WIND
Thwarted plans
I had such big plans. Well, ok, not big. But firmly cemented in my mind. I have such a huge list of garden chores to be completed in the next two weeks, that I figured I'd better not wait to start un...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:46 PM
Wind Power -- for and by Small, Ordinary People
Sunday I spent the entire day reading. For hours and hours I absorbed myself in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written by William Kamkwamba, the proponent of the tale, and Bryan Mealer. I was dra...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 1:40 PM
Helpful benefit, encouraging cancer news buoy EGF's Helen Garcia
Even though she felt quite worn out following surgery in Illinois Sept. 6 to remove a cancerous lump from her left breast, Helen Garcia says these are decidedly feel good days for her. A Sept. 8 bene...
Posted on 9/20/12 at 1:42 PM
Wind Lessons Make Big Impression
Bottineau County elementary school students havediscovered a simple saltine cracker can teach them aboutwind energy. These youngsters were among about 4,100 North Dakota students who joined millions...
Posted on 2/15/12 at 9:10 AM
The Wind Has a Message
I generally keep chocolate around in case of an emergency, and today I opened up the foil on a fortune chocolate. That's what I call those little individually-wrapped bite-sized portions of chocolate ...
Posted on 1/24/12 at 6:22 PM
Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Strong wind causes accidents
Strong wind with rain tipped over several vehicles in Barnes County early Tuesday morning, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said.By Sun Staff , May 14, 2013
5 companies look to build wind projects in ND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Five companies have told North Dakota regulators that they plan to begin constructing wind farms this year that would generate up to 686 megawatts of electricity.By Associated Press , May 05, 2013
Wind energy revival in N.D. Projects proposed for 2013 would up N.D.’s capacity 41 percent
The extension of a key federal subsidy late last year has helped revive interest in developing new wind energy projects in North Dakota, based on documents filed with state regulators.By By Stephen J. Lee, Forum News Service , May 04, 2013
Xcel plans to tap more wind power
Xcel Energy plans to capitalize on what could be a buyer's market for wind energy this year.February 05, 2013
Trinity to use West Fargo plant for containers
Officials in West Fargo say that the company that bought the old DMI wind turbine plant will use the facility to build 100,000-gallon storage vessels for energy industry products such as propane, water and anhydrous.January 14, 2013
Firm to seek permit for Courtenay wind farm
The extensions of the production tax credit for renewable energy passed as part of the agreements averting the fiscal cliff may bring wind farm construction to the Courtenay area this year, according to Betsy Engelking, vice president of Geronimo Wind Energy.By Keith Norman , January 05, 2013
Wind subsidy could preserve some North Dakota jobs
A last-minute, one-year extension of a wind energy subsidy could save thousands of jobs nationwide, according to an industry group, but officials in North Dakota are waiting to see what its effect will be on jobs here.By By Christopher Bjorke, Forum News Service , January 04, 2013
Minnesota wind farm nearly ready
In a little less than three weeks, a wind energy company and local investors will celebrate the completion of the tallest wind farm in Minnesota.By Forum Communications , November 16, 2012
Study looks at wind energy boost for counties
Wind energy projects have provided a big economic boost to counties in wind-rich states such as the Dakotas, a new federal study has found.October 08, 2012
Wind company ending ND jobs, creating Brazil jobs
A wind turbine blade manufacturer that said last week it is laying off 300 workers in Grand Forks has now announced it is creating 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil.October 03, 2012
LM Wind Power scales down in N.D.
A week after LM Wind Power announced it would cut more than 300 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, the company said it would create 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil.By By Christopher Bjorke , Forum Communications , October 03, 2012
DMI Industries Inc. sold to Texas company
A North Dakota-based wind tower manufacturer is being sold to a company in Texas.September 07, 2012
ND regulators approve $200M wind energy project
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have approved a new $200 million wind energy project in western North Dakota.By Associated Press , August 29, 2012
Wind jobs riding on energy program’s survival
More than 800 jobs directly involving wind-energy manufacturing in North Dakota are at stake as an important tax incentive for renewable energy is set to expire at year’s end.By By Patrick Springer , Forum Communications , August 14, 2012
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