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Tuesday, September 27, 2011  Colorado Springs Utilities is weighing developers' proposals to build what would be its first wind power project.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  It says 20 miles of new overhead transmission lines will bring electrical output generated by the new turbines to the power grid.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010  The Obama administration has approved what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, inching the U.S. closer to harvesting an untapped domestic energy source — the steady breezes blowing along its vast coasts.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010  An Xcel Energy Inc. company has agreed to buy power from a new wind farm in eastern Colorado that will bring up to 200 construction jobs.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  David Gonzalez of BP Wind Energy says plans call for adding up to 127 turbines with a generating capacity of up to 300 megawatts on 30,000 acres east of the existing turbines.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  A community wind-power project on Colorado's northeastern plains will receive $2.5 million in federal stimulus funds.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009  The Department of Energy's Berkeley Lawrence National Laboratory analyzed nearly 7,500 single-family homes sales between 1996 and 1997 near 24 wind farms in nine states. The findings released Wednesday conclude there wasn't a widespread impact on property values within a five-mile radius of wind power projects.

Monday, November 02, 2009  Proposed Cape Cod wind farm could hit snag on tribes' claim turbines would ruin ancient ritual

Monday, July 06, 2009  The wind farm will be built by Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C. Duke says the project will have 34 turbines on 6,000 acres near Burlington, about 150 miles east of Denver. It's expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Monday, November 17, 2008  When we think of wind power what we often picture are large-scale wind farms. But just like with solar panels, there is a growing movement for wind power on a smaller scale.