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		<title>Wind project suspended after turbine fire</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BLOOMFIELD, Neb. — Company officials have suspended work at the Elkhorn Ridge wind farm after Tuesday’s turbine fire 260 feet in the air, which hospitalized a worker who suffered burns while atop the turbine. 
The incident occurred at one of the 27 turbines on the 80-megawatt wind farm under construction north of Bloomfield, Neb. The project is owned by the Edison Mission Group of Irvine, Calif. Once completed, Elkhorn Ridge will become Nebraska’s largest wind farm. 
Edison Mission has launched .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomfield Wind Tower Fire &#8212; Photos</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield had an unexpected fire call today at Tower 23, a 262 foot wind tower northwest of town, burst into flames. Officials say three men were injured in the fire. One was sent by Life Flight to Sioux City with extensive burns.
One man, who was atop a tower when a turbine exploded, received first- and second-degree burns in the fire Tuesday morning. Two others, who were nearby, were treated for smoke inhalation and released.
The fire occurred just after 11:00 AM .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Worker burned atop wind turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It must have been terrifying. 
A worker &#8212; alone some 260 feet in the air &#8212; suffered first- and second-degree burns when the wind turbine he was installing in northeast Nebraska caught fire after a small explosion, said Susan Olavarria, spokeswoman for Edison Mission Group, owner of the wind farm. 
The worker climbed down on his own to receive aid. 
The height of the tower is the equivalent of a 20- to 30-story building. 
Two workers were on the ground .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>3 workers injured in Bloomfield, NE wind farm fire</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An explosion and fire, at a northeast Nebraska wind farm, has injured three workers. 
It happened, early this morning, at the 80-megawatt Elkhorn Ridge wind farm, which is north of Bloomfield, Nebraska. 
Three people were hurt including one worker, who was on top of a turbine that exploded. A spokesperson for the company that&#8217;s building the turbines says the worker, who was most seriously hurt, received first- and second-degree burns &#8220;from the waist up&#8221;. But, he still managed to get .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosion, fire at N.E. Nebraska wind farm injures worker</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A man was injured by an explosion and fire inside a wind turbine at the Elkhorn Ridge wind farm in northeast Nebraska on Tuesday. 
The unidentified man may have suffered first- and second-degree burns, said Susan Olavarria, a spokesperson for Edison Mission Energy, the owner of the wind farm. 
He was taken to the nearby town of Bloomfield and airlifted to a local hospital, she said. His condition was unknown Tuesday afternoon. 
Olavarria said the accident occurred sometime Tuesday morning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney: Be cautious with wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A guy in a suit knocks on your door and says he’s a wind farm developer and wants to put a big wind turbine on your farm.
He offers you thousands of dollars for a long-term lease and says you can still farm the land and make some good money, too, just by signing a piece of paper.
Sounds tempting. What do you do?
It’s a scenario that is becoming commonplace, especially in areas where winds blow strong.
The U.S. is in a wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/25/attorney-be-cautious-with-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Agency wants to add 30 megawatts of wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lincoln-based Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska wants to add up to 30 megawatts of wind energy.
MEAN is the latest utility to announce that it wants to add more wind turbines to its power generation portfolio.
Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, the state’s two largest utilities, are seeking additional wind resources: 80 megawatts for NPPD and up to 80 megawatts for OPPD.
Kevin Gaden, director of wholesale electric operations for MEAN, said a lot of people are interested .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-power backers call for federal help</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Federal help to build transmission lines will be necessary if Nebraska is to reach its full potential for wind energy.
That&#8217;s the word from Nebraska&#8217;s first wind energy conference, which started Tuesday and continues today in Kearney. The conference, which about 400 people are attending, comes at a time of increased interest in wind energy in the state and nation.
Nebraska is ranked as the sixth-windiest state in the nation by the American Wind Energy Association. Iowa ranks 10th in wind potential .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OPPD to study wind proposals</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OMAHA - Omaha Public Power District managers now are studying 12 proposals submitted to provide electricity generated by the wind. The district&#8217;s first ever Request for Proposal (RFP) for wind energy closed at the end of the day last Friday, Oct. 10. The RFP asked for a total of up to 80 Megawatts (MW) of generating capacity and the electricity that goes along with that capacity. OPPD would like to enter into an agreement to purchase the power, with the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meteorological towers get nod</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two conditional use permits regarding meteorological towers were unanimously approved by the Otoe County Planning Commission Thursday, Oct. 16, at Syracuse. 
