Articles tagged with wind

Thu, May 17, 2012

MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down

By Nick Brown

(Reuters) - The legal team winding down MF Global's bankruptcy estate, led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, estimates the fees ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Google-backed wind power line clears hurdle

(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Kiteboarding takes wind out of surfers' sails

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The surprise decision to chop windsurfing from the Olympic program has prompted jeers from leading athletes, but is being ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Kalamazoo County couple, born hours apart, die within days

MUSKEGON (WKZO) -- Research is underway in west Michigan that could lead to floating wind turbines on the Great Lakes.  Grand Valley State University and ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Rice fumes over Britain's wind turbines

Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition government wants renewable sources to provide 15 per cent of the U.K.'s energy supply by 2015 ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Rice fumes over Britain's wind turbines

Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition government wants renewable sources to provide 15 per cent of the U.K.'s energy supply by 2015 ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Rice fumes over Britain's wind turbines

Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition government wants renewable sources to provide 15 per cent of the U.K.'s energy supply by 2015 ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

China's State Grid in talks to buy AES' U.S. wind assets:sources

By Wan Xu and Don Durfee

BEIJING (Reuters) - State Grid Corp of China has had talks with U.S. power firm AES Corp about ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Soggy weather and wind whipping up East Coast

BOSTON (Reuters) - A storm system expected to drench the Southeast on Tuesday was set to barrel northward later in the day, forecasters said, bringing ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

Christmas won't be white in much of United States

(Reuters) - Snowstorms snarled "Getaway Friday" plans for some holiday travelers, shutting roads in New Mexico and New Hampshire, and colder temperatures ahead renewed hopes ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

North Korea's Kim "blocked the howling wind of history"

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "blocked the howling wind of history" in life and died at a time of abnormally cold weather ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

West End musical of "Wind in the Willows" planned

LONDON (Reuters) - Screenwriter Julian Fellowes will pen the book for a new musical based on the classic British children's novel "The Wind in ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Southern California braces for more extreme wind storm

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Southern California residents remained without power on Sunday as officials warned that dangerously high ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Los Angeles wind storm disrupts flights, cuts power

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A powerful wind storm with gale-force gusts left much of the Los Angeles area strewn with toppled trees ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Wind cuts power to 300,000 California homes and businesses

(Reuters) - Almost 300,000 homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area had no power on Thursday morning as high winds continued to blow ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

New Italy PM wins confidence vote on tough reform plans

By James Mackenzie and Gavin Jones

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti comfortably won a vote of confidence in his new government on ...

Wed, November 02, 2011

McAvoy broke wind in front of Jolie

The Atonement star bulked up for his role in the 2008 action film by eating a lot of meat and drinking protein shakes, but ...

Tue, November 01, 2011

McAvoy broke wind in front of Jolie

The Atonement star bulked up for his role in the 2008 action film by eating a lot of meat and drinking protein shakes, but ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Tropical storm Lee hits Texas with wind, some rain

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - James Taylor once sang, "I've seen fire, and I've seen rain," and Texas was seeing some ...

Sun, August 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene wind speed drops to 50 mph: NHC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Irene's sustained maximum wind speed dropped to 50 miles per hour (85 kilometers per hour) as the center of ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Sea defeats body, not spirit, of swimmer, 61

By Michael Haskins

KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - An asthma attack, a painful shoulder and battering wind and waves forced 61-year-old swimmer Diana Nyad to ...

Fri, July 29, 2011

Bolt defies gusting wind to blaze to victory

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Usain Bolt defied gusting winds to blaze to victory over 200 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting Friday in 20.03 ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Google to "wind down" Google Labs

By Alexei Oreskovic

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

Mickelson flirts with glory but settles for second

By Mitch Phillips

SANDWICH (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson finally gave British fans a live glimpse of the talent they have seen so much of on ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

Elementary in the wind and rain for wizard Watson

By Tony Jimenez

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - While some players looked hang-dog and forlorn in the British Open's high winds and persistent rain, Tom ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Bring on the rain and wind, says upbeat Mickelson

By Martyn Herman

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson will be monitoring the weather forecasts for England's Kent coast hoping for wind and rain ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

As U.S. wars wind down, drones gain new prominence

By Warren Strobel and Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In many ways, it's the perfect weapon for a war-weary nation that suddenly finds itself ...

