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		<title>Porter County braces for future in wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[VALPARAISO &#8212; Porter County is in the path of a new industrial wind that&#8217;s blowing across northern Indiana, driven by funding from foreign-based energy companies.
Officials here are feeling the breeze in the wake of a statewide energy conference in June, according to Raymond S. Joseph in the Porter County Plan Commission office.
Porter County was one of 15 in the state cited at this week&#8217;s Pinney Purdue Agriculture Field Day by Benton County extension educator Jimmie Bricker as having contacted his .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>LaPorte Co. to study wind farm potential</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Kansas company that’s considering building two wind farms in northwest Indiana will erect a wind-monitoring tower in LaPorte County within the next month. 
Trade Wind Energy of Lenexa, Kan., will put up the tower, 197 feet high and 6 inches in circumference, outside LaCrosse to monitor wind speeds at various heights 24 hours a day for about two years. 
The testing will determine if there’s enough wind to warrant building a wind farm that might produce 200 megawatts per .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas group exploring wind farm options</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A company from Kansas is exploring building two wind farms, one near Kouts and one near LaCrosse.
Within the next month, Trade Wind Energy of Lenexa, Kan., will erect a 197-foot-tall wind monitoring tower.
The tower &#8212; just six inches in circumference &#8212; outside LaCrosse near Indiana 8 and County Road 1100W will monitor wind speeds at all levels 24 hours a day for about two years.
The testing will determine if there&#8217;s enough wind to warrant building a wind farm that would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy ordinances proposed</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[While most of the updates to the county master plan were put on hold at Tuesday&#8217;s Plan Commission meeting, one section on towers was approved to include resolutions on wind turbines.
County Planner Mitch Bishop said the intent was to provide protection for county residents.
Other portions of the master plan were tabled so commission members could think more about proposed ordinances.
Bishop said there has been speculation from developers wanting to construct large wind turbines in the county and there were no .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Here with the wind; Commissioners to address issue of wind energy at meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Energy LLC could begin construction on a proposed wind farm west of Brookston in about a year if all goes well with new county zoning ordinances and if design plans are developed by then.
The ordinance issue, a county-wide revision of zoning ordinances in general, will include a wind ordinance with setbacks for wind turbines and other details as part of the overhaul.
County Board of Commissioners President John Heimlich said the ordinance plan will come before county commissioners on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Benton County wind farm project update</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The head of BP America was recently in Benton County to mark the construction of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm. President Robert Malone joined other dignitaries including Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at the event. The Governor’s office says when completed it will be one of the largest projects of its kind in the country with hundreds of turbine-powered windmills. BP hopes to have the first phase operational by the end of this year. In a written statement, U.S. Senator Richard .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton County moving ahead with wind farm plans, looks at regulations</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT &#8212; Members of the Clinton County Area Plan Commission Ordinance Review Committee spent some time Tuesday afternoon taking a close look at zoning regulations that govern potential wind farms in the county.
The meeting held here is the first session the committee has had since several members toured an 87-turbine wind farm in Benton County that began generating electricity earlier this year.
Clinton County&#8217;s wind farm ordinance borrows much of its content from the one that was crafted for Benton County.
&#8220;We&#8217;re .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Board OKs wind project; Horizon Wind Energy to expand its Brookston border</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After taking two weeks to ponder their decision, the Brookston town council gave their sanction to allow a wind-energy project to expand its border Wednesday.
Martin N. Culik, a project manager with Horizon Wind Energy, began discussing the expansion of the local wind-turbine project during Brookston&#8217;s June 11 meeting.
Horizon, a Texas company that owns several United States wind farms, has been working with local leaders and property owners to develop the necessary laws and lease the required land to build a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon looks to expand size of planned White County wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Texas-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC is looking to increase the size of its proposed wind farm for White County even before area leaders finalize a deal for the project. The company originally planned to lease 30,000 to 35,000 acres for the wind farm. Now it has the potential to expand to 100,000 acres. White County Economic Development Director Connie Neininger says several land owners are now asking if the company will put a wind turbine on their property. 
