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	<title>National Wind Watch: News &#187; Americas</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Battling becalming influences</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With energy prices and global warming on the national agenda, the executive director of the American Wind Energy Association should be coasting through this political season. 
Instead Randall Swisher is lobbying Republicans and Democrats in Congress to reauthorize a &#36;334 million tax credit set to expire at the end of this year. 
&#8220;You would think it would be a slam dunk to get it done, given the fact that all these candidates are using wind turbines in their campaign ads,&#8221; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind-power disconnect: Transmission problems, turbine demand threaten growth of wind-generated power</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[All the wind turbines in the world won’t reduce the need for fossil fuels if transmission lines don’t connect the power those turbines create to the energy grid.
In fact, transmission difficulties – along with high demand for wind turbines – are generating concern that Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy that it might not be able to meet a 2007 request to use at least 500 megawatts of power generated by community-based wind farms.
Xcel’s concern about the rapidly transforming state of the competitive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/wind-power-disconnect-transmission-problems-turbine-demand-threaten-growth-of-wind-generated-power/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Proposal would bring 125 turbines to Kandiyohi County as part of &#36;500M wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ATWATER — If things go as planned — and there are a few ifs — a bumper crop of wind could be harvested in a 100-square-mile area around Grove City, Atwater and Kandiyohi within the next decade. 
If enough land leases are secured, if there are enough local investors, if a large equity investor can be wooed and if access to the electrical transmission system is granted — a wind farm with 125 wind turbines sprouting from the ground and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/proposal-would-bring-125-turbines-to-kandiyohi-county-as-part-of-500m-wind-farm/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm plan generating plenty of opinions; Input being sought on Innisfil proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are the breezes blowing favourably for a wind farm in Innisfil? 
Area residents will have an opportunity next week to comment on a five-turbine wind farm proposed by Schneider Power Inc. on about 200 acres of land between Line 5 and Line 6, east of Highway 400. 
The public meeting will take place on Wednesday from 7:15 p. m. to 9:15 p. m. in the new town offices at 2101 Innisfil Beach Rd. 
The company has requested a zoning bylaw .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/wind-farm-plan-generating-plenty-of-opinions-input-being-sought-on-innisfil-proposal/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Tax on energy firms sought</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers rallied this week in support of a local law that would pre-empt the state’s automatic property tax exemptions for new wind power plants, solar energy systems and farm methane waste digesters. 
The law would position the county’s Industrial Development Agency as the prime negotiator on payments- in-lieu-of-tax e s agreements with several wind farm developers scouting sites for about 200 turbines in the county. 
Members of the county Operations and Finance committees meeting Wednesday .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/tax-on-energy-firms-sought/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Harvard to install wind turbine on Holyoke Center</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harvard is planning to install small-scale wind turbines on top of the Holyoke Center and a parking garage, according to a media report. 
While the wind turbines are not expected to generate a significant amount of electricity for Harvard, they will function as “outward symbols of our commitment to renewable energy and sustainability here on campus,” James Gray, associate vice president for Harvard real estate services told The New York Times. 
Small-scale wind turbines, which are installed on top of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>New Mesa Transmission plan sounding better to residents</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[VERNON (Special) — Area residents seemed to be more receptive to presentations made by representatives of Mesa Transmission LLC at a local meeting held Thursday evening than in previous meetings. 
Many property owners were outraged earlier in the summer when letters from Mesa suggested T. Boone Pickens’ company might use the power of eminent domain to seize land for placement of water and power lines. But the language at the Thursday meeting was more palatable to most. 
The project originally .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/new-mesa-transmission-plan-sounding-better-to-residents/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Geography, location play role in helping wind energy projects become profitable</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Location can make or break any good business, and a wind farm is no exception. 
Put one in the right location, and it&#8217;s a cinch it will be built. 
But a poor choice can just as quickly kill a project. 
&#8220;Make no mistake, this is all about the production and the money,” said Greg Adams, a technical consultant who develops wind farms for Edmond-based Chermac Energy Corp. 
&#8220;I can build a wind farm anywhere in the state of Oklahoma. To .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/geography-location-play-role-in-helping-wind-energy-projects-become-profitable/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Opposition group offers deal to Horizon Wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Energy is still waiting in the wind in Logan County. 
And the opposition group is staying somewhat quiet about its intentions. 
