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- Texas PUC Approves Wind Transmission Plan
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) has chosen to pursue a transmission scenario that will eventually transmit a total of 18,456 megawatts (MW) of wind power from West Texas and the Panhandle region to metropolitan areas of the state.
- London Array Now A 50/50 Joint Venture
E.ON and Dong Energy are to become 50/50 partners in world's largest offshore wind farm, the 1-gigawatt (GW) London Array project after they agreed to buyout the stake previously owned by Shell, for an undisclosed sum. The move follows Shell's announcement that it is withdrawing from the project saying that it could gain a better return on its renewable energy investments in the U.S. market.
- Europe's Largest Onshore Wind Farm Moves Forward
Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) has been granted consent to develop a 456 MW wind farm in southern Scotland.
- Wind Farms: Now We've Got the Biggest in Europe
- Dakota Wind Issues Public Offering
Dakota Wind Energy, LLC, a South Dakota community-owned wind development company, has announced an intrastate public offering of its securities. This offering is only open to South Dakota resident landowners who grant wind-related rights to Dakota Wind Energy.
- Enel Plans Italy's First Offshore Wind Farm
Italian energy major Enel is planning to install some 115 wind turbines off the coast of Sicily in what will be one of the first offshore wind projects in the Mediterranean. A request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been delivered by Enel to the Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Sicily for the country's first offshore wind project.
- UC San Diego Enacts Green Energy Initiatives
University of California, San Diego, a university that considers itself to be one of the nation's greenest college campuses, has begun construction on a sustainable energy program that it says is among the largest in the nation by a university.
- Distributive Wind Power Offers Solutions to Energy Crisis
On May 12, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report entitled "20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030."
- Iberdrola Bids for Greek Renewables Firm
Iberdrola Renewables has issued a tender offer for the outstanding equity in Greek wind power company the Rokas Group.
- China's Wind Power Industry: Localizing Equipment Manufacturing
When 2007 ended, China's installed base of wind power totaled just over 6 gigawatts (GW), earning the country fifth place among the world's largest wind energy producers (after Germany, the U.S., Spain and India), up from sixth place in 2006. Wind power industry statistics show that by the end of 2008, China's total installed base of wind power production will have reached 10 GW; some experts are estimating that by 2010, the total installed capacity for wind power generation in China will reach 20 GW and that by 2020 China's installed base of wind power will total 100 GW (current global wind installation is 94 GW).
- Gore: U.S. Can Get 100 Percent Renewable Energy in 10 Years
In an effort to get American citizens and policymakers to think more aggressively about combating climate change, former Vice President Al Gore challenged the U.S. to procure 100 percent of its electricity from renewable resources within 10 years.
- Can the U.S. Reach 100 Percent Renewable Electricity in 10 Years?
In Al Gore's speech this week in Washington, he said that the U.S. should strive toward getting 100 percent of its electricity from renewable resources in 10 years. Is it realistic to propose a target like that? -- Terry G., Berkeley, California
- Renewable Energy Veterans Join Second Wind Inc. Board Of Directors
Mark E. Haller of Haller Wind Consulting, LLC, and Jonathan H. Winer of Essex Hydro Associates, LLC have been elected to the Second Wind Inc. Board of Directors.