Neininger says .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Board concerns blowing in the wind; Brookston Town Council to debate pros and cons of allowing a wind-energy concern to expand</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brookston&#8217;s town council will spend the next two weeks deciding whether allowing a wind-energy concern to expand its original plans will hinder development.
During their regular meeting Wednesday evening, the Brookston town board heard from White County Economic Development Director Connie Neininger and representatives from Horizon Wind Energy.
Horizon, headquartered in Texas, wants to develop an energy-producing wind farm in West Point, Prairie, Round Grove, Big Creek and Honey Creek Townships in White County. Representatives from the green-energy concern have met with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Migratory bird paths limit wind power plan</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PORTAGE &#8212; A new debate has popped up between members of city government and the school board: Birds.
Where they fly, to be more precise.
And while members from each group have presented clear answers to the question, experts say it&#8217;s not so well defined.
The issue came up at a Portage Township School Board discussion meeting, when member Tom Pappas mentioned an idea to build windmills to help offset the schools&#8217; &#36;2 million-a-year energy costs.
Mayor Olga Velazquez, who attended the meeting, stood .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Utility wants out-of-state wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[NIPSCO wants to buy electricity from wind farms in South Dakota and Iowa, a move consumer groups and five large industrial customers say would cost them money.
The utility solicited for wind power last fall and Buffalo Ridge I, in South Dakota, and Barton Windpower, in northern Iowa won out because they offered the lowest prices, according to NIPSCO spokesman Nick Meyer.
NIPSCO, in an integrated resource plan submitted to state regulators last year, said it wanted to provide customers with more .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BZA approves wind energy test towers</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 10:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Randolph County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Monday unanimously approved a petition for a wind energy company to install test towers at two locations in the county.
&#8220;We are looking to develop a wind farm here in Randolph County to convert wind to electrical power,&#8221; said Ryan Brown, a project development manager for Horizon Wind Energy. &#8220;Our goal right now is to collect wind data to help us make decisions regarding the establishment of a wind farm in the county.&#8221;
He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Area steel mills may tap wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Northwest Indiana steel mills could be putting up wind mills in the coming years to reduce energy costs. The region has good potential to generate wind power, which could lower energy costs for steel plants and municipalities, according to the Hoosier Environmental Council.
ArcelorMittal is already exploring the feasibility at its Indiana Harbor plant. The company has put up monitoring devices to assess the direction, speed and strength of the wind.
&#8220;We are studying wind patters at our operating locations, including Cleveland .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>IPL plans 100-megawatt wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indianapolis Power and Light hopes to become the latest Indiana utility to tap into the power of the wind.
IPL announced plans Thursday for a 100-megawatt wind farm in Benton County in the state&#8217;s northwestern corner that the company says will power about 24,000 residential homes.
State regulators must approve IPL&#8217;s proposed Hoosier Wind Project, which the company says is also contingent on Congress extending a federal renewable energy tax credit.
The Indianapolis-based utility has 468,000 central Indiana customers. Its proposed wind farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions remain for wind energy project; Brookston board addresses feasibility issues regarding project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[During a short meeting Wednesday, the Brookston Town Council took care of routine business and had only brief updates on some ongoing projects.
After approving claims for the period, President Joseph Butz stated that a meeting held Friday, April 4 with officials from the state of Indiana and Horizon Wind Energy had yielded some answers, but left a lot of questions, also.
The meeting had been to discuss the feasibility of Brookston owning some power-generating windmills or purchasing electricity directly from Horizon&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>3 more counties seen as fertile for wind farming</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The potential for profit is driving the development of an increasing number of wind farm projects, including a proposal that would generate electricity from wind that blows across rural land south of Greater Lafayette.
nvenergy Wind North America LLC is developing the Tri-County Wind Energy Center, which is designed to place wind turbines on property in southwestern Tippecanoe, northwestern Montgomery and northeastern Fountain counties.
