http://www.windcoalition.com The Wind Coalition's latest news and press releases. en The Wind Coalition Copyright 2010 2010-03-10T16:02:33+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/lawmakers-producers-brainstorm-future-of-energy-industry/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/lawmakers-producers-brainstorm-future-of-energy-industry/#When:15:02:33Z Texans take pride in leading the nation in energy production. Maintaining that position, however, is going to take a lot of hard work. Wind Coalition 2010-03-10T15:02:33+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/wsj-natural-gas-tilts-at-windmills-in-power-feud/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/wsj-natural-gas-tilts-at-windmills-in-power-feud/#When:13:38:11Z Many environmental groups talk of how wind and relatively clean-burning natural gas can partner to displace dirtier coal, creating a path to power the U.S. while releasing fewer greenhouse gases. A bitter fuel fight in Texas points to a different future: one in which gas and wind are foes. Wind Coalition 2010-03-02T13:38:11+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/austin-energy-seeks-more-wind-farm-land/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/austin-energy-seeks-more-wind-farm-land/#When:13:41:44Z If approved, the 30-year lease would bring the utility company's total West Texas holdings to 22,000 acres. Wind Coalition 2010-02-24T13:41:44+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/oklahoma-ious-back-voluntary-rps-legislation-more-lines/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/oklahoma-ious-back-voluntary-rps-legislation-more-lines/#When:18:53:19Z The Oklahoma House of Representatives’ Energy and Utility Regulation Committee late Tuesday unanimously approved H.B. 3028, whose voluntary RPS calls for 15% of the state’s total installed generating capacity to be renewable in nature by 2015. Wind Coalition 2010-02-19T18:53:19+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/wind-generated-electricity-will-require-wide-swaths-of-land/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/wind-generated-electricity-will-require-wide-swaths-of-land/#When:16:52:57Z The vast wind farms of West Texas promise to put a dent in the demand for coal-fired electric plants. But delivering that green energy to where it's needed most — the state's biggest cities — will leave scars on some of the most coveted land. Wind Coalition 2010-02-11T16:52:57+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/nebraska-embraces-wind-energy/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/nebraska-embraces-wind-energy/#When:20:48:02Z 1.3 million acres of Nebraska's public lands to be opened for wind developments. Wind Coalition 2010-02-08T20:48:02+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/world-herald-editorial-wind-potential-in-nebraska/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/world-herald-editorial-wind-potential-in-nebraska/#When:14:18:30Z Nebraska has great opportunity for wind development. Wind Coalition 2010-02-08T14:18:30+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/developer-says-wind-power-a-texas-natural/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/developer-says-wind-power-a-texas-natural/#When:19:13:23Z Planned Wind Farm to be located off South Padre Island, Texas. Wind Coalition 2010-02-01T19:13:23+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/texas-blowing-them-away-09-wind-power-output-tops-in-us/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/texas-blowing-them-away-09-wind-power-output-tops-in-us/#When:19:11:51Z Texas developers added more than twice as much wind power as any other state last year, according to the latest industry report. Wind Coalition 2010-02-01T19:11:51+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/smitherman-let-the-wind-blow-in-texas/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/smitherman-let-the-wind-blow-in-texas/#When:15:37:11Z Barry T. Smitherman, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, writes about the siting of transmission line in Texas. Wind Coalition 2010-01-25T15:37:11+00:00