December 3, 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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FPL GROUP'S 'GREEN PRICING' PLAN FACES VOTE

  FPL Group Inc. wants to give its customers a choice of fueling
  their homes with renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels.
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NEW ENERGY TARGETS MAY MEAN MORE WIND FARMS

  SCOTLAND could get more wind farms following new targets to
  increase renewable energy, boost the amount of "green electricity"
  and curb carbon dioxide emissions.
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GREEN ENERGY TARGET LIFTED TO 15%

  ELECTRICITY SUPPLIERS will have to buy more than 15 per cent of
  their power from renewable energy sources by 2016 under a
  government campaign to step up support for green energy.
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WIND FARM PLAN DRAWS FIRE

  Proposed wind farms for two Oregon coastal counties are drawing
  criticism from local residents and environmentalists alike.
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EXPANSION OF NINE CANYON WIND PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION

  The steady whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the Nine Canyon Wind Project
  would make energy providers everywhere cheer  unless they were
  trying to expand the farm.  (P)   In that case, heavy winds
  provoke only a wry smile.
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THE HOLY TRINITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

  When General Electric Co. markets a 40-storey wind turbine,
  Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. announces plans to build a
  $1.3- billion wind farm off the Scottish coast and Suncor Energy
  Inc. starts building a $48-million wind farm in Alberta, you know
  that big business likes alternative energies, whatever the motivation.
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ENERGY BILL PROMISES FAIR WIND FOR PROJECTS

  Britain's burgeoning wind energy industry received a substantial
  boost yesterday when the government gave the go-ahead for bigger
  projects to be built outside territorial waters and promised
  speedier planning inquiries.
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3 MW IN ONTARIO

  The total installed wind power capacity in Canada today is less
  than 200 MW and less than 3 MW in Ontario.
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OHIO DEDICATES FIRST WIND FARM

Ohio’s first utility-scale wind farm went online November 6 at a municipally-owned site southwest of Bowling Green.  It was developed by American Municipal Power (AMP)-Ohio.  Green Mountain Energy Co. has contracted to purchase the green attributes (green tags) of the energy produced at the wind farm, thereby lowering the cost of the energy sold to participating communities.

The AMP-Ohio/Green Mountain Energy wind farm consists of two 1.8-MW wind turbines.  The estimated combined output of the units will be 6.9 million kWh per year, providing enough power to supply approximately 780 homes.  The turbines have 132-foot blades and sit on 257-foot towers
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U.S. Corporate Renewable-Energy Purchase Breaks Records
Source GreenBiz.com <http://www.greenbiz.com/>
URL: <http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=26074>

ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 25, 2003 - Corporate members of the World Resources
Institute's Green Power Market Development Group
<http://www.thegreenpowergroup.org> are buying renewable-energy certificates
in record amounts, the nonprofit reports. In the coming year Sterling
Planet, maker of Green America renewable-energy certificates, will provide a
total of 795 million kilowatt hours of RECs from national wind and bioenergy
resources -- comprising the largest purchase to date -- to selected Green
Power Group members, including Alcoa Inc., Delphi Corporation, DuPont,
Interface, Pitney Bowes, and Staples.
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