Opinion: States, Cabinet can teach GOP lawmakers about clean energy

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Coalition of 20 governors urge Trump to support renewables | Report: Wind generated 52.1% of Great Plains' electricity Sunday morning | Wind could become our main energy source, Minn. utility CEO says Created for aquarianm@gmail.com |  Web Version February 14, 2017 News for wind power professionals and advocates SIGN UP ⋅   FORWARD Industry Update Coalition of 20 governors urge Trump to support renewables The Governors' Wind & Solar Energy Coalition -- a bipartisan group of 20 governors -- has asked President Donald Trump to back wind, solar and other renewables. The coalition argues that the federal government should allocate more funds to grid modernization and clean energy research, adding that renewables are imperative to the economy of many rural communities. Bloomberg (2/13)       Report: Wind generated 52.1% of Great Plains' electricity Sunday morning (Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images) Wind farms in the Midwest generated a record-breaking 52.1% of the Great Plains region's total electricity at 4:30 a.m. Central time on Sunday, according to the Southwest Power Pool. SPP controls 60,000 miles of electrical grid in 14 states. Bloomberg (2/13)         Wind could become our main energy source, Minn. utility CEO says Wind could become Great River Energy's new baseload, said CEO David Saggau of his Minnesota-based utility, which provides power to 28 electric co-ops. "I would suggest to you that wind is quickly becoming the new baseload; and to be viable going forward, all other sources must be flexible enough to be supplemental to the wind," he said at a recent Center for Energy and Environment forum. 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The Hill (2/13)       US regulators OK proposed Gamesa-Siemens merger Antitrust regulators in the US have approved a proposed merger between Gamesa and Siemens Wind Power, according to Gamesa. The company added that all of the other countries involved in the deal have already signed off on it. ReNews.biz (U.K.) (2/14)       Policy Watch Analysis: N.D. lawmakers are divided over proposed wind policies North Dakota state Rep. Mike Brandenburg, Sen. Jessica Unruh and other legislators are divided over the future of the state's policies on wind development and taxation, according to this piece. Wind supporters argue that a bill proposed by Unruh to change the allocation of taxes generated by wind would deter counties from approving new wind farms because they wouldn't receive the same financial benefits. The Bismarck Tribune (N.D.)/North Dakota Newspaper Association (2/13)       Dutch parliament to consider proposed offshore wind farm Dutch members of parliament Liesbeth van Tongeren and Jan Vos have asked the government to consider a proposed offshore wind farm that could become operational by 2023. In 2016, the government approved a pair of offshore wind farms that would have a total capacity of 680 megawatts and 700 MW, respectively. ReNews.biz (U.K.) (2/14)       AWEA News #iheartwind 2017: Let's see what people are saying Valentine's Day 2017 marks the halfway point of this year's #iheartwind campaign, so let's take a look at why people are loving homegrown wind power. You still have 10 days to let the world know why wind energy matters to you. Fill out our sign and let us know. 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