November 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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  Brilliant white against a clear blue sky, 80 sleek windmills stand
  like sentinels atop the snow-covered ridges east of Evanston.
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PARK CITY, UTAH, SEES WIND POWER PURCHASE AS GREEN IMAGE BOOST

  Park City has turned to the wind to light up the night
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PUBLIC LANDS MAKE WEST FERTILE GROUND FOR WIND POWER

  The nation's wind power developments so far have occurred
  primarily on private lands.
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HARVESTING THE WIND; N.J. LOOKING TO TURBINES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

  New Jersey is known for the smokestacks dotting its turnpike, the
  malls consuming its suburbs, and the boardwalks along its shores.
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RISING WIND - TIME TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

  Wind power is a reality today. More than 2,000 MW of wind
  generation - enough to serve more than 600,000 average American
  homes - were installed in the U.S. in the past two years alone.
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DANISH FIRM WINS $100 MLN NORWAY WIND PARK ORDER

  Norwegian power group Statkraft said on Thursday it had awarded
  Danish wind turbine maker Bonus Energy A/S a $100 million order
  for equipment for the second phase of its Smoela windpark,
  including up to 55 new turbines.
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PUSH TO BOOST LADWP'S GREEN ENERGY CLASHES WITH L.A.'S CASH CRUNCH
AND CHEAP COAL-FIRED POWER

  The nation's largest municipal utility district is under heavy
  pressure to become more renewable-energy-friendly. - (California
  Energy Circuit)
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FPL TO PAY $80 MLN FOR ENRON WIND POWER ASSETS

  FPL Group Inc. on Wednesday said one of its units has agreed to
  buy some wind power assets in California from bankrupt energy
  trader Enron Corp. for $80 million.
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SALT RIVER PROJECT TO BUY WIND POWER FROM PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW MEXICO

  Salt River Project has signed a five-year agreement to purchase
  wind power and related renewable-energy credits from Public
  Service Co. of New Mexico, marking the East Valley utility's entry
  into the growing wind-energy market.
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TURBINES SET TO TURN ON GIANT OFFSHORE WIND FARM

  The Arklow Bank wind farm - the world's first offshore use of wind
  turbines above three megawatt capacity - will begin producing
  electricity before Christmas but it will be another two years
  before Irish company Airtricity may exercise its option on buying
  the farm.
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WIND 'PIPELINES' COULD STAVE OFF LNG IMPORTS

  With an added 100,000 MW of wind power in the next decade could
  supplant the need for higher-priced natural gas and liquefied
  natural gas (LNG) imports, wind advocates contend.
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