In an effort to reach state-mandated renewable energy requirements, Delaware-based utility company Delmarva Power and Light, a Pepco Holdings subsidiary, has entered into a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Chestnut Flats Wind Farm, located in Pennsylvania and operated by enXco.
Delmarva residents...
A major study completed by health and engineering experts on behalf of the US Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Health has dismissed claims by groups opposing wind developments on the basis of a controversial ailment known as “wind turbine syndrome”.
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Maryland farmers have run into opposition from the U.S. Navy, which fears that proposed wind turbines to be erected on leased land from Eastern Shore farms could interfere with the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s radar system.
If the wind developments are blocked, struggling Maryland farmers stand...
The city of Austin, Texas recently became the largest city in the United States to use renewable energy sources for all of the city government’s needs.
Citing the need to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality for residents, the city government’s energy will be produced at a wind...
