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Land acquisitions for wind farm complete
Two energy partners stated they now have the land they need for the South Kent Wind Farm. Pattern Energy and Samsung announced on Tuesday they acquired projects from Acciona and Boralex. The 270-megawatt, 125-turbine wind farm would produce enough electricity annually for more than 73,000 homes.[...]
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The sound of silence in Larsson land
Boom in Swedish crime fiction has put the country firmly on the tourist trail, and a trip to its most northerly shores gives a rare glimpse of a lost world of solitude and reflection “I don’t understand why it hasn’t occurred to anybody that in this country we have fantastic natural resources just waiting to be exploited. Why is nobody selling silence in the same way they sell the lumber and the …
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Tunisia’s long-hidden poor seize public land
TUNIS (Reuters) – Near an olive grove on the outskirts of Tunisia’s seaside capital, men stack walls of bricks on muddy earth and fasten roofs of tin and plastic against the wind-blown rain.
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In Holland, land of windmills, flap over wind farm
On an outcrop near this town’s lighthouse, a woman in stone perpetually scans the horizon for the fishing fleet returning home. To the dismay of townspeople, her view may soon be obscured by some of the world’s tallest wind turbines.
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US approves 5th solar plant on western public land
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has approved a big solar energy plant in the Mojave Desert, making it the fifth such project on western U.S. public lands to win federal authorization.
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Do off-shore sea installations such as oil rigs and wind farms need ‘land’ to be purchased, or is any construction on the sea free?
Obama opens land to solar projects
The United States has opened up its vast public lands to solar power projects, as the White House agrees to set up its own solar panels.
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Land acquisition for development projects successful
A remarkable increase of land acquisition proposals related to major development projects has been recorded from 21 Ministries last year. Land and Land Development Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon said the Ministry received 304 proposals.
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