Typically, annual lease payments are made to landowners who agree to allow the wind turbines to be placed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm planned for Randolph County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Energy, Houston, Texas, plans to invest several hundred million dollars in Randolph County because it meets three essential requirements.
Land owners are receptive, it&#8217;s windy enough and there are existing electric-transmission lines.
In a secret-ballot vote, a group of several dozen land owners overwhelmingly chose Horizon to develop a 100 megawatt to 200 MW wind farm south of Winchester, said Randolph County Farm Bureau President Tom Chalfant.
&#8220;We essentially have the ingredients to put together a project,&#8221; said Martin Culik, a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plans announced for Randolph</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WINCHESTER — Houston, Texas-based Horizon Wind Energy today announced plans to build a 100-megawatt to 200-megawatt wind farm south of Winchester in Randolph County.
The company is looking at building 50-100 2-megawatt turbines around an area of 60,800 acres, leasing land from property owners, officials said.
The area where turbines will be located — which includes the towns of Huntsville, Lynn and Unionport — is bordered by U.S. 27 to the east, Ind. 1 to the west, Randolph County Road 50-S to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm now in the works</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Group looking at 15,000 acres east of Greentown for project
A group of landowners in eastern Howard County is ready to tap into the renewable energy market — one that doesn’t involve growing corn or soybeans for fuel.
If plans and studies proceed with the needed results, 10,000 to 15,000 acres of land east of Greentown would be used for a wind farm that could produce 150 to 200 megawatts of electricity.
The area from Plevna to Hackleman in southern Grant County provides .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Do pros outweigh cons for wind power&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[If eastern Allen County’s landscape has an abundance of anything, it’s nothingness. Except for an occasional tree, silo, grain elevator, barn, utility pole or steeple, there’s little to stop the late-winter wind from whipping across rich but fallow farmland.
But that very nothingness may soon lead to something big: huge windmills using 21st-century technology to generate electricity and economic growth 400 feet above land cleared by plowhorses and the strong backs and sweat of settlers.
People like Larry Coomer’s ancestors – which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms could be in Boone County’s future</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It isn’t a question so much of whether wind power is a practical way to produce more electricity and lower the nation’s dependence on imported petroleum. It’s how to get that wind power into the grid — the system of lines, towers, transformers and cables that end at a wall outlet or light switch.
Utilities are in the forecast business, said Mike Martin, general manager of Lebanon Utilities.
Wind power has a place on the nation’s electric grid, Martin said. What he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm coming to Randolph County</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The development of a wind farm in south central Randolph County will be announced at a news conference on March 19.
Tom Chalfant, president of Randolph County Farm Bureau, declined to discuss details of the project, including its developer.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have clearance from the company that&#8217;s doing it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Most of the information should be coming from them.&#8221;
Indiana Michigan Power, Gamesa Corp. of Spain, and Florida Power and Light are among the wind energy developers that have approached Randolph County .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind ordinance to help project become reality</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[White County Commissioners are taking the next action in helping the county become a home for an energy wind farm as they prepare for a public meeting to review a wind ordinance.
John Heimlich, president of the White County Commissioners, announced at a regular commissioners meeting on Tuesday that the draft of the ordinance is in its final stages.
&#8220;An ordinance was created for the purpose of having a wind farm in White County,&#8221; Heimlich said. &#8220;Without the ordinance Horizon Energy can&#8217;t .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers reject renewable energy bill</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A House committee voted down a bill Thursday that would have required Indiana to generate 10 percent of its electricity from wind and other renewable sources by 2018 &#8212; a measure supporters said would attract new investment to the state.
The House Commerce, Energy and Utilities Committee defeated the bill on a 8-3 vote after its chairman, Rep. Dave Crooks, D-Washington, refused to consider amendments he said were concessions to the state&#8217;s electric utilities.
