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Although the turbine is expected to generate more than enough electricity to power the sewer plant, it must still connect to the grid since the plant needs a consistent source of electricity, and the turbine's output could fluctuate depending on how windy it is, officials have said. The city also can sell the excess electricity back to the grid.
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Elgin wind energy exec was at White House for second visit
March 10, 2013 by Mike Danahey in The Courier News
March 10, 2013 by Mike Danahey in The Courier News
An interview with Royer for The Courier-News about the meeting that had been set for Monday afternoon was cancelled Monday morning. Carol Gieske, president of the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce, said, "It was a closed meeting, so he is unable to discuss what transpired."
Oregon Energy Department re-evaluating $30 million in tax credits to wind farm
March 8, 2013 by Ted Sickinger in The Oregonian
March 8, 2013 by Ted Sickinger in The Oregonian
The developer of the mammoth wind farm, New York-based Caithness Energy, went though the legal exercise of subdividing the project on paper to qualify for three separate, $10 million state subsidies. The Energy Department approved them in the last six months, despite sufficient evidence in two of its own analyses to define the wind farm as a single facility, deserving only one tax credit.
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Oregon]
In Northeast Kingdom, wind power brings in tax cuts, and rising legal fees
March 8, 2013 by Andrew Stein in VT Digger
March 8, 2013 by Andrew Stein in VT Digger
Newark residents gave their selectboard a resounding go-ahead to spend as much as needed on legal costs to prevent two wind companies from developing the Seneca Mountain Wind project ...Not too far down the road, the towns of Lowell and Sheffield voted to reduce their tax rates with revenues from utility-scale wind developments.
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Vermont]
Heineman blasts committee for advancing bill on wind energy tax incentives
March 7, 2013 by Martha Stoddard in Omaha World-Herald
March 7, 2013 by Martha Stoddard in Omaha World-Herald
"It is very disappointing that the Legislature's Revenue Committee has decided to provide out-of-state wind energy developers a tax break, but the Revenue Committee refuses to provide much-needed tax relief to Nebraska families, Nebraska seniors, Nebraska veterans and Nebraska small-business owners," Heineman said.
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Cicchetti also said Navigant misapplied economic models to estimate jobs figures and argued that the AWEA-backed study did not take into account the broader economic effects of adding wind power at the expense of other electricity sources that create more permanent jobs per megawatt of capacity installed.
"My first conclusion is you'd get more jobs if you didn't go with wind and you went with something else."
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USA]
Just months after the wind power production tax credit won a last-minute renewal by Congress, opponents of the subsidy are circling the wagons to make sure it doesn't happen again. ...Gathering new allies - particularly in grass-roots organizations that can lean on members of Congress - is a key goal for the anti-PTC forces.
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USA]
Clarity on PTC 'begin construction' language expected soon
March 6, 2013 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
March 6, 2013 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
The "commence construction" component is the missing piece from the American Tax Payer Relief Act, which was officially signed into law on Jan. 2. The PTC extension included a change in language that requires projects to begin construction before Jan. 1, 2014, in order to qualify for the PTC.
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USA]
Renewable energy companies awaiting payment under the stimulus-funded clean energy grant program will receive smaller checks because of newly implemented across-the-board budget cuts, the Treasury Department said today.
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USA]
Rep. Mike Pompeo remains confident the PTC will end this year.
"I am convinced now there's a majority here that recognizes it's a bad policy," said the Kansas Republican, who sponsored legislation in the previous Congress that would have ended the PTC and various other energy subsidies. "Whether it is part of something bigger or we just mosey to the end of the year and it goes away again, I think the wind-production tax credit's in its final days."
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USA]
Winds of change blowing through wind power industry
March 3, 2013 by Ross Courtney in Yakima Herald-Republic
March 3, 2013 by Ross Courtney in Yakima Herald-Republic
Californians don't want Washington state's electricity as much as they used to. In 2011, the California Legislature passed laws that encourage utilities to generate most of their renewable power from within the state.
That left up to $5 billion worth of proposed projects for Washington and Oregon suddenly without investors. ...The price of natural gas has been low, making renewable energy such as solar and wind less attractive.
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Washington]
Southeast Minnesota wind-power project to air eagle protection plan
February 28, 2013 by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo in Pioneer Press
February 28, 2013 by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo in Pioneer Press
An embattled wind energy project proposed for rural Goodhue County is getting another chance to show state regulators that it is taking adequate precautions to avoid killing nearby nesting bald eagles. ...The commission also will consider whether the project can keep its status as a community-based project. A PUC staff report recommended the commission show why status should not be revoked.
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Impact on Wildlife|
Minnesota]
Surplus wind power could cost Ontario ratepayers up to $200 million: IESO
February 27, 2013 by John Spears in Toronto Star
February 27, 2013 by John Spears in Toronto Star
Surplus wind power could cost Ontario ratepayers millions and compromise power system, says electricity system operator. It says renewable energy market rules must change. ...The IESO has drawn up new rules that will allow it to shut output from wind and solar operators ...The renewable power generators are fighting the new rules vigorously.
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Energy Policy|
Canada]
Sen. Grassley seeks fairness for wind energy in tax debate
February 27, 2013 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
February 27, 2013 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
Grassley says he will continue to defend wind energy. However, there may be other battles to fight. For instance, more transmission will be needed to transport wind power from the Midwest to load centers in the East - which has the potential to spark a debate on transmission siting.
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USA]
Oregon reviewing tax credits for wind farm; Giveaways have drained funds from other services
February 24, 2013 in The Columbian
February 24, 2013 in The Columbian
The state Department of Energy is reviewing whether a major wind farm in north-central Oregon should have received $30 million in tax credits.
Officials decided to re-evaluate their recent approval of the tax breaks for the Shepherd's Flat wind farm after The Oregonian newspaper raised questions about whether it should have qualified for them.
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Oregon]
"We're seeing in Scotland the biggest transfer of money from the poor to the rich that we've ever seen in our history," he told a press conference in Edinburgh.
"In parts of the Highlands now tourism is being effectively destroyed and people are leaving the Highlands because tourists no longer want to go there with the landscape bristling with wind factories and industrial wind turbines.
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UK]
Shepherd's Flat wind farm's $30 million in tax credits will be reviewed by Oregon Energy Department
February 23, 2013 by Ted Sickinger in The Oregonian
February 23, 2013 by Ted Sickinger in The Oregonian
The Oregon Department of Energy said it will reevaluate its recent approval of $30 million in tax credits for the Shepherd's Flat wind farm, a collection of 338 turbines in Gilliam and Morrow counties that bills itself as one of the largest wind farms in the world.
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Oregon]
He suggested the wealthiest Scots are benefiting from the spread of wind farms at the expense of consumers, who have to heavily subsidise the technology in their energy bills.
Among the landowners named in the book is the Duke of Roxburghe, who, he estimated, could earn £1.5 million a year from turbines erected in the Lammermuir Hills.
BMW adds wind power to sidestep Merkel's power bill
February 21, 2013 by Stefan Nicola in Bloomberg News
February 21, 2013 by Stefan Nicola in Bloomberg News
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Germany]
Wind, solar lobbyists scramble to shield grants from sequester cuts
February 20, 2013 by Nick Juliano in E&E News
February 20, 2013 by Nick Juliano in E&E News
Sweeping federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect next month have sparked a quiet lobbying campaign and veiled threats of lawsuits from renewable energy interests expecting smaller project grants. ...The wind industry is less exposed to worries about the sequester. However, several projects have yet to be reimbursed by Treasury, and it remains an open question whether anyone still awaiting payment would see their reward cut.
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USA]
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