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October 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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NEW NORTH CAROLINA LAW TRIGGERS FLURRY OF WIND TURBINE PLANS
Coastal breezes and a new state law are attracting the first plans
for tall wind turbines in northeastern North Carolina, but success
depends on their effect on coastal views
**************
TEXAS PANHANDLE UTILITIES COMMISSION SEEKS TO REGULATE
WIND-GENERATING PROJECTS
State regulators are making Panhandle wind developers get federal
permission before pumping energy downstate, and some fear their
projects could be limited.
**************
EDEN PRAIRIE COMPANY TO BUY WIND FARM PROJECTS
Wind Energy America Inc. is sensing the wind is blowing in its
favor. The Eden Prairie company, formerly known as Dotronix Inc.,
said today that it has entered into a letter of intent to buy the
assets of wind farm developer Boreal Energy Inc. of Vadnais Heights.
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SUNDANCE SQUARE TO PURCHASE 6.3 MILLION KWH OF GREEN POWER
Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas has agreed to purchase an
estimated 6.3 million kWh of green power from Green Mountain
Energy Company for its commercial, residential, entertainment, and
retail development that encompasses 35 city blocks.
**************
FLIP SIDE OF WIND ENERGY EMERGING
Megan McElligott and Jason Gotte feel as though nobody is
considering the possible negative impact of Airtricity's plans to
construct 55 to 80 wind turbines in the towns of Gaines and Albion
within the next few years.
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WIND FARM MAY HAVE TO MONITOR BIRD AND BAT KILLS: AN SCC OFFICER
SAID WILDLIFE PROTECTION OUTWEIGHS FINANCIAL CONCERNS
Backers of a proposed wind farm in Highland County would have to
search daily for dead birds and bats and curtail turbine
operations to limit loss of animal life under a proposed
wildlife-protection plan issued Wednesday by a Virginia State
Corporation Commission hearing officer.
**************
GROUP'S REQUEST TO STOP WIND FARMS DENIED
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has denied an environmental
group's request to intervene in plans to build two
electricity-generating wind farms in Kenedy County.
**************
PGE BRINGS FIRST TURBINES ONLINE AT BIGLOW CANYON WIND FARM
Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) announced today
its Biglow Canyon Wind Farm began generating electricity this
week as the first several wind turbines on PGE's first, wholly
owned and operated wind farm began supplying power on the Pacific
Northwest's electricity grid. Phase one of the Biglow Project is
on track for completion by the end of this year, and will
comprise 76 turbines with an installed capacity of 125 megawatts
of electricity -- enough to power about 34,000 homes.
**************
GUANGDONG NO. 2 HYDROPOWER TO BUILD WIND FARM IN HAINAN
Guangdong No. 2 Hydropower Engineering Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002060) is
brewing to participate in the construction of the first phase
project of a wind farm in Gancheng Town, Dongfang City in China's
southmost large island province of Hainan.
**************
BIRD LOVERS BALK AT WINDMILLS IN PUERTO RICO
Biologist Miguel Canals gazed over the majestic cliffs at
Guayanilla Bay with a child's delight, pointing out trees hundreds
of years old and rare birds whose songs only resonate in this
corner of Puerto Rico.
**************
70 WINDMILLS COMING TO N.J. SHORELINE ; IF PILOT PROGRAM IS
SUCCESSFUL, THERE COULD BE MORE BUILT
About 70 windmills will sprout in the ocean off the Jersey Shore,
producing enough energy to power some 125,000 homes.
**************
NOXEN WIND PARK GETS OK: ORDINANCE IN NOXEN REFLECTS MANY OF THE
SECTIONS OF A SIMILAR ONE IN BEAR CREEK TWP.
Noxen Township board of supervisors Tuesday night approved a
wind-park ordinance that has also received the approval of BP
Alternative Energy
**************
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR SOARS ON WINDMILL DEAL
American Superconductor Corp. thinks it has the wind at its back
for a major turnaround. Yesterday, the Westboro maker of
high-performance transmission wire and equipment announced it had
licensed its newly acquired wind- turbine technology to a Quebec
firm, AAER, in a "multimillion dollar" deal.
**************
CRITICS: WIND FARM CAN PAY TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT
The disclosure of confidential financial information about a
proposed Highland County wind farm has recharged
environmentalists' criticism of the project.
**************
WIND FARMS MAY INCREASE; 'CLEAN COAL' TECHNOLOGY NOT YET VIABLE, CLP SAYS
Australia may get as much as a fifth of its electricity supplies
from wind power by 2020, up from less than 1 percent at present, a
lobby group for the renewable-energy industry in the nation said.
