Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:May 31, 2006

New Wind Plants Planned for California, Colorado, Iowa, and Oregon Northeastern States Offering Funds for Renewable Energy Projects Hydrogen Fueling Stations Now Operating or Planned in 15 States Ethanol Industry Reaches Milestone of 100 Operating Plants DOE Offers $3.75 Million for Solid-State Lighting Research New Wind Plants Planned for California, Colorado, Iowa, and OregonA recent wave of large wind turbine orders and project announcements spanning four states suggests that wind power will continue growing strong at least through 2007. PPM Energy had previously announced orders for 500 megawatts (MW) of General Electric wind turbines over the next two years, but last week it announced another 857 MW of wind turbines on order from four major suppliers, also for the next two years. The company revealed where some of those GE wind turbines are destined: to a 100-MW wind plant near Arlington, Oregon, and a 75-MW wind plant near Lamar, Colorado. The Leaning Juniper Wind Project should start producing power for Oregon by year’s end, while the Twin Buttes Wind Power Project in Colorado will be completed in 2007. PPM Energy recently completed one of its projects, the 150-MW Elk River Wind Project in central Kansas, which is now the state’s […]

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