The period for Union Ridge Wind to appeal the zoning board of appeals’ decision to grant Horizon a conditional use permit for the construction of 29 wind turbines in northern Logan County expires Oct. 15. 
Rick Porter, attorney for URW, said he is aware of the deadline but will not give a definitive answer on the group’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/06/opposition-group-offers-deal-to-horizon-wind/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Prattsburgh wind turbine dispute in Supreme Court</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s up to a judge to settle a dispute over a plan to build wind farms in the town of Prattsburgh. 
When completed, the wind turbines would be similar to the ones now being built in Cohocton. 
Friday lawyers for people opposed to the eminent domain proceedings went before a judge to try to stop it.  Their lawsuit says the town supervisor, whose vote allowed the project to go forward has a conflict of interest, because he helped First .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/prattsburgh-wind-turbine-dispute-in-supreme-court/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Board sets sights on commercial turbine standards</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SANDWICH &#8212; In an attempt to prepare for the possible increase in requests for using alternative forms of energy, planning board members agreed to form a subcommittee that will be charged with studying and writing a bylaw for commercial and municipal wind turbines. 
At Tuesday night’s meeting, a subcommittee of the Sandwich Energy Committee asked board members to support forming this subcommittee. 
The request was prompted by the realization that there are no standards on the books if and when .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/board-sets-sights-on-commercial-turbine-standards/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>DTE wants to &#39;get serious&#39; about siting wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HURON COUNTY — Representatives from DTE Energy were in the area Wednesday to give an update on the company’s progress in researching and planning a possible future wind park development. 
Some recent developments entail the refining of easement agreements the company has made with grantors, said Matt Wagner, DTE Energy manager of wind site development, during Wednesday’s Huron County Planning Commission meeting. Grantors are property owners who sign easement agreements with DTE for wind development purposes. 
“We made some changes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/dte-wants-to-get-serious-about-siting-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Townships beware!</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone is in favor of renewable energy 
After one and one-half years of study and by majority vote, the Potter County Planning Commission passed a wind facility ordinance and forwarded it to the Potter County Commissioners for fine-tuning and adoption. 
The commissioners have studied the turbine issue now for seven months. They have studied reports, visited numerous industrial wind installations, personally talked with industrial wind developers, local government leaders, and people whose homes have been devalued (and their lives seriously .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/townships-beware/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines: Prove they&#39;re safe</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I applaud the Potter County Commissioners&#8217; new wind farm regulations (Endeavor, Aug. 19). 
The burden of proof lies with the wind developers. They need the hard scientific evidence proving their setbacks and regulations will protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. 
As for the state&#8217;s model wind ordinance, the press release for this document states it is a &#8220;template that local governments can adjust to their specifi c needs.&#8221; There are no hard and fast standards. 
Also, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-turbines-prove-theyre-safe/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Bylaw amendments spark debate; Industry upset with MD changes</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proposed amendments to Bylaw 1140-08 drew harsh words from representatives from the wind power industry present at the Municipal District Council Meeting on Aug. 26. 
The proposed amendments outlined in Draft Bylaw 1152-08, which seek to add new land use restrictions on wind turbines, were prepared by Development Officer Roland Milligan and reviewed by Chief Administrative Officer Loretta Thompson on Aug. 19, and presented to the Council for approval on Aug. 26. 
The crux of the proposal was the addition .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/bylaw-amendments-spark-debate-industry-upset-with-md-changes/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Commission approves wind farms in east Carbon Co.</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Carbon County Planning Commission has approved the construction of 2 new wind farms on land zoned for ranching, agriculture and mining in the eastern part of the county. 
The planning commission on Wednesday issued a conditional use permit for PacifiCorp&#8217;s High Plains and McFadden Ridge wind projects. 
The project is now subject to approval by the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council, which will consider the issue next week. 
PacifiCorp officials say the project will produce a total of 188 megawatts, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/commission-approves-wind-farms-in-east-carbon-co/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbine hearing Monday</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cohasset could be on its way to getting its two biggest fans — wind turbines, that is. This coming Monday, Sept. 8 at 8p.m., the Planning Board will begin what will likely be a series of public hearings on an application proposing two wind turbines on the Graham Waste site off Route 3A. 
The project application, put forth by a private developer, proposes the installation of two 1.65-megawatt sized wind turbines.  
