http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/21527 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:29:46 GMT Horse Hollow with nearly 500 wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21527 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18287 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:07:39 GMT Photo taken in Erath and Eastman Counties in Texas. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18287 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18286 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:04:06 GMT This image is of turbines erected in Erath and Eastland Counties in Texas. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18286 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17260 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/17260 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18907 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/18907 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9783 Sat, 26 May 2007 11:12:18 GMT Wind turbines in rural Nolan County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9783 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7767 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:33:43 GMT When wind turbines began dotting the skyline around Dale Rankin's horse ranch near Abilene, he teamed up with other property owners to sue the company in charge of the project, FPL Energy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7767 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6534 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:06:09 GMT Wind turbines are spread out for miles on the Horse Hollow wind farm. FPL Energy spokesman Steve Stengel says. http://www.windaction.org/articles/6534 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24132 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:33:17 GMT Two companies that encountered political anger for their plans to use Chinese-built turbines on a wind farm in West Texas have announced plans to build a new turbine factory - in the United States. The U.S. Renewable Energy Group, an investment firm, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems, a Chinese turbine maker, said in a statement on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement to build "a new production and assembly plant in the United States that will supply highly advanced wind energy turbines to renewable energy projects throughout North and South America." http://www.windaction.org/articles/24132 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24109 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:29:28 GMT The rush to America of foreign wind-turbine manufacturers shows that the Obama administration's plan for stimulating the creation of green-energy jobs is going in an odd direction. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24109 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24103 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:08:05 GMT Driving through western Kansas, you'll see hundreds of whirling wind turbines. But you won't see lots of people - or high-voltage power lines. And that is the big obstacle to realizing the wind-energy potential of Kansas and the Midwest: You can put up all the towers and turbines you like, but without more transmission lines, the added electricity won't get to the cities that could use it. Those lines will take years to build and cost tens of billions of dollars - if they are built at all. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24103 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23976 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:32 GMT The Obama administration should bar a $1.5 billion wind-farm project in Texas from receiving U.S. government stimulus funds because most of the power turbines would be made in China, Senator Charles Schumer said. "The idea that stimulus funds would be used to create jobs overseas is quite troubling," Schumer, a New York Democrat, wrote in a draft of a letter he said yesterday he would send to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. ...Schumer said he would pursue legislation if necessary to prevent stimulus funds from being used for the Texas project. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23976 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23929 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:46 GMT A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not American, jobs. The U.S.-China venture, announced last week, would erect 240 huge Chinese-manufactured wind turbines on 36,000 acres in West Texas, with the Export-Import Bank of China committed to handle most of the financing. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23929 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23945 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:36:26 GMT News that $450 million in federal stimulus money might go toward installing Chinese-made wind turbines in Texas prompted criticism on Thursday, with Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, calling on the Obama administration to deny federal financing. According to partners in the deal, the proposed 600-megawatt wind farm, announced late last week, would be built on 36,000 acres in West Texas using 240 wind turbines manufactured by A-Power Energy Generation Systems of Shenyang, China. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23945 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23900 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:33 GMT Wind energy in the Panhandle has become the darling of developers who see a profitable future. But establishing wind farms and erecting turbines are just part of the answer. Capturing the wind is an initial step; it's another matter to transport that energy. ...Bev Dampf recently addressed Randall County commissioners on the subject. He expressed frustration with a lack of support from the city of Amarillo and the county for opposition to a line proposed to run roughly along Sundown Lane just south of the city. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23900 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23873 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:08:31 GMT Eleven possible routes for a new high-voltage power line proposed to link substations in Lampasas and Gillespie counties have been filed with the Public Utility Commission by LCRA Transmission Services Corporation. The 345 kilovolt line, slated to go into operation in 2012, will cover about 90 miles and could traverse Gillespie, Llano, San Saba, Burnet and Lampasas counties, said Gaylon Finklea Hecker of the LCRA. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23873 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23869 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:27 GMT A Sino-US consortium yesterday announced plans for a US$1.5 billion, 600MW wind farm in Texas, with China supplying all the turbines and most of the funding. The 36,000-acre wind farm ...is a joint venture between state-backed Chinese firm Shenyang Power Group, US wind farm developer Cielo Wind Power and private equity firm US Renewable Energy Group. Most of the funding for the project will come from Chinese banks, with loan guarantees and grants provided by the US federal government's economic stimulus package. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23869 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23913 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:49:58 GMT 106 San Saba citizens took a stand last Monday evening. Literally. The standing room only crowd assembled at 7:00 pm on October 19th to learn more about the proposed high-voltage transmission line proposed for San Saba County. The proposed line (known as the Brown-Newton Line) would bring energy from West Texas wind farms through Central Texas to population centers like Austin, San Antonio and Houston. ...No one spoke in favor of the proposal. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23913 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23799 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:00:55 GMT The company set to build wind energy transmission lines from Childress County to Gray County will meet with the public this week. Cross Texas Transmission plans high-voltage lines along a 90- to 120-mile route that would be in a right-of-way 200 feet wide, according to information from the company. The lines will run from east of Childress, near Kirkland, to southwest of Lefors. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23799 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23696 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:55:49 GMT Texas cares little for environmental niceties. Its governor, Rick Perry, bashes the Environmental Protection Agency at every opportunity, and recently branded the climate bill that passed the House of Representatives a "legislative monstrosity." Yet the oil-and-gas state has nonetheless emerged as the nation's top producer of a commodity prized by environmentalists: wind power. Eager developers are covering its desolate western mesas with giant turbines. The world's largest wind farm began operations in Texas this month, and the state now has close to three times as much wind capacity as Iowa, the second-ranked state. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23696