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Google News Alert for: Wind Power

Alliant Energy utility profits up in 2007
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
Separately, Alliant (NYSE: LNT) announced that its Iowa utility, Interstate Power and Light, has acquired a 300-megawatt wind power farm located in north …
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Interstate Power and Light Company to Expand Wind Generation …
FOXBusiness – USA
The wind farm is adjacent to a 200 megawatt wind power farm IPL acquired from Wind Capital Group, LLC in November 2007. The ‘Whispering Willow Wind Farm’, …
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Interstate Power Buys Iowa Wind Farm
CNNMoney.com – USA
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – The Iowa subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has purchased a wind power farm in north central Iowa. …
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Hampton-area wind farm could power more than 125000 homes
Mason City Globe Gazette – Mason City,IA,USA
CEDAR RAPIDS — Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp., has acquired a 300-megawatt wind power farm near Hampton from …
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FT no longer on the QT about wind power
Greenpeace UK – London,UK
… world and the money markets, to be a champion of environmental causes but they’ve been upping the ante on renewable energy, specifically wind power. …
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Saco puts new wind turbine in place of train station
Boston Globe – United States
SACO, Maine—A 100-foot wind turbine has been hoisted into place in Saco, where it will provide power to a new train station the city is building. …
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Big profits generated in Britain
ChronicleHerald.ca – Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
… and deals with the profitability of wind turbines in the UK, where government subsidies are commonplace. There are no subsidies for wind power in Canada.
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India’s Suzlon catches wind in China
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
That rose to 488 MW the following year and by 2007 3031 MW of wind power was installed in the country, second in the world to only the United States. …
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County intends to revise wind turbine rules
The Casper Star Tribune – Casper,WY,USA
Those who want residential wind power still will need to apply for conditional use permits, Nelson said. Residential wind turbines are relatively new, …
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Our View: Wind turbine would offer a tangible lesson
Woodbury Bulletin – Woodbury,MN,USA
Many schools in the Midwest have begun using wind power and found their initial investment in equipment was paid off relatively quickly in energy savings …
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G3 Power Plan: New Green Power for 2.5 Million Americans From …
FOXBusiness – USA
Scientists at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at University Nevada Reno estimate that 2500 megawatts (MW) of geothermal natural steam exists in …
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G3 Power Plan: New Green Power for 2.5 Million Americans From …
PR Newswire UK (press release) – London,UK
Scientists at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at University Nevada Reno estimate that 2500 megawatts (MW) of geothermal natural steam exists in …
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UPDATE 1-Iceland’s Glitnir takes stake in India geothermal JV
Reuters – USA
IC: Quote, Profile, Research) will take a 40 percent stake in a geothermal energy joint venture with India’s LNJ Bhilwara group, officials from both firms …
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Government sets new benchmark price for geothermal power
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has called on geothermal energy companies to take benefit from the global carbon credit program in …
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Glitnir Bank enters India
Finanztreff – Schweinfurt,Germany
The bank has similar offices supporting its niche strategy within geothermal energy, seafood and offshore service vessels in China, US and Canada. …
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LNJ Bhilwara forms JV with Glitnir Bank
India Infoline.com – Mumbay,India
The JV will focus on identifying, developing and building power plants in India and Nepal utilising sustainable energy like geothermal energy, …
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Oslo shares TFN market data at 10.25 am; Renewable Energy Corp down
Forbes – NY,USA
-Renewable Energy Corp down 14.03 pct at 120.75 nkr after cutting silicon production targets. -Orkla down 5.04 pct at 65.90 nkr on falling value of near-40 …
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RM334b price tag for renewable energy
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
By JACK WONG KUCHING: A whopping RM334bil in capital investment is needed to fully develop the proposed Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) in the …
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Ameren files future energy plans with Mo. Public Service Commission
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
… Ameren outlines its plans to pursue the development of energy efficiency programs; expand the role of renewable energy sources in the company’s overall …
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Should government subsidize renewable energy sources such as wind …
Helium – Andover,MA,USA
by Shannon Courtney Renewable energy alternatives such as solar panels, wind turbines and ethanol provide consumers, communities and countries with a viable …
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Climate Change and Renewable Energy
News Today Online – Iloilo City,Iloilo,Philippines
As renewable energy has long been viewed as the obvious way to reduce carbon intensity and therefore reduce the greenhouse effect, it is but proper that the …
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Renewable Energy Bill to wean RP from imported oil
Philippine Information Agency – Philippines
by T. Villavert Iloilo City (6 February) — By the time the Renewable Energy Bill is enacted into law, this will help wean the country’s dependence from …
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State pondering renewable energy rules
Tulsa World – Tulsa,OK,USA
During deliberations, Commissioner Jim Roth asked the commission staff to research several issues concerning the use of renewable energy in Oklahoma. …
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DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy FY 2009 Budget Cut 27 …
Greentech Media – Cambridge,MA,USA
The funding priorities reflected in the President’s FY 09 budget appear in conflict with the goals of expanding renewable energy development and making the …
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Covanta Energy and NOAA Join Together With the National Fish and …
FOXBusiness – USA
Covanta Energy (NYSE: CVA), a world leader in the development and operation of large scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects, is partnering …
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Google News Alert for: Wind Power

Bay State-backed utility buying Berkshire Wind Power Mass High …
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
(MMWEC), a nonprofit, state-sponsored agency helping the region’s utilities, reports it has agreed to pay $4 million for the assets of Berkshire Wind Power …
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Hanwei stregthens its wind blade manufacturing capabilities …
FOXBusiness – USA
Three of new employees were recruited from wind power companies operating in China, including Suzlon Energy Ltd. and Sinovel Wind Technology Company, …
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MHI to Establish Manufacturing and Sales JV for Wind Turbine …
Japan Corporate News (press release) – Tokyo,Japan
The new facility will be used to manufacture gearboxes for the MWT92/2.4 and MWT95/2.4 wind turbines, MHI’s large-size strategic models with a rated power …
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Greengate catches wind power wave
Calgary Herald – Calgary,Canada
A Calgary company is first in line for the next wave of new wind power projects in Alberta, after the province announced in September it was lifting a cap …
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Ex-lawmaker to lead wind power advocacy
News Journal – Longview,TX,USA
The coalition is a nonprofit regional trade group of 25 wind power producers and manufacturers that pushes for the continued development of wind resources …
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Investors plan €50 mln wind power project
Budapest Business Journal – Budapest,Hungary
German investors are to launch a major wind power investment in central Hungary’s Tamási. The largest wind farm in Hungary will be implemented near Tamási …
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£1bn wind farm subsidies pump up power firm profits
Daily Mail – UK
Inflation-busting increases in electricity prices – which were supposed to pay for a massive expansion of wind power – have boosted the profits of power …
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Bid to ease wildlife rules to allow development of £500m Lewis …
Scotsman – United Kingdom
Ministers indicated last month that they are “minded to refuse” Lewis Wind Power’s (LWP) plans for a 181-turbine development on the environmentally …
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COMMENT & ANALYSIS Editorial comment
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Consider wind power. The generous subsidies paid by electricity users to fund a drive towards renewable energy have boosted the profits of wind farm owners. …
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