December 12, 2003

Wind Harvest's "Wind News"
A compilation of story leads from around the world.
By:  Kevin Wolf <kwolf@windharvest.com>

Note:  These story titles and lead paragraphs predominantly come from Energy Central's daily posting of the world's energy stories. Others are sent to me by subscribers of Wind News.  Energy Central requires paid membership to read full stories.  You can often paste the headline into Google and find the original source of the story. You are welcome to share this with others. This is a free service from Wind Harvest.   Thank you. Kevin
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WIND FARMS MAY HARVEST ENERGY FROM COASTAL COMMUNITIES

  A long the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia, residents have
  been struggling to find new industry beyond fishing and farming.
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MAJOR U.S. FIRMS PURCHASE GREEN POWER

  The twelve members of the World Resources Institute's Green Power
  Market Development Group have implemented or signed contracts for
  97 MW of new green power projects or purchases.
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IOWA RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP FACES SUIT TO ENFORCE RENEWABLE POWER REGULATIONS

  Federal regulators plan to sue an Iowa rural electric cooperative
  to enforce regulations intended to foster new renewable power
  sources in a move watched closely by rural power cooperatives
  across the state.
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SHARES IN UK WIND ENERGY FIRM RISE AS BRITISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS
GREEN POWER

  Shares in Scottish Power, the UK market leader in wind energy,
  rose as the government raised its targets on renewable energy to
  allow 3 million more homes to receive "green power."
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TURBINE PLAN SET TO BE BLOWN AWAY

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect a massive wind turbine at a Lothian
  beauty spot are set to be rejected by council chiefs as a blot on
  the landscape.
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UK'S TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY POISED TO AWARD WIND-POWER DEALS

  Patricia Hewitt, the UK trade and industry secretary, will in the
  next fortnight award licences for the world's largest offshore
  windfarms, costing around UKpound 6 billion (E8.5 billion, $10 billion).
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SolarAccess.com News
Energy Bill Failure Forces Downturn for Wind

by Jesse Broehl, Staff Writer, SolarAccess.com News

Washington, D.C. - December 8, 2003 [SolarAcess.com] The much contested
energy bill's failure in Congress has brought temporary relief to nearly
every U.S. environmental organization, and even some renewable energy
groups. The nascent wind industry however, has received a serious blow since
renewal of their most important tax credit was tied up in the bill.

While the overarching legislation gained the support of the main Washington
D.C. renewable energy trade associations for a variety of beneficial
legislation, the bill also earned the scorn of other renewable energy,
environmental, and policy groups, due to lavish subsidies to the fossil
fuel, and nuclear industries, while doing little to improve pollution and
energy efficiency.

"I believe the bill was bad public policy," said Joel Stronberg, a
Washington representative for the American Solar Energy Society (ASES),
which publicly spoke out against the bill. "Notwithstanding provisions that
supported sustainable energy technologies, the legislation was little more
than the combined wish lists of the fossil and nuclear industries--to say
nothing of letting polluters off the hook, leaving the American taxpayer
once more holding the bag."
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