents the wind energy community — organizations and individuals who are directly involved in the development and application of wind energy technology, products and services.
Tightening oil markets and near record high prices have brought America’s oil vulnerability back into focus. Hurricane Katrina recently demonstrated how quickly oil supply disruptions can impact the country. More serious supply disruptions will likely occur in the future, caused again by natural forces like Katrina, or by terrorist acts, or purposeful rationing by the OPEC cartel and rogue nations such as Iran and Venezuela.
Plans and programmes of the relevant Federal and Land organisations are covered; as are projects of professional societies, associations and working groups.
alternative energy blog - news, views and strong opinions on alternate energy resources including solar energy, wind power, wave energy, geothermal & other renewable energy sources + news on other energy issues including the end of cheap gas & oil, plug-in hybrid cars, rising fuel prices, "clean" coal & nuclear power
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
The CARBOOCEAN Consortium consists of 47 international groups that have started an integrated research activity on the marine carbon cycle by 1 January 2005.
United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
Part of a collaborative community dedicated to understanding the atmosphere—the air around us—and the interconnected processes that make up the Earth system, from the ocean floor to the Sun's core.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
ICAP is made up of countries and regions that have implemented or are actively pursuing the implementation of carbon markets through mandatory cap and trade systems.
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources considers, reports, and oversees legislative activity in the following major areas: energy resources and development, including regulation, conservation, strategic petroleum reserves and appliance standards; nuclear energy; Indian affairs; public lands and their renewable resources; surface mining, Federal coal, oil, and gas, other mineral leasing; territories and insular possessions; and water resources.
The Committeee on Energy and Commerce has jurisdiction over:
(1) Biomedical research and development.
(2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
(3) Health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions).
(4) Interstate energy compacts.
(5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
(6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources.
(7) Conservation of energy resources.
(8) Energy information generally.
(9) The generation and marketing of power (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between Government waterpower projects).
(10) General management of the Department of Energy and management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(11) National energy policy generally.
(12) Public health and quarantine.
(13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.
(14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
(15) Travel and tourism.
(16) Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing, including cybersecurity.
The Sierra Club's members are more than 750,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
The Sierra Club is a nonprofit member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions-legislative, administrative, legal, and electora
Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
Our mission is to better enable the local community to understand, appreciate and conserve Long Island’s fragile natural diversity by making environmental education and public outreach the main focus of our work.
We cover the entire North Fork of Long Island, New York, from Jamesport to Orient Point; including the Towns of Southold, Shelter Island, and Fishers Island. We are a local chapter of the National Audubon Society.
Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people.
The University of Delaware has created a working group on offshore wind power in the College of Marine Studies. We are now loosely organized around three Research Areas, each led by a faculty member. The group also includes an additional half dozen faculty with interest and relevant expertise (e.g. continental shelf geology, ocean engineering, economics, air-sea interaction, marine biology, etc), and a dozen graduate students working in related topics. This site, now under development, will describe our activities.
Over a thousand schools have logged on to a new website which shows them how to reduce the amount of energy and water they use.
The Sustainable Learning website, which is funded by DfES and managed by BRE, helps schools to comply with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which comes into force in during 2008.
A Sim City-style game that puts you in charge of a small but growing city on the coast, gives you the opportunity to make hard decisions about the environmental growth and health of your community.
Teachers Guide: To teach students about the many energy resources in, over and under the ocean, using background information, presentations, and hands-on activities.
Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) was formed in 1985 by a small group of concerned citizens who recognized the need to provide public involvement in the course of advancing stronger environmental policy.
The mission of Grassroots is to bridge the gap between scientific research and public knowledge by educating the public about the links between common environmental exposures and human health. Our programs are based on science, our network of medical physicians and researchers are experts in the field of environmental health, and our communication tools include videos, DVDs, radio commercials, interactive Web sites, public health forums and print materials. Grassroots' current projects cover a wide range of issues from support for local sustainable agriculture to a nationwide program on green cleaning products used in schools.
By joining Clean Power Now, you can help demonstrate the widespread support that exists for viable renewable energy projects. There is no fee for membership and your personal information will not be sold to mailing lists or used for any purpose other to communicate with Clean Power Now.
A non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 1994 to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life.
Nonprofit organization that uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
Wind Powering America is a commitment to dramatically increase the use of wind energy in the United States. This initiative will establish new sources of income for American farmers, Native Americans, and other rural landowners, and meet the growing demand for clean sources of electricity.
