March 26, 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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NPPD DEAL TO ENERGIZE WIND FARM

  The Nebraska Public Power District said Monday that it would buy
  the electricity produced by wind generators planned near
  Bloomfield, Neb., opening the way for construction of the state's
  largest wind energy farm.
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TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FPL ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO STUDY IMPACTS OF WIND
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S.

  Texas Christian University (TCU), FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of
  FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL) and the nation's largest wind and solar
  energy producer, and Oxford University announced today the
  formation of a groundbreaking partnership and research initiative
  to better understand the ecological and socio-economic impacts of
  wind power development.
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WIND INDUSTRY ADOPTS NEW STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC WIND TURBINES

  BWEA, the UK's leading renewable energy business organisation has
  launched a new Small Wind Turbine (SWT) performance and safety
  standard at yesterday's BRE Small Scale Wind Seminar
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WIND FARM NOW IN THE WORKS: GROUP LOOKING AT 15,000 ACRES EAST OF
GREENTOWN FOR PROJECT

  A group of landowners in eastern Howard County is ready to tap
  into the renewable energy market -- one that doesn't involve
  growing corn or soybeans for fuel.
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WIND FARMS A NEW THREAT FOR RARE WHOOPING CRANES

  Whooping cranes, one of the   world's rarest birds, have   waged a
  valiant battle against   extinction.  But federal officials warn
  of a new potential   threat to the endangered whoopers: wind
  farms
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE TO PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES FROM UPC WIND

  UPC Wind, an independent wind power developer, and Bowdoin
  College, announced today that the UPC Wind affiliate that owns the
   Mars Hill wind project reached a three-year agreement under which
  that  affiliate will provide Bowdoin with renewable energy
  certificates  (RECs) from its Mars Hill Wind project in northern
  Maine.
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DEWITT BOARD LEARNS MORE ABOUT WIND FARM PROPOSAL

  With wind farm energy concepts gaining momentum, the DeWitt County
  Board is receiving a speedy education on the advantages and
  disadvantages of wind farms.
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EMPIRE SHOOTING FOR SECOND SOURCE OF WIND-POWER ELECTRICITY BY END
OF YEAR

  Empire District Electric Co. hopes to have access to a second
  wind-energy farm and attain its goals for wind-energy output by
  the end of this year, an official said Thursday.
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IBERDROLA RENOVABLES ACQUIRES 49% OF EOLICA 2000

  Clean energy company Iberdrola Renovables has acquired a 49%
  interest in wind power firm Eolica 2000, which is developing a
  32.3MW wind farm in Spain's northern coastal region of Cantabria,
  with an option to purchase an additional 2%.
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DATA: LINCOLN 'REASONABLE SITE' FOR WIND FARM

  Data gathered at Rocky Dundee Road and Grandma's Mountain off
  Route 6 show the sites could support a Stetson Mountain-sized wind
  farm for electricity generation, the site's prospective operator
  said Monday.
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FAIRBANKS COMPANY TO TEST WIND ENERGY IN DELTA JUNCTION

  A Fairbanks-based company is working to prove that a location in
  Delta Junction is ideal for a wind farm to add electricity into
  the Alaska Railbelt grid.
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NACEL ENERGY TO ADD 20 MW OF NEW CAPACITY IN NATION'S PREMIER WIND
ENERGY CORRIDOR

  NACEL Energy Corporation (OTCBB: NCEN) (FRANKFURT: 4FC) ("NACEL
  Energy"), an emerging developer and aggregator of wind power
  infrastructure generating clean, renewable energy for America,
  today announced the Company will develop the 20-megawatt Blue
  Creek wind energy project north of Amarillo, TX.
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WIND ENERGY PUSH COMING: ILLINOIS TO REQUIRE MORE RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES

  Illinois is in an advantageous position to become a major producer
  of wind energy, reaping economic and environmental benefits,
  experts say.
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BOARD AGREES TO CONSIDER WIND POWER

  A wind energy project between the towns of Hanover and Villenova
  received an initial nod of approval Monday from the Hanover Town
  Board.
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WIND FARM PROPOSED IN SHENANDOAH

  Big wind turbines could eventually be producing electricity from
  the high ridges of the George Washington National Forest.
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FARMS CLEAN UP WITH NEW CROP: NEW TURBINE PROJECTS HARVEST WIND FOR CASH

  The state's newest energy crop is rising above the rolling farm
  fields overlooking Lake Winnebago in northeastern Fond du Lac
  County.
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WYOMING FIRM PLANS SMALL WIND FARM NORTH OF AMARILLO, TEXAS

  While the big boys wait for ways to send massive amounts of
  electricity downstate, a Wyoming company is working to put more
  wind turbines in the Panhandle sky.
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FURNITURE COMPANY TO SPONSOR TEXAS WIND FARM

  Companies have long been willing to pay a lot of money to attach
  their names to prominent places. John Deere Wind Energy is
  building an eight-turbine, 10-megawatt wind farm in Panhandle,
  Texas, that is scheduled to open in May.
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WIND TURBINE PROPOSAL GENERATES GROWING INTEREST IN IPSWICH

  It's a rare selectmen's meeting that attracts an audience of more
  than a few people. When one does, the folks are usually there to
  gripe about something.
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WIND POWER BACKERS EYE LINCOLN SITES

  The backers of what will be New England's largest wind-energy
  facility, a 38-turbine wind farm in Washington County, are
  considering expanding into the Lincoln Lakes region, town
  officials said Wednesday.
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CHINA UNVEILS RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2006-2010

  China's annual consumption of renewable energy will reach the
  equivalent of 300 million tons of standard coal by 2010, which
  would be 10 per cent of its total annual energy consumption, under
  the renewable energy development plan for 2006-2010.
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SSE SUBSIDIARY CONSULTS ON SCOTLAND-SHETLAND TRANSMISSION LINE

  Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission, a subsidiary of Scottish and
  Southern Energy, is consulting on its draft proposals for the
  possible development of a new high voltage transmission line
  capable of accommodating power from renewable energy developments
  on the Shetland Islands and to connect them to the existing
  mainland transmission network at Beauly, Scotland.
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UK TO MISS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL: STUDY

  Britain is likely to miss targets   proposed by the European Union
  (EU) for renewable energy use "by a  wide margin," according to a
  Cambridge University study
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