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		<title>Council puts regulations on wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Marshalltown City Council Monday looked to put some regulations on electricity-generating wind turbines.
The move came on the heels of Marshalltown&#8217;s first application for a large-scale wind turbine which was proposed to be put on a property off of Merle Hibbs Boulevard. While the turbines have caught on in rural areas, they have been slow to infiltrate urban areas.
&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing addressed in the section at all about wind turbines,&#8221; said City Planner Stephen Troskey. &#8220;This section is all new.&#8221;
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		<title>Council bans wind turbines in 2-mile limit</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Carroll City Council Monday voted 5 to 1 to ban wind-turbine development in the 2-mile area around the city.
MidAmerican Energy has planned a 100-turbine wind project that will stretch from Carroll to Breda. It is expected to be complete by the end of the year and seven of the turbines in the initial plan fell within the 2-mile area to the northwest of Carroll where the city has authority.
The council&#8217;s action runs counter to a Planning &#038; Zoning recommendation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>ELC board discusses wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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With a five-figure bill for monthly utilities, would a wind turbine make sense for the Estherville Lincoln Community School District?
Board member Karen Butler thinks so.
Butler broached the subject of the district investing in a wind turbine during the regular school board meeting Monday.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s mandatory anymore because of our five figures every month,&#8221; Butler said, noting that both Iowa Lakes Community College and the Spirit Lake Community School District have turbines to offset their utility costs. Iowa Lakes sells .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Union protests against contractor&#39;s hiring practices</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When state and local funds help expand your business is it too much to ask that local workers receive the jobs? Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers believes that to be self-evident.
In the heart of the wind belt, Fort Madison offers Siemens a helping hand in achieving their goal of cornering the wind power market, not only affording them a location central to their transportation needs, but giving them an incentive package worth approximately &#36; 5 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine plant employees say &#39;no&#39; to union</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Employees of Clipper Turbine Works decided not to join a union in a weekend vote that represented one of the first attempts to unionize a wind industry supplier in Iowa.
The National Labor Relations Board conducted elections Friday and Saturday at the plant in southwest Cedar Rapids on representation by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 204.
The vote was 45 in favor of the union and 125 opposed to the union, with 13 challenged votes, according to Bob Chester, district director .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Six more turbines set for Pocahontas Co.</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MidAmerican Energy Company plans to bring 73 more wind turbines online, six of which are set for construction at the Pomeroy Wind Project. The remaining 67 turbines are to be installed near Walnut in Pottawattamie County.
At the Pomeroy Wind Project, construction is expected to begin in late August and should be finished by early September, said Ann Thelen, MidAmerican Energy director of media relations. With the addition of these turbines, the total number near Pomeroy would reach 171.
The new turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EDF EN to set up new U.S. wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[French wind power producer EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) said on Monday it had signed an agreement with utility MidAmerican Energy to build the 100.5 megawatt Walnut wind farm in Iowa.
EDF EN is a 50 percent owned subsidiary of France&#8217;s main electricity provider Electricite de France.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; editing by Sue Thomas)
Reuters
16 June 2008
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		<title>Wind turbine project advances</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[COUNCIL BLUFFS &#8212; MidAmerican Energy is a step closer to building 67 wind turbines in northeastern Pottawattamie County.
The Pottawattamie County Board gave unanimous second-round approval and waived the final reading Wednesday to tax incentives and zoning for the project, to be built near Walnut.
The utility must still get approval from the Iowa Utilities Board, which could come in the next few weeks, according to a MidAmerican spokesman, and would also need building permits and approval of the placement of the .&#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>City opposes Cypress Villages&#39; plans to be city</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Fairfield City Council has taken a stance of opposition to Cypress Villages&#8217; petition for incorporation.
      The council voted Tuesday evening to authorize city attorney John Morrissey to represent Fairfield at the state&#8217;s City Development Board meeting today in Des Moines.
      &#8220;The petition went in incomplete,&#8221; Morrissey said. &#8220;It should be our position that it&#8217;s in inaccurate petition and it wasn&#8217;t served on the city in time to meet requirements .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West Des Moines company measuring wind potential near Hawkeye</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has driven out or lives in the plains west of Hawkeye knows how powerful the wind can be there. A West Des Moines company is looking to see if the winds are sustainable enough to harvest that wind for energy.
