Bill Opalka, Editor-in-Chief, Topic Centers, Energy Central
A national Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) once again failed in the U.S. Congress late last year when it was removed from a comprehensive energy bill that passed at the end of the session. The House of Representatives had passed its version of the energy bill that included a requirement for most U.S. utilities to acquire 15% of their energy from sources like wind and solar energy.
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News & Announcements
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May 08 - Datamonitor
Iberdrola Renewables has commissioned new wind farms in Germany and Greece, strengthening its European presence and bringing it nearer its objective of installing an additional 2,000MW in 2008.
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SPOKANE, Wash., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Avista has acquired the rights to develop a 50-megawatt (MW) wind farm near Reardan, Wash. taking an important step in implementing the company's 2007 Electric Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
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LAS CRUCES -- May 08 - Albuquerque Journal
The second phase of Babcock & Brown's 200-megawatt Aragonne Mesa wind farm near Santa Rosa will generate an estimated $12.8 million in revenue for public schools, under an agreement signed this month by state Public Lands Commissioner Patrick Lyons.
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WASHINGTON, May 07, 2008 -- BUSINESS WIRE
With the fate of a key federal incentive in the balance, the U.S. wind energy industry continued new installations at a breakneck pace in the first quarter of 2008, putting 1,400 megawatts (MW) or approximately $3 billion worth of new generating capacity in place, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its quarterly market report.
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EERE Network News - 5/7/08
DOE's work with the city of Greensburg, Kansas, over the past year is bearing fruit, as the city is now rebuilding with a new emphasis on energy efficient buildings and renewable energy, particularly wind energy.
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