November 24, 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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GROUND BROKEN NEAR BOWLING GREEN FOR FIRST OHIO UTIOLITY SIZE 'WIND FARM'

  Green Mountain Energy Company, American Municipal PowerOhio
  (AMPOhio), and the City of Bowling Green recently broke ground for
  the construction of two wind turbines near the city.
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SCOTTISHPOWER, SHELL TO BUILD WIND POWER FARM IN COLORADO

  ScottishPower PLC's PPM Energy Inc and Royal Dutch/Shell Group's
  Shell WindEnergy Inc said they will build the largest wind power
  farm in Colorado.
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WIND-POWER EMPHASIS SHIFT

  Britain's wind-farm developers are finally winning their long-
  running battle against the protest lobby, according to one of the
  Midlands' leading energy lawyers.
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WIND FARMS TOP POLL OF ARCHITECTURAL EYESORES

  WIND FARMS are the worst architectural eyesores in Britain,
  according to a poll out today.  The top 10 most hated eyesores,
  selected by readers of Country Life magazine, included hated
  buildings such as New Street rail station in Birmingham and
  Oxfordshire's Didcot Power Station.
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IEA: $16 TRILLION IN ENERGY INVESTMENT NEEDED BY 2030

  The world will have to invest $16 trillion-1% of global gross
  domestic product-over the next 3 decades just to maintain its
  present level of energy supplies, said Claude Mandil, executive
  director of the Paris-based International Energy Agency.
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON LARGE WIND FARM NEAR LAMAR, COLO.

  The convoy of tractor trailers started rolling towards the Emick
  Ranch near Lamar last month -- each carrying what looked like
  large, hollow tubes lying on their sides.
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CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE ON EASTERN OREGON WIND FARM

Forty-one new wind turbines line the foothills in Northeastern Oregon, ready to deliver clean, renewable wind power to PacifiCorp customers. Located south of Umapine and west of Milton-Freewater, Ore., Combine Hills Turbine Ranch I is the newest energy project owned by Eurus Energy of America (EEA), and the first wind farm funded with help from the Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc.
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PUGET SOUND ENERGY ISSUES 150 MW WIND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) released a request for proposals (RFP) for 150 MW of wind power on November 12.  State regulators approved the RFP the next day, which allows the utility to begin evaluating wind project bids.  A pre-bid conference for the proposals will be held December 3.  Proposals will be due January 9, 2004.
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