Crooks said those amendments included incentives for utilities .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Panel considers renewable energy bill</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Southwest Indiana lawmaker is intent on pushing electric utilities to use renewable energy sources such as wind and bio-mass. The question, though, is just how much prodding is politically feasible.
A panel of lawmakers Thursday considered a bill authored by state Rep. Dave Crooks, D-Washington, that would require the state&#8217;s investor-owned electric utilities to use at least 10 percent renewable energy by 2018. 
Environmentalists and energy lobbyists debated whether economic and environmental interests could go hand-in-hand in the two-hour House .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines possibility for district; School City hears devices could save on electricity costs</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MISHAWAKA &#8212; Winds coming from the south and west of School City of Mishawaka could make energy-producing turbines a winning situation here, based on a report released this week to the board of school trustees.
School City has been working with Michigan-based Alternate Energy Solutions Inc. in gathering 12 months&#8217; worth of data to determine whether wind turbines are feasible for generating electricity here, rather than buying it. The district currently dishes out half a million dollars a year in electricity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mishawaka schools look at potential wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The winds of change could soon blow through Mishawaka after plans to build a series of power generating wind turbines for the city&#8217;s schools take another step forward.
School board members got their first look at a plan to build a series of massive wind turbines to help generate electricity for schools across the district. The board has been studying this idea for more than a year, and Tuesday night they got their first look at the data from that study.
&#8220;You .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm to be built in northwestern Indiana</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Press Release
Indianapolis, Ind. &#8212; Today, in Cause No. 43338, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a petition from independent power producer Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC to build and operate a 750-megawatt power generating wind farm in Fowler, Indiana and as provided by statute, partially declined to exercise regulation.
The electricity generated at the facility provides renewable options to supplement the demonstrated need for additional capacity in Indiana.
As part of the IURC’s monitoring of electric systems across the state, the order .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Governors sign pact to focus on renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE — The region&#8217;s governors signed an agreement Thursday to work together to reduce energy consumption, focus more on renewable energy and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
The noon signing was part of a regional summit on energy and climate change hosted by the Midwestern Governors Association.
The office of Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, chairman of the 12-member group, said the Midwest can lead the nation in renewable energy.
&#8220;Our strong manufacturing base and rich agricultural industries, along with the wealth of resources in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm issues include bird kills and appearance</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WINCHESTER &#8212; Randolph County farmer Eric Bentz looks forward to leasing some of his ground to a wind-energy company but is concerned about how others will react.
&#8220;It could be a decent source of stable revenue as long as people can can accept how they look,&#8221; Bentz said after a wind-energy meeting last week sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau.
Mary Ferris, president of Randolph County Farm Bureau, agreed. &#8220;Some people will not like the big tall structures,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But we&#8217;ve got .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple wind farms possible locally</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several companies are expressing interest in developing wind farms in Randolph, Jay and Wayne counties.
&#8220;Land owners in those counties are being approached by wind development people,&#8221; said Tom Chalfant, president of the Randolph County Farm Bureau. &#8220;I&#8217;d guess 200 or 300 or more have been approached or would be affected by these projects.&#8221;
This week, Indiana Farm Bureau and the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation are sponsoring a meeting for farmers who have been contacted about easements for wind energy development. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cities, county pass ordinance governing wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new set of rules will govern the building and use of wind turbines in Lafayette, West Lafayette and rural Tippecanoe County.
The two city councils and the county commissioners approved an ordinance Monday that will regulate where the wind turbines, which generate electricity, may stand within each of their jurisdictions. The new rules are in response to the likelihood that a company will soon want to build a wind farm &#8212; or large number of the turbines &#8212; in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carmel ponders windmill power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fields of large energy-producing windmills are being touted as one of the solutions to America&#8217;s dependence on fossil fuels from other nations. But how about in Carmel, Indiana? It&#8217;s a idea that is currently blowing in the wind.