**************
GREENHUNTER ENERGY LOOKS TO CHINA FOR WIND TURBINES
Gary C. Evans, CEO of Dallas-based GreenHunter Energy, is taking a
week's hiatus from his Houston biodiesel refinery project to
cement a deal with a private Chinese company for state-of-the-art
wind turbines for U.S. power generation.
**************
$5B WINDFARM PLANNED FOR AUSTRALIA
A massive wind farm planned for southeastern Australia would
provide as much electricity as a large coal-powered plant.
**************
OEB APPROVES CANADIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY CORPORATION APPLICATION FOR
WIND FARM TRANSMISSION FACILITIES
Today the Ontario Energy Board issued an Order granting an
application by Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation for leave to
construct transmission facilities connecting its Wolfe Island wind
farm to the transmission grid.
**************
SUZLON WINS LARGE ORDER IN BRAZIL
Wind energy major, Suzlon, today said that it has signed a large
new order in Brazil with utility major, Servtec Instalacoses E
Sistemas Integrados Ltda.
**************
SUZLON TO SET UP WIND FARM FOR DLF IN GUJARAT
Wind energy major Suzlon Energy today said it has bagged an order
from the country's biggest realty firm DLF to set up a wind farm
in Gujarat.
**************
WIND FARM VIEW SOUGHT; STDC AFTER PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON PLAN
Public consultation is being sought for Taranaki's first
commercial wind farm. Allco is seeking a resource consent for the
project, to be built in two clusters on adjoining properties off
Beach Rd, owned by John and David Alexander and Warwick and Ruth Lupton.
**************
WIND FARM PLAN APPEAL REJECTED
Plans for a wind farm in the upper Swansea Valley have been thrown
out on the grounds of its visual impact.
**************
SCOTTISHPOWER OPENS NEW SCOTTISH WIND FARM
ScottishPower Renewables has announced that it has officially
opened its newest wind farm in Wether Hill, Dumfries and Galloway,
Scotland. The facility is ScottishPower's eighth operational wind
farm in Scotland.
**************
NEW TABER WIND FARM LARGEST IN ALBERTA
Today marks the official opening of Alberta's largest wind energy
operation - ENMAX Corporation's Taber Wind Farm.
**************
CONTACT UNVEILS WAIKATO WIND FARM
New Zealand electricity provider Contact Energy has provided
details of a new wind farm, Hauauru ma raki, that is being
developed on farmland to the south of Port Waikato.
**************
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
<><><><><><>
NEW NORTH CAROLINA LAW TRIGGERS FLURRY OF WIND TURBINE PLANS
Coastal breezes and a new state law are attracting the first plans
for tall wind turbines in northeastern North Carolina, but success
depends on their effect on coastal views
**************
TEXAS PANHANDLE UTILITIES COMMISSION SEEKS TO REGULATE
WIND-GENERATING PROJECTS
State regulators are making Panhandle wind developers get federal
permission before pumping energy downstate, and some fear their
projects could be limited.
**************
EDEN PRAIRIE COMPANY TO BUY WIND FARM PROJECTS
Wind Energy America Inc. is sensing the wind is blowing in its
favor. The Eden Prairie company, formerly known as Dotronix Inc.,
said today that it has entered into a letter of intent to buy the
assets of wind farm developer Boreal Energy Inc. of Vadnais Heights.
**************
SUNDANCE SQUARE TO PURCHASE 6.3 MILLION KWH OF GREEN POWER
Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas has agreed to purchase an
estimated 6.3 million kWh of green power from Green Mountain
Energy Company for its commercial, residential, entertainment, and
retail development that encompasses 35 city blocks.
**************
FLIP SIDE OF WIND ENERGY EMERGING
Megan McElligott and Jason Gotte feel as though nobody is
considering the possible negative impact of Airtricity's plans to
construct 55 to 80 wind turbines in the towns of Gaines and Albion
within the next few years.
**************
WIND FARM MAY HAVE TO MONITOR BIRD AND BAT KILLS: AN SCC OFFICER
SAID WILDLIFE PROTECTION OUTWEIGHS FINANCIAL CONCERNS
Backers of a proposed wind farm in Highland County would have to
search daily for dead birds and bats and curtail turbine
operations to limit loss of animal life under a proposed
wildlife-protection plan issued Wednesday by a Virginia State
Corporation Commission hearing officer.
**************
GROUP'S REQUEST TO STOP WIND FARMS DENIED
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has denied an environmental
group's request to intervene in plans to build two
electricity-generating wind farms in Kenedy County.
**************
PGE BRINGS FIRST TURBINES ONLINE AT BIGLOW CANYON WIND FARM
Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) announced today
its Biglow Canyon Wind Farm began generating electricity this
week as the first several wind turbines on PGE's first, wholly
owned and operated wind farm began supplying power on the Pacific
Northwest's electricity grid. Phase one of the Biglow Project is
on track for completion by the end of this year, and will
comprise 76 turbines with an installed capacity of 125 megawatts
of electricity -- enough to power about 34,000 homes.
