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February 10, 2008
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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APPALACHIAN BUYS WIND POWER TO MEET VA. PLAN: THE VIRGINIA ENERGY
PLAN OUTLINES RENEWABLE ENERGY USE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION GOALS TO
BE MET BY 2010
The good news is Appalachian Power Co. is bringing alternative
energy to its Virginia customers. The bad news is those customers
will foot the bill -- and cleaner, non-greenhouse emitting energy
sources generally cost more per kilowatt-hour than the
coal-generated electricity that makes up nearly 90 percent of
Appalachian's power in Virginia.
*********
WIND INDUSTRY WELCOMES EU'S GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION
BWEA, the body representing the UKÂ’s wind, wave & tidal industries
today welcomed the EU CommissionÂ’s announcement that Britain
should supply 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
*********
QUESTIONS REMAIN ON LIVINGSTON CO. WIND FARM
While a wind farm developer hoping to do business in Livingston
County says its application for county approval is complete,
county officials still have questions.
*********
NEW WIND FARM IS A GREEN POWER MILESTONE FOR ONTARIO
The province's newest wind farm is the first of its kind to be
built and brought on line with the help of Ontario's Renewable
Energy Standard Offer Program.
*********
DOMINION TO PARTNER WITH BP ON INDIANA WIND POWER PROJECT
Dominion announced today that it has acquired a 50 percent
interest in the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm from BP Alternative Energy
Inc. The facility is in Benton County, Indiana, about 90 miles
northwest of Indianapolis.
*********
AUSTRALIAN STATE GOVT APPROVES WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT
The third stage of Australia's largest wind farm development, at
Portland in Victoria's southwest, has been given the go-ahead by
the state government.
*********
BRITAIN WILL NEED 12,500 WIND FARMS TO SATISFY EU TARGETS
A rapid and vast expansion of renewable energy is on the way in
Britain to help with the fight against climate change, it was
revealed yesterday.
*********
ACCIONA ENERGY TO INSTALL 49.5MW WIND PARK IN CANADA
Acciona Energy has won a contract valued at C$103.5 million to
install a 49.5MW wind park in Canada.
*********
MARQUISS WIND POWER RAISES $1.3 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING ROUND
Marquiss Wind Power Inc., an innovator in developing and
deploying wind turbine technology, today announced it has closed
its first financing round with $1.3 million.
*********
SCOTLAND KEY TO BRITAIN'S GREEN POWER GOALS
Scotland will make a "big contribution" to the UK's renewable-
energy target, industry experts said yesterday
*********
COMMISSIONERS OK ORDINANCE REGULATING WIND TURBINES
Fears of spoiled views and banged-up birds have led to years of
appeals and at least one outright ban of wind turbines in some
places.
*********
PLUG PULLED ON WINDFARM; BIRD OF PREYS SURVIVAL COMES BEFORE
CONTROVERSIAL 110M PLAN, SAY PLANNERS
They are regarded as the great white hope of bureaucrats pining
for a green energy revolution. But planners in the west of Ireland
proved yesterday that they wont be swayed by PC arguments to dot
the hills of Clare with massive windmills when they refused
permission for a e10million windfarm.
*********
SMALLER WIND FARMS SPROUTING THROUGHOUT PANHANDLE AREA MAY CAUSE WOES
As plans for Godzilla-sized wind farms wait for regulators to
approve transmission lines to serve them, much smaller farms are
starting to spin in the Panhandle
*********
TURBINES REMAIN A THREAT, PANEL SAYS: COMMITTEE SUGGESTS TOO LITTLE
IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT BIRD DEATHS
A scientific review committee monitoring avian death rates in the
Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area has expressed skepticism there's
been enough progress in reducing them, although a report
confirming those concerns likely will not be out until next month.
*********
CLEAN ENERGY TARGETS 'WILL NOT BE MET IF LEWIS PLAN REJECTED'
Ministers were warned last night that they will fail to meet their
own green-energy targets if they reject plans to build Europe's
biggest on-shore wind farm on Lewis.