The application is a landmark project as it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-turbine-hearing-monday/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine plan faces fine-tuning</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Watson, Young apply brakes; wind power proposal moves back to P&#038;Z  
KINGMAN &#8212; Proponents of wind turbines attended Tuesday&#8217;s City Council meeting en masse, hoping to see Council pass a text amendment to provide a new set of building standards that would pave the way for turbines to be built throughout the city.
But it was not to be &#8212; not yet anyway. Turbine supporters left the meeting dejected, following Council&#8217;s 5-1 vote to send the amendment back to Planning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/turbine-plan-faces-fine-tuning/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbine farm proposed for Dawn-Euphemia</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Work is underway to locate a second wind turbine farm in Lambton County. 
Dawn-Euphemia council have been approached by IPC Energy and Sydenham Energy Corporation, which are partnering on a proposed project to construct up to 40 wind turbines in the south Lambton municipality that would produce up to 80 megawatts of power. 
Township clerk administrator Mike Schnare said council has set a public meeting for its Oct. 6 council meeting to gauge public support for the project. 
Schnare said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-turbine-farm-proposed-for-dawn-euphemia/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Assessment now available to public</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CEDAR CITY &#8212; The Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City and Fillmore Field Offices announce the availability of a preliminary Environmental Assessment, draft Finding of No Significant Impact and initiation of a 30-day public comment period for the Milford Wind Corridor Project. The project proponent is First Wind, LLC, &#8212; formerly known as UPC Wind Management, LLC. 
In September 2007, the BLM hosted several public scoping meetings to begin public discussions regarding this project and to obtain public comment and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/assessment-now-available-to-public/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>County exploring rules to manage rural wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SNOW HILL – Despite the national and global focus on energy sources and costs, Worcester County might not pursue an ordinance allowing small wind turbines in rural areas until at least next year 
“We’re not reinventing the wheel here,” said Commission President Virgil Shockley, a strong supporter of rural wind turbines. 
Another proponent, Commissioner Linda Busick, would like to see something on the books soon addressing the alternative power sources. 
“We need a code to deal with it so people .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/county-exploring-rules-to-manage-rural-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Washington Township puts limits on wind turbines; Law targets height, location and number per property</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Washington Township, Lehigh County, officials see wind power as a potentially clean and affordable source of energy. 
They also worry that it could be ugly and unneighborly. 
Earlier this week, township supervisors voted to limit where residents can set up wind turbines on their properties and restricted their height. The new ordinance also limits turbines to one per property, and requires the energy from them to be used only by the owner, although excess power can be sold back to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/washington-township-puts-limits-on-wind-turbines-law-targets-height-location-and-number-per-property/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17648</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind power has problems</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The analysis in the editorial &#8220;Wind power benefits outweigh negatives&#8221; is very questionable. It provides an overly-simplistic treatment of electricity generation means and bounces across a number of fossil-fuel related negatives. 
Based on this flimsy process it arrives at what is apparently an obvious and broad sweeping conclusion that wind power is &#8220;&#8230;clearly one of the best energy alternatives&#8230;&#8221; 
However, in fairness to the writer, these are the common mistakes of the conventional wisdom, which supports industrial wind power well .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-power-has-problems/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17647</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nevada]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm plan stirring a whirlwind of questions; Project could be first in Nevada, but historic district has concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rich Hamilton of Reno is planning to sow the wind; now he may reap the whirlwind. 
Hamilton is proposing a wind turbine farm on Bureau of Land Management property along the ridgeline of the Virginia Range, just east of Washoe Valley and west of Virginia City. The 72 turbines would be placed where the wind is strongest, beginning at McClellan Peak and extending northward to Geiger Summit, touching Carson City, Washoe County and Storey County. 
The whirlwind, if it comes, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-farm-plan-stirring-a-whirlwind-of-questions-project-could-be-first-in-nevada-but-historic-district-has-concerns/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17645</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind panel corrects errors; No turbines will be allowed in lakefront, riverfront districts</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[
CAPE VINCENT — There will be no wind turbines in the riverfront and lakefront districts.
Town Supervisor Thomas K. Rienbeck began the wind law committee&#8217;s meeting on Thursday afternoon by clearing up some mistakes and misconceptions about the draft amendment to the zoning law.
&#8220;No one was ever interested in it being in anywhere but the agricultural-residential district,&#8221; he said.
