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    <blockquote>Texa... electric regulators voted on Friday to designate eight zones as the best sites for construction of new power lines to serve more than 20,000 megawatts of proposed wind generation, an agency spokesman said.

    After evaluating the potential for wind-generation in about 25 areas in the state, the Texas Public Utility Commission agreed to designate eight areas as "Competitive Renewable Energy Zones." or CREZ zones, said PUC spokesman Terry Hadley.

    "It's a really good day for wind industry in Texas - for economic development and for air quality," said Susan Williams Sloan of the American Wind Energy Association, a trade group for the wind industry.</blockquo...

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    Texas agency okays 8 zones for new wind projects
    Jul 22 02:48 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wind Power: Economics and Investment Opportunities  [View article]
    <blockquote>...E... Inc. plans to start construction this summer on a major wind-power project in Bruce County, now that the Ontario Municipal Board has overruled residents fearing noise and unsightliness.

    The 182-megawatt project, one of the largest wind farms in Canada, is expected to be completed by the end of next year...</blockquote...

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    Enbridge wind farm wins okay
    Jul 22 02:46 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wind Power: Economics and Investment Opportunities  [View article]
    Interesting:

    <blockquote>...W... started as one man's attempts to find a cheap, clean energy source has become a frequent topic of coffee conversation among the small community of year-round residents in this town and has galvanized some segments of the state's environmental community.

    The clash began in February when two of Mercurio's neighbors filed a lawsuit in a state Superior Court, charging that the township had acted improperly when it issued the permits that allowed him to build the weathered gray steel tower in his backyard.

    The township has since agreed that it was in error. Its code prevents any structure from being built that exceeds 32 feet, or almost 10 meters, in height; with its 12-foot rotor blades, Mercurio's windmill grazes 40 feet. And this spring, the township's council considered amending the code to keep windmills taller than 12 feet from being built. That proposal is pending....</blockq...

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    Wind power? Not in my backyard
    Jul 22 02:44 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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