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or Bonn Convention) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range.
Nixon Peabody’s environmental attorneys have extensive experience providing counsel in areas where business activities and environmental concerns meet.
We are one of the only law firms within the U.S. to have researched and advised on ocean energy development and we maintain the only Web Log on Offshore Renewables
This assessment, prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southern New England - New York Bight Coastal Ecosystems Program, focuses on the identification and description of essential habitats of key marine, coastal, and terrestrial species inhabiting the New York Bight watershed study area.
MINOS and MINOS plus - The MINOS project examines whether large scale offshore wind farms within the German parts of North and Baltic Seas affect or endanger harbour porpoises, common seals and sea birds. The research results are expected to provide the knowledge for estimating and assessing the impacts of future wind farms.
The Commission was created under Title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, which took effect on 21 December of that year. The Commission's primary focus and duties are the protection and conservation of marine mammals.
The Whale Center of New England (WCNE) was founded to study the whales frequenting waters off the Massachusetts coast, especially Stellwagen Bank and Jeffreys Ledge.
The online center for public information and involvement in the OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (OCS Alternative Energy Programmatic EIS).
Cape Wind's developer is Energy Management Inc. (EMI) a New England based energy company with 28 years of experience in energy conservation and energy development
Bluewater Wind is a leading developer of offshore wind energy projects and is committed to clean, stable-priced, renewable electricity. We have an established record of success in developing and financing wind farms across the country, and a commitment to working with local stakeholders.
The Kentish Flats offshore wind farm has set a dual record: the 30 turbine project was the largest wind turbine so far installed in the UK, and the farm was the largest wind farm in the UK, at 90 MW rated capacity, at the erection time.
British and Danish energy groups Centrica and DONG have developed a 90 MW wind farm in the East Irish Sea approximately 7km south west of Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness. The 30 turbine wind farm was completed in June 2006 with generation of first power in March 2006.
Japan’s first offshore wind power system, with a rated output of 1,200kW, was delivered by Kawasaki and Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. to Setana-cho, Hokkaido in February.
In block Q7 of the Dutch Continental Shelf, some 23 kilometers offshore from IJmuiden the Offshore Windpark Q7 is being built. The 120 MW wind farm will generate about 435 GWh annually, enough to power 125.000 households.
A U.S. consensus-based collaborative formed in 1994, the National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) identifies issues that affect the use of wind power, establishes dialogue among key stakeholders, and catalyzes appropriate activities to support the development of environmentally, economically, and politically sustainable commercial markets for wind power.
LIPA has proposed construction of a moderately sized offshore wind park, consisting of 40 turbines capable of generating approximately 140 MW, enough to power 44,000 homes.
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness.
Oil is a limited Resource in the past 100 years we have consumed 1,000,0000,000,000 plus barrels of oil. When oil prices go up what happens to food prices intresting flash presentation
SPOA’s overarching mission is to facilitate the exchange or pooling of ideas, services, goods, and other resources among Seattle metropolitan area residents who are interested in taking action in preparation for and in reaction to the Seattle-area effects of the imminent peak and decline of worldwide fossil fuel production, including conventional crude oil ("Peak Oil").
C-Power NV is a Belgian company which stands for the development and implementation of a farshore wind farm on the Thornton Bank, 27 to 30 km in the North Sea.
The mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is to provide quality, responsive engineering services to the nation including:
1. Planning, designing, building and operating water resources and other civil works projects (Navigation, Flood Control, Environmental Protection, Disaster Response, etc.)
2. Designing and managing the construction of military facilities for the Army and Air Force. (Military Construction)
3. Providing design and construction management support for other Defense and federal agencies. (Interagency and International Services)
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior, is the Federal agency that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS).
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service is the federal agency, a division of the Department of Commerce, responsible for the stewardship of the nation's living marine resources and their habitat.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil.
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats
for the continuing benefit of the American people.
The United States Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service and one of the nation’s five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security.
The online center for public information and involvement in the Wind Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Wind Energy Programmatic EIS)
The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provides national leadership, strategic direction, and guidance to state and territory coastal programs and estuarine research reserves.
The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.