Both will be forwarded to the Otoe County Commissioners for their approval. 
One tower will be near County Road L and County Road 10 as requested by the Kenneth Hartman trust. The other tower will be south of County Road P and near County Road 18 as requested by Russel and Keith Moss. 
The towers will be 60 meters, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-farm contracts stir up lots of questions</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The sight of 40-ton blades turning in the wind means different things to different people. 
To some, wind farms are a boon for rural economic development. For others, they are a sign of hope for renewable energy. And, as area farmers are finding out, they can mean thousands of dollars in the pockets of rural landowners each year. 
But, experts say, read the fine print. Under some contracts with wind developers &#8212; contracts ranging from 30 to 180 years &#8212; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm counting on tax credits for further development</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The wind farm world-of-developers were holding their breath last week. 
The &#36;700 billion bailout package being considered by both the house and senate last week contained a tack-on issue which was highly important to the growing wind farm energy industry. Production tax credits used by energy developers to get the most bang for their buck out of the costly wind farm projects was about to expire on Dec. 31, 2008. 
“The Crofton Wind Farm would definitely have been put on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/14/wind-farm-counting-on-tax-credits-for-further-development/</link>
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		<title>Otoe County commissioners support wind farm plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Otoe County commissioners say they&#8217;ll support a proposal to construct more than 50 wind turbines near Douglas in southeastern Nebraska. 
The commissioners have adopted a letter of support for the &#36;160 million project that Chicago-based Midwest Wind Energy is presenting to the Omaha Public Power District. 
Officials say it would add 80 megawatts of wind-generated electricity to the state&#8217;s total production. That could generate enough power for an estimated 24,000 homes. 
Mike Jones, a spokesman for OPPD, says the public .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm proposed for Otoe County</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Otoe County commissioners Tuesday adopted a letter of support for a proposal to construct up to 54 wind turbines on high ground near Douglas.
Chicago-based Midwest Wind Energy presented the basics of a $160 million project it plans to propose to the Omaha Public Power District. It would add 80 megawatts of wind-generated electricity to the state’s total production.
Nebraska wind generators currently produce 73 megawatts, but production will more than double with another 80 megawatt wind farm that is under construction .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/03/wind-farm-proposed-for-otoe-county/</link>
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		<title>U.S. to study effects of wind energy industry on habitats</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Great Plains region, often described as the Saudi Arabia of wind energy, has caught the eye of so many wind developers that the federal government is launching an extensive environmental analysis of the alternative energy source. 
The review is being fueled by the competing demands of habitat protection and energy exploitation in the Upper Great Plains, where some of the nation&#8217;s largest tracts of intact native prairie and densest concentrations of wetlands are found. 
The region involved — eastern .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study to gauge impact of wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two federal agencies — one a manager of wildlife habitat, the other of high-voltage power lines — are teaming up to study the impact of wind development in six states, including Montana.  
Public meetings are planned next week in North Dakota, South Dakota and Billings. 
A growing number of wind projects is driving the joint environmental study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Area Power Administration, said Randy Wilkerson, a Lakewood, Colo.-based WAPA spokesman. 
Environmental, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cass, Otoe counties targeted for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Chicago company is interested in building a large wind farm — possibly in Otoe or Cass county — to provide renewable energy to the Omaha Public Power District. 
Midwest Wind Energy obtained “exclusive options” from landowners covering more than 6,000 acres near Douglas and Burr in Otoe County and about 5,000 acres near Plattsmouth, said Mike Donahue, executive vice president of the company. 
Donahue said the company is looking at both counties, which are within OPPD’s service territory, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Panel discusses bill to keep landowners safe from wind scams</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ALBION — The wind rush is on in Nebraska. 
And just like the gold and oil rushes in past centuries, this one includes developers trying to buy up as many property rights as they can for as little cost as possible. 
Some are from reputable international corporations. Others may not have much more than the briefcase they&#8217;re carrying. 
