Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative News Archive

5th Annual Small Wind Conference a Huge Success!, Interstate Renewable Energy Council (Aug. 10th, 2009)

An Energetic Agenda, Cooperative Living (May 1st, 2009)

U.S. to clear way for offshore wind farms, Chicago Tribune (Apr. 22nd, 2009)

Southwest Virginia: from coal power to wind power?, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Apr. 8th, 2009)

Creating 'green' jobs, Virginia Business (Mar. 27th, 2009)

Wind energy finds fix for exploding bats, The Washington Times (Mar. 23rd, 2009)

Renewable and Affordable, The Washington Post (Mar. 12th, 2009)

Stimulus may get small wind turbines spinning, CNN (Mar. 10th, 2009)

Growing excitement, expectations for green jobs corps, CNN (Mar. 2nd, 2009)

Citizens speak out on wind farm, Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Feb. 24th, 2009)

Dominion and BP Wind Energy officials encourage ridgeline ordinance, Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Feb. 24th, 2009)

Blowin' in the Wind: Turbines Take Off, ABC News (Feb. 11th, 2009)

Tilting toward wind off Virginia's coast, The Virginian-Pilot (Feb. 8th, 2009)

Supporters of offshore wind farm seek stimulus help, The Virginian-Pilot (Feb. 4th, 2009)

Companies silent on potential sites for SW Va. wind turbines, Kingsport Times-News (Feb. 3rd, 2009)

It's blowin' in the wind, Augusta Free Press (Jan. 30th, 2009)

Governor Kaine Announces Legislation to Promote Green Jobs, Part of Renew Virginia Initiative (Jan. 12th, 2009)

Suffolk to allow residents to build personal wind turbines, The Virginian-Pilot (Nov. 6th, 2008)

Scientists: Tangier ripe for wind-energy project, The Virginian-Pilot (Oct.10th, 2008)

Caroline man generating his own electrical power, The Free Lance-Star (Sept 15th, 2008)

Wind is Given 2nd Look As Energy Needs Grow, Washington Post (Aug. 3rd, 2008)

Community Wind Energy 2008, Windustry (Feb. 28th, 2008)

2008 Renewable Energy Workshops, North Carolina Wind Energy (Feb. 25th 2008)

Wind farm proposed near Elkins, Charleston Gazette (Feb. 13th, 2008)

AWEA Windpower 2007 Conference & Exhibition to be held June 3-6, 2007 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. Click here for more information.

AWEA Publications: Wind Energy Weekly and Wind Letter. Click here to subscribe.

National Wind Coordinating Committee: Click here for Bi-weekly NWCC updates.

Virginia State Corporation Commission Press Release: SCC Hearing Examiner Recommends Conditional Approval of Wind Farm in Highland County. Click here to read the press release and here to see the full report.

AWEA Press Release: Congress Extends Wind Energy Production Tax Credit for an Additional Year

AWEA Press Release: For the Birds: Audubon Society Stands Up in Support of Wind Energy

Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has begun accepting applications for their Maryland Anemometer Loan Program (MDALP). Jame Madison University will administer the program during its founding, and has administered a similar program in Virginia since 2001, the Virginia State-Based Anemometer Loan Program. Click here for the article announcing the program, and here for the MEA MDALP page.

Virginia Small Wind Incentives Program application deadline has now passed and award selections have made. Click here to read about Richard Murphy, a program participant and grant recipient, and his application seeking a special use permit in Augusta County. Click here to find out more regarding the program.

NPR-WMRA With Good Reason interviews Dr. Jonathan Miles and Mr. Rick Webb regarding utility-scale wind and Highland County. Click to listen to the broadcast; note that the wind interviews do not begin until 13:34 into the program. To hear this streaming broadcast, you will need to have or download Real Player below:

AWEA Press Release: Statement by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on wind energy and wildlife. The GAO report may be downloaded from http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05906.pdf.

USDA Guarantees up to $200 Million in Clean Energy Loans

NWCC Publication: Wind Power Facility Siting Case Studies: Community Response

AWEA Press Release: Wind Industry Eyes Record Year of Growth, Job Creation