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	<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Aspen Skiing explores wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago the Aspen Skiing Co. examined its four ski mountains and concluded that winds on top are just too gusty for wind turbines. Wind is best for producing electricity when it’s strong but steady.
But turbines are now strong enough to withstand blasts of 120 mph. If gusts that are even stronger arrive, new designs allow blades to fold.
And so a 165-foot tower with a propeller is soon to be erected atop Snowmass, to .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine project proposed for Eureka; planning commission skeptical</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silverton, Colo. &#8212; A 130-foot-tall wind turbine in the middle of the former Eureka Townsite?
That’s the dream of Vladimir Deriugin of Ouray and Tacoma, Wash.
Deriugin, who describes himself as principal of CSC Construction Ltd., asked the San Juan Regional Planning Commission on Tuesday to approve “the installation of a reinforced concrete mat foundation” on a lot owned by Planning Commission Chairman Fritz Klinke, just south of the restored water tower.
A 130-foot tower with a 10-kilowatt .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Line will carry wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electrical power producers are in line to build 850 megawatts of new electrical generation in Wyoming &#8212; and most of it will be wind energy, according to the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority.
One megawatt can power about 750 homes.
A monthlong open auction will begin at the end of the month for transmission space on the proposed Wyoming-Colorado Intertie, a 345-kilovolt power line that will deliver power from eastern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range.
Steve Waddington, executive director .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Turbines might crown the Cirque in Snowmass; Aspen Skiing Co. looks into wind power possibilities</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ASPEN, Colorado — The U.S. Forest Service is considering installing three wind turbines on top of the Cirque at Snowmass Ski Area to generate renewable energy.
And because the Aspen Skiing Co. uses the land, it will partner with the Forest Service in exploring whether the idea carries enough wind.
Within the next month, a 33-foot tower with a propeller will be set up at the Cirque to measure wind speeds to determine if there is .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Aspen approves wind deal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aspen City Council approved a deal Monday where the city’s municipal electric utility will purchase more wind energy from a Nebraska supplier, which would allow the city to sell some of its locally generated renewable power to Holy Cross Energy.
Holy Cross would then sell the renewable power to the Aspen Skiing Co. and other local businesses that would be willing to pay a premium for the clean energy.
The city’s electric utility, which serves the historic .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Lesser prairie-chicken decline concerns biologists</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small number of serious bird watchers worldwide have been privileged to see the mesmerizing dance of the lesser prairie-chicken during their spring breeding season. For others who desire to see this ancient and vocal all-out effort by the prairie grouse, time may be ticking away.
During a daybreak ritual, males seek out ridge tops of expansive prairie land for the booming, gobbling and frenetic display used to socialize and compete for females. Activity on these .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind power could complicate electricity management</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[America’s electric power grid is truly one of the wonders of the modern world. A combination of millions of miles of cables and wires, transformers, generating plants and, of course, hundreds of millions of customers who use the constantly available energy, the grid is the world’s largest musical instrument, tuned precisely to within a fraction of a single note, 60 Hertz.
Every second of every day independent system operators, the folks who manage the grid’s various .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>FPL negotiations continue with Sidney airport</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[PEETZ — When FPL Energy’s construction company left Peetz last fall, crew members who built the Peetz Table Wind Energy’s Phase I and Phase II west of the town said they expected to be back this spring.
So far, that hasn’t happened. But FPL Energy does intend to add a third phase to the wind farm. The company is still a presence in the area, overseeing and maintaining its existing 267 wind turbines.
Next week, FPL will .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Blowing our cash&#63;  Experts say renewable energy money too difficult to follow</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapid growth of Renewable Energy Credit sales across the nation, including at CSU and in the City of Fort Collins, may be hitting its stride as City officials are looking to replace REC purchases with more efficient alternatives that more directly benefit REC consumers.
A REC is a unit of energy generated by using infinite natural resources that can be powered by infrastructure such as wind turbines or solar panels.
The Environmental Protection Agency dictates that .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>CSU plans wind farm to power entire university</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CSU is planning to develop a wind farm that will power the entire university with energy to spare.
The project&#8217;s lead researcher, Bill Farland, said the wind farm will run between 35 and 75 wind turbines with the capacity to generate 100 to 200 megawatts of power, on the university&#8217;s 11,000-acre Maxwell Ranch near the Wyoming border.
Farland said construction will not start for a couple of years.
