June 23, 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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NEW YORK LAWMAKERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS FACE OFF ON GREEN POWER

  Environmentalists Wednesday praised a proposal that would require
  a quarter of electricity purchased in New York to come from
  renewable energy sources, but local business officials worried
  that the requirement could drive up power prices.
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DEVELOPER PUSHES FOR 'GREEN' ENERGY PLANTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIF.

 On the heels of a key regulatory approval last week, a local
  businessman said Monday that he is talking to various officials
  about building at least five "renewable energy" projects around
  the county, three of them in North County.
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EXPERTS BLOW COLD OVER WIND FARM

  Wildlife guardians have said 'no' to controversial offshore wind
  farm plans for Teesside.
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ACTIVISTS CLAIM VICTORY IN WIND-FARM SITE FIGHT

  CAMPAIGNERS claimed a first-round victory yesterday in a fight to
  stop plans to develop what they say would be Europe's biggest wind
  farm in a remote part of the Highlands.
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DOING ROARING TRADE IN USED WIND TURBINES

  Second-hand wind turbines are helping to drive the growth of a top
  North-East renewable energy company.
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WIND POWER BOOM

  A PROPOSED wind farm off the North Wales coast would have up to
  200 giant turbines,according to a new report.
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GREEN POWER IS A GAMBLE FOR THE STATE

  It won't be cheap to go green, and that's making some Buffalo
  Niagara business officials mighty nervous.
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PROPOSALS COULD REQUIRE UTILITIES TO USE GREEN POWER

  Green power could increase your electric bills in more ways than
  one, analysts from three major bond-rating agencies told public
  utility representatives meeting at a national conference Monday.
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NATURAL GAS LIKELY TO STAY PRICEY AS DEMAND SURGES

  While crude-oil prices are calming down, natural-gas prices in the
  U.S. are poised to stay strong, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.
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GE Energy will supply wind turbines for new project in Italy

GE Energy will supply 71 1.5-MW wind turbines to Italian electric utility EnelSpA.  Five of the turbines will be used to repower older turbines in Abruzzo next year; EnelSpA plans to install 38 turbines in Sardinia this year; and the remaining 28 will be used in future projects.
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Vestas to supply Italian project

Vestas Wind Systems has received orders for 35 2-MW turbines from a joint venture between Italian developer Fri-EL GreenPower and companies of the EDF group of France to be installed in 2004-2005. The two wind farms where the turbines are expected to be erected are in the Basilicata and Campania regions of Italy.
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PUBLIC RESISTANCE NARROWING LNG OPTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA

  Public acceptance is critical for the approximately 45 LNG
  regasification terminals being proposed for North America.
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GAS-QUALITY DEBATE HEATS UP AS MORE US LNG IMPORTS LOOM

  Over the last 4 years, two distinct influences have raised-end
  user concerns over the hydrocarbon content of natural gas in the US.
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