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What happens dozens of miles inland can affect the quality of Lake Erie's
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Milwaukee mayor leaves office after news-making tenure
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John Norquist -- the nation's current longest-serving mayor of a city of
more than 500,000 -- says he has no second thoughts about quitting his job
as mayor after nearly 16 years, and he won't miss a thing about leading
Wisconsin's largest city. Source: Duluth News Tribune (1/2)


Surprise funds to revive port projects
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The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority has unexpectedly received
$500,000 from the state that will allow several bayfront improvement
projects to move ahead. Source: Erie Times-News (1/2)


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Duluth-area divers continued their tradition of kicking off the new year
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Soo Locks to stay open longer this season
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Clear sailing may finally lie ahead for pier
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- posted by Daniel @ 12:01 PM

 
Sweet step to hydrogen revolution
Platinum extracts green fuel from glucose.
29 August 2002

http://www.nature.com/nsu/020826/020826-5.html
- posted by Daniel @ 3:37 PM

 
I just received an e-mail a couple of minutes ago stating:

"I am pretty sure that Chicago is called the "Windy City" because of politicians talking or something like that, not because it is windy."

My response is, yes, that's true, but it's also very windy because it is on Lake Michigan, which is very synchronistic with the potential for wind energy in and around the Great Lakes area. Perhaps the Windy City will at some point justify the nickname in an entirely different manner - and be much better off in terms of energy reliability, environmental cleanliness, and economic base because of it. I certainly hope to see that come to pass.

Dan
- posted by Daniel @ 3:29 PM

 
Direct news release from U.W. for Wisconsin Team Engineers Hydrogen From Biomass:
http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/7766.html
- posted by Daniel @ 3:19 PM

 
Wisconsin Team Engineers Hydrogen From Biomass

MADISON - In the search for a nonpolluting energy source, hydrogen is often cited as a potential source of unlimited clean power. But hydrogen is only as clean as the process used to make it. Currently, most hydrogen is made from fossil fuels like natural gas using multi-step and high-temperature processes. Now, chemical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new process that produces hydrogen fuel from plants. This source of hydrogen is non-toxic, non-flammable and can be safely transported in the form of sugars.

Writing this week (Aug. 29) in the journal Nature, research scientist Randy Cortright, graduate student Rupali Davda and professor James Dumesic describe a process by which glucose, the same energy source used by most plants and animals, is converted to hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and gaseous alkanes with hydrogen constituting 50 percent of the products. More refined molecules such as ethylene glycol and methanol are almost completely converted to hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

"The process should be greenhouse-gas neutral," says Cortright. (Read on at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020830072133.htm )
- posted by Daniel @ 3:13 PM

 
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- posted by Daniel @ 2:13 PM

 



SMALL WIND E-NEWSLETTER

January 2004

Issue No. 8, December 31, 2003

Editor: Larry Sherwood, Interstate Renewable Energy Council

The current Small Wind Newsletter is also available on the web at http://www.irecusa.org/smallwindenergy/e-newsletter.html. If you have trouble with the links in this e-mail message, try the web version of the newsletter.

Editor's Note
With this issue, the Small Wind Newsletter begins bi-monthly publication. The next issue will be March 2004 and will be delivered in late February. Current news will be posted on the Small Wind Web Site. Send your submissions to Larry Sherwood.

Article summaries follow the Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEWS
(1) NEW YORK Corporate Executive Powers Home and Company with Wind
(2) NORTH CAROLINA Solar Center Raises Wind Turbine for Student Workshop
(3) MISSOURI Wind Maps Now Available
(4) WISCONSIN Ag Agency Studies Wind Turbine for Madison Headquarters
(5) Are Rebates, Grants, Incentives for Homeowners and Businesses Taxable?
(6) Global Windpower 2004 Conference
(7) AWEA Establishes Small Wind Certification Committee
(8) Appropriate Technology Faculty Position at Appalachian State University
(9) Northwest SEED Executive Director Position Available
(10) Upcoming Small Wind Events