The economic benefit CSU will retain from the wind farm&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind broker Clean and Green goes belly up</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owner closes one business, registers two more
Boulder-based wind-credit broker Clean and Green &#8220;has suspended all business activities until further notice.&#8221; At least that&#8217;s what its Web site says, but if you want more information, don&#8217;t bother calling &#8212; the phones are disconnected.
The company, owned by local Gerry Dameron, has sold renewable energy credits to individuals and businesses across Boulder County &#8212; including Illegal Pete&#8217;s, the Boulder Bookstore, Izze and Pharmaca &#8212; to allow the companies .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Firefighters get a feel for very high rescues</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working on an object nearly 30 stories high can be a harrowing experience for anyone. For the crews that maintain the wind turbines in southeastern Colorado maintaining a safe working environment is paramount.
At the Colorado Green Green wind farm south of Lamar, in the rare case of an accident or medical emergency, crew members are trained to help with the extraction of the injured person  off the tower said site Safety Coordinator Jim Gill. .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Walsenburg wind farm moves ahead</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pole Canyon Wind wants to erect more wind monitoring towers to see if the power is there.
WALSENBURG &#8212; A wind farm project that eventually could supply energy to more than 100,000 homes is one step closer to becoming a reality.
The Pole Canyon wind farm project would use 41 wind turbines to create 100 megawatts of renewable energy per year and bring 10-15 permanent, full-time jobs to the county.
Pole Canyon Wind LLC, led locally by project .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Power line plans take shape</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power generators, distributors and others in the electrical power chain will be asked to bid for shipping rights on a new Wyoming-to-Colorado power line.
Developers of the &#8220;Wyoming-Colorado Intertie&#8221; project will hold an open-season auction in June, hoping to collect commitments for up to 900 megawatts of transmission from eastern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range.
Wyoming wind is expected to make up a significant portion of the power committed to the line, according to officials. If .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Still some hurdles for Colorado in the wind market</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complex weather vanes are taking the place of a licked finger extended in the breeze to gauge the wind as Coloradans consider expanding the state&#8217;s ability to generate wind energy.
   To study eastern El Paso County&#8217;s capacity for turning wind into energy, California-based Clipper Windpower has erected a 197-foot anemometer pole near Ramah and will put two more poles around Rush and Calhan.
   Much needs to be determined, but the potential .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Springs&#39; energy future relies increasingly on wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[New laws, higher demand mean city will rely more on wind power
Colorado Springs Utilities will seek proposals in April for up to 100 times the amount of wind power it now buys, ramping up its presence in an exploding industry as some of its customers clamor for it to be more Earth-friendly.
Since entering the wind market in the late 1990s, the city-owned utility hasn&#8217;t bought more than 1 megawatt &#8212; a pittance in an 863-megawatt .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind farm raises environmental impact concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A giant wind farm in northeast Weld County may be a groundbreaking model of how to generate clean, renewable energy while protecting wildlife occupying the same space.
But it&#8217;s also been on the receiving end of some environmental criticism.
Since January, 274 wind turbines spread across 31,000 acres within the Pawnee National Grasslands have been producing electricity for Public Service Co. of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., providing enough power for 95,000 homes.
The &#36;400 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine parts unexpectedly failing</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some components on Vestas Wind Systems-manufactured wind turbines at Platte River Power Authority&#8217;s Medicine Bow Wind Project are failing more than 15 years earlier than expected, according to PRPA.
Since the Medicine Bow, which is in southern Wyoming, went online in 1998, 30 major outages have occurred on the wind farm&#8217;s nine turbines due to component failure, said John Bleem, PRPA division manager.
Although outages vary, Bleem said repairs have led to turbines being down for as .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Boulder&#39;s wind potential blows</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gusty winters, still summers stifle wind turbines&#8217; appeal
This week, land use planners will consider changing the county&#8217;s codes to make it easier for people to install wind-powered electricity on their properties.
But installing a windmill on the Front Range doesn&#8217;t guarantee that the rotors will spin &#8212; or that they won&#8217;t spin too much.
The land use department has received more requests about wind turbines in the past few years, according to planner Greg Oxenfeld. Now, proposed .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>How do you pay for a wind tower?</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[WRAY — The school district here set out several years ago to put up a small wind turbine and save money on electricity. This developed into a plan to provide some electricity for the community, as well as the school.
Five years later, the Wray School District is now owner of the largest wind turbine used by any school district in the world. The tower is rated at 900 kilowatts. This compares to the available small .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Winding up to blows</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Test-tower tussle on the eastern plains hints at windpower battles to come.
On wind-whipped grasslands of eastern El Paso County, windmills have made short work of a tedious chore by pumping water for herds of cattle.
