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Benjamin · 15-08-2005, 22:48

President Signs Energy Bill
August 8, 2005

Albuquerque, New Mexico [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] President Bush has signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The signing of this bill represents the culmination of years of Congressional stalemate over a vast energy policy package, and a central policy goal of the Bush Administration since the president's first term in office.

"It is fitting that it will be signed in New Mexico where energy of all types is so important to our state."

- Senator Pete V. Domenici (R. NM) "This bipartisan bill contains numerous provisions that will make energy cleaner, more efficient, and more widely available in the future," said New Mexico's Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici who, as Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, was the leading lawmaker on the policy package.

"It is fitting that it will be signed New Mexico, where energy of all types is so important to our state," Domenici said.

Although most of bill's 14 billion price tag level incentives and tax breaks to the traditional fossil fuel industries, a number of supportive policy wins for renewable energy could usher in a new business cycle for the clean energy industries.

The package includes a two-year extension of the wind power industry's coveted Production Tax Credit (PTC), which will also be extended to a wide array of other renewable energy technologies.
The solar industry receives an unprecedented two-year investment tax credit for solar PV, thermal and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). The first such legislation in decades, the national tax credit would be capped at $2000 per residential project and have no limit on commercial projects.

With their strong farm-belt constituencies, biofuels, and particularly ethanol, made out well through the inclusion of an expanded renewable fuels standard that will effectively double the amount of biofuels being produced.

Ocean energy , a particularly undeveloped technology in the U.S. received a host of policy items to help propel new projects. Geothermal and hydropower also received helpful policy items, as did hydrogen and fuel cells.

In short, all the renewable energy technologies, except small wind, received something to help promote their development and businesses.

There are also tax breaks for homeowners to use energy efficiency appliances and make energy efficiency improvements and tax breaks for the purchase of hybrid-electric cars like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight.

Dropped was the Senate's passage of a 10 percent national Renewable Portfolio Standard, along with attempts to curb the nation's use of oil or to increase overall vehicle efficiency standards.

With the bill's signing today, the bill's many policy items go into effect beginning next year.

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Quarterly U.S. Wind Energy Market Outlook
August 15, 2005

Washington, D.C. [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] The American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) quarterly market outlook for the end of the second quarter of 2005 remains the same as at the end of the first quarter: i.e., that up to 2,500 MW of new wind generating capacity will be installed in the U.S. during 2005 .

AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007. With the official extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) through the end of 2007, AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007 .

AWEA provided a sampling of some of the more notable projects to be completed by year's end (a complete listing is available at www.awea.org/projects).

Hopkins Ridge Wind Power Project, Columbia County, Washington
- 149.4 MW
- Developed by RES America & Puget Sound Energy
- Using 83 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines

Kumeyaay Wind Power Project, San Diego County, California
- 50-MW
- Largest wind project on Native American land in the U.S.
- Developed by Superior Renewable Energy
- Using 25 Gamesa 2-MW turbines

Trimont Area Wind Farm, Martin & Jackson Counties, Minnesota
- 100.5 MW
- Largest project with local farmer ownership in the U.S.
- Under construction, developed by PPM Energy
- Using 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines

Weatherford Wind Energy Center, near Weatherford, Oklahoma
- 106.5 MW completed, 40.5 MW to be added by the end of the year
- Developed by FPL Energy
- 98 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines

Texas - 703.1 MW of new wind power capacity to be added in 2005
- Sweetwater phase II, near Sweetwater, 128-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 61 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Community-owned projects, a total of 30 MW being financed by John Deere, 24 Suzlon 1.25-MW turbines
- Callahan Divide Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 114-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 76 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Cottonwood Creek, west of Abilene, 100.5-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 210-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 140 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines
- Buffalo Gap, near Abilene 120.6-MW project developed by AES, 67 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines

Maple Ridge wind farm in Lewis County, New York
- 198-MW
- Under construction, developed jointly PPM Energy & Zilkha Renewable Energy
- 120 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines

Ainsworth Wind Energy facility near Ainsworth, Nebraska
- 59.4 MW
- Developed by the Nebraska Public Power District and RES America
- 36 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines

San Juan Mesa Wind Power Project, near Elida, New Mexico
- 120 MW
- Developed by Padoma Wind Power
- 120 Mitsubishi 1-MW turbines

For the full text of the first quarter market outlook release, see the following link.

