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Daugaard Dedicates Crow Lake Wind Project

In continuing celebration of juche, Governor Dennis Daugaard travels to White Lake today to dedicate the Crow Lake Wind Project. (Expect to hear the term self-reliance at least three times in the Governor's speech.) This new wind farm, which has…

Noem Proposes Accelerating Wind Power on Federal Land

Man bites dog: Congresswoman Kristi Noem does something I like! She has introduced a bill to make it easier to build wind power on federal lands: The Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act would cut up to two…

Nunda Wind Project Blocked by Lack of Regulation

A few weeks ago, Shelli Gust helped me explain how the proposed update of Lake County's zoning ordinance actually increased land-use options. But 9.4% of the county electorate was more interested in poking fingers in various commissioners' eyes than in…

Bird Lovers, Federal Regulations Kill Xcel ND Wind Project

While Dakota War College is busy flogging the tired Michele Bachmann meme of light-bulb oppression and regurgitating central party agitprop, it misses a chance to beat greenies over the head with their own greeniness. Xcel Energy just announced that it…

South Dakota Farms Get Small Return on Renewable Energy

KELO blips an AP report on the USDA-NASS 2009 On-Farm Energy Production Survey. This first-ever count of renewable energy use in agriculture finds a tiny percentage of South Dakota farms are installing wind turbines and solar panels and saving a…

Basin Electric Suspends NextGen Coal Plant; DoE Cancels EIS

Last year Basin Electric said it was "re-evaluating the timeline" for its NextGen coal-fired power plant near Selby. Looks like the re-evaluating is over: NextGen is nixed. From today's Federal Register: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYWestern Area Power Administration Notice of Cancellation…