Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:April 2, 2003

*News and Events Iowa Utility to Build a 310-Megawatt Wind Power Plant Rosebud Sioux Tribe Installs a 750-Kilowatt Wind Turbine Solar Power Installations Continue Apace in California European Wave and Tidal Energy Projects Face Setbacks University of Idaho Sweeps SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge*Site News Energy Trust of Oregon———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-Iowa Utility to Build a 310-Megawatt Wind Power PlantMidAmerican Energy Company, Iowa’s largest utility, announced last week its intention to construct a 310-megawatt wind power facility in northwest or north-central Iowa. The project will consist of up to 200 wind turbines and will rival in capacity the largest existing U.S. wind power plant: the 300-megawatt Stateline Wind Energy Center, located along the border of Oregon and Washington. Although MidAmerican expects the first turbines to come online in 2004, and the entire project to be complete by 2006, the company has not yet selected a location for the project. [sorry this link is no longer available]Rosebud Sioux Tribe Installs a 750-Kilowatt Wind TurbineThe Rosebud Sioux Indian Tribe installed a 750-kilowatt wind turbine on its reservation last week, completing a project that began eight years ago with wind resource monitoring. With half of the project funded by a DOE Cooperative Grant, the Rosebud […]

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