Wind Energy News – July 16th 2008

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

California Moves To Speed Solar, Wind Power Grid Connections – CNNMoney.com
16 Jul 2008 at 8:46pm
California Moves To Speed Solar, Wind Power Grid ConnectionsCNNMoney.com – 14 hours ago, generation interconnections with the transmission planning process,” said Nancy Rader , a spokeswoman with the California Wind Energy Association. 

Wind turbines to pass through Prince George (Prince George Citizen Online)
16 Jul 2008 at 8:22pm
A train carrying the first wind turbines to be set up in B.C. will be passing through Prince George on Thursday.Specially commissioned for the task, the train is tentatively expected to reach the city at 1 p.m. as it makes its way north to the future home of the Dokie wind farm 40 kilometres northwest of Chetwynd.It’ll will be quite the sight, s… 

Giant wind turbine is set for go-ahead – Journal Live
16 Jul 2008 at 7:17pm
Giant wind turbine is set for go-aheadJournal Live, UK – 15 hours ago, He believes giant turbines like the one proposed at Battleship Wharf will become icons for the whole wind energy industry. Newcastle Airport?s head of 

Blow the Market Away With Wind Energy – Motley Fool
16 Jul 2008 at 3:53pm
Blow the Market Away With Wind EnergyMotley Fool – 18 hours ago, the nations addiction to Texas tea, but he recently announced plans to shift his focus to alternative energy, including wind and solar sources. 

Green news harvest: Floating wind turbines in Italy, carbon burial at sea (CNET)
16 Jul 2008 at 2:06pm
Combining thin-film solar cells with concentrating optics; Shell boosts stake in cellulosic ethanol firm Iogen; an algae biodiesel plant moves ahead at a power plant in Hawaii; and more. 

Construction starts on Thumb’s second wind farm – MLive.com
16 Jul 2008 at 1:40pm
eFluxMediaConstruction starts on Thumbs second wind farmMLive.com, MI – 21 hours ago, Its southeast of the Harvest Wind Farm, a 32-turbine park constructed last year near Elkton by John Deere Wind Energy. Harvest became the states first Wind energy firms probed Trading Markets (press release)Noble wind-energy firm under investigation Plattsb… 

Thumb town plans one-day event to celebrate wind power – MLive.com
16 Jul 2008 at 1:24pm
MLive.comThumb town plans one-day event to celebrate wind powerMLive.com, MI – 21 hours ago, The Harvest Wind Farm, owned by John Deere Wind Energy, has now sprouted its own festival, a Wind Turbine Day planned for Saturday on Main Street in Elkton. Solar Energy: How Wind Turbines Work CattleNetwork.comANALYSIS-Creaky power grid tempers China 

City could be leader in wind turbines (The Muskegon Chronicle)
16 Jul 2008 at 11:06am
NORTON SHORES — The city council in Norton Shores is blown away by wind turbines. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the council supported an ordinance that would allow residents, businesses and commercial wind farms to operate turbines. 

OGE Energy joins venture to build power network – CNNMoney.com
16 Jul 2008 at 8:27am
OGE Energy joins venture to build power networkCNNMoney.com – Jul 16, 2008That system, designed to speed power movement faster and aid the states growing wind energy industry, will be joined with Horizons new network in / CORRECTION – OGE, ETA Announce Plans to Construct 765 Kilovolt MarketWatchNew high-voltage lines to connect at Kansa… 

British company launches floating wind turbines off Italy (Guardian Unlimited)
16 Jul 2008 at 6:28am
A British company is poised to construct the world’s first floating wind turbine, in a move that could herald a new generation of cheaper, less problematic wind energy 

An energy policy for the future – Chicago Tribune
16 Jul 2008 at 3:03am
Beyond Fossil FuelAn energy policy for the futureChicago, Tribune, United States – Jul 16, 2008These include moving forward rapidly on developing wind energy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and extending the use of natural gas as a Texas Oilman Shows Us the Way OpEdNewsThe US is the Saudi Arabia of Wind Power Beyond Fossil FuelT. Boone… 

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