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Wind-power group could double Wyoming output (Denver Post)

Two wind-power developers plan to buy 585 megawatts of transmission capacity on a new power line to be built in eastern Wyoming ? a prospect that could more than double the state's wind-energy output, state and industry representatives said Tuesday.

Wind energy industry anxious over tax credit (Minnesota Public Radio)

How big a deal is two cents? Well, it's a big deal if you're trying to produce wind energy.

California eyes Oregon wind power (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

PORTLAND (AP) ? California, whose laws require it to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, has its eyes on Oregon?s growing wind power industry.

Pickens brings wind power plan to Black Hills (Black Hills Pioneer)

T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oil and gas billionaire who announced in July his plans to focus on wind energy, says if renewable energy were to replace natural gas, then natural gas supplies would be freed up to power vehicles and greatly curb our dependency on foreign oil.

Wind power project set for Day County (Aberdeen American News)

A South Dakota company owned by an Aberdeen native is in the process of undertaking a wind power generation project in Day County....

Wind energy group unsure of state?s future plans (The Daily Iberian)

Wind Energy Systems Technology, headquatered in New Iberia, recently ad-dressed the Louisiana Public Service Commission regarding its desire to expand wind-gathering operations to the Louisiana Coast.

New efforts to store wind power (The Bismarck Tribune)

NEW YORK - One problem perhaps more than any other has proven a drag on the long-term prospects for wind power: how do you turn on the lights when the wind isn't blowing?

Horizon Wind Energy Partners With Snohomish Public Utility District (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Horizon Wind Energy LLC , a leading wind project developer, owner, and operator, owned by EDP Renovaveis, has just entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Snohomish County Public Utility District to sell renewable wind energy from the Wheat Field Wind Farm.

A primer on wind power (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)

If wind power doesn't appeal to Hoosier landowners now, it likely will soon.

GE reshapes the future of wind power (CNET)

How to make wind 10 percent of electricity generation? Funky-shaped turbine blades, high-tech materials, and smarter grid connections, says GE's head of wind research.