INTERCONNECTION AND NET METERING
(11) IOWA - FERC Orders Electric Cooperative to Provide Net Metering
(12) HAWAII - PUC Opens Distributed Generation Proceeding
(13) NARUC Issues Modified Interconnection Rules
(14) NEW JERSEY - BPU Proposes Increasing, Expanding Net Metering, Interconnection Rules

INCENTIVES
(15) CALIFORNIA Small Wind Rebates Decrease

RESOURCES
(16) Renewable Energy Atlas of the West

LINKS TO SMALL WIND IN THE NEWS
(17) Springfield (MO) News-Leader
(18) Reno Gazette-Journal
(19) Holland (MI) Sentinel
(20) Missoula (MT) Independent

ABOUT THE SMALL WIND NEWSLETTER
Includes information on how to subscribe and unsubscribe.

NEWS

(1) NEW YORK Corporate Executive Powers Home and Company with Wind
In June 2001, Harbec Plastics, Inc. CEO Bob Bechtold put up a 10 kW Bergey Excel at his old farmhouse home in Webster, New York. The turbine provides up to 70 percent of the electricity used in the home, which has a geothermal heating and air conditioning system. Full article.

(2) NORTH CAROLINA Solar Center Raises Wind Turbine for Student Workshop
The North Carolina Solar Center recently installed the first wind turbine on the North Carolina State University (NCSU) campus. The 1000-Watt turbine from Bergey Windpower sits atop a 104-foot tower and will supply power to the adjoining NCSU Solar House and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Facility. Full article.

(3) MISSOURI Wind Maps Now Available
Interim maps of Missouri's Wind Energy Resources are now available on
the Missouri Energy Center's webpage. Full article.

(4) WISCONSIN Ag Agency Studies Wind Turbine for Madison Headquarters
Visitors to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection won.t likely miss the display about wind turbines in the agency.s lobby, even though they probably won.t notice the tiny wind monitor (anemometer) atop a skinny tower a hundred yards from the entrance. If the monitoring proves that the wind blows long enough and hard enough on the department.s hilltop site, visitors may see the blades of a wind turbine perched atop a prominent tower as soon as a year from now. Full article.

(5) Are Rebates, Grants, Incentives for Homeowners and Businesses Taxable?
There is strong evidence that incentives are not taxable. In fact many states noted that even though they also did not think the incentives were taxable, a 1099 form was sent to the recipient of the incentive as a mater of policy implemented by the state's legal counsel. This article was written for Million Solar Roofs Partners, but the information also applies to small wind rebates, grants, and incentives. Full article.

(6) Global Windpower 2004 Conference
The American Wind Energy Association presents Global Windpower 2004 on March 28-31 in Chicago, IL. Pre-conference seminars will include a full-day session, Taking Small Wind to the Next Level: Reaching Industry Goals. Full article.

(7) AWEA Establishes Small Wind Certification Committee
The American Wind Energy Association recently established a Small Wind Certification Committee, chartered with the development of a U.S. certification standard for small wind turbines. Full article.

(8) Appropriate Technology Faculty Position at Appalachian State University
A tenure-track Appropriate Technology faculty position is open in the Department of Technology at Appalachian State University. The ASU Appropriate Technology program includes renewable energy and the recently announced Small Wind R&D Initiative. Full article.

(9) Northwest SEED Executive Director Position Available
Northwest SEED is looking for an experienced executive-level manager to provide primary oversight of organizational programs, operations, finances and personnel for this young, growing non-profit. Full article.

(10) Upcoming Small Wind Events
Listing of upcoming small wind events.

INTERCONNECTION AND NET METERING

Check the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.s Connecting to the Grid web site for the latest interconnection news.

(11) IOWA - FERC Orders Electric Cooperative to Provide Net Metering
In a strongly worded opinion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently ordered Iowa.s Midland Power Cooperative to provide net metering to a customer with a wind energy system. Full article.

(12) HAWAII - PUC Opens Distributed Generation Proceeding
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has opened two formal proceedings to examine the potential benefits and effects of distributed generation on Hawaii's electric distribution system and the development of a competitive bidding process to acquire or build new electric generating capacity in Hawaii. Full article.