To that end, the committee agreed to add a setback from the riverfront and lakefront district boundaries of one and a half times .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/wind-panel-corrects-errors-no-turbines-will-be-allowed-in-lakefront-riverfront-districts/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17642</guid>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>New rules for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rhode Island’s top energy official said yesterday that proposed federal rules for leasing offshore ocean space to wind-farm operators will not conflict with the state’s own plan to select a developer to build a wind project off the coast. 
Andrew Dzykewicz, chief energy adviser to the governor, said the rules are “unlikely to interfere” with the state’s plans. But he said the state’s Office of Energy Resources plans to file its own comments about the rules to make sure there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/new-rules-for-wind-farms/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Lorain asks to borrow Oberlin’s wind gear</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The city of Lorain wants to borrow some of Oberlin’s wind power equipment to help it generate knowledge and interest in a renewable future.
Lorain Councilman Dennis Flores, D-2nd Ward, sent Oberlin City Council a letter on Lorain City Council’s behalf last month requesting the use of Oberlin’s 160-foot-tall wind monitor and data collection equipment, which currently is in storage. 
“Oberlin city and Oberlin College have placed themselves in the front ranks of those communities and institutions which strive to create .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/lorain-asks-to-borrow-oberlin%e2%80%99s-wind-gear/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17633</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>No wind turbines in my back yard, town says</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WAYNE — Residents won’t be seeing wind turbines going up close to their homes under new zoning rules adopted this week. 
The Township Council unanimously adopted the measure after a heated debate Wednesday night: Are turbines unsightly intruders with potentially damaging health effects? Or should they be accepted as just part of the skyline of an energy-independent future? 
“When you look out your back door, you don’t want to look at a nuclear power plant, you don’t want to look .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/05/no-wind-turbines-in-my-back-yard-town-says/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17632</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Holding hallowed ground</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For a company that hopes to start construction on Virginia&#8217;s first wind energy plant in the next few months, Highland New Wind Development appears to be dragging its heels. 
Recently, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation said it had not heard from the developer after requesting more information in its initial review. 
Last week, Virginia&#8217;s Department of Historic Resources said it still awaits a view shed study, among other things, before it can offer recommendations for softening the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/holding-hallowed-ground/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind company, state disagree on view study</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it too expensive to survey historic resources before Virginia&#8217;s first wind energy plant is constructed? Highland New Wind Development says it would have to fork over between &#36;50,000-&#36;75,000, or more, to do what state officials have been steadily requesting for two years. 
Beginning in 2006, Virginia&#8217;s Department of Historic Resources asked HNWD several times for an archaeological study, architectural survey, a view-shed analysis, and comprehensive site plan. HNWD argues they aren&#8217;t required, except for an archaeological study, which it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-company-state-disagree-on-view-study/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Scope of study for Draft Environmental Impact Statement</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Scope of Study for Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 
I am writing to comment on the scope of study for the DEIS that will be prepared for the Babcock and Brown (B&#038;B) industrial wind turbine project in the towns of Ripley and Westfield. Specifically, I shall be commenting on the “Work Plan for Bird and Bat Studies at the proposed Ripley-Westfield Wind Farm, Chautauqua County New York” (hereafter refereed to as the “Work Plan”). 
My credentials for commenting include .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/scope-of-study-for-draft-environmental-impact-statement/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Need windmill regulations before it’s too late</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The sudden and spectacular interest in wind turbines is here. Newspapers, magazines, and study groups all over the country are taking positions on wind turbines now and the current situation seems about like this: 
The federal government doesn’t prohibit wind turbines. Vermont doesn’t prohibit wind turbines. Wilmington doesn’t prohibit wind turbines. 
There are hundreds of small, and some large, companies in the wind turbine business around the country—several in Vermont. 
If you want to put a 300-foot turbine in your .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/need-windmill-regulations-before-it%e2%80%99s-too-late/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>E. Idaho group wants court to look at wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A limited partnership in southeastern Idaho has requested a judicial review of the Bingham County commissioners&#8217; approval of two wind farms. 
Natural Guardian Limited Partnership of Idaho Falls, started by wind-farm foe Frank VanderSloot, requested the review late last month because it said the production of energy is not in compliance with a county ordinance. 
The partnership also said there were inconsistencies within the county&#8217;s planning and zoning decisions when it came to approving the wind farms. 
&#8220;Our whole point .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/e-idaho-group-wants-court-to-look-at-wind-farms/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17623</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbines’ noise, flicker ruin countryside</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Aug. 21 letter writer who vacationed on the Jersey Shore and stated that the wind turbines added to their entertainment and enjoyment should have them in his back yard. His family doesn’t have to listen to the noise pollution when running intermittently day and night. 
