http://www.windcoalition.com The Wind Coalition's latest news and press releases. en The Wind Coalition Copyright 2010 2010-03-18T17:10:13+00:00 http://www.windcoalition.org/news/crez-line-one-step-closer-to-mills-county/ http://www.windcoalition.org/news/crez-line-one-step-closer-to-mills-county/#When:16:10:13Z CREZ transmission line will pass through Mills County, Texas. These electric transmission lines will bring wind energy generated in the competitive renewable energy zones (CREZ) located in West Texas to urban markets. Wind Coalition 2010-03-18T16:10:13+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