(13) NARUC Issues Modified Interconnection Rules
In November 2003, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) issued a substantial modification of its model interconnection procedures and contracts. Full article.

(14) NEW JERSEY - BPU Proposes Increasing, Expanding Net Metering, Interconnection Rules
On December 1, 2003, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) formally proposed raising the state's net metering limit to 2 MW for all "class I" renewable energy technologies (defined as wind, solar, fuel cells, ocean, sustainable biomass and landfill gas). The BPU also proposed a simplified interconnection standard to accommodate the 2 MW rule. Full article.

INCENTIVES

New Incentives reported by DSIRE. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy. To access state-by-state incentives and policies that promote wind energy technologies, click here and select "wind" from the drop-down menu.

(15) CALIFORNIA Small Wind Rebates Decrease
California Rebates for Small Wind Systems less than 30 kW decrease on January 1, 2004. The new rebate amount is $2.10 per Watt for the first 7.5 kW and $1.10 per Watt above 7.5 kW. The rebates are scheduled to drop $0.20 per Watt every six months. Full article.

RESOURCES

Click here for archived articles and links to Small Wind Resources.

(16) Renewable Energy Atlas of the West
The Renewable Energy Atlas of the West is an 80-page, full-color presentation of the renewable energy resources in the West, including newly-released high-resolution wind maps of the Pacific Northwest. The Atlas profiles wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass power. Full article.

LINKS TO SMALL WIND IN THE NEWS

(17) Springfield (MO) News-Leader, December 14, 2003, Is power from wind in CU.s future? Full article.

(18) Reno Gazette-Journal, December 14, 2003, Wind-energy experience draws admiration of strangers. Full Article.

(19) Holland (MI) Sentinel, December 17, 2003, High school dedicates new wind turbine. Full article.

(20) Missoula (MT) Independent, December 25, 2003, Wind.s a-comin.. Full article.

ABOUT THE SMALL WIND NEWSLETTER

The Small Wind Newsletter is published electronically every other month by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. The Small Wind Web Site contains news, resources, and links.

To subscribe, go to http://www.irecusa.org/smallwindenergy/newslettersub.html, fill in the subscription form, and then click on subscribe. There is no fee for subscriptions.

If you have comments or news items, please send them to Larry Sherwood.

- posted by Daniel @ 12:02 PM

 
ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition

Partnerships for community-based ecotourism
Chalalan Ecolodge, in the Bolivian jungle five hours upriver from the town of Rurrenabaque, is a model project. It is far along in an experiment that partners indigenous communities with tourism businesses and nonprofit organizations to develop and operate successful ecotourism programs.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_9204.asp

World's farmers struggle with globalization issues
Iowa farmer Chris Petersen is one of many small and regional farmers in America and abroad struggling with complex issues of agricultural subsidies, global trade and environmental sustainability.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11631.asp

U.S. scientist says anti-mad cow measure ignored
A U.S. scientist said Tuesday a simple treatment combining high pressure with heat could neutralize the proteins that cause mad cow disease, but federal officials had shown little interest in it.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11638.asp

Senegal's traditional fishers watch foreigners haul in the catch
Senegalese fishers say that Western boats that have left depleted fishing grounds in the North Atlantic are now depleting African waters, leaving little for the locals.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11632.asp

China working to bring water to its north
China has started building a new section of a multibillion-dollar project to bring water to Beijing and other parts of its dry north, the government says.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11640.asp

Smithfield unit may rethink feed policy due to mad cow
The nation's largest pork producer said it uses ground up animal carcasses to feed its turkeys, but would review the practice if there was a "public outcry."
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11636.asp

NSA slow to share info on Fort Meade cleanup
The National Security Agency has been reluctant to share information about environmental conditions on its property, much to the frustration of environmental groups and government regulators, activists say.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11633.asp

