November 11, 2005

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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CH2M HILL HARNESSES WIND POWER FOR COMPUTERS

  CH2M HILL Canada is helping to support clean energy by using the
  wind to power more than 500 computers and laptops in its 12
  offices across the country.
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DEMOCRATS PROPOSE STATE BANK PROFITS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

  Democratic state lawmakers want to use money from the Bank of
  North Dakota for ethanol, biodiesel and wind energy projects.
  Republicans say the plan is unrealistic.
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INVESTOR NEGOTIATES WITH UTILITY PACIFICORP FOR $120 MILLION
WIND-FARM DEAL

  A La Center investor is negotiating with PacifiCorp for a $120
  million deal to build 63 huge wind turbines on the hills
  overlooking the Columbia River west of Arlington, Ore., 150 miles
  east of Vancouver.
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SPANISH FORK OKS TEST SITE FOR WIND FARM

  Afternoon winds whipping through Spanish Fork Canyon could soon be
  put to work. Heber City-based Wasatch Wind wants to erect two
  windmill towers to test the wind velocity in the area.
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GROUP MULLS SECOND MAINE WINDPOWER PROJECT, THIS TIME IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

  With the Mars Hill Mountain wind farm all but definite, renewable
  energy advocates are looking back at an old proposal that could
  become the state's second wind-energy development.
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Wind farms ignite controversy in Scotland and California

A proposal to build the world's biggest on-shore wind farm on Scotland's rugged Isle of Lewis is triggering a pitched battle. Lewis Wind Power, a joint venture between British Energy and construction group AMEC, claims the project would create hundreds of jobs and generate enough electricity to meet the annual needs of 1.1 million people, as well as meet 6 percent of the U.K.'s renewable-energy targets.  Opponents, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, claim that the farm would damage an environmentally sensitive peat bog and harm wildlife.  Meanwhile, in California, the Center for Biological Diversity is suing power companies responsible for the Altamont Pass wind turbines over what they claim are the deaths of thousands of eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, and other protected birds.  They are asking that substantial raptor habitat be set aside by the companies. "We absolutely support wind power, but it is long past time for turbine owners to make a serious effort to stop the raptor slaughter at Altamont," said the center's Jeff Miller.

straight to the source:  The Scotsman, James Reynolds, 04 Nov 2004
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straight to the source:  The Scotsman, Scottish Press Association, Jude Sheerin, 03 Nov 2004
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straight to the source:  Contra Costa Times, Bonita Brewer, 02 Nov 2004
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RESIDENTS BATTLE POUNDS 480M WIND FARM PLAN

  PLANS SUBMITTED by the Irish energy company Airtricity yesterday
  to build a pounds 480m, 173-turbine wind farm on hills overlooking
  three small villages in South Lanarkshire were condemned by local
  residents as environmental vandalism.
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LEHMAN, RAYMOND JAMES AGREE ON THIRD QUARTER GAS DECLINES

  They may vary on their conclusions by about half a percentage
  point, but Lehman Brothers and Raymond James analysts agree in new
  energy research reports that 3Q North American natural gas
  production continued to decline year-over-year despite an upsurge
  in drilling activity. - (NGIís Daily Gas Price Index)
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