*********
THE DENMARK CHALLENGE
This Nordic nation receives 20 percent of their electricity from
wind and plan to boost that to 50 percent. Ditlev Engel, CEO of
Vestas, believes the world will need 925,000 megawatts of wind by
2020. A top Denmark official and a journalist talk about the
Danish wind success in a package of articles in the
January/February issue of EnergyBiz magazine, viewable online at
www.energybizmag.com .
*********
NORTH DAKOTA'S WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION DOUBLES
The wind energy industry is blowing across the North Dakota
prairie like an Alberta Clipper. By the end of 2008, North Dakota
could be producing 1,056 megawatts of wind energy, quintupling the
state's production in less than 18 months.
*********
$40M WIND FARM PROPOSED NEAR DUNEDIN
The company behind a proposed $40 million wind farm near Dunedin
will decide in six months whether to pursue the project.
*********
EUROPE'S LARGEST WIND FARM SET TO BE BLOCKED BY MINISTERS
Ministers are set to refuse permission to build what would have
been Europe's largest wind farm on the island of Lewis.
*********
COULD OKLAHOMA LEAD WIND-POWER EXPORT?
Power officials expect Oklahoma will be a leading exporter of
wind-generated energy by 2024.
*********
CHINA FACES SHORT SUPPLY OF WIND POWER GENERATORS
With advanced technologies introduced from abroad, China's wind
power generator manufacturing industry has grown rapidly in
recent years, and many listed companies have participated in this
development.
*********
WIND TURBINE PLANS HINGE ON PERMIT
A wind generating company says it will be ready to start
construction on a wind farm south of Willard in the spring. These
are complex projects," said Amy LeGere, Foresight Wind Energy
regional development manager.
*********
ENDESA INSTALLS FIRST WIND FARMS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN
Endesa has completed the installation of 74MW wind farms in the
Alto Palancia area of Castellon province in Valencia, Spain.
*********]
WIND TURBINE REVOLUTION 'TO CREATE 200,000 JOBS'
Plans to build 20,000 wind turbines on and offshore to meet
ambitious climate change targets will create 200,000 jobs, a new
study will reveal.
*********
ENERGY PROJECT SLATED FOR APPLE VALLEY: TWENTY-SEVEN WIND TURBINES
WILL BE VIEWABLE FROM TOWN
A project proposed for the unincorporated area east of Apple
Valley will place 27 wind turbines on 2,600 acres.
*********
WIND FARMS HIT OPPOSITION: FOES TARGET CLEARING OF STATE FOREST LAND
Business and political leaders in Western Maryland's Garrett
County are lining up against a proposal to allow the clearing of
up to 400 mountaintop acres of state forest for the construction
of 40-story wind turbines.
*********
TURKEY SIGNS WIND-POWER PLANT AGREEMENT
Rotor Energy Co, a subsidiary of Zorlu Energy, signed an "Emission
reductions sale agreement" with Ecosecurities group for a wind
power plant to be constructed in southern province of Osmaniye on
Tuesday [29 January].
*********
HORIZON WIND ENERGY SIGNS TURBINE SUPPLY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH GE ENERGY
Horizon Wind Energy LLC, a leading wind project developer, has
signed wind turbine supply and service agreements with GE Energy
for future U.S. projects. Horizon also announced today the
establishment of a regional headquarters in Albany, N.Y. to
oversee its future projects in New York State and the Northeastern
United States.
*********
ISLANDS SEEK WIND FARM BACK-UP PROJECT
WESTERN Isles Council is seeking an urgent meeting with the
Scottish Government to discuss "effective and alternative
investment" for the islands if a controversial wind farm is
rejected.
*********
BATTLE FOR LEWIS WIND FARM PLAN TO BE TAKEN TO EUROPE
The fight to save the controversial Western Isles wind farm
project is to be taken to Europe. Officials and politicians in
Brussels will be told this week that it is their environmental
directives which are preventing the area from helping reach the
renewable energy targets that Europe seeks.
