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		<title>Desert Claim Wind Project in governor&#8217;s hands now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recommendation to approve the 95-turbine Desert Claim Wind Power Project reached Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office on Friday.
Starting at that point, the governor has 60 days to approve or reject the estimated $330 million wind farm proposed for eight miles northwest of Ellensburg.
That makes the last day for Gregoire to rule on the wind farm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2016&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/desert-claim-wind-project-in-governors-hands-now/</link>
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		<title>Bellingham Co. gets permits for Wind Turbine projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bellingham-based Cascade Community Wind Company has obtained building permits from Kittitas County Community Development Services for its first two community-supported wind turbine projects.
The first turbine will be sited along Watt Canyon Road near Thorp. It is a 100-kilowatt wind turbine with a 60-foot diameter rotor on an 80-foot tower and is expected to generate enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2013&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/bellingham-co-gets-permits-for-wind-turbine-projects/</link>
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		<title>Idaho Power wants to make efficiency program permanent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Power Co. wants regulators to make permanent a program that helps the utility recover its fixed costs, saying it will provide incentives to promote energy efficiency and conservation.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is considering the proposal, which would result in the Fixed Cost Adjustment program becoming permanent after a 3-year pilot program.
The company says [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2010&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/idaho-power-wants-to-make-efficiency-program-permanent/</link>
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		<title>Kulongoski changes course, supports phase-out of wind energy tax credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Ted Kulongoski bowed to mounting criticism Wednesday and said he&#8217;s ready to pare Oregon&#8217;s tax subsidies for green energy projects &#8212; especially wind power &#8212; after vetoing a similar plan earlier this year.
The governor offered his support for a proposal to phase out the incentives given to wind energy projects, worth up to $11 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2008&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/kulongoski-changes-course-supports-phase-out-of-wind-energy-tax-credit/</link>
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		<title>Malhuer Co. Geothermal project is a go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A project in Malheur County to develop, produce and sell electricity from geothermal energy is moving ahead now after a conditional use permit from the Malheur County Planning Commission for the construction was issued.
The permits will clear the way for U.S. Geothermal’s proposed 22 net-megawatt power plant at Neal Hot Springs, west of Bully Creek [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2006&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/malhuer-co-geothermal-project-is-a-go/</link>
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		<title>NV Energy increases wind energy rebate incentives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NV Energy Inc. has increased incentives to encourage development of residential and business wind energy projects.
Residential customers can now earn rebates for up to 60 kilowatts of wind-generated power to help offset the cost of installation. That&#8217;s double the previous incentive.
Residential, small business and agriculture customers can receive $2.50 per watt for the first 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2004&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/nv-energy-increases-wind-energy-rebate-incentives/</link>
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		<title>Study: Wind farms have no effect on property value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new government-funded study says wind farms have no measurable effect on property values.
The Department of Energy&#8217;s Berkeley Lawrence National Laboratory analyzed nearly 7,500 single-family homes sales between 1996 and 1997 near 24 wind farms in nine states.
The findings released Wednesday conclude there wasn&#8217;t a widespread impact on property values within a five-mile radius of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=2001&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/study-wind-farms-have-no-effect-on-property-value/</link>
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		<title>New transmission line christened between Great Falls and Alberta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About 130 business, industry and government leaders from Montana and Alberta turned out Monday for a ceremony marking the start of construction of a 214-mile transmission line that will connect Lethbridge, Alta., and Great Falls.







“We’ve truly made history here,” said Johan van’t Hof, president of Tonbridge Power Inc., parent company of MATL.
The Montana Alberta Tie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=1997&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/new-transmission-line-christened-between-great-falls-and-alberta/</link>
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		<title>Group announces plans new 500-megawatt wind farm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Minnesota-based wind energy developer and a Montana-based company announced plans for a 500 megawatt wind farm to be built near the Judith Gap wind project, which produces 135 megawatts of electricity



National Wind and Billings-based Montana Wind Resource are forming Judith Highlands Energy in the central Montana counties of Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=1995&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/group-announces-plans-new-500-megawatt-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Oregon company gets OK for wind project on Montana land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montana officials have approved a 79-megawatt wind power project on private and state-owned land in central Montana.


The Coyote Wind Project, approved Tuesday, will include eight wind turbines that can generate up to 14.4 megawatts of electricity on state land and 36 turbines generating 64.8 megawatts on adjacent private land.


Coyote Wind, LLC, is majority owned Enerfin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com&blog=5541961&post=1993&subd=nwrenewablenews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://nwrenewablenews.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/oregon-company-gets-ok-for-wind-project-on-montana-land/</link>
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