&#8220;If you want to be a wind developer in the United States, you don&#8217;t even need a pickup truck. You don&#8217;t even .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Saline County landowners hear wind farm pitch</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[RURAL DORCHESTER — A representative from the nation’s largest wind energy development company pitched the creation of a wind farm in central Saline County to a group of about 50 landowners Thursday evening. 
Dave Savage, a development manager for Denver-based Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., explained to his audience in the basement of the Saline Center that his company has been looking at the development of wind energy resources in six Saline County townships for the past year. 
And those .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OPPD seeks contracts to add wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Omaha Public Power District is shopping for large-scale wind energy for the first time. 
The public utility said Tuesday that it wants proposals from private companies to erect new wind turbines to generate up to 80 megawatts of electricity that OPPD could purchase by the end of 2009 or early in 2010.  
&#8220;Our customers have told us they would like to see us produce more electricity from renewable resources like the wind,&#8221; said Gary Gates, president and chief .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NPPD, private developers team up to add more wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Nebraska Public Power District plans to add more than 400 megawatts of wind power — roughly equal to a mid-sized coal-fired plant — to its energy portfolio over the coming decade.
NPPD, the state’s largest electric utility, would not own the turbines but would work with private developers on a number of projects, said Dave Rich, the utility’s renewable energy development manager.
The investment in wind energy  could exceed &#36;1 billion, Rich said, and would take place over the next .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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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 town site of Aspen encompassing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska to add another wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nebraska Public Power District and Crofton Hills Wind Farm announced Thursday that they have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement that will result in the construction of a second wind farm between Bloomfield and Crofton.
The 42-megawatt Crofton Hills Wind Farm, to be located south of Crofton, will become operational in 2009 and is expected to annually produce enough energy to supply an amount of electricity equal to that consumed by approximately 13,000 Nebraska residences in a year. The project is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NPPD agrees to buy power from new wind farm near Bloomfield</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An agreement announced Monday will pave the way for construction of Nebraska’s largest wind farm near Bloomfield.
The Nebraska Public Power District signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Midwest Wind Energy and its affiliate, Elkhorn Ridge Wind.
The 80-megawatt Elkhorn Ridge wind energy project, to be built by the end of 2008, is expected to generate enough electricity annually to power about 25,000 Nebraska homes.
The &#36;140 million project is a result of NPPD’s request for proposals in July for wind projects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rate increases temper wind energy development</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An online survey by Southern Power District has revealed that customers are a little hesitant about wind power, especially if it involves a rate increase on their monthly electrical bill.
&#8220;Through this survey we have learned that, with the rate increase imposed upon them, our customers want all of our actions to be sensible,&#8221; said LeAnne Doose of Southern Power District.
The survey revealed that recent rate increases implemented by Southern Power District to help pay for the extensive ice storm damage .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NPPD shifts focus to large private wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes.
At this time last year, Nebraska advocates for wind energy were bracing for another legislative session of mostly futile efforts to nudge public power out of its resistance to privately developed wind projects.
Now, the Nebraska Public Power District, the state&#8217;s largest public utility, is negotiating with three private developers on projects totaling 150 megawatts a figure that would dwarf the state&#8217;s current production of 73 MW per year.
So what happened? John Hansen, president of the .&#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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		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Third Planet plans new wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Third Planet Windpower LLC will pay &#36;350 million to a General Electric Co. subsidiary to supply it with 167 wind turbines for projects in Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska and Wyoming.
The San Ramon, Calif.-based wind power developer will use the 1.5-megawatt turbines in one or more new wind farms in each of the states. The projects will be ready for installation in 2009. In total, the GE Energy turbines will have the capacity to produce enough electricity for 60,000 to 75,000 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind test tower to be erected near Battle Creek</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A company from Bad Axe, Mich., will be testing the potential for wind energy in Madison County.
The Madison County Joint Planning Commission has recommended approval of a permit for Third Planet Wind Power, which wants to erect a temporary 197-foot tower nine miles southwest of Battle Creek.
The tower would be up at least a year &#8212; and maybe longer &#8212; as the company gauges the potential for a future wind energy project, said John Johnson, county zoning administrator.
It already has .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NPPD gets 7 proposals for wind generation projects</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seven proposals for wind-powered generation projects are in the initial stages of review by the Nebraska Public Power District.
In mid-July, NPPD invited developers interested in building and operating more wind-powered generation in Nebraska to submit proposals by Aug. 20.
