Designed specifically for wind energy professionals, Wind Energy SmartBrief is a FREE, daily e-mail newsletter. It provides the latest news, legislative updates and trends for the wind energy industry.&nbsp;Click&nbsp; <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/awea/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'>here</a> to subscribe.http://www.smartbrief.com/news/awea?sb_code=rsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gifhttp://www.smartbrief.com/news/awea?sb_code=rssen-us20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDThttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DE94CE418-2830-43C3-B7AE-FAFC48D22758%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DE94CE418-2830-43C3-B7AE-FAFC48D22758%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssThe Lincoln Electric System in Nebraska aims to multiply its current supply of wind energy by three times at most over the ne -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTIndustry Updatehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D84ABAD8E-8B9A-4C5B-8FBE-658482F3BCAE%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D84ABAD8E-8B9A-4C5B-8FBE-658482F3BCAE%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssTexas renewable electricity production in 2012 rose 7%, achieving 33.9 million megawatt-hours, according to a report of the E -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTIndustry Updatehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DA684C658-6B25-4DA6-B2AB-18AEB0C238AA%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DA684C658-6B25-4DA6-B2AB-18AEB0C238AA%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssWind turbine setbacks proposed in Delaware County, Ind., should be reasonably evaluated using siting rules "that both protect -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTIndustry Updatehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DC7A4B008-888A-455B-9C31-14FC87760CFB%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DC7A4B008-888A-455B-9C31-14FC87760CFB%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssGamesa said projects using its wind turbines can now request funding from Brazil's National Social and Economic Development B -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTIndustry Updatehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D0E1B0E4C-8626-4CC4-8850-8DEBD9CCB258%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D0E1B0E4C-8626-4CC4-8850-8DEBD9CCB258%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssThe Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact analysis for a wind farm in Mohave County, Ariz.  -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTProject Focushttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D546F265C-170A-4003-9256-0331400E6D43%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D546F265C-170A-4003-9256-0331400E6D43%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssWashington outpaced California and Texas in the use of renewable energy in 2011, according to data from the Energy Informatio -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTEconomy, Energy & Trendshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DB7E6EF72-6459-4606-AD22-55F73B219B6C%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DB7E6EF72-6459-4606-AD22-55F73B219B6C%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssGreen Energy Ohio is organizing a tour highlighting central Ohio's solar and wind installations initiated by a law passed in  -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTEconomy, Energy & Trendshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D5ECE3C2E-91AD-483E-A6F8-2936B169C8A2%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D5ECE3C2E-91AD-483E-A6F8-2936B169C8A2%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssPiezoelectric technology helps a skyscraper in Stockholm harvest power from the wind with thousands of straw-like strips cove -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTEconomy, Energy & Trendshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D7B32F600-172F-4E67-BF30-B2C0FBA11D37%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3D7B32F600-172F-4E67-BF30-B2C0FBA11D37%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssNorth Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed new ground rules for wind energy into law after passage by the General Assembly.  -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTPolicy Watchhttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DBCB11D16-6C1B-4A3C-95A6-0A82E014264A%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DBCB11D16-6C1B-4A3C-95A6-0A82E014264A%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3DrssThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said last week that its data centers have gone "green" to support both clean ener -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTAWEA Newshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DD9A456CB-2CA2-4AEC-827D-AE7D69940EC6%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D67990493-092A-4FFF-A6A3-BA24FDBC1FEF%26copyid%3DD9A456CB-2CA2-4AEC-827D-AE7D69940EC6%26brief%3Dawea%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3DrssMarie von Ebner-Eschenbach,Austrian writer -More- ]]>20 May 2013 14:08:35 CDTSmartQuote