PTC phaseout accelerating Wyo. wind boom, says expert

AWEA's Gohn: Wind firms would invest billions in Ohio with relaxed zoning | PTC phaseout accelerating Wyo. wind boom, says expert | Senvion to power Portuguese site with 100% wind energy Created for aquarianm@gmail.com |  Web Version ADVERTISEMENT May 21, 2018 News for wind power professionals and advocates SIGN UP ⋅   FORWARD Industry Update AWEA's Gohn: Wind firms would invest billions in Ohio with relaxed zoning The wind energy industry would invest billions of dollars in Ohio's wind industry if state legislators make zoning rules more favorable for wind farms, said AWEA Eastern Region Policy Director Andrew Gohn. He praised the Ohio Senate's effort to update the legislation and expressed optimism that the lawmakers would complete the task. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) (5/18)       PTC phaseout accelerating Wyo. wind boom, says expert The phaseout of the wind energy Production Tax Credit is accelerating wind development in Wyoming, says Wind Energy Research Center Director Jonathan Naughton. He expects the state to add up to 5,000 megawatts of new installed wind capacity in the next five to seven years. Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyo.) (tiered subscription model) (5/21)       5 Ways Document Security Goes Wrong If your printer doesn't provide the right protection, your business data is at stake. Document security matters and there are some easily missed ways to lose sensitive files with the wrong printer at the heart of your business. Find out how > ADVERTISEMENT Project Focus Senvion to power Portuguese site with 100% wind energy Senvion said it will install a 3.6-megawatt turbine at its RiaBlaes turbine blade manufacturing site in Portugal, providing enough energy to meet 100% of the plant's electricity needs. 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ReNews (UK) (5/21)       AWEA News No partisan divide on wind support, young Americans overwhelming in preferences A slew of surveys across 2016 and 2017 found Americans across the board supported the growth of wind energy. Now we have our first evidence from 2018 that this support continues to increase, and that we have a true rarity in today's political environment coming into focus -- there is no meaningful partisan divide in the country's preference for wind. Read more.      Learn more about AWEA: AWEA Home | Events | Take Action AWEA Facebook | AWEA Twitter | AWEA LinkedIn CAREERS IN WIND powered by State Affairs Associate AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION (AWEA) - Dist. Columbia Inside Sales Manager - Renewable Energy VAISALA -  Research & Analytics Analyst/Senior Analyst AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION (AWEA) - Dist. Columbia View More Listings | Post a Job The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. 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