In Carmel the Monon can help your health, the roundabouts can save you time and the city is currently exploring a new way of saving taxpayers money.
&#8220;The goal would be to, per windmill, save &#36;100,000 to &#36;150,000 a year,&#8221; said Mayor Jim Brainard .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Farming the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 21:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The old saying is that there&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch, but electricity from windmills seemed as close to that goal as energy production gets. However, a report to Congress by the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences should have a calming effect on the enthusiasm for wind-generated power.
The report noted that the huge wind turbines do pose a threat to bats and migrating songbirds and raptors, but further study is needed to determine the level .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>AEP, synonymous with coal, wants more wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[American Electric Power announced it wants to enter long-term purchase agreements for 1,000 megawatts of wind energy, including up to 360 megawatts for its eastern United States service territory &#8212; where coal has traditionally been king.
The utility giant said it wants to add the wind energy by 2011 as part of its strategy to address greenhouse gas emissions.
On Tuesday the company issued a request for proposals seeking up to 260 megawatts of wind energy for its Appalachian Power unit. Appalachian .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm to take root in Benton</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[EARL PARK &#8212; Plans for a wind energy project in this part of Benton County have been scaled back somewhat, and are being handled by a new company.
But spinning steel turbines should soon be dotting farmlands in Richland and York townships, using the wind to generate electricity.
&#8220;Everything in terms of permits is in place. All of that is done,&#8221; said Turner Hunt, project manager for Orion Energy Group, which is developing the wind energy project. &#8220;We&#8217;re right now to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy, the future of Remington&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that several energy companies are looking at rural areas in White County, looking for potential sites to develop wind farms locally. According to Connie Neininger, Economic Development Director for White County, three companies are looking to the White County area. The companies are Horizon Wind Energy, Invenergy LLC, and Catamount Energy Corporation. Local landowners in White County have been approached about being a source for wind energy.
This past week, Ryan Brown from the Indiana Office of Energy and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Michigan Power is setting up test sites in Jay and Randolph counties</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND &#8212; A proposed wind farm could possibly generate a &#36;175 million investment in Jay County within two years.
Mike Brian, corporate communications manager for Indiana Michigan Power in Fort Wayne, said his company plans to have at least one and perhaps two or three test sites ready to go this spring to determine if there is enough wind power in the area to generate electricity.
&#8220;We are setting up a couple of test sites in Jay and Randolph counties and perhaps .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carmel Mayor Investigating Using Windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is not blowing hot air when he talks about investigating a different way to generate electricity at the sewer plant. He is thinking about a windmill. They are not uncommon out west, but you do not see many windmills generating power in the Midwest.
&#8220;The testing we&#8217;ll do will confirm whether it&#8217;s a cost effective measure or not,&#8221; said Mayor Brainard.
Within the next six months, Mayor Brainard says a meteorological tower will be erected at the Carmel .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>City to test the wind as source of electricity</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carmel soon will begin testing to determine whether to install a windmill at the city&#8217;s sewer plant.
Mayor Jim Brainard first announced the concept during his state of the city address Nov. 1.
Using wind energy, Brainard said, could save the city some of the &#36;260,000 it spends per year to power the sanitary sewer plant at 96th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway.
The first step in the process would be to put up a test tower at the plant to gauge how .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#038;M scouts East Central Indiana sites for possible wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indiana Michigan Power has invited 250 residents of Jay, Randolph and Wayne counties to meetings next week to discuss the possibility of developing a wind farm.
The electric utility is seeking people willing to lease their land to I&#038;M for the installation of two or three 200-foot meteorological towers to collect wind data.
If the data show that a wind farm is feasible, either I&#038;M or a developer would plan to lease land for the installation of wind turbines, typically 50 to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#038;M to test wind in Indiana as possible new energy source</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indiana Michigan Power has a range of energy sources &#8212; coal, nuclear power, hydroelectric power.
