SD House axes wind energy tax revenue sharing plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The South Dakota House defeated a bill to give townships a slice of the wind energy tax that now goes to counties for wind farms located within their borders.
Utah County cities seek wind energy from Idaho farm (Deseret News)
SPRINGVILLE — Three Utah County cities are vying for wind energy from an Idaho farm that could be operational by 2011.
Neb. wind energy bill advances (Omaha World-Herald)
One of the most important bills of the 2010 session -- to encourage wind-energy development -- has been advanced by a state legislative committee.
DOE E-Mails To Wind Energy Lobbyists Cast Cloud Over Green Jobs Proposals (Investor's Business Daily, Inc. via Yahoo! Finance)
The Energy Department worked closely with the wind industry lobby to discredit a Spanish report that criticized wind power as a job killer, internal DOE e-mails reveal. The e-mails obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request show how, starting last April, lobbyists at the American Wind Energy
Development of wind energy transmission lines important, difficult, speakers say (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
Creating additional transmission lines for wind energy in northern and western Texas is vital not only to the development of the industry, but also to the state's future economy, speakers at a Permian Basin Petroleum Meeting said Tuesday.
Towns, MVC take up rulemaking for wind energy siting plan (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
It's a matter of deciding which way the wind blows, and where to put turbines in its path. Although that sounds like a simple concept, a draft wind energy siting plan for Dukes County is anything but.
OMS Students Take Second Place At Wind Energy Competition (Oswego County Today)
Oswego Middle School recently took second place at a wind energy competition held at C-NS High School.
Letter of the day: Clean wind energy should be one of Michigan's priorities (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan has nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline where clean wind energy is available. Why is it taking us so long to take advantage of this?
Concerns voiced by residents help Adams County Board decide to review setback rules in wind-energy ordinance (Quincy Herald-Whig)
The Adams County Board plans to revisit its newly adopted wind energy ordinance to determine if changes are needed in setback rules and public-notification provisions.
Texas Breaks Wind Energy Record (GOOD)
Good news from the Lone Star State: Texas set a new record for US wind energy generation late last week when at 6:37am on Friday wind turbines provided 19 per cent of the electricity mix – the equivalent of 6,272MW - to its main grid. The figure, which did not include power generated in its windy Panhandle region, is expected to increase significantly in the coming years as the state plans to ...