      Renewable Power Markets Access, Inc. (RPMA), formerly named Midwest Renewable Energy has installed a a meteorological tower or &#8220;met&#8221; tower on Warren and Sandra Jencks&#8217; property about a mile and a half west .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind farm announced for western Iowa</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 09:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WALNUT, Iowa &#8212; An Iowa electric company said Monday it sees the fields of Iowa as an opportunity to make power.
A wind farm in Pottawattamie County would put 67 massive turbines in the northeast part of the county. The farm is just part of a larger strategy by Iowa&#8217;s MidAmerican Energy to harness the power of wind.
Delbert King, the chairman of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, said the board will soon pass a resolution giving MidAmerican a tax break .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy project proposed</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;green&#8221; project may be popping up out of the green fields of northeastern Pottawattamie County this summer.
MidAmerican Energy is looking at the area as a site to build 64 wind turbines, a project that county officials said could be worth more than &#36;120 million and generate about 96 megawatts of electricity.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors will schedule a public hearing on tax incentives for the project in the next few weeks. If the proposal is approved, construction could .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MidAmerican plan sparks roadwork</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some massive roadwork has begun in order to accommodate 76 wind turbines that MidAmerican Energy will be moving into Cass, Adair and Audubon counties.
Most of the roads being updated can now hold up to 20 tons; however, trucks carrying the turbine parts will weigh closer to 180 tons &#8212; around 360,000 pounds. The crane that assembles the turbines will need a 33-foot-wide pathway to move from site to site, and the roads now are only around 24 feet.
MidAmerican is paying .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Prospective, current attorneys become versed in wind law</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another sign that wind energy is coming of age: Wind law is now piling up in court precedents and is being taught at law school.
Drake University law professor Neil Hamilton, the director of the school&#8217;s Agricultural Law Center, has just finished teaching the school&#8217;s first class in wind law to eight law school students and three practicing attorneys.
The students are taking their exams this week, and Drake plans to make the law class permanent.
Hamilton&#8217;s wind law course covers the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Truck driver sends utility pole into restaurant</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sac County, Iowa Sheriff&#8217;s office says they&#8217;re investigating what caused a semi to start a chain reaction accident that sent a utility pole into an Early, Iowa restaurant.
Authorities say 38 year-old Glen Forbes was driving a trailer loaded with wind turbine blades when the rear steering malfunctioned.
The trailer veered into a utility pole, throwing it across the road and into Mary&#8217;s Dairy Restaurant.
Luckily no one was injured, but flying debris caused damages to nearby cars and the restaurant adding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind tax credit, curriculum bills signed into law</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a wind energy bill and a school curriculum bill Thursday.
The energy bill, Senate File 2405, expands eligibility for the state wind production tax credit to encourage banks to invest in wind energy. Institutions that have a majority equity interest in future projects are now eligible.
The tax credit will be in place until 2012. Any person or business who installs a 2-megawatt wind turbine can utilize the wind energy tax credit.
And the bill encourages more .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid growth in wind industry puts critical tax subsidy at risk</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Times have never been better for wind power. The industry&#8217;s growth rate doubled last year, and additional turbines are going up across the country.
But the industry is heavily dependent on a federal tax subsidy that&#8217;s set to expire at the end of this year. And the industry&#8217;s growth is steadily increasing the cost of the subsidy and making it tougher for lawmakers to keep it going.
&#8220;The bigger the market, the bigger the price tag and the more challenging that becomes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Utility gets OK to build Iowa wind farm; WPS customers would pay &#36;54 million of cost</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Public Service Corp. won approval from state regulators to build a wind farm in Iowa to help comply with a state mandate to increase its supply of renewable power.
The Crane Creek wind farm in Howard County, Iowa, is estimated to cost &#36;251 million, and it will help the utility comply with a requirement that 2% of its power come from renewable sources. The mandate comes from a state law requiring utilities to sell more renewable power to their customers.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fayette County could see wind turbines dotting its skyline in the next five years. 
An informational meeting for landowners in the Smithfield, Harlan, Putnam and Fairfield townships was held Wednesday night at Starmont High School. The meeting focused on creating a wind energy project in the area.
      A Chicago company has shown interest in putting wind turbines in the southern part of the county. Since this was the first time many of the landowners had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Exemption allowance approved for Little Cedar quarry</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blasting, heavy truck traffic as well as grinding and crushing noises may well become the standard for residents of Little Cedar this summer.