Wed, June 22, 2011

Google, Citi invest another $204 million in wind project

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc and Citigroup are investing another $204 million in the Alta Wind Energy Center in Southern California ...

Fri, June 17, 2011

China puts wind up elite with recruitment of top skipper

BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched its first serious step toward establishing itself among the sailing super-powers on Friday with the announcement of a government-funded Volvo ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

AmfAR gala raises $10 million, Cannes parties wind down

By Mike Collett-White and Douglas MacLaurin

CANNES, France (Reuters) - A glitzy charity gala near Cannes, where the film festival was drawing to a close ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Google unit to buy more wind power from NextEra

(Reuters) - NextEra Energy Inc said its unit will sell 100.8 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to Google Inc's energy subsidiary, the companies ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

First offshore U.S. wind farm construction starts soon

BOSTON (Reuters) - After years of delay, construction of what is expected to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm, located off Massachusetts' picturesque ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Vimpelcom eyes talks with Algeria after Wind deal

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vimpelcom will next week seek talks with Algeria on a disputed unit of Orascom Telecom after completing a deal to buy Orascom ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Two More Wind Farm Projects Scrapped

CHILTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin is losing two more wind energy projects.

Midwest Wind Energy of Illinois says it’s scrapping plans to build a ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Utility Regulators to be Asked For Wind Turbine Siting Rules

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s utility regulators will be asked for a second time to draft rules for locating high-tech windmills.

The Legislature’s ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Invenergy Cancels Plans for 100 Wind Turbines

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A wind energy company has canceled plans to install 100 high-tech windmills south of Green Bay.

Invenergy of Chicago said ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Caps rally to take the wind out of the Hurricanes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alex Ovechkin and Matt Hendricks scored third period goals as the Washington Capitals fought back to snatch a 2-1 victory over the ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Wind Farm Siting Rules Suspended

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A legislative committee has voted Tuesday to suspend statewide wind farm siting rules.

The Public Service Commission's rules were supposed ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

Northeast gets cold wind, Midwest warms

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Temperatures in the Northeast plummeted on Tuesday as high winds swept through the region, with the mercury ranging from the teens ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Vimpelcom CEO sees high chance for Wind deal success

By Nicola Leske and Victoria Howley

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vimpelcom Chief Executive Alexander Izosimov said there was a high possibility his company would acquire telecommunications ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Wind Chill Warnings

GRAND RAPIDS -- There were sub-zero wind chills last night, and we could see more of the deep freeze tonight as the cold that brought ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Gov. Walker's Office to Keep Pushing New Wind Turbine Rules

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker’s office says it will keep trying to limit the locating of new wind energy farms in Wisconsin ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

Irwin: 'The wind stopped after Crocodile Hunter's death'

Little Robert, who is the spitting image of his conservationist father, told Oprah and her audience that watching the footage makes him feel that ...

Sat, January 22, 2011

Gov. Walker Wants to Review Wind Turbine Process

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Is Governor Scott Walker picking a fight with the state’s wind energy industry? It may be shaping up that way ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

WATCH: Senator Debbie Stabenow on New KVCC Wind Turbine

Senator Debbie Stabenow was in Kalamazoo County Tuesday to cut the ribbon on a new wind technician training tower at Kalamazoo Valley Community College ...

Wed, January 12, 2011

Gov. Walker Proposes New Wind Farm Regulations

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker’s effort to reduce government red tape for business could also put a clamp on new wind ...

