August 26, 2007

Wind Harvest's "Wind News"
A compilation of story leads from around the world.
By:  Kevin Wolf <kwolf@windharvest.com>

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 Google and find the original source of the story. You are welcome to share this with others. This is a free service from Wind Harvest.   Thank you. Kevin
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WIND POOL PLAN MAY CUT COST OF POLICY: NEW RATES, CREDITS EXPECTED
IN FALL

  A plan for higher deductibles and credits for stronger
  construction for state wind pool policyholders was approved
  Thursday in an effort to reduce premiums for wind coverage.
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ASSEMBLY SUPPORT FOR WIND TURBINES ; BLUEPRINT COMMITS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY

  WIND farms and renewable energy have won the support of the North-
  East Assembly after it agreed with Government plans for the
  controversial turbines.
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WIND ENERGY MAKING STRIDES IN AREA

  Developers, landowners and government officials are ready to get
  on with developing wind energy in the Panhandle, but there always
  seems to be  one more step.
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FINAVERA TO ACQUIRE 20MW GERMAN WIND FARM

  Canada's Finavera Renewables has signed an exclusive memorandum of
  understanding to acquire a 20MW wind farm in Germany, subject to
  the completion of a final purchase and sale agreement and due diligence.
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CAPE WIND OPPONENTS SEE IT IN DEEPER WATERS

  European experiments with deep-water wind farms are raising hopes
  among opponents of the Cape Wind project that giant turbines could
  one day be built farther out to sea than previously believed.
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TWIN PORTS EXPERIENCING WINDFARM WINDFALL

  Hardly anyone likes paying upwards of $3 per gallon at the gas
  pump, but high oil prices are stimulating at least one part of the
  Twin Ports' economy.
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INTERNATIONAL POWER TO ACQUIRE 36 TRINERGY WIND FARMS FOR $2.5 BILLION

  British-based electricity generator International Power Plc has
  said that it has reached an agreement to acquire 36 farms owned
  operator Trinergy for $2.5 billion.
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AAER ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
ONTARIO-BASED POSITIVE POWER CO-OP FOR THE SALE OF 2 WIND TURBINES

  Wind turbine manufacturer AAER Inc. (TSX-V: AAE), has signed a
  memorandum of understanding with the Ontario-based Positive Power
  Co-op for the sale of two A-1500-77-80 wind power turbines, worth
  $4.5 million Canadian dollars.
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REVISED TURBINE PLAN RELAUNCHED; UNISON APPLICATION CUTS NUMBER OF
TOWERS BY 3

  A LANDSCAPE protection group is gearing up to fight a new
  application to build a wind farm nearly identical to one already
  rejected by the Environment Court.
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BRITISH BUILD MASSIVE WINDFARM IN CHINA

  ON the vast Inner Mongolian grasslands just 400 miles west of
  Beijing, a small London-based energy company is poised to complete
  the first stage of a project to create a massive windfarm.
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CONCERNS HEARD ABOUT WIND FARM

  Dale Wheaton said he has nothing against wind energy. But as the
  owner of a traditional sporting lodge, Wheaton doesn't regard
  400-foot-tall wind turbines on the horizon of a lake where he
  takes clients as a benefit to his business.
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DODGE, MOWER SEE BOOM IN WIND FARMS

  Dodge and Olmsted Counties could soon become home to one of the
  largest community-owned wind farms in the nation.
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IRISH FOCUS FOR ENERGY FIRM

  SCOTTISH and Southern Energy has applied for gas and electricity
  licences to operate in Ireland's deregulated energy markets.
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INNER MONGOLIA PLANS 33,000 MW OF INSTALLED WIND POWER CAPACITY OVER
NEXT 20 YEARS IN WULANCHABU, AN INDUSTRIAL INFO NEWS ALERT

  Inner  Mongolia is one of the provinces (regions) with the richest
  wind  resources in China.
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LAWMAKERS TO VOTE ON PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT OF WIND FARMS

  Thanks to the duration of this year's record-breaking legislative
  overtime session, lawmakers are poised to vote on a plan that
  would establish a uniform method of assessing wind farms for
  property tax purposes.
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LURC FORUM TARGETS WIND FARM NOISE

  The developer of a wind farm proposed for northern Washington
  County told state regulators Wednesday that noise levels from the
  massive turbines are expected to be well within legal limits.
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LIVINGSTON WIND FARM'S 'IDEAL LOCATION,' JOB CREATION TOUTED

  More than 100 people attended an informational meeting Thursday
  night focusing on what some call "the biggest issue going on in
  Odell": a planned 373-turbine wind farm for Livingston and LaSalle
  counties. The Portland, Ore., company has filed a request with
  Livingston County's zoning office to build 323 wind turbines in
  Livingston County. The total project is 373 turbines.
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ENEL AND FORTIS SIGN 10-YEAR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR US WIND FARM

  Snyder Wind Farm, which is a subsidiary of the North American unit
  of Italian utility Enel, has signed a 1.1 million MW, 10-year
  financial fixed-price power purchase agreement with Fortis
  Merchant and Private Banking.
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MORE NEW WIND POWER TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR BULLFROG POWER(TM)

  Bullfrog and Sky Generation announce development of wind farm
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GOOD ENERGY LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON UPGRADING UK WIND FARM

  UK-based renewables firm Good Energy Group has launched a wind
  planning consultation regarding its plans to upgrade its Delabole
  wind farm in Cornwall by replacing the original turbines with
  modern, more efficient ones that will be capable of generating up
  to three times more electricity.
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MCCAIN'S POTATO CHIP FACTORY TO BE RUN ON WIND POWER

  McCain Foods is investing [pound]10m to build three wind turbines
  at the UK's largest chip factory, which should cut energy bills at
  the site by up to 60 per cent.
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FORUM ON WIND-ENERGY ISSUES SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR

  Cattaraugus County residents who fear their communities will be
  subjected to wind-energy facility laws and contracts, wind tower
  views and wind turbine noise learned Monday night that wind energy
  has already become a public policy in New York State.
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NORTH CHINA WIND FARM COULD BE WORLD'S LARGEST

  Roaring 40s Renewable Energy, a wind energy venture between Hydro
  Tasmania and CLP Holdings, agreed with China Datang to build what
  may be one of the world's largest onshore wind farms.
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MESA POWER'S PLANS FOR WORLD'S LARGEST WIND FARM MOVE FORWARD WITH
ERCOT FILING

  Mesa Power said today it has filed  documents with a state agency
  to add 4,000 megawatts of wind-generated  electricity to the power
  grid in Texas.
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DAKSHIDIN CORPORATION SELLS WINDMILLS TO AFRICA

  Dakshidin Corporation (PINKSHEETS: DKSC) is pleased to announce
  that through its wholly owned subsidiary RESTEC International
  Inc., it has sold four windmills to our African distributor, Ecocleansol.
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DTE ENERGY GREENCURRENTS AGREEMENT ENABLES MICHIGAN COMPANY TO BUILD
NEW WIND FARM

  DTE Energy announced today it has signed  a long-term agreement
  with Michigan-based renewable energy company Heritage  Sustainable
  Energy, LLC to provide wind supply for the company's GreenCurrents
   renewable energy program.
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