This after the Mitchell County Board of Adjustment last Tuesday night unanimously approved a special exemption allowance for the Little Cedar Quarry to go back into operation. The old quarry has not seen activity since 1961.
The approval, which included several &#8220;conditions&#8221; as demanded by both the board and Little Cedar citizens, was finalized during a public hearing in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Enough wind power &#39;nonsense&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pardon me, but I can only deal with printed or spoken “nonsense” for a limited amount of realtime.
Your repeated promotions of “windspinners” — commonly referred to as “wind farms” — in Iowa has put me “over the edge,” so to speak. So when you repeated or implied that wind farms are getting us “off of foreign oil,” I sprang into the LTM (land line telephone mode).
I called Iowa’s major electricity producer and controller. I asked their rep, “How many gallons .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tree planting doubtful</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In response to the person who suggested planting trees along Interstate 35 north and south of the Diamond Joe Casino because of the wind problems.
I doubt that that will ever happen. You see, you’re in turbine alley (wind turbine, that is).
The power companies have contracted the removal of trees in this area for more than five years. &#8230; Why would these people now come back and plant trees where they have been removing them for more than five years? The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State regulators clear Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State regulators have granted a waiver to a Houston firm allowing construction of a &#36;600 million wind farm in Howard and Mitchell counties.
Construction is scheduled to begin this year on Horizon Wind Energy&#8217;s Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm. The developing will consist of 182 turbines spread over 60 square miles near the Minnesota border.
The first phase of the project will involve the erection of 122 Vestas V82 wind turbines on the eastern part of the site, according to the company&#8217;s Web .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Switching to &#39;green&#39; energy has a cost</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iowans who try to go &#8220;green&#8221; with ethanol or wind power will unwittingly contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions, say energy officials.
That&#8217;s because the Iowa companies that make ethanol and wind-turbine blades are largely powered by coal, a chief source of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.
Officials with Alliant Energy, which has proposed a new coal-fired plant in Marshalltown, told the Iowa Utilities Board recently that if Iowans want renewable energy, they will need more electricity from coal plants.
That left environmentalists who .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power on hold</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clipper: timing issue on some of the gears
HARRIS, Iowa — While the wind hasn’t stopped blowing across the prairies of southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa, the 40-turbine Endeavor Wind Farm near Harris, Iowa, hasn’t been able to fully capitalize on the gusts for several months now.
Officials with the wind farm, developed by Clipper Wind, discovered late last summer there was a timing issue in the secondary stage of the power train.
“It was … what we would call a start-up issue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edwards Campaign: Edwards signs Governor Culver’s wind production tax credit pledge</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa – Senator John Edwards today signed Governor Chet Culver’s Pledge to Support the Wind Production Tax Credit. The pledge asks all presidential candidates to support the extension of the wind production tax credit, which was stripped from energy legislation in the U.S. Senate last Wednesday. By signing the pledge, Edwards has agreed to make the extension of the wind production tax credit a priority in his administration’s energy plan. In March, Edwards became the first candidate to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Alliant plans to build wind farm in Hampton area</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alliant Energy plans to spend up to &#36;440 million to develop a wind turbine electricity-generating operation in the Hampton area in north-central Iowa.
The wind farm could produce up to 200 megawatts of electricity by 2010, enough to power 50,000 homes, the company said Friday.
The project is the latest in a string of wind energy developments in Iowa, including wind turbine farms and the manufacture of wind turbine equipment.
&#8220;We are blessed with wind in Iowa,&#8221; Gov. Chet Culver said at a .&#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>Man fights proposed power lines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iowa is currently the third largest producer of wind energy in .  One land owner is standing in the way of a proposed project in our area.
Dave DeBoe lives north of Ventura .  He&#8217;s in the path of proposed power transmission lines.  They would stretch from a 100 turbine wind farm west of Crystal Lake , all the way to The Lime Creek Power Sub-Station south of Manly.
This summer DeBoe found surveyors working on his property.  .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Lake wind farm waiting on permit approvals</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CRYSTAL LAKE — Land acquisition for the 100-turbine wind farm proposed by Crystal Lake is complete but the project still must jump through some regulatory hoops before construction can begin.
Steve Stengel, director of corporate communications for FPL Energy, said the company is waiting to hear about a request for utility permits for overhead and underground utility lines in Hancock County.
FPL Energy is an affiliate of Juno Beach, Fla.-based Florida Power &#038; Light Co.
