Wind Turbines Not a Threat to U.S. Bird Population, Says Study
May 7, 2007
NRC report finds governmental guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy projects is lacking. Washington, DC [RenewableEnergyAccess.com].

Scoping the North for Solar Potential Northern Ontario Business
March 2007
A Toronto renewable energy developer won't confirm if Thunder Bay is in the running as the site for one of Canada's first, and North America's largest, solar farm. But an official with SkyPower Corporation acknowledges the company has been scoping out prospective sites in Northern Ontario with major development plans to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of solar energy for the provincial power grid.

Ontario green-lights energy projects
Toronto Star, Feb 28, 2007
An Ontario program designed to let small energy producers sell clean electricity to the province is beginning to bear fruit.

2006 a record breaking year for the global wind energy industry with Canada now ranking 12th in the world for total installed wind energy capacity
Feb.8, 2007
Wind energy a growing contributor to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

China Plans To Surpass Its Wind Energy Goal For 2010
Jan. 22,2007
According to officials from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), China plans to more than triple its wind power generation capacity by 2010.

New federal Renewable Power program an important step in the deployment of clean and renewable wind energy in Canada
Jan. 19, 2007
According to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), the federal government's new ecoEnergy Renewable Power program heralds another exciting period of strong growth for Canada's burgeoning wind energy industry.

100 Solar Megawatts Photovoltaic power plants to produce 10 times as much electricity
Jan. 8, 2007
When the 10-megawatt Bavaria Solarpark began opera¬tions at three German sites in 2004--with 62 acres of silicon panels able to power several thousand homes on sunny days--it was one of the largest photovoltaic plants in the world.

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