Wed, December 22, 2010

U.S. challenges China wind power aid at WTO

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday accused China of illegally subsidizing the production of wind power equipment and asked for ...

Tue, December 21, 2010

Atlantic Wind files to build offshore power line

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Atlantic Wind Connection filed with federal energy regulators for permission to build a giant power transmission project in the Atlantic Ocean ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

Michigan Gets First Large-Scale Wind Turbine Manufacturer

(Lansing, MI)  --  Governor Granholm has announced the state's first large-scale wind turbine manufacturer.  Consumers Energy and Heritage Sustainable Energy of Traverse City will ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

Harry Potter fans brave wind and rain for premiere

By Mike Collett-White and Douglas MacLaurin

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of fans descended on Leicester Square in central London on Thursday, braving wind and rain ...

Sun, October 10, 2010

In Big Oil Texas, Democrat looks to sun and wind

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - As a former oil entrepreneur, Bill White is by no means a foe of Big Oil, the engine at ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Holland Looking For Wind Farm Site

ALLEGAN COUNTY -- The Holland Board of Public Works is looking for a windy spot in Allegan County for west Michigan’s first wind farm ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Electric car use beats wind to cut oil use: study

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Widespread adoption of electric cars could reduce U.S. oil demand and the need for imported oil more than creation of a ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Stanley Kramer's "Inherit the Wind" still resonates

By David Robb

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood has been home to more dreamers and schemers than any other town in the world. It ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Wind could have parted Red Sea for Moses: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moses might not have parted the Red Sea, but a strong east wind that blew through the night could have pushed the ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

125 Wind Turbines To Be Built Near Breckenridge

(Detroit, MI)  --  More wind energy is set to be created in Michigan.  Detroit Edison will purchase energy created by 125 wind turbines near Breckenridge ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Medical Marijuana and Wind Turbine Ordinances Pass In Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners have passed a modified ordinance on medicinal marijuana. They took out some of the provisions that drew objections from ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Massive Wind Farm Planned In Gratiot Co.

A company is moving forward with plans to build 125 wind turbines near Breckenridge in Gratiot County. Invenergy Wind announced last week that the ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Medical Marijuana And Wind Turbines On City Agenda

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners will be asked to impose restrictions on Medical Marijuana growers and wind turbines at tonight’s regular meeting. The ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Medical Marijuana, Wind Turbine Restrictions at Kalamazoo Commission Meeting Tonight

KALAMAZOO -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners will be asked to impose restrictions on  medical marijuana growers and wind turbines at tonight’s regular meeting.  The wind ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

Wozniacki cuts through wind to reach semi-finals

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroline Wozniacki stayed on course for a return to the U.S. Open final, fighting near gale-force winds ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

Wind Storm Causes Power Outages

UNDATED (WKZO) -- There was no rain, no lightning, no hail or threat of twisters, in fact there was barely a cloud in the sky ...

Tue, September 07, 2010

Gone With The Wind's Conlon dies from cancer

The former actress, born Eleanore Cammack King, passed away on Wednesday morning (01Sep10) at her home in Fort Bragg, California.

Conlon landed the tragic ...

Sat, September 04, 2010

Seeds survive as wind wreaks havoc on U.S. Open

By Julian Linden

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki blew their opponents off the court Saturday at a windy Flushing Meadows to ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

Gone With The Wind fans save costumes

More than 600 individuals from 44 states and 13 countries have contributed to the effort to preserve five original costumes that are part of ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

"Gone With the Wind" fans give gowns another day

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of "Gone with the Wind" obviously do give a damn about Scarlett O'Hara's extravagant dresses with a museum ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

Exelon to buy Deere's wind power unit for $860 million

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co's wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

Exelon to buy Deere's wind power unit for $860 million

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electric utility Exelon Corp said it will buy Deere & Co's wind power business for about $860 million, expanding its portfolio ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Leigh's iconic Gone With The Wind dresses in tatters

Organisers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin want to put on a special exhibit to mark the Oscar-winning ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

La Cross Health Care Provider Gets Wind-Energy Farm OK

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A La Crosse health care provider is one step closer to achieving its goal of being energy-independent by 2014.

