Development of Montana’s First Community-Owned Wind Project Starts
National Wind, working with area ranchers and Montana Wind Resources LLC, has formed Judith Highlands Energy LLC, which plans to develop more than 500 megawatts (MW) of community-owned wind projects in the central-Montana counties of Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, and Fergus.
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Clemson Lands US $98M for Wind Turbine R&D
Next-generation wind turbines and drive trains will be tested by the Clemson University Restoration Institute, thanks to a US $45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Clemson University Restoration Institute and its partners will combine the grant with $53 million of matching funds, to build and operate a large-scale wind turbine drive train testing facility at the institute’s research campus on the former Navy base.
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Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has confirmed that it will pay Ontario farmers $0.145 CAD/kWh for their wind generation under the province’s new feed-in tariff program launched October 1, 2009.
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