01 Oct '12, 4pm

Obama Blocks Chinese Company from Owning Four Wind Farms in Oregon

Obama Blocks Chinese Company from Owning Four Wind Farms in Oregon

The farms pose no threat to U.S. national security and Obama’s move was probably made to serve his election campaign, Xinhua reported Sept. 29, citing Zhou Qing, a legal official with Sany. Zhou said his company will seek a “fair and square result,” according to the news agency. Obama on Sept. 28 ordered Delaware-based Ralls Corp., owned by two Sany executives, to remove all property and installations from its sites within two weeks and divest all of its interests in thewind -farm project within 90 days. It was the first time in 22 years a U.S. president had blocked a transaction as a national security risk. In the area around the sites, the Navy conducts training for bombing, electronic combat maneuvers and develops drones, according to the base’s website. Closely held Sany Group is the owner of China’s biggest machinery maker. Duan Dawei, Sany’s chief financial officer a...

Full article: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012...

Tweets

Obama Blocks Wind Farm Sale To Chinese: Security Or Politics?

Obama Blocks Wind Farm Sale To Chinese: Securit...

greentechmedia.com 01 Oct '12, 8pm

Whether there was a national security risk posed by a pair of big-time Chinese executives owning a cluster of tiny wind fa...

BREAKING: Obama blocks sale of Oregon wind farm...

grist.org 28 Sep '12, 6pm

Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm proj...

Obama blocks sale of Oregon wind farms to Chine...

grist.org 28 Sep '12, 6pm

Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm proj...

Obama blocks Chinese purchase of wind farms nea...

stripes.com 29 Sep '12, 4am

A wind farm in rural Pennsylvania. Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing national security risks, Pres...

Warren Buffet Buys Two Wind Farms

treehugger.com 02 Oct '12, 2am

A subsidiary of Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway just bought up two giant California wind farms. So Warren Buffet now owns two ...

RES submits appeal for a decision to be made on...

res-group.com 01 Oct '12, 11am

RES SUBMITS APPEAL FOR A DECISION ON PENMANSHIEL WIND FARM 1 October 2012 Renewable energy company RES has submitted an ap...

High-Tech Tools Tackle Wind Farm Performance

High-Tech Tools Tackle Wind Farm Performance

renewableenergyworld.com 01 Oct '12, 1pm

NREL's Steve Hammond, director of the Computational Science Center, and Kenny Gruchalla, senior scientist, discuss a 3D mo...

Japan's Agressive FIT Already Unlocking Gigwatt...

renewableenergyworld.com 01 Oct '12, 3pm

The trading house, Japan’s second-largest investor in power generation outside utilities, will add wind farms and at least...

Japan's Agressive FIT Already Unlocking Gigwatt...

renewableenergyworld.com 01 Oct '12, 2pm

The trading house, Japan’s second-largest investor in power generation outside utilities, will add wind farms and at least...

Virginia Tech opens base in India for small wind

newenergyworldnetwork.com 02 Oct '12, 9am

Virginia Tech opens base in India for small wind 2 Oct 2012 US university Virginia Tech has opened a research facility in ...

ContourGlobal to Develop Peru’s First Large-Sca...

cleantechnica.com 06 Oct '12, 1pm

The Latin America subsidiary of New York–based power generation company ContourGlobal will be the first to deploy utility-...

Scroll to 1-24. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY

Scroll to 1-24. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY

globalsecurity.org 02 Oct '12, 10am

The military intelligence company consists of a small headquarters section, an ISR integration platoon, an ISR analysis pl...

The Four Biggest Problem Areas For Runners

The Four Biggest Problem Areas For Runners

running.competitor.com 01 Oct '12, 8pm

While each runner’s body is unique, four of the most common weak areas are, in no particular order, the hips, glutes, hams...

New Wind Farm Is Nation's Largest, Means More Clean Energy, Jobs

New Wind Farm Is Nation's Largest, Means More C...

renewableenergyworld.com 01 Oct '12, 1pm

As someone who spends the vast majority of my time battling coal pollution, it is inspiring and exciting to see clean ener...

US and UK farmers are turning to owning their o...

awea.org 13 Oct '12, 3am

It’s as true in the U.K. as it is in the U.S. It’s also just as true about small wind as it is about the utility-scale seg...