Three years ago, Ted Christopher moved to San Diego to work in the sheet-metal shop of his cousin and to spend his nights and weekends tinkering on a project he thinks could transform the water currents of rivers into energy.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two companies are teaming up to build Nebraska’s largest wind farm. The Lincoln Journal Star reported Tuesday that Way Wind LLC of Madison and Nordex USA of Frankfurt, Germany, want to put 48 turbines on up ...

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By Marie Rohde Milwaukee has the legal right to build a $600,000 wind turbine on land adjacent to the offices of the Port of Milwaukee but could face trouble if the project goes up on a different nearby site. Milwaukee ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has released a bill that would dramatically increase property setback requirements for wind turbines. Currently, turbines must be built at least 1,250 feet from nearby homes. Under the bill, they would have to ...

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By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — University of Minnesota researchers have been named lead agency by the National Science Foundation for a four-year, $2 million project to create a model for storing energy generated by offshore wind farms. ...

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Uniform standards for the placement and operation of wind turbines were sent on Monday by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to the Legislature for action. The rule will govern how municipalities can establish setbacks for turbines, noise and shadow ...

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WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A western Wisconsin health care provider is closer to its goal of becoming energy independent by 2014. Winona County commissioners approved conditional use permits Tuesday for Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center’s wind farm. Gundersen, based in La ...

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By Paul Snyder Environmental consultants can count the minutes a home is affected by the strobelike flickers of a wind turbine’s shadow. They can measure the decibels of the rhythmic thrum of turbine blades cutting through the air. They can ...

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Nathalie Weinstein Dolan Media Newswires Portland, OR — Construction of new wind farms in Oregon usually begins in spring, when developers hope for dry weather. But this spring, developers are concerned about more than just rain. The Federal Aviation Administration ...

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By Paul Snyder Wind farm developers are bristling over the possibility they would have to notify local governments when investigating sites for a project. “Developers want to avoid two things working against a project right from the start,” said Jim ...

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