Wal-Mart Signs Up for Major Wind Power Purchase

Published November 20, 2008

Short-term wind power investments are on the decline, but that hasn't stopped Wal-Mart from announcing a plan to buy wind power from Duke Energy Corp. The purchase will power up to 15 percent of the company's 360 Texas facilities.

This is a first for Wal-Mart, as the company has never before made a direct purchase of wind-generated power.

The 150 MW Notrees Wind Power Project will power up in December and be fully operational by next year. It will provide Wal-Mart with 226 million KWh of power annually, and will offset 139,000 metric tons of carbon — the equivalent of what 25,000 cars would emit.

Wal-Mart plans on producing even more wind power projects in the future, with a 99 MW project scheduled to be up and running by the end of 2009. More projects will be announced soon.

According to the company, its recent announcement will make it 15th on the Environmental Protection Agency's list of companies using green power. Other major organizations on the list include the US Air Force and Whole Foods.

Wind power is not a solution.

Anonymous, December 22, 2008 - 07:11

The whole truth about wind turbines is never told by lobbyists and governments.
How could the very weak and extremely unreliable initial energy source of a wind turbine ever produce a steady power of any significance?
Please think!
And read: “Wind energy- the whole truth” at: http://www.windenergy-the-truth.com/
And to show how completely irrelevant wind power is in regard to the worldwide energy and climate crisis visit the following link: http://www.bp.com/iframe.do?categoryId=9024179&contentId=7044895
And play around with the charts you see there (The BP charts regarding energy reserves and energy consumption worldwide over the last 20 to 40 years.) and make some calculations. And if you don´t get confused with the zeros, you will get my point.
The resources now poured into futile, but very ingenious and high-tech windmills, could be far better used for, for example:
1) Burning coal in a cleaner way,
2) Efficiency of energy use in the broadest sense of the word
3) Promoting a drastic change of life style (There are about 6.5 billion people, who all have the right to have some energy to their disposal).
Just 3 ideas.
Alexander

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