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Tribes battle austerity with energy development	14.6.2013	High Country News Most Recent
As the West burns, Native American leaders convene to plan their energy future.
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How green does Utah go? State panel to decide	13.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Taylor W. Anderson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 13, 2013 06:55AM MDT Renewable-energy developers representing more than $620 million in proposed wind and solar projects are awaiting a ruling by the state’s top utility regulators to decide whether they can move forward or must abandon Utah for greener states. The Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) ruling will tell Rocky Mountain Power — and ultimately Utah consumers — how much to pay for renewable energy and power from other producers. That price, in turn, will determine whether several proposed projects are fea... ...
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Utah to decide whether to go greener in energy production	13.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Taylor W. Anderson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 05:04PM MDT Renewable energy developers representing more than $620 million in proposed wind and solar projects are awaiting a ruling by the state’s top utility regulators to decide whether they can move forward or must abandon Utah for greener states. The Utah Public Service Commission ruling will tell Rocky Mountain Power — and ultimately Utah consumers — how much to pay for renewable energy and power from other producers. That price, in turn, will determine whether several proposed projects are feasible.... ...
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Carroll: Hickenlooper plays it safe on rural energy bill	9.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Was there ever any doubt that Gov. John Hickenlooper would sign the controversial bill doubling the renewable-energy mandate for rural electric cooperatives?
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States buffeted by turbulent wind industry	4.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Iowa's vast crop of wind turbines is about to grow even larger. Last month, the state's largest energy company, MidAmerican Energy, announced it will add more than 650 turbines to Iowa's wide
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Weiner: James Comey understands power of FBI and saying "no"	3.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
James Comey is the grandson of an Irish cop. But it's not the policeman in his DNA that makes him the right choice to run the FBI.
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Xcel proposes adding more wind power to its system	31.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Xcel proposes adding more wind power to its system
Vestas unveils longer turbine blade to boost power and sales	30.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
One of the longest blades ever made for a land-based wind turbine — 189 feet from base to tip — was strapped onto a flatbed at the Vestas Wind Systems factory in Brighton on
Wind knocks out power in Salt Lake City	16.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 15, 2013 08:29PM MDT Wind has knocked out power to almost 1,000 Salt Lake City residents. Rocky Mountain Power reports that about 995 customers were without power Wednesday evening and won’t have it back until about 10:30 p.m. The outage has also caused a 12 minute delay in the TRAX blue line in the downtown area, according to the Utah Transit Authority. The winds picked up to about 40 to 50 mph in the Salt Lake City area on Wednesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. mmcfall@sltrib.comTwitter: @m... ...
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Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Dina Cappiello The Associated Press Published May 14, 2013 08:24PM MDT Converse County, Wyo. • Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even though every death is a criminal violation. The Obama administration has charged oil companies for drowning birds in their waste pits, and power compa... ...
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Xcel benefits from NCAR solar, wind forecasting	8.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The wind was blowing April 17, but all of Xcel Energy's Colorado wind turbines were caked with ice, and no blades were turning. The problem was just the opposite on Christmas Day 2007, when a "wall of wind" hit Xcel's turbines and their generation shot up about 50 percent.
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Should Blue Sky effort be Utah utility’s end game?	5.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 4, 2013 09:09PM MDT For well over a decade, Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program has offered Utahns a way to participate in the green energy revolution by buying electricity produced from wind farms, solar power arrays and geothermal plants. But now, one of the state’s leading environmental groups says it is time for the power company to start thinking above and beyond Blue Sky. Instead of buying most of its renewable energy from projects in other states, the environmental group HEAL Utah says the power company ... ...
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Oil-drilling technology leaps forward (Cached)	4.5.2013	Durango Herald
NEW YORK Technology created an energy revolution during the last decade just not the one we expected.
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New technology propels 'old energy' boom	4.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
NEW YORK—Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
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Growth of renewables lags as technology finds more oil, gas	3.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade -- just not the one we expected. By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae -- or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn't shine or the wind didn't blow, power would flow from batteries the size of tractor-trailers.
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Another Wyoming-Vegas power line proposed through Utah	22.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 22, 2013 11:33AM MDT A proposed $3.5 billion power line connecting a Wyoming wind-energy project with Nevada would pass through Utah, moving enough electricity through the state to power 1.4 million homes in Las Vegas and Southern California The companies behind the Zephyr Power Transmission Project conduct three open houses in Utah this week in St. George, Parowan and Milford, all communities near where the high-voltage, direct-current line would pass. The project’s purpose is to deliver power under development in ... ...
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Residents allowed home after winds fan wildfire	9.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
LOS ANGELES—Residents up and down the California coast were reeling after a day of pounding winds left streets littered with trees, knocked out power to thousands, and whipped up waves and wildfires.
Low-pressure system brings strong winds across the state Monday	9.4.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Low-pressure system brings strong winds across the state Monday
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Utah forecast: Cyclonic winds, rain, snow in mountains	9.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 8, 2013 01:49PM MDT A storm propelled by strong cyclonic winds — approaching the historic levels of those that caused widespread damage in Davis County in December 2011 — had the National Weather Service urging residents of Brigham City south to eastern Salt Lake Valley to secure loose outdoor objects and prepare for power outages. “Downed trees [and]power lines and infrastructure damage can be expected due to the combination of strong winds and the prolonged nature of the event,” the weather service said in a disc... ...
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Vestas' Colorado factories to build components for Canadian project	8.4.2013	Denver Post: Business
Vestas' Colorado factories to build components for Canadian project

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