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Oh and about those Stimulus funds for Wind Power

hypocritexposer

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APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions of dollars in wind farm developments.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management suspended issuing wind permits on public land indefinitely this summer after wildlife officials invoked a decades-old law for protecting eagles, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The restriction has stymied efforts to "fast-track" approvals for four of the seven most promising wind energy proposals in the nation, including all three in California.

Now, these and other projects appear unlikely to make the year-end deadline to potentially qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in stimulus funds. If extensions aren't granted in the lame duck session of Congress, the future of many of these plans could be in doubt.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_08a64446-074c-11e0-90f7-001cc4c03286.html
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
so what is GE going to do with all the chinese made windmills it had designated for the projects?

ship them to Alberta, I guess.




February 2, 2011 Be the first to post a comment



EDMONTON — California’s stringent rules for renewable energy have given a kick-start to two major wind-power projects planned for Alberta.

Under California’s renewable energy credits program, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has agreed to buy all the power for 20 years from Greengate Power Corp.’s 150-megawatt Halkirk 1 project east of Stettler and the 300-megawatt Blackspring Ridge project north of Lethbridge.

The wind power will go into the Alberta electrical grid, which is linked to the western half of North America.

Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/California+backstops+Alberta+wind+projects/4214260/story.html#ixzz1DhQtkTGp
 
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