Minerals Management web page devoted to MMS initiatives to promote and regulate the development of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf
The National Park Service cares for national parks, a network of nearly 400 natural, cultural and recreational sites across the nation. The treasures in this system – the first of its kind in the world –have been set aside by the American people to preserve, protect, and share, the legacies of this land.
With the signing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the MMS was granted new responsibilities related to renewable energy. The MMS is actively working to establish this new alternative energy program for the Federal offshore waters.
The Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (RERL) at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst exists to promote education and research in renewable energy technologies
Planning a wind farm entails a great deal of work. Nordex helps you to calculate the most efficient turbine from an economic point of view and to find the best location for each individual turbine within the wind farm
Since 9 October 2006, the ten thousandth ENERCON wind turbine is connected to the grid. It is located on a mountain ridge just above the small village of Kisselbach in the Hunsrück region (German state of Rhineland-Palatinate): A milestone in ENERCON’s company history! .
Today, the increasing energy demand and the need for clean power generation leads everyone's mind to the concept of renewable energy sources. With highly-efficient, solid and reliable wind turbines Siemens Wind Power offers a solution to meet energy needs and environmental awareness.
Yes, Liberty is a major stride forward in wind technology... we are most proud of its friendliness to your project development efforts, to your turbine operations, and...to the bottom line.
Managing a wind farm is a lot more involved than one might think. By relying on AES SeaWest, our range of expertise in operations and maintenance-related services ensures your investment will continue to be productive long after installation. That’s why we prefer to stay involved long-term: AES SeaWest is more familiar with its self-developed projects than anyone else. Who better to manage them?
Noble Environmental Power is a leading wind energy developer with projects in several locations in northern and western New York State and in Michigan.
Endless Energy is a wind farm development company dedicated to developing clean, renewable wind energy, promoting economic development, and reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels.
Greenlight Energy was recently acquired by BP Alternative Energy North America, Inc., a subsidary of BP - one of the world's leading energy companies. Exciting changes are underway!
npower renewables is one of the UK's leading renewable energy companies, dedicated to generating electricity using sustainable, environmentally-friendly resources
Navitas Energy, Inc. is a leading commercial wind power developer, dedicated to providing customers with low cost, high quality, reliable wind power generation.
PowerWorks Inc. and its affiliate, Pacific Winds Inc., are privately-held companies, focused upon the development, acquisition, and operation of clean, renewable, wind and solar power projects.
US Wind Force, LLC is an independent, privately held developer of renewable energy projects. Currently active in the Mid-Atlantic region with projects under development in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia; US Wind Force is the fastest growing wind energy developer in the United States.
Clipper Windpower, Inc. is a rapidly growing wind energy technology company which manufactures the 2.5 MW Liberty turbine and actively develops wind power generating projects in the Americas and Europe
Cielo Wind Power is currently the largest wind developer in the Southwest, with developments equaling approximately 840 megawatts of wind-generated electricity.
Sea Breeze Power Corp. is an energy company focused on unlocking the enormous "stranded" wind potential on the coast of British Columbia through the development of large-scale windfarms
At Vision Quest we develop and promote high quality, clean, renewable energy sources for Canadians and world customers at large, in an effort to better our shared environment
Westman Wind Power was formed in 2004 to secure the future of Manitoba 's wind economy through the development of this emerging industry by and for Manitobans
AMEC's wind energy business is a whole life wind farm developer for both onshore and offshore projects. From site identification through to operation and maintenance,
B9 Energy Services Ltd was formed in 1992 to develop wind farms in Northern Ireland. Since then, the company has developed fourteen wind farms across Ireland with an installed capacity of 142MW.
Wind energy has now established a significant foot-hold within the UK electricity market. In addition to previously approved schemes, we now have 6 applications submitted in England and Scotland. The schemes total nearly 280MW.
Horizon Wind Energy, formerly Zilkha Renewable Energy, is a Houston-based developer of wind projects. Currently Horizon is operating and developing projects in more than a dozen states. In the past two years, Horizon has built or announced construction of more than 800 megawatts of wind power. In 2005 Horizon Wind Energy was acquired by Goldman Sachs, an investment banking firm.
Utility Wind Integration Group, was established in 1989 to provide a forum for the critical analysis of wind technology for utility applications and to serve as a source of credible information on the status of wind technology and deployment. The group holds technical wind forums and engages in other technical program activities through the coordinated efforts and actions of its members. It operates in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which provide co-funding for the group.
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