Chinese herbalists laud U.S. ephedra decision
When U.S. regulators said they would ban the use of ephedra in weight-loss supplements they allowed an exemption for practitioners of Chinese medicine who have been using the herb for thousands of years to treat ailments ranging from asthma to fevers.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11639.asp

NASA probe heads for close enounter with comet
After a five-year voyage of 2 billion miles NASA's spacecraft Stardust is finally nearing the climax of its mission: a close encounter with a comet to grab dust samples that could yield clues to the origins of the solar system.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11637.asp

Court says Alaska can't add fish to protected lake
A U.S. federal appeals court said that national wildlife rules bar the stocking of salmon in a protected Alaskan lake, even if little harm comes from multiplying the fish.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-31/s_11635.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

The Trust for Public Land:
TPL's 2003 Conservation Achievements

Open Space Institute:
Open Space Institute Acquires Estate That Was Home of First Castskills Fishing Club

University of North Carolina at Wilmington:
Shifting Baselines Releases Rotten Jellyfish Awards
- posted by Daniel @ 4:59 AM

 
An excellent and wide-ranging discussion of practical solutions to energy efficient technologies and clean generation methods: Energy Saving Now
- posted by Daniel @ 5:23 PM

 
Last Breath:

The Oil Demons breathed their last breath,
It was thunderous rejoicing,
Children need not die in the sands,
In the streets or in the far countryside,
Winter could someday come back home to stay,
Poison could leave the land and lakes and seas,
In the silence of golden sunlight,
In the peace wrought of whirling white blades,
In the bountiful cascade of rolling waters,
In the field of golden harvests,
The treasures of gold and heart,
Home again to stay, to stay,
And once the people finally believed,
That was when the monsters were no longer needed,
And we could all walk closer to what God gave us,
Even though it took so much horror and filth to understand,
Cleanliness IS next to Godliness,
Just expand the concept,
Because the entire world is your home.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 12/24/2003

Author's Comments:
My biggest Christmas wish is that people will truly see what oil is doing to us and add their voices to the clamor for a clean life and world. It's worth it!
- posted by Daniel @ 3:48 PM

 
GLIN Daily News: December 30, 2003
In collaboration with the Great Lakes Radio Consortium

In the News

Project seeks to protect Dunes Creek
Indiana Post-Tribune (12/24)
Officials are hoping to eliminate the E. coli problems that have, at times, closed the beaches at Indiana Dunes State Park.

EPA sets new pollution standards for two-wheelers
Environmental News Network (12/24)
The Environmental Protection Agency set the first new emission standards for highway motorcycles in 25 years, and the first standards for small scooters and mopeds.

Hot Air Snow Blower
Earthwatch Radio (12/24)
In the winter, warmer Great Lakes waters might lead to more lake-effect snow in Michigan and New York.

COMMENTARY: Not much cheer in an ailing steel industry
Canadian National Post (12/24)
It is a dramatic change that has Canadian steelmakers no longer fearful U.S. tariffs will divert cheap steel into this country, but instead worried about competing with their revitalized southern neighbours.

Northland job market changing, booming locally
Mesabi Daily News (12/23)
Northland job figures for individual counties and cities lag behind the latest state figures, but are more reflective of community activity.

Minnesota says 211 more lakes, streams need cleanup
Associated Press (12/22)
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is proposing to add 211 Minnesota lakes and streams to the list of those considered ``impaired'' and in need of clean up.

Point Beach nuclear plant extension sought
Wisconsin State Journal (12/22)
Clean Wisconsin, a statewide environmental group based in Madison, said it will fight relicensing of the Point Beach nuclear power plant because of health risks.

Water wars may splash across the planet
The Grand Rapids Press (12/21)
Most Americans have been isolated from the global water crisis, but if trends continue, even the Great Lakes may be at risk.

Carp threat is a real problem
Muskegon Chronicle (12/21)
It was a good year out on the high seas of the Great Lakes for charter boat captains, but danger looms ahead in the unlikely form of a mighty fish, the Asian carp.

