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Windustry Email Newsletter - September 2008
Featured in this issue:
- The Wind Energy Center at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair a success!
- Announcement of RE-Fest in Austin MN, on Sept. 20, 2008
- Windustry's Lisa Daniels featured in a podcast
- Windustry staff tour Grand Meadows Wind Farm
SMMPA seeks proposals for community based wind energy
The Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency is seeking RFP's for C- Bed Wind Power to supply SMMPA with wind energy. The RFP and and Questionnaire are available for download at:
http://smmpa.org/environment.asp?smmpa=161If you have questions please contact:
Dan Hayes at 507-285-0478 or dm.hayes@smmpa.orgCommunity Wind Report for New Brunswick Released
The Government of New Brunswick released a preliminary report addressing the potential for community wind energy development in New Brunswick. The report recommended that Government of New Brunswick implement a community wind energy program with the initial allocation of 100 MW of projects within the province.
The full report can be found at:Windustry at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair
Thank you to all of our partners and volunteers for making the Wind Energy Center at the Minnesota State Fair a great success! Some highlights from 2008:
- Trying out different careers in the wind energy industry.
- Climbing inside a replica turbine tower section and seeing a video of what it's like to be inside a real wind turbine.
- Getting your wind energy questions answered by an expert.
- Pickicking up a wind energy bookmark to take home.
- Experimenting with blade design and participating in other fun activities in the Renewable Energy Kid's Corral.
- Learning about home- and farm-scale wind turbines.
2008 Partners
We couldn't do it without our partners! Thank you to everyone who helped us bring the Wind Energy Center to hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans in 2008!
Vanguard Partner
Gold Partner
Silver Partners
Fagen, Inc.
Bronze Partners
KidWind
OwnEnergy
Carstensen Contracting, Inc.
Fulbright and Jaworski LLP
National Wind, LLC
Rural Energy Development Initiative
Winkelman's Environmentally Responsible Construction
Partners
Mortenson Construction
Consulting Engineers Group
Southwest Windpower
Bergey Windpower
Faegre & Benson LLP
Jeffrey C. Paulson and Associates, Ltd.
Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith and & Frederick PA
HDR, Inc.
RES Americas Inc.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Volunteers and Visitors
We had over 100 volunteers and more than 350,000 visitors during the twelve days of the fair. Stay tuned for next year's opportunities and in the meanwhile, enjoy some photos!
Renewable Energy Business Education Announcement
Windustry has a variety of connections to the many organizations that encourage the growth and expansion of community wind energy development. Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA is one such institution. Their announcement of a new educational program which we thought might be of interest to many visitors to our website follows.
Great Lakes Tall Tower Wind Monitoring Project
Grant Applications are now being received for the Great Lakes Tall Tower Wind Monitoring project. The project is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy.
The program's scope of work requires the State of Wisconsin to use the DOE funds to award a total of two grants for:
Lake Michigan Project: collect and analyze 12 months of tall tower data from an existing 100 meter tall site within .5 miles of Lake Michigan
Lake Erie Project: collect and analyze 12 months of tall tower data from an existing 100 meter tall site within .5 miles of Lake Erie
GE Study Finds Tax Revenues from Wind Farms Offset Tax Incentive
Confused by the rhetoric on all sides of the current debate over whether or not to renew the federal renewable energy Production Tax Credit? Would you like to be able to address the issue in an informed and persuasive manner?
A study released in June by GE Energy Financial Services finds that, over the average 20-year projected life-span of a wind project, the revenue streams to the federal treasury from the construction and operation of the wind project result in a net gain to the federal government even given the current cost of the federal production tax credit (PTC).
Windustry Email Newsletter - July 2008
Featured in this issue:
- Bill Introduced to Encourage Renewable Energy Development
- Call for Wind Energy Center Volunteers
- Women of Wind Energy Continues to Soar
- Check out the Windustry Blog
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New energy grant could help jump start rural Kansas in renewable energy and energy efficiency
As Ray Hammarlund, director of energy programs at the KCC, explained to CEP, the grant money will be used to help rural Kansas entities apply for existing federal funds to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The focus will be applying for CREBS and 9006 grants.
Windustry Email Newsletter - June 2008
Featured in this issue:
- 2008 Farm Bill Update
- Community Wind at WINDPOWER 2008
- Welcome Interns!
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