Wind Energy Projects
Throughout the United States of America
Interessant, um einmal die Verteilung der Herdstellerfirmen zu sehen. Zumeist GE Energy. Danach Vestas und Gamesa, danach Mitsubishi, danach US-Kleinfirmen
http://www.awea.org/projects/

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Benjamin TBB Family Registriert seit: Mar 2004 Beiträge: 10.374	President Signs Energy Bill August 8, 2005 Albuquerque, New Mexico [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] President Bush has signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The signing of this bill represents the culmination of years of Congressional stalemate over a vast energy policy package, and a central policy goal of the Bush Administration since the president's first term in office. "It is fitting that it will be signed in New Mexico where energy of all types is so important to our state." - Senator Pete V. Domenici (R. NM) "This bipartisan bill contains numerous provisions that will make energy cleaner, more efficient, and more widely available in the future," said New Mexico's Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici who, as Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, was the leading lawmaker on the policy package. "It is fitting that it will be signed New Mexico, where energy of all types is so important to our state," Domenici said. Although most of bill's 14 billion price tag level incentives and tax breaks to the traditional fossil fuel industries, a number of supportive policy wins for renewable energy could usher in a new business cycle for the clean energy industries. The package includes a two-year extension of the wind power industry's coveted Production Tax Credit (PTC), which will also be extended to a wide array of other renewable energy technologies. The solar industry receives an unprecedented two-year investment tax credit for solar PV, thermal and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). The first such legislation in decades, the national tax credit would be capped at $2000 per residential project and have no limit on commercial projects. With their strong farm-belt constituencies, biofuels, and particularly ethanol, made out well through the inclusion of an expanded renewable fuels standard that will effectively double the amount of biofuels being produced. Ocean energy , a particularly undeveloped technology in the U.S. received a host of policy items to help propel new projects. Geothermal and hydropower also received helpful policy items, as did hydrogen and fuel cells. In short, all the renewable energy technologies, except small wind, received something to help promote their development and businesses. There are also tax breaks for homeowners to use energy efficiency appliances and make energy efficiency improvements and tax breaks for the purchase of hybrid-electric cars like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight. Dropped was the Senate's passage of a 10 percent national Renewable Portfolio Standard, along with attempts to curb the nation's use of oil or to increase overall vehicle efficiency standards. With the bill's signing today, the bill's many policy items go into effect beginning next year. ------------------------------------------------- Quarterly U.S. Wind Energy Market Outlook August 15, 2005 Washington, D.C. [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] The American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) quarterly market outlook for the end of the second quarter of 2005 remains the same as at the end of the first quarter: i.e., that up to 2,500 MW of new wind generating capacity will be installed in the U.S. during 2005 . AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007. With the official extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) through the end of 2007, AWEA's initial rough estimate is that 2,000 MW or more of new capacity will be installed per year in 2006 and 2007 . AWEA provided a sampling of some of the more notable projects to be completed by year's end (a complete listing is available at www.awea.org/projects). Hopkins Ridge Wind Power Project, Columbia County, Washington - 149.4 MW - Developed by RES America & Puget Sound Energy - Using 83 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines Kumeyaay Wind Power Project, San Diego County, California - 50-MW - Largest wind project on Native American land in the U.S. - Developed by Superior Renewable Energy - Using 25 Gamesa 2-MW turbines Trimont Area Wind Farm, Martin & Jackson Counties, Minnesota - 100.5 MW - Largest project with local farmer ownership in the U.S. - Under construction, developed by PPM Energy - Using 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines Weatherford Wind Energy Center, near Weatherford, Oklahoma - 106.5 MW completed, 40.5 MW to be added by the end of the year - Developed by FPL Energy - 98 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines Texas - 703.1 MW of new wind power capacity to be added in 2005 - Sweetwater phase II, near Sweetwater, 128-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 61 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines - Community-owned projects, a total of 30 MW being financed by John Deere, 24 Suzlon 1.25-MW turbines - Callahan Divide Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 114-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 76 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines - Cottonwood Creek, west of Abilene, 100.5-MW project developed by DKRW, Babcock & Brown, and Catamount Energy Corp., 67 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines - Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, 210-MW project developed by FPL Energy, 140 GE Energy 1.5-MW turbines - Buffalo Gap, near Abilene 120.6-MW project developed by AES, 67 Vestas 1.8-MW turbines Maple Ridge wind farm in Lewis County, New York - 198-MW - Under construction, developed jointly PPM Energy & Zilkha Renewable Energy - 120 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines Ainsworth Wind Energy facility near Ainsworth, Nebraska - 59.4 MW - Developed by the Nebraska Public Power District and RES America - 36 Vestas 1.65-MW turbines San Juan Mesa Wind Power Project, near Elida, New Mexico - 120 MW - Developed by Padoma Wind Power - 120 Mitsubishi 1-MW turbines For the full text of the first quarter market outlook release, see the following link. Wind Energy Projects Throughout the United States of America Interessant, um einmal die Verteilung der Herdstellerfirmen zu sehen. Zumeist GE Energy. Danach Vestas und Gamesa, danach Mitsubishi, danach US-Kleinfirmen http://www.awea.org/projects/ Geändert von Benjamin (15-08-2005 um 23:07 Uhr)