Commissioners ...

Tue, July 20, 2010

Google to use wind energy to power data centers

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's energy unit has entered into a deal to buy wind power from NextEra Energy Inc ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

King Louis reigns as wind batters St Andrews

By Miles Evans

ST ANDREWS (Reuters) - St Andrews bared its teeth on Friday as brutal winds scattered the British Open field, leaving early starter ...

Thu, July 01, 2010

Energy From the Wind

UNDATED (WKZO) -- They say the future of Michigan’s power generation is blowing in the wind, but as John Deere announces three new wind ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Wind Siting Council Getting Plenty of Advice

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A panel that will recommend statewide standards for locating high-tech windmills in Wisconsin was getting plenty of advice Wednesday.

The Wind ...

Wed, April 28, 2010

Cape Wind, first U.S. offshore wind farm, approved

By Ros Krasny

BOSTON (Reuters) - The first U.S. offshore wind farm, a giant project 5 miles/8 km off the Massachusetts coast, was ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

Detroit Hosting Wind Energy Conference This Week

(Detroit, MI)  --  Businesses involved in the wind energy market start two days of meetings at Cobo Center today.  The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association ...

Fri, March 19, 2010

European Union mulls emergency bank wind-up fund

By John O'Donnell and Jan Strupczewski

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering making banks pay for an emergency wind-up fund in case ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

Wind Project Plan On Lake Michigan Revised

PENTWATER -- If a developer had a $3-billion construction project that would create hundreds of jobs, most communities would bend over backwards to be accommodating ...

Thu, February 18, 2010

Wind Project Plan On Lake Michigan Revised

PENTWATER -- If a developer had a $3-billion construction project that would create hundreds of jobs, most communities would bend over backwards to be accommodating ...

Mon, February 15, 2010

Spanish Wind Turbine Company To Build Milwaukee Factory

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - A company in Spain that makes generators for high-tech wind turbines will put a new factory in Milwaukee. Mayor Tom ...

Sun, February 14, 2010

Mitsubishi Heavy may build U.S. wind turbine plant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd <7011.T> said on Monday it is considering building a wind turbine plant in the United States, and ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Grants Awarded For Wind Research

(Lansing, MI)  --  More than one-point-six million dollars in grant money has been announced by the Michigan Public Service Commission to study offshore wind technology ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Legislation Proposed To Put A Moratorium On Wind Farms

A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would put a moratorium on new wind farms in Michigan, until regulations can be written to ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid

By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

Firm Wants To Put Up 100 Wind Turbines Near Ludington

LUDINGTON -- Everything about the project is huge. A Norwegian firm wants to spend 3-billion dollars to plant 100 to 200 wind turbines over a ...

Thu, January 07, 2010

GM names firm to wind down Saab, says weighing bids

By Harro ten Wolde and Nicholas Vinocur

AMSTERDAM/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - General Motors named a restructuring firm to run the winding-down of Swedish carmaker Saab ...

Thu, December 24, 2009

Saab deal hopes fade, GM presses on with wind down

By Kevin Krolicki and Gilbert Kreijger

DETROIT/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.UL> is pressing ahead with plans to shut down Saab as ...

Wed, December 16, 2009

Wind Farming on the Big Lake

LUDINGTON --A Norwegian Developer wants to put 100 to 200 wind turbines, 2 to 4 miles off the Lake Michigan shoreline off Mason and ...

Thu, December 10, 2009

GE gets contract for world's largest wind farm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co said on Thursday it won a $1.4 billion contract from energy producer Caithness Energy LLC to supply ...

Sat, September 19, 2009

Sailing-Olympic warm-up a "success" despite lack of wind