Last oceangoing ship departed from the port of Duluth-Superior
Budgeteer News (12/19)
The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last ocean vessel of the season was expected to depart early Friday, Dec. 19, while Great Lakes traffic should continue for about another month.


Archives >>

- posted by Daniel @ 3:31 PM

 
ENN Environmental News Network http://www.enn.com

E-mail Edition

Media could help build better connections
Most of us read the newspaper or watch the news to find out what is going on in the world. These media outlets are our windows to community, national and international events. We rely on them to help make decisions in our daily lives. So how are they doing?
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11595.asp

Green cat litter and chemical-free cotton
This week in EarthTalk: learn about the safest kind of litter for your cat and you and why green cotton is the color you want to wear.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11594.asp

U.S, says beef safe despite mad cow, but Japan keeps ban
U.S. officials insisted on Monday that there was no risk to consumers from meat recalled in the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, but Japan refused to soften its ban on imports of American beef.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11602.asp

Rare Peruvian bird could face extinction again
A quarter of a century ago, Peru's white-winged guan, a species native only to this Andean bird paradise, was considered as dead as a dodo.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11599.asp

Pollution, tourists, and traffic send Parisians packing
Many exasperated residents associate Paris with the noise, pollution and traffic jams which are driving them to desert the city by the thousands for a quieter life in the country.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11603.asp

Iran helps quake survivors as rescuers pull out
Iran, backed by a massive international aid effort, turned its full attention on Tuesday to the plight of tens of thousands left bereaved and homeless by Friday's devastating earthquake that killed up to 30,000 people.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11600.asp

Kerry calls for new environmental plan to curb asthma
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said Monday that he would combat growing asthma rates by applying clean air laws to farms and taking steps to improve indoor air quality.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11597.asp

In Hawaii, it's open season on tiny frogs
A grimacing Helen Geiger stands amid bikes and beach chairs in the garage of her Hawaiian home watching two men tramp through dense foliage in her backyard. Dragging a hose from a 100-gallon tank, they are seeking a tiny prey, invisible in the misty night but unmistakably present, its shrill, two-note ko-KEE mating call filling the air with earsplitting dissonance.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11598.asp

Storm shuts Calif. highway, more mudslides possible
A fierce Pacific storm shut down a 150-mile stretch of highway in northern California Monday and left the southern part of the state bracing for heavy rainfall that authorities warned could cause more deadly mudslides and flash floods.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-12-30/s_11601.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington:
Shifting Baselines Releases Rotten Jellyfish Awards

- posted by Daniel @ 7:48 AM

 
Your Body, Your Superfund Site
In Med-Tech Center: A California environmental group ponies up to test for pollutants in humans. The results, regardless of organic food habits, sound like the problems of a toxics disposal site: pesticides, flame-retardants, lead and other toxins.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,61753,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8
- posted by Daniel @ 5:33 AM

 
Limestone Under Sunset Siege:

I walked the path today,
Saw the crumbling limestone,
Foundations a shadow of when,
Simpler has gone or so we'd say,
Blacktop paved prairie paths,
Between tame milkweed ponds,
Canada geese sail a spring fed gravel pit,
And the only signs of amber waves,
Are crumbling limestone squares,
Planters for shrubs and trees,
Reminders of where children dreamt,
And people lived close to the land.

The sunset swore soft pastels,
It was late December and warm,
Barely ice on the water,
No speck of snow to see,
Just Canada geese and crumbling limestone,
In almost hidden shrub covered squares,
Buried under Prairie grasses seemingly freed,
I wonder how long the herons will be gone,
In this only place they still make little herons.

The ghosts are trembling amidst the crumbling limestone,
Under the barely chill sunset rays,
Looking at the sunfire on water,
Tied to disappearing haunts,
Even Winter holds their trembling ethereal hands,
Walking with them into faded memory,
Like the sun at the end of a beautiful day.

AquarianM

By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 12/27/2003

Author's Comments:
It all seemed to come together, the fading sun, the crumbling ruins you barely knew were there, the lateness of Winter. The world changes and it only seems slow.
- posted by Daniel @ 12:35 AM