December 9, 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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PA GOVERNOR RENDELL SIGNS MEASURE MANDATING CLEAN-ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD

  Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed into law a
  clean-energy portfolio standard that will cut energy costs,
  promote economic development and encourage technologies to protect
  and restore the environment by ensuring more electricity
  generation comes from environmentally beneficial resources.
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NEW MEXICO PUSHES WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT

  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wants to develop more wind power
  in his state and market it to other states in the West.
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POTENTIAL FOR WIND POWER SAID GREAT IN PLAINS STATES

  A California businessman said Monday that the Dakotas and Nebraska
  could become highly profitable havens for the largest wind farms
  in the nation over the next decade or two.
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PGE ANNOUNCES ITS LARGEST-EVER RENEWABLE WIND POWER PURCHASE TO HELP
MEET FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS OF PGE CUSTOMERS

  Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced a 30-year
  agreement with PPM Energy to purchase 75 megawatts (MW) of wind
  capacity to serve PGE customers beginning in December 2005.
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SP. FORK TOWER ERECTED TO TEST FOR WIND POWER

  A 272-foot-high tall wind tower could point the way for a new wind park.
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U.S. WIND FARMING, INC. EXECUTES OPTIONS TO ACQUIRE NEW ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES

  U.S. Wind Farming, Inc. has entered into option agreements to
  acquire revolutionary new energy and environmental technologies
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HARNESS WINDS OF CHANGE; NEW LINES PLANNED TO CARRY CLEAN POWER

  Southern California Edison is proposing to run new 500,000-volt
  lines between west Lancaster, Valencia, Acton and Tehachapi to
  serve a huge expansion of Antelope Valley wind-energy farms.
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MAJOR CORPORATIONS, WRI ANNOUNCE THIRD ROUND OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PURCHASES

  The World Resources Institute (WRI) and members of its Green Power
  Market Development Group today announced 62 megawatts (MW) of new
  renewable energy purchases and projects.
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CLP HOLDING PARTNERS WITH CHNG TO DEVELOP WIND POWER

  The CLP Holding Limited (CLP Holdings, 0002:HK), a listed company
  on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, announced on December 5 that the
  company had partnered with the subsidiary of China Huaneng Group
  (CHNG), a state-owned enterprise, to develop wind power generation
  in Changdao, Shandong province.
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CNE, UNDP TO STUDY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY

  Chile's energy regulator CNE and the United Nations Development
  Program (UNDP) have signed an agreement to jointly develop a
  sustainable energy policy, the CNE announced.
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EIA 2005 OUTLOOK INCLUDES NEW PROJECTIONS FOR NATURAL GAS

  The Energy Information Administration is expecting Canadian
  natural gas imports into the U.S. to fall off in 2009, which is
  about three years earlier than it projected last year.
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"The Energy Challenge 2004 - Other Renewables and Demand"
Note: Very good overview of why we aren't making the efficiency advances of the early 90s, the role of deregulation, the potential for efficiency and renewables.  Worth readying. Kevin

Article Summary:

In addition to wind and solar, there are some other renewable resources that will make an energy contribution during this century, but they are vastly outweighed by the potential for demand reduction through efficiency and conservation.
From 1973 to 2002 GDP was up 74% while per capita
energy use remained flat.

To read this article follow this link:
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=882
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Green power customers increase 23% in U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC, US, 2004-12-08 Refocus Weekly The United States had 6,813
net-metered electric customers last year, up 23% from 4,472 in 2002.

The majority of net-metered customers was in California, which had 4,869
residential and 373 non-residential customers, estimates the Energy
Information Administration in ‘Green Pricing & Net Metering Programs 2003.'
Arizona was a distant second with 29 residential and 301 non-residential
customers connected to their utility.

There were 127 electric industry participants reporting customers in net
metering programs, up from 96 in 2992, with residential customers accounting
for 86% of the total. There are net-metered customers in 39 states,
including four new states, and California’s participants represent 77% of
the national total.

Last year, there were 308 utilities with green pricing programs, up 45% from
2002, with a national total of 877,126 participants in 2003, up 23% from
2002. Residential customers account for 93% of the total, which is down from
97% share in 2002.

There are green pricing customers in 40 states, including six new states,
led by Ohio with 428,849 customers under a single provider. Pennsylvania was
in second place with 74,583 followed by Texas with 65,618 and California
with 60,626 customers.

Green pricing programs allow electricity customers to pay the additional
costs for renewable energy through direct payments on their monthly bills.

Click here for more info...
<http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/greenprice/grnprcreport.
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