Wind
Rep. Barca: Wind energy holds the key to rapid Wisconsin job growth
A news release issued by State Rep. Peter Barca (D-Kenosha): Last year Wisconsin made great progress on wind energy and there was bipartisan enthusiasm for advancements in this cutting-edge industry. A wind energy bill was approved last session with a two-thirds majority in both houses – including the leaders of both parties. Organizations such as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Iowa farmers find profits blowing in the wind
From an article by Jim Offner in The Courier: WATERLOO, Iowa — Of the 480 acres Tim Hemphill owns and 1,200 he farms near Milford, he sets aside three for two wind-turbine towers. In exchange for the small plot of land Hemphill would have devoted to his corn and soybean products, he collects $20,000 a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Small projects have wind in their sails
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Companies working toward energy independence The stalled state of wind farm development in Wisconsin has led to little development activity for large wind farms. But on a much smaller scale, wind projects are moving ahead as companies fulfill commitments to environmental and energy independence. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Manitowoc wind factory to supply Caterpillar mining unit
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wind energy supply-chain factories in Manitowoc and Texas will start making equipment for mining equipment made by Caterpillar, Broadwind Energy Inc. said Tuesday. The former Tower Tech factory in Manitowoc makes wind towers, including those recently erected in Columbia County for the We Energies [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Twenty-four governors, not including Walker, ask Obama to extend tax credits for wind project investments
From a news release on the Web site of the American Wind Energy Association: Iowa, Aug. 24—A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take a series of steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind energy, starting [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )RENEW applauds first community wind project in Wisconsin
A news release from RENEW: Construction is now proceeding on the Cashton Greens Wind Project, Wisconsin’s first community wind project. Consisting of two 2.5 megawatt turbines, this innovative installation will serve two well-known western Wisconsin organizations – Organic Valley, La Farge, and Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. The two organizations are partnering in the development [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New research shows relatively few bird and bat deaths from wind turbines
From a news release issued by Great Lakes Wind Collaborative: New research shows relatively few bird and bat deaths from wind turbines Mortality rates for birds flying into the turbines of Great Lakes wind farms vary, but are generally low, according to a recently completed analysis of wind energy impacts on birds, bats, fisheries and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Gen. Wesley Clark on wind, veterans and energy security
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Facts on wind installations trump myths
Michael Vickerman’s letter-to-the-editor of the Racine Journal Times: Dear Editor: In his November 3rd letter opposing S.C. Johnson’s proposed wind development in Mt. Pleasant, a reader rattles off a number of myths about wind turbines that populate the Internet. However, the facts on the ground in Wisconsin paint a very different picture of wind generation [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind Energy – Now happening in Milwaukee
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