They sound like the whirl of a jet engine piercing through the air. The shadow flicker created by the sun shining through the blades acts like a strobe light blinking in your windows. Wildlife .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-turbines%e2%80%99-noise-flicker-ruin-countryside/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=17621</guid>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Not leaping on &#39;green bandwagon&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[COHASSET &#8212; The privately funded wind turbine project taking shape on the Graham Waste site will likely be a lucrative project over the long term, placing its private backers firmly in the black. 
As residents of our town we should be asking ourselves, what are the true benefits of the project to the town? 
On the surface it seems that generating clean, green, renewable energy is an admirable, socially responsible thing to do. So why shouldn’t the town of Cohasset .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/not-leaping-on-green-bandwagon/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Fla. PSC OKs deals to improve renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interconnection agreements and rate changes designed to increase electricity generated from solar, wind, biomass and other renewable sources were approved Thursday by the Florida Public Service Commission. 
The actions apply to homeowners and businesses offering to sell surplus renewable power to the state&#8217;s five investor-owned utilities: Florida Power &#038; Light Co., Progress Energy Florida Inc., Gulf Power Co., Tampa Electric Co. and Florida Public Utilities Co. 
&#8221;Today&#8217;s approval will encourage eligible customers to reduce the electricity purchased from their utility .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/fla-psc-oks-deals-to-improve-renewable-energy/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind development announcement coming</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Islanders can expect to hear an announcement from the provincial government regarding wind development within the next few weeks. 
  Last Friday Premier Robert Ghiz held his first full caucus meeting in West Prince since coming to power in May of 2007. The meeting held at Northport Pier, was followed by a tour of  North Cape and other areas where wind development is underway or being considered along coastal communities of West Prince. 
 Premier Ghiz said the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-development-announcement-coming/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Official: Wind turbine impact on med flights marginal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fears about local wind turbines delaying Fond du Lac&#8217;s new medical helicopter have been blown out of proportion, a major Wisconsin energy company says. 
&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of a red herring,&#8221; said We Energies spokesperson Barry McNulty. &#8220;The concern is well overblown.&#8221;
The issue arose after Flight for Life sent a letter to area emergency response agencies about working with them to find safe landing zones in areas with wind turbines. The letter indicated the helicopter will not land amid clusters of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/official-wind-turbine-impact-on-med-flights-marginal/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Power struggle is still building</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An unprecedented battle between two utilities seeking to build key high-voltage transmission lines in southwest Kansas looked poised to stretch into the future Wednesday. 
Despite a proposed settlement aimed at allowing each company to build a portion of the project, the fight over the so-called V-plan looked likely to remain before utility regulators instead. 
Electric power providers for central and western Kansas announced late Tuesday evening that they had reached a deal with a transmission-building utility, ITC Great Plains, to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/power-struggle-is-still-building/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>State OKs &#36;4.6B purchase of NYSEG parent company</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Despite misgivings, New York regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to buy the parent company of two Upstate utilities while also owning and developing wind power facilities.
The state Public Service Commission voted 4-0 to approve Iberdrola&#8217;s &#36;4.6 billion acquisition of Energy East, the parent of New York State Electric &#038; Gas and Rochester Gas &#038; Electric.
As a condition of the deal, Iberdrola must provide &#36;275 million to help lower rates for the 1.7 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/state-oks-46b-purchase-of-nyseg-parent-company/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Ashburnham official drafts bylaw for wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ASHBURNHAM &#8212; Town Planner Eric Smith has begun circulating a proposed bylaw that would regulate public and private use of small wind energy systems. 
The draft of the bylaw, which Smith sent via e-mail to numerous local leaders, lays out guidelines and requirements for installing and using wind turbines that generate less than 60 kilowatts of energy. 
Town leaders who received Smith&#8217;s e-mail showed excitement Wednesday. 
&#8220;I think this is a good thing,&#8221; former Selectman Mark Carlisle said. &#8220;If this .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/ashburnham-official-drafts-bylaw-for-wind-power/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Commissioners place wind generators on the table</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposal to relocate 36 wind generators near Pilot Butte was tabled after the Sweetwater County Commissioners could not come to a decision about the move.
The proposal, made by Tasco Engineering would allow the company to relocate the 36 generators already approved by the commissioners to places within the approved sections to allow for better wind generation.