The company wants to install transmission lines to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm threatens eagles</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida Power and Light is building a wind farm near Crystal Lake and wants to run the power lines along the Winnebago River.
In Hancock County this would take the line through a wildlife area (Torkelson Pits) and within 250 feet of an active eagle’s nest. I would hate to see the eagles chased off by this construction.
I also would like to know what good this wind farm is going to be to the people of Hancock County or to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County approves tax break for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the Story County Board of Supervisors approved a system of property tax breaks for land on which wind turbines would be located.
The measure was introduced to the board Tuesday, but the second and third readings were waived, meaning the measure will take effect in 30 days.
Property tax for wind farms in Story County will start at zero percent of assessed value the first year, rising in 5-percent increments every year before topping out at a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cause of turbine fire still under investigation</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[GARNER — Officials from Florida Power and Light Energy have teamed with the manufacturer of wind turbines in an attempt to learn what started a fire that destroyed a turbine Oct. 3 at the Hancock County Wind Farm.
Denmark-based Vestas is working with the Juno Beach, Fla., company in the investigation.
“We have a large number of these units,” said Florida Power and Light spokesman Steve Stengel. “It has never happened before, so we believe it is a very isolated incident.”
The large .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fire damages wind turbine near Garner</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fire caused major damage to a wind turbine Wednesday morning at the Hancock County Wind Farm southwest of Garner.
The large compartment holding the gear box and electric components more than 200 feet above the ground burned and two of the three 77-foot blades broke off, falling to the ground.
No one was injured and damage was limited to the turbine, according to a spokesman for Florida Power and Light Energy, of Juno Beach, Fla., owners of the wind farm.
The fire was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Alliant wants to build wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alliant Energy wants to build wind farms in Iowa and get a 12.3 percent return on its estimated &#36;360 million to &#36;440 million investment.
Interstate Power and Light Co. last week filed an application with the Iowa Utilities Board regarding the company&#8217;s proposed construction of up to 200 megawatts of wind-powered generating facilities in the state at sites yet to be determined.
&#8220;Wind generation in Iowa is a critical component of our renewable energy portfolio,&#8221; said Tom Aller, president of Alliant&#8217;s division .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine burns near Garner</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine south of Garner burned Wednesday morning causing two of the blades to fall off.
The incident was reported  shortly after 8 a.m., a Hancock County Sheriff’s dispatcher said.
A third blade was left hanging straight down. The fire occurred in the turbine’s motor housing. The motor  housing was still smoking at 10:30 a.m.
The sheriff’s office and Garner Fire Department were at the scene.
No injuries were reported.
The turbine was in a field with several other turbines.
The turbines, part .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine falls near Garner</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine south of Garner fell down Wednesday morning, a dispatcher for the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported.
No reason was given as to why it fell shortly after 8 a.m.
The turbine was on fire for a time and was reported to still be smoking at 9:25 a.m.
The sheriff’s office and Garner Fire Department responded. The fire department was still on the scene at 9:25 a.m.
No injuries were reported. 
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		<title>Company plans wind farm near Marshall County</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind farm project valued at several hundred million dollars in Story County has been passed through the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission and could begin construction shortly.
The wind farm will include 100 wind turbines, along with buried collection lines, gravel service roads and a substation — the total value of which is approximately &#36;270 million.
The project will be located north of Colo near the Marshall County line.
Marshall County Planning and Zoning Administrator John Kunc said the company planning the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines raise some legal questions for landowners</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A century ago, wind mills pumped water on Iowa farms. Today, sophisticated wind turbines are a significant source of income for some rural landowners. Roger McEowen, an extension specialist at Iowa State University, says wind energy farming presents legal issues landowners need to carefully consider before entering into an agreement with developers.
McEowen says landowners are often concerned only with how soon the turbines will be put up and how soon they&#8217;ll get paid. He says, &#8220;and they don&#8217;t really pay .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing set for wind farm request</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Story County Planning and Zoning Commission will host a public hearing concerning a possible 150 megawatt wind farm within the county. The hearing is 5:30 p.m. at Christy Hall on the Story County Fairgrounds in Nevada.
At the hearing, the commission will formulate its recommendations to the Story County Board of Adjustment concerning the application submitted in August by FPL Energy LLC. The earliest the Board of Adjustment could make the final decision on the wind farm would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/09/06/hearing-set-for-wind-farm-request/</link>
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		<title>300-megawatt wind farm coming to Mitchell County</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this day and age of fluctuating oil prices and unstable political conditions in the main oil producing countries, the United States is making a huge push for developing alternative sources of energy. One of those viable sources is the development of wind power.
