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San Francisco Plan Promotes Urban Wind Power
9/30/2009 - New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled plans yesterday for installing turbines on rooftops around the city, with a goal of commercializing small-scale wind power and bringing down the cost of renewable electricity. Read more...
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Press Release 9/29/09 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Mayor Newsom today announced recommendations from San Francisco’s Urban Wind Power Task Force, charged with finding ways to encourage the expansion of local wind power generation in San Francisco. The Task Force’s 29 recommendations include working at the state-level to exempt small wind turbines from property tax increases, installing more City-owned small wind demonstration sites, and exploring offering permitting cost refunds. Read more...
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Urban wind power inspired by ancient Persia
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CNET.com
New wind-power machine has been inspired by a centuries-old idea: Persian "wind catchers."
Windation Energy Systems, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based start-up, has developed a wind appliance that looks more or less like the modern heating and cooling equipment you see on flat corporate building rooftops. Read more...
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