The company was also requesting that it have additional latitude to allow the generator’s manufacturing company to move the towers to places the manufacturing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/commissioners-place-wind-generators-on-the-table/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Sewer Commissioners warn: Wind turbine placement dangerous and illegal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you ask the Sewer Commission how they feel about wind turbines, they would probably say, &#8220;great&#8221;, but ask them how they relish the idea of placing such a structure hovering over the sewer plant and you will get a different answer. 
On August 27 the Commission wrote a four page letter to the Green Committee essentially tearing apart every aspect of the turbine, its placement and its financials. That correspondence outlines how the height of the turbine violates Kingston’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/sewer-commissioners-warn-wind-turbine-placement-dangerous-and-illegal/</link>
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		<title>Carver seeks to put solar plant on Route 44</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The town of Carver will ask state officials to consider its proposal to install a solar panel array along Route 44 to provide electricity for a town water-supply system. If the plan goes through, it would be the first time a state highway has hosted a solar power installation. 
A conceptual design calls for a rectangular assembly of solar panels 40 feet high and 325 feet long to be built on an embankment along a piece of the &#8220;new&#8221; Route .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/carver-seeks-to-put-solar-plant-on-route-44/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Deal to double wind power in the state</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State regulators approved a deal on Wednesday that will allow the construction of hundreds of new wind turbines in New York, doubling the amount of wind power capacity within a few years. 
The Public Service Commission voted unanimously to allow Iberdrola S.A., a Spanish energy conglomerate, to acquire Energy East, a Maine-based utility with operations in five states. 
Iberdrola said earlier this summer that it would invest at least &#36;2 billion in wind turbines across upstate New York if the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/deal-to-double-wind-power-in-the-state/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Panel closing in on turbine recommendation</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BARRINGTON — The Town Council will get a recommendation for a wind turbine builder at its Oct. 6 meeting, the chairman of the Committee for Renewable Energy for Barrington told the council Tuesday night. 
David Baum said the committee is in talks with the developers of two of the five turbine proposals submitted to the town. A site at the end of Legion Way, next to Brickyard Pond, is widely regarded as the best location, although many neighbors are opposed. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/panel-closing-in-on-turbine-recommendation/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Assessing the value of small wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity. He marveled the other day at how close he is to that goal, gazing at two new wind turbines atop his garage roof. They will soon be hooked to the power grid. 
“I don’t care about how much it costs,” said Mr. Beaudoin, a flight attendant with United Airlines. That would be &#36;5,000 a turbine, an expense .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/assessing-the-value-of-small-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Conneaut council blasts wind farm offer; Too many holes in contract cause concern</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[City Council in Conneaut is becoming increasingly skeptical of a proposed agreement that could help transform a large chunk of publicly owned land into a wind turbine farm. 
Council had plenty of questions Tuesday night regarding an ordinance that would sell 159 acres of the East Conneaut Industrial Park to SGR Site Associates of Willoughby. The lengthy contract, introduced for action last month, apparently is headed for a major overhaul before council gives it serious consideration. 
SGR is seeking a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/conneaut-council-blasts-wind-farm-offer-too-many-holes-in-contract-cause-concern/</link>
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		<title>Wind power&#39;s early adopters soothe the conscience, but save few bucks</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former President George H.W. Bush has one. Jay Leno does, too. So does Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett. 
They&#8217;ve all got their own personal wind turbines. 
These clean-energy contraptions, once the purview of the hemp-and-granola crowd, are fast becoming a status symbol in Hollywood, Washington and places in between. Call them vanity turbines for the high-power set.
They aren&#8217;t exactly an energy windfall. The revolutions of such relatively small turbines are so far only a slight evolution toward solving today&#8217;s energy needs. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-powers-early-adopters-soothe-the-conscience-but-save-few-bucks/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind energy to be studied in Benton County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed tower that measures the temperature and speed of wind in Sulfur Springs could bring new economic opportunities to Benton County, said Aaron Weigel, development manager of Tradewind Energy. 
The Benton County Planning Board&#8217;s Technical Advisory Committee reviewed plans Wednesday to put a 195-foot-tall meteorological tower on 80 acres off Sibley Road. The Planning Board will decide whether to approve the tower&#8217;s construction during its regular board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. 
The tower is not a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-energy-to-be-studied-in-benton-county/</link>
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