Now a windpower company is looking to put a modern spin on that traditional practice, and Arlene Walker, for one, sees nothing wrong with that.
&#8220;They&#8217;re pumping wind for electricity,&#8221; the 67-year-old says. &#8220;Let me tell you, I would love to have .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Fort Collins City Council approves wind data towers</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind farms similar to those found on the Eastern Plains and southern Wyoming could be creeping closer to Fort Collins and the Colorado Front Range.
The Fort Collins City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night that will allow Platte River Power Authority to put two 60-meter meteorological towers on the city&#8217;s Meadow Springs Ranch property to collect detailed wind-speed and other weather data during an 18-month period as PRPA investigates potential wind sites.
PRPA provides power .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Nonprofit turned into big deal in easements</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[State has subpoenaed records in probe into possible abuses
A nonprofit program dealing with troubled youth transformed itself in five years into one of the biggest conservation easement holders in the state.
Now the Arvada-based land trust is at the center of the state&#8217;s investigation into questionable open-space deals.
Since 2002, the trust, currently known as Colorado Natural Land Conservation, has entered into more than 100 conservation easement deals around the state, including dozens in December after the .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Abuses taint land deals</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation easements approved for pricey subdivisions, fairways, small parcels
An innovative state law designed to preserve Colorado&#8217;s scenic open spaces and working ranches has, in dozens of cases, been used to protect everything from multimillion- dollar home sites in gated communities to tiny pieces of land slated for oil and gas development.
The law allots generous state income tax credits to property owners who agree to protect their lands from development. But in some cases, a Rocky .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind farm weighed on airport property</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport plans to monitor wind levels for a year to determine whether it should locate a wind farm on its property in Adams County.
DIA owns property far north of the airport, and &#8220;we&#8217;re trying to assess what to do with the property, and one of the possibilities we&#8217;re assessing is putting a wind farm up there,&#8221; said Patrick Heck, DIA&#8217;s deputy manager for revenue and business development.
DIA officials inked a contract with Air .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Power plan takes root in Fremont County</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A developer is optimistic the wind and hydro project may be online by 2014.
A Fremont County project that combines wind and hydroelectric power generation could be on line by 2014, if all goes as planned.
Mark Morley, who also plans to develop a reservoir in Pueblo County, gave an update on his Phantom Canyon Project near Penrose to the Colorado Water Congress last week.
Morley has a few water rights but envisions a new reservoir just above .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind power bills rising</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xcel&#8217;s voluntary wind power customers in Colorado will be hit with higher bills beginning next year.
But regular customers will benefit from lower electric bills, according to Xcel filings with regulators late Tuesday.
The utility says fully subscribed customers of WindSource will have to pay higher premiums &#8212; about &#36;13 more per month compared with regular customers &#8212; because they aren&#8217;t benefiting from declining natural gas prices enjoyed by regular customers. Fully subscribed customers get all their .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Renewable energy means higher rates</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average Xcel Energy customer would see a rate increase of 79 cents a month under a plan filed by the company Friday to comply with Colorado&#8217;s renewable energy standards.
Xcel&#8217;s Renewable Energy Compliance Plan was filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to explain how the company will meet renewable energy requirements passed by the state Legislature last year.
It is all part of Xcel&#8217;s plan to decrease carbon emissions 10 percent by 2017.
Under the plan, .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Worn-out roads, dogs at issue for Peetz council</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[PEETZ — The deteriorating condition of some of the streets, in part a result of the number of wind farm trucks on the streets, took over the discussion of Monday’s town council meeting.
Main Street near the school, and also the block stretching from the Peetz Co-op gas station to the town hall, are particularly in need of repairs.
Bryan Stelly and Bret Beatty from Blattner Construction, the general contractor for the FPL Energy wind farm, were .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Xcel may pump billions into wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Inc., owner of utilities in Denver and Minneapolis, may invest billions of dollars to boost wind power capacity to take advantage of rising demand for cleaner energy.
Xcel, based in Minneapolis, wants to increase the wind power farms it operates, rather than buying output from other power producers, Chief Executive Officer Dick Kelly said Tuesday. It is targeting adding more than 1,000 megawatts through the year 2020.
Xcel distributes electricity from wind farms that have .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind-power credit&#39;s effectiveness in helping environment debated</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[For only &#36;15, the busy Boulder shopper can pluck a wind-power card off the rack by the checkout counter at Whole Foods, good for 750 kilowatt-hours — the average amount of electricity sucked off the grid by an American family each month.