NPPD said it will evaluate the projects and make a recommendation to its board of directors. The projects could add 100 megawatts of wind power to the utility’s existing nuclear, coal, wind, water, diesel and natural gas facilities.
“Including renewable energy assets in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Springview turbines to be dismantled; new turbines could be built</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After nearly a decade of operation, the two, towering, steel turbines just west of  Springview will be retired and sold, the Nebraska Public Power District said.
The Columbus-based utility plans to use the site — located in north-central Nebraska — to continue research into new wind technologies and possibly erect two slightly larger, state-of-the-art wind turbines.
The twin 750-kilowatt turbines at Springview, which began operation in 1998, were a demonstration project to verify turbine technology available at that time and to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Obsolescence of wind turbines worries Springview</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPRINGVIEW &#8212; Nothing lasts forever, it&#8217;s often said.
But two wind turbines here have neared the end of their useful life in only nine years &#8212; less than half of their anticipated lifespan. It&#8217;s because wind technology is advancing by leaps and bounds and leaving early wind farms, such as this one, in the dust.
This pair of pioneer turbines put Springview on the map just nine years ago, as a U.S. Department of Energy demonstration site to test the feasibility of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NPPD seeks wind power proposals</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past year &#8212; after building Nebraska&#8217;s largest wind-powered electric generation facility near Ainsworth &#8212; the Nebraska Public Power District has received approximately a half dozen proposals from private wind developers interested in building one or more similar- or larger-sized facilities in the state.
Capitalizing on federal tax credits unavailable to public power utilities, the private developers appear to be another alternative as to how Nebraska can take advantage of its position as America&#8217;s 6th-ranking state in wind-powered generation potential. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Time short for town&#39;s turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 22:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPRINGVIEW, Neb. &#8212; In this ranching village near the South Dakota border, there&#8217;s a Turbine Avenue and a Turbine Mart convenience store and the annual Wind Turbine Days festival.
But soon the two wind turbines that inspired those names &#8212; the first in Nebraska when they were erected in 1998 &#8212; may be coming down.
Frequent breakdowns and increasingly expensive repairs are dooming the graceful structures.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve gone through a lot of problems with them. In the last year or two, they&#8217;ve gotten .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Heineman endorses community-owned wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 11:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Heineman signed a bill Monday encouraging communities to develop the wind turbines that generate electricity.
The new law financially encourages towns and landowners to develop a &#8220;field&#8221; of turbines, working in conjunction with Nebraska&#8217;s public power companies.
Under that model, rural Nebraskans would own the development and not sell the wind rights to private companies.
The bill recently passed the Legislature, 49-0.
Heineman said it will maximize the rural benefits of wind power.
Community-owned wind turbines merge better with the public power companies &#8220;that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nebraska lawmakers aprove bill encouraging wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 20:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a measure to encourage wind farms in Nebraska.
The bill would permit public power districts to work with private developers and landowners to build electricity-generating wind turbines.
All 49 lawmakers voted in favor of Legislative Bill 629, which now goes to Gov. Dave Heineman for his signature.
Under the plan, developers and private equity firms would work with rural Nebraskans to build wind farms and collect federal incentives for alternative energy production.
When the incentives expire after .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Company proposes wind farm that could be sold to NPPD</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 10:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filibusters in the Nebraska Legislature can&#8217;t compare with the wind blowing through Boone County fields east of here.
New wind maps prove what many Boone County residents have known for years &#8212; the wind really does blow harder and more often in these hills.
Now, with a wind farm being proposed for the Petersburg area, that wind could become another crop to be harvested and put some extra cash in farmers&#8217; pockets.
Jim Jenkins, Nebraska representative for Third Planet Windpower of Bad Axe, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Holt County wind farm garners community support</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all about community support.
A proposed 100-megawatt, 48-turbine wind farm in northwest Holt County wouldn&#8217;t stand a chance of success without it, said Mike Donahue, executive vice president of Midwest Wind Energy of Chicago.
&#8220;We&#8217;re here for several reasons,&#8221; Donahue said last week while making a visit to O&#8217;Neill. &#8220;Of course, there is the wind resource. Nebraska ranks sixth in the nation in wind power potential. But there&#8217;s more to it than that. There is land available, there is wind data .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Private ownership of Nebraska&#39;s wind energy resources has some lawmakers worried</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nebraska could be on the verge of what some people say is the biggest land grab since the Homestead days, when early settlers staked their claims to 160 acres.