**************
GUANGDONG NO. 2 HYDROPOWER TO BUILD WIND FARM IN HAINAN
Guangdong No. 2 Hydropower Engineering Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002060) is
brewing to participate in the construction of the first phase
project of a wind farm in Gancheng Town, Dongfang City in China's
southmost large island province of Hainan.
**************
BIRD LOVERS BALK AT WINDMILLS IN PUERTO RICO
Biologist Miguel Canals gazed over the majestic cliffs at
Guayanilla Bay with a child's delight, pointing out trees hundreds
of years old and rare birds whose songs only resonate in this
corner of Puerto Rico.
**************
70 WINDMILLS COMING TO N.J. SHORELINE ; IF PILOT PROGRAM IS
SUCCESSFUL, THERE COULD BE MORE BUILT
About 70 windmills will sprout in the ocean off the Jersey Shore,
producing enough energy to power some 125,000 homes.
**************
NOXEN WIND PARK GETS OK: ORDINANCE IN NOXEN REFLECTS MANY OF THE
SECTIONS OF A SIMILAR ONE IN BEAR CREEK TWP.
Noxen Township board of supervisors Tuesday night approved a
wind-park ordinance that has also received the approval of BP
Alternative Energy
**************
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR SOARS ON WINDMILL DEAL
American Superconductor Corp. thinks it has the wind at its back
for a major turnaround. Yesterday, the Westboro maker of
high-performance transmission wire and equipment announced it had
licensed its newly acquired wind- turbine technology to a Quebec
firm, AAER, in a "multimillion dollar" deal.
**************
CRITICS: WIND FARM CAN PAY TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT
The disclosure of confidential financial information about a
proposed Highland County wind farm has recharged
environmentalists' criticism of the project.
**************
WIND FARMS MAY INCREASE; 'CLEAN COAL' TECHNOLOGY NOT YET VIABLE, CLP SAYS
Australia may get as much as a fifth of its electricity supplies
from wind power by 2020, up from less than 1 percent at present, a
lobby group for the renewable-energy industry in the nation said.
**************
GREENHUNTER ENERGY LOOKS TO CHINA FOR WIND TURBINES
Gary C. Evans, CEO of Dallas-based GreenHunter Energy, is taking a
week's hiatus from his Houston biodiesel refinery project to
cement a deal with a private Chinese company for state-of-the-art
wind turbines for U.S. power generation.
**************
$5B WINDFARM PLANNED FOR AUSTRALIA
A massive wind farm planned for southeastern Australia would
provide as much electricity as a large coal-powered plant.
**************
OEB APPROVES CANADIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY CORPORATION APPLICATION FOR
WIND FARM TRANSMISSION FACILITIES
Today the Ontario Energy Board issued an Order granting an
application by Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation for leave to
construct transmission facilities connecting its Wolfe Island wind
farm to the transmission grid.
**************
SUZLON WINS LARGE ORDER IN BRAZIL
Wind energy major, Suzlon, today said that it has signed a large
new order in Brazil with utility major, Servtec Instalacoses E
Sistemas Integrados Ltda.
**************
SUZLON TO SET UP WIND FARM FOR DLF IN GUJARAT
Wind energy major Suzlon Energy today said it has bagged an order
from the country's biggest realty firm DLF to set up a wind farm
in Gujarat.
**************
WIND FARM VIEW SOUGHT; STDC AFTER PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON PLAN
Public consultation is being sought for Taranaki's first
commercial wind farm. Allco is seeking a resource consent for the
project, to be built in two clusters on adjoining properties off
Beach Rd, owned by John and David Alexander and Warwick and Ruth Lupton.
**************
WIND FARM PLAN APPEAL REJECTED
Plans for a wind farm in the upper Swansea Valley have been thrown
out on the grounds of its visual impact.
**************
SCOTTISHPOWER OPENS NEW SCOTTISH WIND FARM
ScottishPower Renewables has announced that it has officially
opened its newest wind farm in Wether Hill, Dumfries and Galloway,
Scotland. The facility is ScottishPower's eighth operational wind
farm in Scotland.
**************
NEW TABER WIND FARM LARGEST IN ALBERTA
Today marks the official opening of Alberta's largest wind energy
operation - ENMAX Corporation's Taber Wind Farm.
**************
CONTACT UNVEILS WAIKATO WIND FARM
New Zealand electricity provider Contact Energy has provided
details of a new wind farm, Hauauru ma raki, that is being
developed on farmland to the south of Port Waikato.
**************