So, for about the cost of two tickets to a Friday-night flick, this environmentally savvy consumer has just become 100 percent wind-powered for the month, having the same effect as planting 13 trees or .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>New wind farm east of Grover makes several changes to help raptors</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out here is where Weld County got its name, a vast stretch of brush, blowing dirt and ridges that break up the ocean of blue sky.
There is little else out here, eight miles east of Grover, but a few hardy creatures, an occasional person and a whole lot of wind. It blows here virtually all the time, and the wind is strong, the strongest out of 10 sites researched by the federal government for wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Power plan calls for 1,000 miles of lines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Paso County commissioners will hear plans today for a major power transmission project that will sweep the southeastern corner of the county.
The Eastern Plains Transmission Project aims at constructing 1,000 miles of power lines reaching as tall as 14 stories that could eventually link power on Colorado’s eastern plains to southwestern Kansas.
It would cut across some of the best wind-energy generation sites in the state, project managers say, and have the capacity for future .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>School&#39;s wind power plan raises noise, viewshed issues</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEI, the school for renewable energy and sustainable housing technology, won approval June 4 from the Board of County Commissioners for its bid to erect a 106-foot-high tower on its year-old Paonia campus. The tower will support an electricity generating turbine with blades spanning 12 feet to be used for class instruction and to produce power for the school’s use.
The BoCC, sitting with commission chair Jan McCracken absent, voted 2-0 in favor of the schools .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Alternative energy idea met with skepticism, enthusiasm; Wind energy farm, ethanol plant would be built near New Castle</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine this:
On remote land near New Castle, wind turbines spin, helping power a plant that produces ethanol, perhaps also with the help of electricity from solar panels. The plant also could tap methane from the coal-rich Grand Hogback and convert it to ethanol.
In addition, the plant would make ethanol from biodegradable materials at area landfills, from solid waste from municipalities and septic service companies, and from switchgrass grown by local ranchers.
The windmills even could be .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>View at Pawnee changes; First of nearly 300 turbines dot horizon at grasslands</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Karl and Gunta Riters visited Pawnee Buttes National Grasslands last week, they were more than a little disappointed &#8212; and not just because the main wildflower show was over.
There&#8217;s always next year to catch the wildflowers in bloom, but Karl Riters fears for the future of the uninterrupted views of this landscape where the two Pawnee Buttes rise 250 above the desolate steppe.
That&#8217;s because since the Fort Collins resident last visited the grasslands last .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Some see red on Denver&#39;s green plan; proposals called radical, &#39;loony&#39; after hitting Web</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[People around the country accused Denver on Monday of embracing a &#8220;crackpot&#8221; scheme to fight global warming after the city&#8217;s plan drew widespread attention on the Internet.
The reaction was to a Rocky Mountain News story that detailed some of the proposals in Denver&#8217;s Climate Action Plan, which aims to cut the city&#8217;s output of gas emissions linked to global warming.
The plan includes several controversial ideas, including making residents who use large amounts of electricity and .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Where does our wind power money go&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year Fort Collins Wind Power Program will hand over more than &#36;1 million to Platte River Power Authority to help the city reach its goal of having 15 percent of its energy come from renewable sources by 2017.
Of that money, some &#36;366,000 will be used to purchase what are called renewable energy credits (RECs) from out-of-state projects that cannot&#8211;or will not&#8211;detail how the money is being used to help reach that goal.
Without such accountability, .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Renewable energy nears law status</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 May 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four months after saying his &#8220;New Energy Economy&#8221; was more than a campaign promise, Gov. Bill Ritter will sign a half-dozen measures this week encouraging Coloradans to make more renewable energy and consume less fuel overall.
On Tuesday, Ritter signed a bill that rewards utilities for promoting energy conservation. It was vetoed twice by his predecessor, GOP Gov. Bill Owens.
Today, Ritter plans to sign measures to promote recycling and biofuels development, encourage construction of transmission lines .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Man saved from Peetz wind tower</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 12:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An electrical maintenance contractor working on a wind tower here dangled 275 feet off the ground for almost one hour after falling Monday from the nacelle, which is located near the edge of the turbine.
According to Florida Power and Light spokesman Steve Stengel, the contractor works for San Jose, Calif., based Rosendin Electric.
Rosendin Electric did not return a phone call today seeking comment and confirmation of the contractor&#8217;s identity.
