April 30, 2008

Wind Harvest International's "Wind News" - April 30, 2008
A compilation of story leads from around the world.
By:  Kevin Wolf <kwolf@windharvest.com>

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This newsletter includes 21 news stories from April 25-30, 2008
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Note:  These story titles and lead paragraphs predominantly come from Energy Central's (www.energycentral.com/) 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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PGE REQUESTS PROPOSALS TO SECURE FUTURE RENEWABLE POWER

  Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE:POR) today issued a request
  for proposals (RFP) to prospective bidders to supply renewable
  power  to help meet its customers' future energy needs.
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SALE STALLS WIND FARM CASE; MOVE ANGERS OWNER OF NEIGHBOURING PROPERTY

  The Waverley wind farm consent hearing has been called off at the
  request of the applicant 18 days before it was due to start.
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HARNESSING OKLAHOMA'S WIND POWER WON'T BE A BREEZE

  State Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker has a vision for
  Oklahoma's potential as a provider of electricity generated by
  wind.
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MAJOR IDAHO WIND FARM PROJECT APPROVED BY BINGHAM COUNTY PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION

  Ridgeline Energy is pleased to  announce that last night the
  Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission  approved a Special
  Use Permit for the Goshen South wind farm.
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WIND FARM PLAN REDUCED: DEVELOPER HOPES TO SKIP REVIEW OF IMPACT

  A wind farm developer is shrinking a proposal to build turbines in
  Western Maryland, making the project small enough to be exempt
  from a major environmental review.
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PSC APPROVES WIND FARM TRANSMISSION LINE

  The New York State Public Service Commission today approved the
  construction plans for  a 5.6 mile 230 kV transmission line along
  with necessary infrastructure improvements needed for the
  construction of a 127-megawatt Noble Wethersfield wind farm
  project in Wyoming County.
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IBERDROLA AGAIN THREATENS TO CALL OFF MERGER: AT ODDS WITH PSC STAFF
OVER WIND-FARM ASSETS, COMPANY SAYS IT COULD SCRAP DEAL FOR ENERGY EAST

  Albany Officials with Iberdrola SA reiterated Thursday the Spanish
  company is ready to walk away from its $4.5 billion acquisition of
  Energy East Corp. if state regulators continue to require the sale
  of wind-farm assets in New York state.
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WIND PLANS GO ON WHILE PSC DECIDES

  Though no official decision has been made on placing wind turbines
  on Backbone Mountain following the Maryland Public Service
  Commission hearing Wednesday, plans for the project progress.
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STATE CLEARS COASTAL WIND FARM

  Raleigh entrepreneurs Nelson and Dianna Paul cleared the first
  hurdle Thursday toward building the state's largest wind power
  plant in Bettie, east of Morehead City.
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WIND POWER OFFICIAL SAYS W. MD. PROJECT DEPENDS ON CREDITS

  The Maryland Public Service Commission heard testimony Wednesday
  on whether to use a new state law to grant fast-track approval for
  a Garrett County wind power project.
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EDF-EN TO DEVELOP 99MW CRANE CREEK WIND FARM IN IOWA

  French clean energy major EDF Energies Nouvelles has announced the
  signing of a new agreement for the development and construction of
  the Crane Creek project in Iowa on behalf of a third party. This
  99MW wind farm is expected to come online in 2009.
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A FORCE IN WIND POWER: MINNESOTA'S MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION BUILT 30
PERCENT OF ALL NORTH AMERICAN WIND FARMS LAST YEAR

  There's only one time you don't want wind at a wind farm, and
  that's when one is being built. Construction companies want as
  little wind as possible when they hoist the tall, spindly wind
  turbines into place -- especially in the winter.
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DUBAI GROUP ACQUIRES 40% STAKE IN INDIA'S CHIRANJJEEVI WIND ENERGY

  Dubai Group, the leading diversified financial services company of
  Dubai Holding, today announced that it has acquired a 40 per cent
  stake in India's Chiranjjeevi Wind Energy Limited (CWEL), a wind
  turbine manufacturer in India.
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LARGEST INSHORE WIND FARM STARTS UP

  Europe's largest onshore wind farm goes on stream from today. The
  first 10 turbines of the planned 140 at Whitelee on Eaglesham
  Moor, south of Glasgow, are now producing enough electricity to
  power 13,000 homes.
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WIND FARM DEVELOPERS TOUT ENERGY SOURCE

  Wind farm developers were given the opportunity Monday to present
  their reasons for having turbines dot Livingston County.
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COUNTY HOLDS MEETING ON WIND-ENERGY PLAN

  San Bernardino County officials are hosting a community meeting
  Tuesday to discuss a proposed wind-energy project that would put
  turbines along a ridgeline near Apple Valley.
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E.ON SVERIGE TO BUILD 200MW OFFSHORE WIND FARM IN DENMARK

  E.ON has won the right to build Rodsand II, an offshore wind farm
  south of the island Lolland in Denmark.
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WINDFORCE SETS OPEN HOUSE IN KEYSER ON TURBINE PROPOSAL

  Information about wind generation and the first wind turbine
  project proposed for Mineral County will be available at a public
  open house on Monday, from 7:30 PM -- 9:00 PM at the Wind Lea
  Banquet and Conference Center.
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ZONING COMMISSION APPROVES IDAHO WIND FARM

The Bingham County Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) has approved a special-use permit for the Goshen South wind farm. The permit gives Ridgeline Energy approval to build 150 wind turbines on leased land in Bingham County, Idaho.
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WISCONSIN POWER TO PURCHASE 400 MW WIND FARM

Wisconsin Power and Light Co. (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp., has executed a letter of intent to purchase the proposed 400 MW Bent Tree Wind Farm in southern Minnesota from Wind Capital Group LLC, a St. Louis-based developer of wind energy assets.
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