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Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills
Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower.
The bills supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and directing royalties from drilling back to Virginia each hinge on actions by the federal government and Congress.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce his decision soon whether the government will move forward with the sale of oil and gas leases in a triangular tract 50 miles off of the Virginia coast. The 2.9 million acres has an estimated 130 million barrels of oil and 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
McDonnell said the bill backing offshore exploration is intended to signal to Salaz
Broadwind gets JPMorgan's top rating, shares up
A recovery in the wind energy sector starting in the second half of the year will boost sales growth for Broadwind Energy Inc., a JPMorgan analyst said Tuesday.
Shares rose rose 41 cents, or 8 percent, to $5.52 in afternoon trading after JPMorgan analyst Christopher Blansett started coverage on the company at "Overweight," with a price target of $6.50.
Broadwind supplies equipment, transportation and engineering services for the wind energy industry.
The U.S. wind market will grow by at least 25 percent per year over the next three years, Blansett said in a note to investors. Lower costs from easier credit and lower commodity prices, as well as a government subsidy lasting until the end of 2012, should help supp
SGS to Present its Wind Energy Services at EWEC 2010
SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) 2010 in Warsaw, Poland. The services offered by SGS Competence Center Wind Energy will be presented throughout the exhibition at stand no. 4058 in hall 4.
The European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) 2010 is widely regarded as the most professional, comprehensive and informative annual event in the wind energy sector in Europe. It will be held at the EXPO XXI Warsaw International Expocentre, from April 20 - 23, 2010.
EWEC is the only annual event combining an extensive exhibition of the leading players with a conference covering every key aspect of the wind ma
Texas wind project's stimulus funds may stall over Chinese parts, jobs
A group of Democratic senators may seek to halt stimulus funding for wind-energy projects over concerns that the program is subsidizing jobs overseas.
The dispute was prompted by a proposed wind farm in West Texas, whose investors planned to use Chinese-made turbines and seek a $450 million stimulus grant. The senators insist that stimulus funds shouldn't go to projects that get most of their materials from abroad and create "the bulk of their jobs" in other countries.
"I don't know anyone who thinks it's right that we use tax dollars to hire workers in other countries," said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. "The right thing is for the government to figure out how to do the program right in a way that works for American c
Striking a blow for wind power
Wind power provides a fifth of Denmark's electricity, most of it generated by giant wind farms built on land and in the country's coastal waters.
But the tiny Danish island of Samso is proving bigger isn't necessarily better by generating all its electricity using wind turbines of its own.
Nineteen miles off the coast of mainland Denmark, 91 turbines reach 114 meters above the turbulent waters of the North Sea. Together they form Horns Rev 2, the world's biggest offshore wind farm, which can generate enough electrify to power 200,000 homes.
Anders Eldrup is CEO of Dong Energy, which operates Horns Rev 2. He told CNN that Denmark's trailblazing efforts in wind power are the result of the country's energy crisis during the
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