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Wind Power in Alaska

Kotzebue Electric Association has used wind power to supplement diesel generators for ten years. See Case Study: Kotzebue, Alaska Wind Power to Offset Diesel Generation (ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability) and Kotzebue Electric Association.

Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska, Alaska Energy Authority (linked from http://www.aidea.org/aea/index.html), includes a wind power section.

Wind Power Generation Capacity in the U.S. in 2006:

Map source: US DOE, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program

Across the U.S., wind generation capacity is expanding rapidly:

Map source: US DOE, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program

Articles...

Billion-dollar boon: Montana Alberta Tie would open door to flood of wind projects, Great Falls Tribune Online, Karl Puckett (4/22/07)
"The open country north of Great Falls stretching to the Canadian border — long known for its wheat — may be about to see an explosion of a new crop. Harvested from towers twice as tall as the old Milwaukee Depot, with blades that reach nearly 400 feet into the sky, that crop is wind..."

R.I. could get 75% of power from wind, Providence Business News, (Apr. 18, 2007) "Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today announced that Rhode Island has sufficient wind capacity to meet his goal of deriving 15 percent of the state’s electricity from wind-power..."

Shell says keen to develop Norway wind power, Apr 18, 2007 (Reuters UK)
"Anglo-Dutch energy group Shell will apply soon for a licence to build a 60-turbine wind park in southwest Norway and will consider other Norwegian wind projects in the future, Shell said on Wednesday..."

A breezy alternative Des Moines Business Record, Sarah Bzdega (April 14, 2007) -"...over the past two years, wind energy projects in the state [Iowa] have boomed, spurred on by enticing federal and state tax incentives. This growth has made Iowa the third-highest generator of wind energy in the nation, with a total capacity of 936 megawatts..."

Valley power plans, KTUU.COM, Rebecca Palsha (Thursday, April 12, 2007) "...M.E.A. wants a coal plant and doesn't want to use money to build a transmission line that would link up to a wind farm."   [The legislation to fund a transmission line for a wind farm on Fire Island that MEA is against is: SB 44. The Senate Resources Committee is holding a hearing on SB44 April 18 3:30PM. Resources Committee members are: CHAIR: Senator Huggins VICE-CHAIR: Senator Stedman Senator Green, Senator Stevens, Senator McGuire, Senator Wielechowski, Senator Wagoner. Quick legislator contact list. -ke]

Annual US Wind Power Rankings Track Industry's Rapid Growth RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Peterborough, NH (April 13, 2007) "The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) recently released its annual rankings of wind energy development in the U.S. citing more than 2,400 megawatts (MW) of new power generation was installed, representing an investment of about $4 billion."

East River Becomes a Green Zone, Houston Chronicle, Colleen Long (April 13, 2007) "...New York and a Virginia-based company have partnered to use the East River as the staging ground for a unique experiment in renewable energy. They are placing six windmills underwater on the east side of Roosevelt Island to harness kinetic energy in the tides to produce electricity without having to dam the water..."

Sustainable energy has powerful future, The Age - Melbourne,Victoria, Australia, Mark Diesendorf (April 13, 2007) "The inclusion of large-scale wind power in the list may be a surprise to some people, because wind power is often described as an "intermittent" source, ..." [This article outlines how to use wind power to meet base load needs. -ke]