The wind tower &#8212; Tower 114 &#8212; .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>County OKs 99-year permit for wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[STERLING &#8212; Peetz Table Wind Energy, LLC, was successful in getting several agenda items passed during Tuesday&#8217;s Logan County Commissioners meeting, including a Conditional Use Permit for 99 years to expand their wind farm holdings by adding another 134 wind turbines, and approval of a Development Agreement between Logan County and Peetz Table Wind Energy, LLC, laying out regulations for both parties to follow for the duration of the agreement.
By AJ Vicens
Journal-Advocate Staff Writer
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25 April .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Moving renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER &#8212; A bill that won preliminary approval in the Senate Thursday, which creates a new authority for financing construction of transmission lines to carry renewable energy, is very different from the one Republican Rep. Cory Gardner of Yuma introduced and passed through the House early in February.
Even the title changed.
House Bill 1150 now creates the Colorado Clean Energy Development Authority instead of a renewable energy and infrastructure authority. At the insistence of Sen. Chris .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>CSU planning its own wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado State University said Thursday it plans to develop a wind farm in northern Colorado that would be the largest university-owned wind facility in the world.
The project would generate more than enough electricity to power CSU&#8217;s entire Fort Collins campus. Excess-power sales would generate an estimated &#36;30 million to the university over the next 25 years.
The venture is proposed for the 11,000-acre Maxwell Ranch, a property owned by the university near the Wyoming border, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Ritter signs solar, wind, biomass energy bill</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill into law Tuesday that requires Colorado utilities to get more electricity from the sun, wind, or plant and animal waste.
House Bill 1281 sailed smoothly through the state legislature, clearing the House and Senate, both with Democratic majorities, in about five weeks before landing on Ritter&#8217;s desk last month.
He promised during his election campaign to promote the generation of more electricity from renewable sources and reduce the use of fossil .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>County public works director will ban heavy trucks</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEYENNE &#8212; Shortly after the trucks started coming this winter, Don &#8220;Bud&#8221; Brown could see the road starting to give.
Rumbling down Laramie County Road 164, the trucks were hauling gravel from Nebraska to northern Colorado&#8217;s Cedar Creek Wind Project.
First, Brown could see grooves forming in the 50-year-old asphalt that runs near his house.
Now, he said, it&#8217;s a &#8220;scary&#8221; drive.
In the late-February thaw, it cracked and crumbled, leaving not the typical &#8220;hand- or hat-sized potholes,&#8221; but .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Padroni resident balks at commission&#39;s windfarm approval</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[STERLING &#8212; The County Commission unanimously approved Tuesday a 99-year conditional use permit for Peetz Table Wind Energy, LLC, to construct a generating facility; but at least one person was not that happy about it.
&#8220;My concern is making sure we preserve the beauty of the canyons,&#8221; said Allen Ramey during the public comment portion of the commissioner&#8217;s hearing.
&#8220;To some people they&#8217;re ugly and some people love them,&#8221; said Jack McLavey, commission chairman, in response to .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Plans for new power grid taking shape</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two power suppliers wanting to construct 1,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and new substations in Colorado and Kansas are refining the routes for the project, officials said last week.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the Western Area Power Administration are teaming on the Eastern Plains Transmission Project, which will cost anywhere from &#36;8 million to &#36;1 billion.
Randy Wilkerson, a public affairs specialist for Western, said that based on comments from the public during meetings .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Local pols concerned with power grab by northern senator</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two local Republican lawmakers are worried that a Democratic senator is planning to hijack their measure to help bring high-voltage transmission lines to rural Colorado.
And even if Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, isn&#8217;t trying to make HB1150 his own, Sen. Ken Kester and Rep. Cory Gardner said they are afraid the freshman senator, and son of former Gov. Roy Romer, will lead an effort to kill their measure or amend it beyond recognition.
Currently, the measure would .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Wind-farm bill carried on the backing of Xcel</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation designed to encourage future wind farms in Colorado breezed through a state Senate committee Wednesday with backing from the state&#8217;s largest utility, Xcel Energy.
The bill would ease the financial burden of building new transmission lines for some utilities by making customers pay construction costs more quickly.
Backers say new power lines would encourage the development of more wind farms and other alternative-energy projects.
The legislation is considered a key component of Gov. Bill Ritter&#8217;s quest to .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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		<title>Bill would require more green energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats rolled out their long-awaited renewable-energy bills Wednesday, setting up a potential fight with rural electricity providers.
With the backing of a friendly governor, legislators put forward an aggressive set of bills that includes requiring 20 percent of Colorado&#8217;s electricity to come from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, by 2020.
&#8220;In many ways this is a historic day for the state of Colorado,&#8221; said Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, who was flanked by Gov. Bill Ritter, .&#160;.&#160;.]]>
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