December 30, 2004

Wind Harvest Company Wind News
A compilation of story leads from around the world.
By:  Kevin Wolf

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 the Google search engine and find the original source of the story.   When I have them, I will include the URL.  Please send me stories that you find, and I will add them into the next edition of Wind News.  Thank you. Kevin
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CHINA LOOKS TO THE ELEMENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

  As the country's fast economic development demands more
  electricity, and the world moves towards renewable resources,
  China is looking at wind as an energy source.
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GROUP HOPES TO LASSO BREEZES WITH 200 WINDMILLS IN CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA.

  When a 6,300-acre piece of property was purchased earlier this
  year, its only use was going to be for recreation -- for riders of
  snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, horses and mountain bikes.
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COMING DECADE TO BRING HIGHER, THEN LOWER GAS PRICES

  The Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy
  Outlook 2005 report this week. The agency is predicting a rise,
  then fall, then rise, in the price for natural gas in the next
  five years. Demand for natural gas, however, will continue to grow
  unabated in the next 20 years - (California Energy Markets)
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PROPOSAL FOR NEW KANSAS WIND FARM MOVES FORWARD

  Construction of a wind farm that would become the state's biggest
  producer of wind energy could begin this spring.
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CARSON CITY COMPANY PUSHING NEVADA WIND FARM

  A Carson City company is looking into the possibility of
  generating power with a wind farm in northern Nevada.
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GE TO ADD ENGINEERS AT WIND ENERGY PLANT

  General Electric anticipates its wind energy plant to increase
  production and it is hiring 30 electrical engineers to handle the work.
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SECOND WIND FARM SITE SOUGHT; INVENERGY HAS NO PLANS TO EXPAND FORWARD

  A second wind farm likely will be built by Invenergy Wind LLC to
  meet Alliant Energy Corp.'s request to buy more power generated by
  wind turbines, an Invenergy spokesman said Friday.
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NOVA SCOTIA UTILITY BOARD WON'T REGULATE PRICE PAID FOR WIND POWER

  The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has told a group of wind
  power advocates it does not have the authority to regulate the
  price a utility wants to pay them for their electricity.
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO GRADUATE DEVELOPS WIND-POWERED TURBINE

  Ryan Wotipka, a 23-year-old graduate of UTSA's architectural
  program, is bringing electrification to a little village in
  northern Mexico in a way that could be a model for off-grid energy use
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EXPERTS SUGGEST WIND POWER RESOURCES TO BE EXPLORED IN CHINA'S
BIGGEST FRESHWATER LAKE

  Blackout became a common   experience in quite a few areas,
  particularly the economically developed eastern parts, of China
  this year.
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NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA GIVES WINDMILLS A SPIN

  There's one obvious reason this mountainous, sparsely populated
  township is poised to become one of the leading areas for wind
  power in the eastern United States.
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WESTAR NOT IN WIND MARKET KANSAS UTILITY SAYS NOW ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME

  Find expanded coverage of wind energy development in the Flint
  Hills. KEC chairman Lee Allison said the value was boosted by the
  rising cost of oil and natural gas during the past year. Ethanol
  production increased 60 percent to a new record of 130 million
  gallons in Kansas in 2004.


LEADER: CONCERN OVER WIND POWER

  IN SEEKING to promote a debate in Scotland about the role of
  nuclear power in future energy policy, Allan Wilson, the minister
  for renewable energy, has triggered a predictable condemnation
  from the nationalists and others who believe wind and wave power
  should sweep all before them.
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ANGER OVER SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR POWER

  ALLAN Wilson, the Executive's minister for renewable energy,
  sparked anger yesterday when he gave his support to the principle
  of building new nuclear power stations in Scotland.
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