Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative News Archive

AWEA Wind Power Project Siting Workshop to be held February 28 through March 2, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click here for more information.

AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop to be held March 27-28, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Click here for more information.

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

AWEA Press Release: Renewable Energy Policy Project Study Finds Wind Farms Do Not Hurt Property Values

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

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