March 4, 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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EDF LAUNCHES NEW WIND FARMS IN US

  SIIF Energies, the subsidiary of French national electricity group
  EDF which specialises in renewable energy, has launched two new
  wind farms in Minnesota in the US.
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WIND ENERGY COULD POWER EVERY HOME IN EUROPE BY 2020

  Every home in Europe could be powered by clean green offshore wind
  energy, according to a new report released by international energy experts.
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BREAKING WIND
U.K. Military Accused of Thwarting Wind-Power Development

The U.K. Ministry of Defense is blocking efforts to expand wind energy in the country, said a group of top scientists today.  The MoD objected to 48 percent of applications to build land-based wind turbine farms in 2003 because it doesn't want turbines within 46 miles of air defense radar installations.  While the MoD claims that the turbines interfere with radar, only one other European country, Germany, has a similar prohibition, and that with a much smaller three-mile limit.  A government report on Friday said that the U.K. is falling off course in its efforts to boost production of renewable energy.  The nation has an official goal of getting 10 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2010; scientists said the MoD is, in effect, subverting that goal.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY WINS CHEAP GRID ACCESS

  THE renewable energy industry in the Highlands and Islands gained
  a "big breakthrough" yesterday as the government agreed measures
  that could help it "export" electricity by protecting it from
  extortionately high national grid access charges.
GAMESA SHARES FALL 3.64%
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  Shares in Spanish renewable energy group Gamesa fell 3.64 per cent
  to 33.63 euros yesterday, after investors opted for profit taking
  following four consecutive days of gains in which the share had
  climbed 14.4 per cent, to a record 34.90 euros.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION OF COLORADO
UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS

  Interest in energy and the environment continues to grow among
  utilities and environmental groups in Colorado, and delivering
  that energy affordably is on the minds of consumers.
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IBERDROLA CUTS WIND POWER PLANS

  Spanish power company Iberdrola will hand some of its wind power
  concessions in Brazil back to electricty regulator Aneel because
  of continued delays by the federal government in announcing the
  rules regarding the Proinfa alternative power program, newspaper
  Gazeta Mercantil reported.
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