But this time, speculators are after thousand of acres of land, not hundreds. And they don&#8217;t want the land for growing crops. They want to use it to harvest wind energy.
&#8220;Nebraska has not seen this kind of gold rush mentality,&#8221; said John Hansen, president of the Lincoln-based Nebraska Farmers Union. &#8220;Nebraska is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind advocates react coldly to proposed plant by MWE</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Midwest Wind Energy announced last week its intention to build the state&#8217;s largest wind plant in north-central Nebraska, it was greeted by alarm, not joy, from several of the state&#8217;s staunchest advocates of wind power.
&#8220;This is the exact scenario that we&#8217;ve been aggressively working with public power for the last three years to avoid,&#8221; said John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union.
Hansen and others are concerned that such projects will siphon potential profits from wind energy to out-of-state .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago energy company to build Nebraska&#39;s largest wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Chicago-based company specializing in renewable energy plans to build a wind farm in northcentral Nebraska that would be the state&#8217;s largest wind power operation.
Mike Donahue, executive vice president of Midwest Wind Energy LLC, confirmed Friday that a 100 megawatt wind farm is in the works for Holt County. The project would cost &#36;160 million.
One megawatt of electricity is roughly enough to power 250 to 300 American homes for a day. The planned wind farm would generate enough power for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan links wind power to rural economic development</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proponents call it the biggest new idea in wind energy in Nebraska in decades: wind turbines dotting the hills, harnessing wind for the financial benefit of members of a local community.
A plan in front of a legislative committee would offer a sales tax exemption for community-based energy development groups &#8212; co-ops of Nebraska residents, tribal councils and even school districts could qualify.
The exemption would apply to the cost of materials used to manufacture, install, construct, repair or replace wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable-energy advocates look for answers to push wind power in Nebraska</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The statistics marking wind power&#8217;s proliferation are piling up. According to the American Wind Energy Association, 35 wind plants in Iowa are producing 837 megawatts (MW) of power, and four more are under construction. Minnesota has 66 plants online.
And the totals from Nebraska, which ranks sixth in the nation &#8212; ahead of both Iowa and Minnesota &#8212; in wind energy potential? Five plants, producing 73 MW. And no new ones are in the works.
It&#8217;s enough to make renewable-energy advocates start .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger wind energy plans for Nebraska; Governor wants more alternative energy development</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tapping the wind for energy is an area ripe for development in Nebraska says Governor Dave Heineman.
&#8220;Wind energy is another alternative energy source we need to take a look at,&#8221; said Heineman at the Nebraska Farmers Union state convention this week. This conventions theme was farmer- and community-owned renewable energy.
Nebraska&#8217;s ethanol industry is poised to be the nation&#8217;s second-leading ethanol producer this year, but Nebraska&#8217;s governor thinks there&#8217;s plenty of room left to develop the state&#8217;s wind-energy potential.
Nebraska currently ranks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public utilities pose roadblock to wind energy, advocate says</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A national wind-energy advocate blasted Nebraska for not doing more to turn its stiff breezes into power, placing much of the blame on Nebraska&#8217;s dominant electric utility.
While adjoining states such as Iowa and Colorado have hundreds of wind turbines, and the policies in place to encourage more, Nebraska has less than 50 and should not &#8220;bury it&#8217;s head in the sand, or the coalfields, for that matter,&#8221; Dan McGuire told members of the Nebraska Farmers Union gathered in Grand Island .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Like Payout, but Critics of Wind Power Point to Costs</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[www.omaha.com
By Steve Jordon, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.
Sep. 3&#8211;SCHALLER, Iowa &#8212; Corn, soybeans and electricity &#8212; that&#8217;s what Jim Young&#8217;s farm produces, thanks to the rich Iowa soil, regular rainfall and 13 wind turbine towers on his land.
Some neighbors don&#8217;t like the whirling blades, with their tips traveling more than 100 miles an hour on a typical windy day, and the turbines buzzing 350 feet above the ridge where rainfall divides between the Missouri and the Mississippi.
For Young, electricity is a cash .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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