*********
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
<><><><><><>
APPALACHIAN BUYS WIND POWER TO MEET VA. PLAN: THE VIRGINIA ENERGY
PLAN OUTLINES RENEWABLE ENERGY USE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION GOALS TO
BE MET BY 2010
The good news is Appalachian Power Co. is bringing alternative
energy to its Virginia customers. The bad news is those customers
will foot the bill -- and cleaner, non-greenhouse emitting energy
sources generally cost more per kilowatt-hour than the
coal-generated electricity that makes up nearly 90 percent of
Appalachian's power in Virginia.
*********
WIND INDUSTRY WELCOMES EU'S GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION
BWEA, the body representing the UKÂ’s wind, wave & tidal industries
today welcomed the EU CommissionÂ’s announcement that Britain
should supply 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
*********
QUESTIONS REMAIN ON LIVINGSTON CO. WIND FARM
While a wind farm developer hoping to do business in Livingston
County says its application for county approval is complete,
county officials still have questions.
*********
NEW WIND FARM IS A GREEN POWER MILESTONE FOR ONTARIO
The province's newest wind farm is the first of its kind to be
built and brought on line with the help of Ontario's Renewable
Energy Standard Offer Program.
*********
DOMINION TO PARTNER WITH BP ON INDIANA WIND POWER PROJECT
Dominion announced today that it has acquired a 50 percent
interest in the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm from BP Alternative Energy
Inc. The facility is in Benton County, Indiana, about 90 miles
northwest of Indianapolis.
*********
AUSTRALIAN STATE GOVT APPROVES WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT
The third stage of Australia's largest wind farm development, at
Portland in Victoria's southwest, has been given the go-ahead by
the state government.
*********
BRITAIN WILL NEED 12,500 WIND FARMS TO SATISFY EU TARGETS
A rapid and vast expansion of renewable energy is on the way in
Britain to help with the fight against climate change, it was
revealed yesterday.
*********
ACCIONA ENERGY TO INSTALL 49.5MW WIND PARK IN CANADA
Acciona Energy has won a contract valued at C$103.5 million to
install a 49.5MW wind park in Canada.
*********
MARQUISS WIND POWER RAISES $1.3 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING ROUND
Marquiss Wind Power Inc., an innovator in developing and
deploying wind turbine technology, today announced it has closed
its first financing round with $1.3 million.
*********
SCOTLAND KEY TO BRITAIN'S GREEN POWER GOALS
Scotland will make a "big contribution" to the UK's renewable-
energy target, industry experts said yesterday
*********
COMMISSIONERS OK ORDINANCE REGULATING WIND TURBINES
Fears of spoiled views and banged-up birds have led to years of
appeals and at least one outright ban of wind turbines in some
places.
*********
PLUG PULLED ON WINDFARM; BIRD OF PREYS SURVIVAL COMES BEFORE
CONTROVERSIAL 110M PLAN, SAY PLANNERS
They are regarded as the great white hope of bureaucrats pining
for a green energy revolution. But planners in the west of Ireland
proved yesterday that they wont be swayed by PC arguments to dot
the hills of Clare with massive windmills when they refused
permission for a e10million windfarm.
*********
SMALLER WIND FARMS SPROUTING THROUGHOUT PANHANDLE AREA MAY CAUSE WOES
As plans for Godzilla-sized wind farms wait for regulators to
approve transmission lines to serve them, much smaller farms are
starting to spin in the Panhandle
*********
TURBINES REMAIN A THREAT, PANEL SAYS: COMMITTEE SUGGESTS TOO LITTLE
IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT BIRD DEATHS
A scientific review committee monitoring avian death rates in the
Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area has expressed skepticism there's
been enough progress in reducing them, although a report
confirming those concerns likely will not be out until next month.
*********
CLEAN ENERGY TARGETS 'WILL NOT BE MET IF LEWIS PLAN REJECTED'
Ministers were warned last night that they will fail to meet their
own green-energy targets if they reject plans to build Europe's
biggest on-shore wind farm on Lewis.
