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Latest News from Windustry
PTC, ITC or Cash Grant? Which Should a Developer Use?
Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory (LBNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released a combined report that may help wind project developers understand which federal incentives will be most economical: PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States.
Windustry Newsletter - March 2009
Featured in this issue:
- Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grants
Energy Audits and Assistance for Farms and Rural Businesses - New Landowner Guide Available from Windustry
Evaluating a Wind Energy Development Company - PTC, ITC or Cash Grant?
Which Should a Wind Developer Use? - Windspiration
- On the Windustry Trail...
- Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grants
Windustry Honored as Wedgeshare Grant Recipient
MINNEAPOLIS (March 3, 2009) — Windustry was honored as a 2008 Wedgeshare Grant Recipient from the Wedge Co-op, a Minneapolis natural and organic food cooperative with almost 14,000 member-owners. Grants went to a range of organizations that combat hunger, promote food safety, and foster renewable energy and sustainable communities.
Rewards of Ownership
“Community-based renewable energy projects can produce big benefits,” according to Julie Curti and Justin Goetz in their article “Rewards of Ownership” in a recent issue of Rural Cooperatives Magazine, published by U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Windustry Newsletter - February 2009
Featured in this issue
- Dare to DREAM:
Double Renewable Energy in America by 2012 - Wind Energy Would Benefit from Smart Grid
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
How Will Stimulus Bill Help Community Wind? - Wind Energy Jobs Grew 70% in 2008
- On the Wind Energy Trail
- Dare to DREAM:
How Will Stimulus Bill Help Community Wind?
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
President Obama signs American
Recovery and Reinvestment ActNow that Congress has passed and President Obama has signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, how will this help to stimulate Community Wind projects? According to Denise Bode, American Wind Energy Association CEO, "the stimulus bill contains a number of provisions aimed at helping our industry continue the very strong growth in new installations and new jobs we have seen over the past few years."
Green Power Express
ITC Holdings Corp. has worked to develop the Green Power Express, a network of transmission lines that would facilitate the movement of 12,000 MW of power from the wind-abundant areas in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa to Midwest load centers, such as Chicago, southeastern Wisconsin, Minneapolis and other states that demand clean, renewable energy.
Windustry Newsletter - January 2009
Featured in this issue
- CERTS 2009 Conference
- Small Wind Workshop
- Big Stone II Approved
- Turbines in Water
- New Staff Member
- On the Wind Energy Trail
Windustry Email Newsletter - December 2008
Featured in this issue
- Landowner Associations
- Recommendations to Congress
- New Staff Member
- CERTs Conference
- On the Wind Energy Trail
Windustry Email Newsletter - November 2008
Featured in this issue:
- Xcel Energy Installs Battery to Store Wind Power
- Voluntary Ethics Code for Wind Developers in NY
- Wind Energy in Times Square
- Duluth Port Busy With Turbines
- On the Wind Energy Trail
