October 16, 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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PRICE RISE BLOWING IN THE WIND: DEMAND FOR GREEN ENERGY CAUSES
SHORTAGE; STATE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM CONSUMES SUPPLY

  Demand for wind energy in the state has become so strong that
  residential consumers who want to pay extra for the power may have
  trouble buying it.
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BIDDER HAS NEW INTEREST IN LONG ISLAND WIND FARM

  Weeks after Long Island Power Authority chairman Kevin Law said he
  would terminate a planned 40-turbine wind farm off the South
  Shore, a second bidder for the project is expressing renewed
  interest in taking it on.
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HIGH COURT OKS HIGHLAND CO. WIND FARM PLANS: THE PROJECT STILL NEEDS
SCC APPROVAL BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN IN HIGHLAND COUNTY

  The Virginia Supreme Court upheld a decision Friday by Highland
  County to allow a controversial wind farm on a mountain ridge.
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WIND FARM BID FILED IN CENTERVILLE

  An application to develop a wind farm has been submitted to the
  Town of Centerville in Allegany County. Noble Environmental Power
  is seeking approval of 55 turbines in a 100-megawatt wind energy
  generation facility that is expected to include another 12
  turbines in the adjacent Town of Rushford.
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AN IDEA BLOWIN' IN THE N.D. WIND

  The largest community-owned wind energy farm in North Dakota is
  being proposed near Finley, N.D. The proposed wind farm initially
  would produce 150 megawatts of electricity, with plans to
  eventually expand to between 380 and 500 megawatts, according to
  Warren Enyart, chief executive officer of the Griggs-Steele
  Empowerment Zone.
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BP BREAKS GROUND ON FIRST WIND PROJECT IN TEXAS

  BP broke ground today on its  first wind project in Texas.  The
  project, named Silver Star I, is located 80  miles southwest of
  the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. The 60 megawatt  (MW),
  $100 million project is owned 85% by BP Alternative Energy and 15%
  by  Clipper Windpower.
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OTTER TAIL POWER INCREASES STAKE IN LANGDON WIND FARM

  Otter Tail Power Co. has exercised its option to own 40.5
  megawatts of electricity produced at the Langdon Wind Energy
  Center, which is under construction near Nekoma, N.D.
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COMMUNITIES WARY OF WIND BILLS: WANT TO RETAIN CONTROL OF SITING

  With a wave of wind energy seemingly about to hit Western New
  York, many of the area's towns have a message for Albany: They
  think they're handling it pretty well on their own.
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ENERGY PLAN TURNS NATURE INTO MONEY

  Major energy players in government and business are trying to
  chart a billion-dollar wind frontier with Oklahoma in the middle.
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APPROVAL GIVEN TO BUILD 100-TURBINE WIND FARM

  Windy days in Story County will soon do more than just cause a
  headache for people with long hair. The Story County Planning and
  Zoning Commission approved a conditional application submitted by
  Story Wind LLC to lay a field of approximately 100 turbines in
  Story County.
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WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE AND ENXCO SEEK IOWA WIND FARM DEAL

  Wisconsin  Public Service Corporation (WPSC), a subsidiary of
  Integrys Energy Group, Inc.  (NYSE: TEG) and enXco Development
  Corporation, an EDF-EN company based in  California, are
  negotiating a transaction calling for WPSC to purchase a
  99-megawatt wind facility to be constructed in Howard County,
  Iowa, by enXco.
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TOWN'S WIND ENERGY PLANS MOVE FORWARD

  Plans to power Hanover's water supply with wind energy are moving
  ahead on schedule. Town Administrator Stephen Rollins said the
  town is on pace to have a proposal ready for town meeting in the spring.
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E.ON UK RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING THE 'GIANT BATTERY'

  E.on UK, parent of Powergen and Central Networks in the Midlands,
  is researching and developing a groundbreaking 'giant battery'.
  The firm claims it will be able to store energy in a way which
  could unlock the full potential of renewables and micro generation.
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ANGER AT PLAN FOR TURBINES

  Opposition is growing to plans for seven giant turbines on the
  Northumberland coast. The wind energy battleground is switching
  from the rural moorlands to the county's coastline because of the
  bid to re-power the Blyth Harbour wind farm with new turbines that
  are three times the height of the existing structures.
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Wind turbines to power Sydney desalination plant
Business in Asia Today - OCTOBER 15, 2007

Sydney (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Seventy-five wind turbines, from up to six wind farms around New South Wales, will supply power to Sydney's controversial desalination plant. NSW Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees today will request proposals from suppliers to power the $A1.7 billion ($US 1.53 billion) 400,000 MwH green power plant, News Limited reports.

The move comes after a briefing by Sydney water to 22 renewable energy providers about supplying green energy to supply the desalination plant in Sydney's south.

The project would draw almost one-fifth of Australia's wind-generated energy. Mr. Rees said proposals were open to any provider accredited to supply clean energy to the national energy market.
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IBERDROLA TO FLOAT WIND POWER DIVISION

  Spanish energy company Iberdrola plans to raise up to E4 billion
  by floating its Iberenova wind power division, the largest wind
  power business in the world, The Scotsman has reported.
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SSE SIGNS WIND FARM AGREEMENTS WITH GD POWER DEVELOPMENT

  Scottish and Southern Energy has signed four agreements with GD
  Power Development to support the development of four new wind
  farms in northeast China. SSE Energy Supply Limited will purchase
  around two million carbon emissions reduction certificates over a
  period of five years from 2008.
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POLAND PLANS WIND POWER PLANTS AT SEA

  Poland  plans to build 300 wind-driven power plants on the Baltic
  Sea in a project described as the most spectacular of its kind,
  Polish Radio said Monday.

SCOTTISHPOWER'S WIND PROJECT APPROVED BY SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

  ScottishPower has received final planning consent from the
  Scottish government for its Harestanes windfarm, a 213MW capacity
  project in Dumfries and Galloway.
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CEMTREX PLANS TO SET UP A 20 MW WIND POWER PROJECT IN INDIA

  Cemtrex Inc.  (Pink Sheets: CTEI) announced today that it plans to
  set up a 20 MW wind farm  project to generate green energy in
  south India.
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OUTRAGE AT PLAN FOR 113 MORE WIND TURBINES

  New Zealand poet Brian Turner described Meridian Energy as a bunch
  of condescending monsters'' for not disclosing plans for a further
  113 wind turbines on the Lammermoor Range.
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