Three proposed projects are in the works for Mitchell County in the near future. One project is a proposed &#8220;commmunity-based&#8221; wind farm north of Osage.
Specific details of the largest of the proposed projects, however, were revealed at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Story County Committee To Consider Wind Farm Plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind energy could be blowing into Story County.
Story Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Florida Power and Light Energy LLC, has proposed building 100 wind turbines in the Northeastern Story County as part of a &#36;270 million project.
The Story County Planning and Zoning Committee is scheduled to consider the plan at a public hearing on Sept. 10.
August 28, 2007
kcci.com
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		<title>Clipper plans for Iowa&#39;s largest wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[California-based Clipper Windpower Inc. is working on plans to create Iowa’s largest wind turbine farm, producing up to 300 megawatts of electricity near Adair.
The company already has other wind energy operations in Iowa, including a 200-employee wind turbine assembly plant in Cedar Rapids.
Clipper’s announcement is the latest example of Iowa’s growing wind energy industry, including wind farms and the manufacture of wind turbine generators.
Alliant Energy, for example, announced plans in April to develop the state’s largest wind farm, a 200-megawatt .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MidAmerican plans more wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MidAmerican Energy Co. plans to expand its wind energy site in Pocahontas County and establish new wind farms at six other locations, including two more in western Iowa.
The Iowa Utilities Board gave MidAmerican the go-ahead to add up to 540 megawatts of new wind energy generation. In conjunction with the regulatory approval, MidAmerican said it would add 75 megawatts, or 50 turbines, to a project under construction near Pomeroy, MidAmerican spokesman Allan Urlis said Tuesday. It originally called for 123 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Adair County landowners get informed on wind farm implications</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ORIENT — Landowners in Adair County may be better equipped to understand MidAmerican Energy’s efforts to install wind turbines on their land.
An informational meeting at Orient-Macksburg High School Thursday evening included presentations from Wind Turbine Specialist Tom Wind; Iowa State University Agriculture Law Professor Roger McEowen and MidAmerican Energy General Manager of Wind Development Tom Budler.
Budler said there are five meteorological towers up in the area, which are being used to study the feasibility of installing wind turbines in Adair .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy in Fayette Co.&#39;s future&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind energy officials from Invenergy LLC met with landowners from the Oelwein area Tuesday night to discuss creating a wind energy farm in the southern part of Fayette County.
      Darise Recker told supervisors Monday that landowners from Scott, Smithfield and Jefferson townships received letters from the company, inviting landowners to the meeting Tuesday night.
      Recker asked the supervisors if the county had any permit requirements for wind turbines. Supervisor Mike .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Coralville council critical of wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Coralville City Council directed the mayor to submit a letter to the Johnson County Board of Adjustment recommending a wind turbine not be placed in an open area north of Coralville at its meeting Tuesday.
Todd Hammond of Iowa Energy Alternatives had planned to install the turbine near the First Christian Church on Lincolnshire Place, off North Dubuque Street.
Councilor Tom Gill voiced concerns about the lack of zoning provisions for a tower that high.
&#8220;Are you going to have these things .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents line up to block Alliant proposed transmission system sale</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A major component of Alliant Energy&#8217;s New Energy for a New Generation plan first announced in January has attracted a long list of critics.
By last week&#8217;s deadline to petition against Alliant Energy&#8217;s proposal to sell all of its Interstate Power &#038; Light Company electric transmission assets to Michigan-based ITC Midwest LLC, 23 businesses, organizations or associations had filed an intervention with the Iowa Utilities Board.
Alliant leaders said the sale is hoped to help defray the &#36;1 billion cost of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MidAmerican proposes wind turbine project in Adair County</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines are a very real possibility for Adair County in the near future.
MidAmerican Energy will be erecting six meteorological towers immediately to measure wind velocity and to gather information on wind patterns in Adair and Union counties.
Representatives from MidAmerican met with Adair County residents at Orient-Macksburg High School May 24 to discuss plans for installing wind turbines.
Brian Rohrig of rural Orient attended the meeting and said MidAmerican&#8217;s plans seemed well-received.
&#8220;They had a question and answer session, and everyone at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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