*********
THE DENMARK CHALLENGE
This Nordic nation receives 20 percent of their electricity from
wind and plan to boost that to 50 percent. Ditlev Engel, CEO of
Vestas, believes the world will need 925,000 megawatts of wind by
2020. A top Denmark official and a journalist talk about the
Danish wind success in a package of articles in the
January/February issue of EnergyBiz magazine, viewable online at
www.energybizmag.com .
*********
NORTH DAKOTA'S WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION DOUBLES
The wind energy industry is blowing across the North Dakota
prairie like an Alberta Clipper. By the end of 2008, North Dakota
could be producing 1,056 megawatts of wind energy, quintupling the
state's production in less than 18 months.
*********
$40M WIND FARM PROPOSED NEAR DUNEDIN
The company behind a proposed $40 million wind farm near Dunedin
will decide in six months whether to pursue the project.
*********
EUROPE'S LARGEST WIND FARM SET TO BE BLOCKED BY MINISTERS
Ministers are set to refuse permission to build what would have
been Europe's largest wind farm on the island of Lewis.
*********
COULD OKLAHOMA LEAD WIND-POWER EXPORT?
Power officials expect Oklahoma will be a leading exporter of
wind-generated energy by 2024.
*********
CHINA FACES SHORT SUPPLY OF WIND POWER GENERATORS
With advanced technologies introduced from abroad, China's wind
power generator manufacturing industry has grown rapidly in
recent years, and many listed companies have participated in this
development.
*********
WIND TURBINE PLANS HINGE ON PERMIT
A wind generating company says it will be ready to start
construction on a wind farm south of Willard in the spring. These
are complex projects," said Amy LeGere, Foresight Wind Energy
regional development manager.
*********
ENDESA INSTALLS FIRST WIND FARMS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN
Endesa has completed the installation of 74MW wind farms in the
Alto Palancia area of Castellon province in Valencia, Spain.
*********]
WIND TURBINE REVOLUTION 'TO CREATE 200,000 JOBS'
Plans to build 20,000 wind turbines on and offshore to meet
ambitious climate change targets will create 200,000 jobs, a new
study will reveal.
*********
ENERGY PROJECT SLATED FOR APPLE VALLEY: TWENTY-SEVEN WIND TURBINES
WILL BE VIEWABLE FROM TOWN
A project proposed for the unincorporated area east of Apple
Valley will place 27 wind turbines on 2,600 acres.
*********
WIND FARMS HIT OPPOSITION: FOES TARGET CLEARING OF STATE FOREST LAND
Business and political leaders in Western Maryland's Garrett
County are lining up against a proposal to allow the clearing of
up to 400 mountaintop acres of state forest for the construction
of 40-story wind turbines.
*********
TURKEY SIGNS WIND-POWER PLANT AGREEMENT
Rotor Energy Co, a subsidiary of Zorlu Energy, signed an "Emission
reductions sale agreement" with Ecosecurities group for a wind
power plant to be constructed in southern province of Osmaniye on
Tuesday [29 January].
*********
HORIZON WIND ENERGY SIGNS TURBINE SUPPLY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH GE ENERGY
Horizon Wind Energy LLC, a leading wind project developer, has
signed wind turbine supply and service agreements with GE Energy
for future U.S. projects. Horizon also announced today the
establishment of a regional headquarters in Albany, N.Y. to
oversee its future projects in New York State and the Northeastern
United States.
*********
ISLANDS SEEK WIND FARM BACK-UP PROJECT
WESTERN Isles Council is seeking an urgent meeting with the
Scottish Government to discuss "effective and alternative
investment" for the islands if a controversial wind farm is
rejected.
*********
BATTLE FOR LEWIS WIND FARM PLAN TO BE TAKEN TO EUROPE
The fight to save the controversial Western Isles wind farm
project is to be taken to Europe. Officials and politicians in
Brussels will be told this week that it is their environmental
directives which are preventing the area from helping reach the
renewable energy targets that Europe seeks.
*********