Eventually, wind could be added to the list.
I&#038;M announced Wednesday that it would place meteorological test sites in east-central Indiana to explore the economic and technical feasibility of building a wind farm in the area.
This is the first time for I&#038;M to do any wind testing in Indiana, said David Mayne, spokesman for I&#038;M.
&#8220;This would expand the portfolio of generating sources,&#8221; Mayne said.
Wind in Indiana?
Indiana may .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local site studied as Hoosiers consider alternative energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[By a quirk of nature, a small pocket of Allen County has a wind flow fast enough to attract the interest of a company that builds wind farms to generate electricity.
Although wind farms have been more often associated with California and the East Coast, better technology and demand for alternative energy are making them more practical for other areas. Indiana has no wind farms, but Orion Energy LLC, based in California, plans to build Indiana&#8217;s first one in Benton County, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Joseph County OKs wind tower, drugstore</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The St. Joseph County Council gave thumbs up Tuesday for a wind-measuring tower south of Mishawaka and a brand new drugstore north of South Bend.
It also welcomed Phyllis Baldoni as its newest member. She replaces her late husband, Joseph A. Baldoni, who had represented District H for more than 25 years before his death on Sept. 22. Mrs. Baldoni will serve until Dec. 31, the end of her late husband&#8217;s term.
The wind tower will be constructed in a field at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>At least 5 firms are eyeing wind farms in Indiana</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A year ago, few believed Indiana had enough wind to generate electricity.
Today, at least five developers are planning or prospecting for wind farms in Indiana, saying the potential exists to produce hundreds and maybe thousands of megawatts of electric power.
Technological developments have made it possible to develop wind farms for only slightly more than traditional energy costs, making utilities more likely to embrace wind.
&#8220;Wind is starting to pick up,&#8221; said Brandon Seitz, energy division manager in Indiana&#8217;s Office of Energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates disagree on wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Jack Lutz, R-Anderson, is facing criticism for opposing legislation to mandate the development of wind energy in Indiana.
&#8220;Lutz&#8217;s response is that utilities should be free to set their own standards,&#8221; said rural Delaware County health worker Lee Ann Mengelt, a Democrat running for Lutz&#8217;s seat in the Nov. 7 election.
Lutz said he opposed a proposed renewable electricity standard after co-chairing a legislative committee hearing that considered the issue in Muncie recently.
The legislation would require each electricity supplier in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm zoning plan gets through public hearing</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concerns about lost tax revenue raised by some Stark County residents
A proposal to annex a 112-tower wind farm project in Stark and Marshall counties into an enterprise zone met with no opposition Wednesday at a public hearing in Lacon, although some concerns about lost tax revenue surfaced at a hearing in Toulon.
A developer, however, said lost taxes won&#8217;t be an issue.
California-based wind energy company Orion Energy LLC is proposing the wind farm in the Camp Grove area near the Marshall-Stark .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Abatement next step for Benton wind plan</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orion Energy LLC is moving closer to getting its Benton County wind farm project off the ground.
The seven-member Benton County Council voted unanimously Thursday morning to approve a resolution that designates York and Richland townships as economic revitalization areas.
That action clears the way for the council to consider a 10-year tax abatement for Orion. The company is planning to place a maximum of 135 electricity-generating wind turbines on farmland in the two townships in the northwest part of the county.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study Looks at Rate Impact of a Renewable Electricity Standard</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study released by the Indiana Coalition for Renewable Energy and Economic Development (ICREED) looks at the impact on electric rates of a proposed Renewable Electricity Standard.
The standard would require that electric utilities supply a percentage of their power through renewable sources, such as wind or biomass. The study shows that combined with the current federal incentive for wind, the rate impact of a ten percent standard by 2017 in Indiana would amount to a total of 1.14 percent .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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