International Business News - Wind http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Billionaire energy magnate Boone Pickens said Tuesday that he expects the incoming presidential administration of Barack Obama will have an energy plan that will include renewable resources like wind and solar power. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187546-pickens-wind-energy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/pickens-new-administration-needs-energy-plan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/pickens-new-administration-needs-energy-plan.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:56:36 EST An explosion and fire at a wind farm under construction in northeast Nebraska has injured three workers. One man, who was atop a tower when a turbine exploded, received first- and second-degree burns in the fire Tuesday morning. Two others, who were nearby, were treated for smoke inhalation and released. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/3-workers-injured-in-nebraska-wind-farm-fire.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:40:15 EST Federal land managers said they will gather public comment and assess the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to build dozens of wind-power turbines on the mountains north of Carson City and west of Virginia City. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/blm-to-study-wind-farm-proposal-near-nevada-city.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:47:09 EST Spanish energy company Union Fenosa SA will invest 1.9 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) to double Australia's wind farm power generation by 2013, an official said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/union-fenosa-to-double-australian-wind-power.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:53:17 EST As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said it shouldn't seem strange that a longtime oilman is interested in wind and other alternative energy sources. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/pickens-renewable-energy-sources-a-must-for-us.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:28:35 EST Environmentalists will keep the heat on West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin over Massey Energy's planned mountaintop removal mine on the Coal River Mountain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/activists-keep-pressure-on-w-va-mine-project.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:42:08 EST State regulators have approved a permit change that will allow Massey Energy to start a mountaintop removal mine on a southern West Virginia site that environmentalists are trying to preserve for a wind farm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/w-va-oks-change-in-massey-mountain-mining-permit.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:17:25 EST Blue Planet, part of Romanian group Blue Investments Holding, is to build a euro60 million (US$77 million) wind farm in the east of the country by the end of next year, the company said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/romanian-group-to-build-euro60-million-wind-farm.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:59:26 EST Wind development in New York has hit a bit of turbulence. The nationwide financial crisis has put the brakes on a wind farm under construction in northern New York and another developer has aborted possible projects in eastern and central New York after trouble securing land. And wind energy companies are now being asked to abide by a code of ethics by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo--the upshot of his investigation into allegations of corrupt practices by developers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/turbulent-time-for-wind-development-in-new-york.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:12:16 EST Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire had authority to approve a Kittitas County wind farm over the objections of local officials, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/wash-supreme-court-oks-kittitas-county-wind-farm.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:50:58 EST Otter Tail Power Co. wants to increase a special charge to electric customers that helps pay for its wind energy projects. The charge now adds $1.45 to the electric bill of an Otter Tail residential customer who uses 750 kilowatt-hours of power each month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/nd-regulators-asked-to-hike-wind-project-charge.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:04:59 EST Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has invested in a wind energy farm in Texas that will generate enough power to light 15 percent of its Texas operations. The world's largest retailer said Thursday the Duke Energy farm is being built in Notrees, Texas, and is to start production in April. The retailer will purchase electricity directly from Duke's Notrees Windpower Project, Duke Energy Corp. said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/wal-mart-buys-wind-energy-supply.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:31:07 EST The agency that distributes hydroelectric power generated by Missouri River dams is planning to buy wind power for the first time. The Western Area Power Administration says its deal to buy up to 50 megawatts of wind power per year from Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative for three years is a "precedent setting" way to meet its power demands and support renewable energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/wapa-to-buy-wind-power-for-first-time.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:16:41 EST An energy company is looking to expand a wind farm north of Helix and increase its energy-generating capacity by 100 megawatts. FPL Energy is considering two options for expanding production at the Stateline Wind Energy Center. Both would add about 100 megawatts to about 122 megawatts already being generated. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/energy-company-seeks-to-expand-oregon-wind-farm.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:18:59 EST It's a project you might say is full of wind. The South Carolina-owned utility Santee Cooper is testing whether small-scale wind turbines can be placed along the coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/testing-the-wind-santee-cooper-envisions-turbines.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:14:35 EST Some hunting and fishing enthusiasts in western Maryland are seeking a moratorium on wind power development in the mountainous region. The Allegany-Garrett Sportsmen's Association has asked the boards of commissioners in the two westernmost counties to hold public hearings on the health and safety impact of wind turbines, as well as their effect on tourism and neighboring property owners. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/maryland-sportsmen-seeks-halt-to-wind-turbines.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:50:11 EST Maryland regulators have, for the first time, granted fast-track status to a wind-power project in the state's mountainous western panhandle. The 5-0 vote Wednesday by the Public Service Commission exempts California-based Clipper Windpower Inc. and its Criterion Power Partners subsidiary from having to obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for its 40-turbine project in Garrett County, as power plant developers must do. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/state-fast-tracks-western-md-wind-power-project.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:52:14 EDT North Dakota regulators have approved a new Steele County wind project and the route of a power line to carry its electricity. The project is being developed by a local group called M-Power LLC. It wants to build a 157-megawatt wind farm in Steele and Griggs counties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/state-regulators-approve-eastern-nd-wind-farm.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:37:57 EDT Imagine sections of the Great Lakes dotted with rows of gleaming, 12-story turbines, blades whirring in the stiff breeze as they generate electricity for homes and businesses onshore. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/govt-regulators-plan-great-lakes-wind-generation.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:59:35 EDT We Energies is asking Wisconsin regulators to build 90 wind turbines in Columbia County at a cost of $340 million to $530 million. The proposed Glacier Hills Wind Park in the towns of Randolph and Scott, 45 miles northeast of Madison, would be the state's largest wind power project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/we-energies-proposes-90-wind-turbines-in-wisconsin.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:17:41 EDT