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Announcements (Updated 2/14/08)

The Virginia State-Based Anemometer Loan Program based at James Madison University was established in 2001 and has served more than 30 sites throughout the Commonwealth since then. In 2007, the program was temporarily halted to allow time for equipment upgrades and program assessment. The Virginia SBALP will resume operation, with updated mission and protocols, in Spring 2008.

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Wind News in the Region

Wind is Given 2nd Look As Energy Needs Grow, Washington Post (Aug. 3rd, 2008)

Community Wind Energy 2008, Windustry (Feb. 28th, 2008)

USDA Outreach Conference at Virginia State University, USDA (Feb. 28th, 2008)

2008 Renewable Energy Workshops, North Carolina Wind Energy (Feb. 25th 2008)

Wind farm proposed near Elkins, Charleston Gazette (Feb. 13th, 2008)

An Island Of Energy, Daily News Record (Feb. 6th, 2008) 

History

The State-Based Anemometer Loan Program (SBALP) was established in early 2001 by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Wind Powering America initiative out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. This program loaned 10 anemometers (wind measuring devices) to James Madison University (JMU). SBALP was created from the Native American Anemometer Loan Program. This program allows tribes to borrow anemometers and use them to measure their wind energy resource. Because the anemometers are borrowed there is no cost to the tribes for measuring their wind energy resource.