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[wind.alert] February Wind.Alert from Windpower Monthly

WIND.ALERT FOR FEBRUARY 2005 FROM WINDPOWER MONTHLY

As you requested, here is a taste of the top news stories and
special opinion pieces just published by Windpower Monthly.
The text-bites below are quick summaries of a small selection
of articles in the latest issue of Windpower Monthly and on
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A SELECTION OF NEWS HEADLINES FROM OUR TOP STORIES

* Proposed high charges for Scottish power transmission
 slammed by renewables group
* Spain's Ecotécnia sets ambitious foreign targets for wind
 turbine supply
* Lawsuits loom in Germany and EU over Vestas wind turbine
 service monopoly
* New Australian legislation hotly debated as wind development
 looks likely to stall
* US developers cite 1970s legislation in push for purchase
 contracts

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FOCUS COLUMN -- ONLINE-ONLY

* Danger on the horizon in Australia
Australia has long been seen as one of the key emerging
markets for the wind power industry and in recent years has
lived up to that reputation. The federal government's Mandated
Renewable Energy Target (MRET) has been the major driving
force behind the country's wind development with the
installation of 380 MW from virtually nothing prior to the
legislation's introduction a few years ago. Last June the
government refused to increase MRET or enhance the
legislation for the foreseeable future. As a result...
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OPINION COLUMN --  FROM THE MAGAZINE

* The CO2 smokescreen
The European Commission is to present its proposal for a
European climate strategy, aster which state leaders will
decide on the EU's climate targets. In this backdrop of
idealism, that should be good news to the wind industry,
the focus could hardly be more timely...
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