The American Corn Growers Association is excited about looking to alternative energy options, namely wind, for the production of corn. Nebraska corn grower Dan McGuire says wind power can save up to 90-million gallons of water a year. Dan serves as the Director of the American Corn Growers Association Wealth from the Wind program and he says corn growers have …
Lt. Gov. Says Kansas Will Be Renewable Energy Exporter
After a controversy that has put a coal-fired power plant in Kansas on hold, that state’s lieutenant governor says Kansas will still be able to export energy… but now in a renewable form. The Salina (KS) Journal reports Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson made the remarks before a Topeka Rotary Club as he assured members that the rejection of a major …
Student Fees to Pay for Green Fuel
Students at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, Minnesota have been paying “green fees” that will help build a wind power generator for the school’s science center. This story in the Dickinson Press has more: The 39.5-kilowatt wind turbine will generate enough energy to run the building, plus 20 additional kilowatts per month that could be sold back, said Pete Sand, …
Green Gadgets Produce Portable Power
This week is “Green Week” as NBC promotes various ways of saving energy, and, thus, saving the planet. If you happened to be watching the Sunday Night Football Game on NBC, you might have noticed the halftime show was done without the normal studio lighting (I think it was Bob Costas who said there were more dim bulbs than normal …
Texas Wind Power for 2008
The Stanton Wind Energy facility in Martin County, TX is winding down construction and estimates its facility will be fully operationally by early 2008. Invenergy Wind LLC has announced the successful closing of construction and equity financing for its 120 MW Stanton Wind Energy Center (“Stanton”) in Martin County, Texas. The debt facility was underwritten by lead arranger Dexia Credit …
Duke Energy Seeks Multiple Energy Platforms for Indiana
The famed ‘Crossroads of America’ could become the ‘Crossroads for American Energy’ if Duke Energy Corp. gets what it wants for Indiana. Duke Energy Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers outlined a plan to equip Indiana with a combination of solar, wind, water and organic energy solutions to the Economic Club of Indiana earlier today in Indianapolis. To ensure a …
OG&E Aims to Expand Wind Power
OGE Energy Corp. is the latest company to outline a program to harness more wind power. OG&E President and CEO Pete Delaney says the company plans to quadruple its wind power production. He announced the company also plans to be a big player in ushering in development for more wind power projects in western Oklahoma. In a speech before the …
PG&E Commits to Long-Term Wind Power
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is embracing wind power with mucho gusto. The electric company has committed to a long-term power purchase agreement with enXco, purchasing 150 megawatts of wind energy through enXco’s Shiloh II project. This latest agreement bumps up PG&E’s contracted and delivered wind energy to 1,061 MW and will deliver about 510 GWh of wind energy to …
Wind Energy Developers to Get Tutorial
Folks in the wind power business, or who want to be in the wind power business, are invited to a tutorial November 28th-30th at the Derek Hotel in Houston, Texas to give them a leg up in an industry that is experiencing a 25 percent annual growth curve. Put on by Infocast, Inc. (a educational conference organizer), sponsored by several …
Green Vision Goes Online
Alternative energy enthusiasts looking to see some renewable fuels in action can now access a vast array of demonstrations online. GreenEnergyTV.com describes itself as an Online Television Channel that allows millions of viewers worldwide to get plugged in to what’s going on with alternative energy. Though having been launched only in January 2007, Green Energy TV now has viewers from …