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The agreements will more than quadruple SWEPCO's wind energy portfolio. The new series of 20-year agreements includes: Three contracts totaling 201.25 MW from Canadian Hills Wind, LLC, owned by Apex Wind Energy Holdings, LLC and located in Canadian
SWEPCO settles legal issue with wind power contracts
Three contracts — including 201.25 megawatts from Canadian Hills Wind in Canadian County west of Oklahoma City, 79.6 megawatts from High Majestic Wind II in the Texas Panhandle and 77.8 megawatts from Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy in Kansas — comprise
City seeks EPA certification with local business help
"When we purchase wind energy in another location, it benefits the environment as a whole." To achieve the Green Power Community status, the city is now encouraging storeowners and residents to purchase green power that would meet or exceed the EPA's
Wind energy company Iberdrola lays off 25 in Portland
The wind industry has been scaling back on new projects because the wind energy production tax credit has not yet been extended for next year. Johnson alleges that if Congress passed a long term extension, renewable energy companies would be able to
Under the Hammer
In Europe, they not only went heavily into debt in the last decade, they also got heavily into wind energy and have discovered that it just doesn't work. Those huge windmills are expensive to maintain, and when the wind isn't blowing they don't provide
Letter, 1/26: Poor decision
Barack Obama was pushing for solar and wind energy initiatives that were estimated to cause gas to rise to $7 per gallon. Last week, President Obama vetoed the Keystone XL pipeline, saying he needed more time to study it. This study has been going on
PUD will give customers credit for Oct. overcharges
Last fall, PUD commissioners approved the 18 percent rate increase last fall, citing a projected $11 million loss in wind-energy sales to California. The PUD also needed to offset a 8.5 percent increase for wholesale power it buys from the Bonneville
Washington Words: Council doesn't wind farm turbines on city property
The Washington City Council reaffirmed that stance recently so city staff could pass along the message to residents and wind energy firms looking to build a wind farm in the area. “We had some residents ask us about turbines being built on their
enXco to provide O&M services for 88MW wind project in Alberta
enXco Service Canada, an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Suncor Energy and Teck Resources to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for an 88MW wind energy project in Alberta, Canada.
Washington Words: Council doesn't want wind farm turbines on city property
The Washington City Council reaffirmed that stance recently so city staff could pass along the message to residents and wind energy firms looking to build a wind farm in the area. “We had some residents ask us about turbines being built on their
Electric Co-op Today
By Steven Johnson | ECT Staff Writer Published: January 26th, 2012 Researchers are studying whether they can store wind energy in basalt rock formations, like these in Idaho. (Photo By: iStockphoto) That's the idea behind a project in the Pacific
Corridor announces 2012 legislative priorities
to meet the needs of employers; adding new technical training programs in area middle and high schools to increase a skilled workforce; expanding technical training at community colleges; renewal of the wind energy production tax credit.
enXco commissions 102.5MW wind project in US
enXco, the US subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has commissioned the 102.5MW Shiloh 3 wind project in California, US. The project developed and built by enXco, is equipped with 50 REpower turbines, each with a unit capacity of 2.05MW.
