Wind Power in the News

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Wind Power News Sunday December 17th 2006

Turning wind power into hydrogen
(San Jose Mercury News: Sun, 17 Dec) Amid gusting winds and spinning wind turbines, officials last week unveiled a $2 million research project to use wind energy to produce hydrogen fuel.

Storm slams state with wind, rain; power outages reported
(Albany Democrat-Herald: Sun, 17 Dec) A powerful storm slammed into Oregon on Thursday with winds topping 90 mph on the coast and heavy rain that downed trees and power lines, causing outages and traffic problems, officials said.

Power returns to battered Northwest
(Los Angeles Times: Sun, 17 Dec) About 80 residents are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning from grills and heaters brought indoors. SEATTLE - As utility crews worked to restore power to 1 million customers across the wind-wracked Pacific Northwest, hospitals here said Saturday that they had treated about 80 victims of poisoning by carbon monoxide - from gas grills, propane heaters, generators and charcoal briquettes brought ...

Thousands still in the dark: Utility crews work to restore power to wind-swept region
(King County Journal: Sun, 17 Dec) SEATTLE - Utility crews were working nonstop through the weekend to restore service to hundreds of thousands of people still without power after a windstorm hit Western Washington.

Storms of opposition stall Maryland's wind farms
(The News Journal: Sun, 17 Dec) BETHESDA, Md. - Wind-power developers frustrated by regulatory hurdles and legal challenges say the state lacks a strong commitment to alternative energy, putting Maryland behind neighboring states in which wind turbines are already spinning.

Wind power target is 'unrealistic', claims charity Farmers Weekly
(Farmers Weekly Interactive: Fri, 15 Dec) Further doubt has been cast on the government's plans for bioenergy by a charity sponsoring research into renewable technologies. Publishing new research this week, the Renewable Energy Foundation said the government's expectation that three-quarters of the 2010 bioenergy target would be supplied by wind power was "unrealistic".

Freedom: Wind power project gets OK
(Bangor Daily News: Fri, 15 Dec) FREEDOM - The months-long review process of a proposed $12 million wind power project on Beaver Ridge has ended with the application winning the necessary town permits, but an appeal is in the works.

Power restored in Cowlitz County
(The Daily News: Sun, 17 Dec) The lights are back on in Cowlitz County. According to Dave Andrew, spokesman for the Cowlitz County PUD, the last 100 households that had lost power during Thursday's wind storm were restored by 4 p.m. Saturday.

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