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		<title>Wellington County finally sets its wind turbine policies</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After many months, Wellington County coun­cil has formally approved its policy for hydro generation by wind power.
Council passed an official plan amendment at its June meet­ing to make formal all the rules for wind turbines.
There was only one person who addressed council the day it made its decision. Gary Pundsack, of Energy Wind Can­ada, told council his com­pany has been planning for wind energy in Mapleton since 2004. “I’m very keen to get started,” he said, noting that phase one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Suncor signing agreements with land owners for wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A spokesperson for Suncor Energy says the company has been signing land optioning agreements with Huron East residents to gain access to their land to study wind resources with plans to develop a wind power project over the next few years.
Coral Hulse says the Alberta-based company has been meeting with local landowners since January and has been studying wind conditions in the rural area bordered by Winthrop Road, Manley Line, Highway 8 and Division Line.
But plans for the project can .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>NSP tries to clean up logjam; Utility asks regulator to let projects breeze through</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lineup of clean energy projects looking to hook up to Nova Scotia’s power grid could impede Nova Scotia Power from meeting the province’s 2010 renewable energy target.
&#8220;It is an obstacle and a hurdle that we need to overcome,&#8221; said Margaret Murphy, spokeswoman for the utility.
On Wednesday, NSP asked its regulator, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, to step in and allow seven wind projects that won renewable energy contracts from the company this spring, to jump the queue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/07/nsp-tries-to-clean-up-logjam-utility-asks-regulator-to-let-projects-breeze-through/</link>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind energy companies eyeing the Fraser Valley</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alternative energy makers are eyeing the Fraser Valley as the next possible region for wind farms, after a spring call by the provincial government for submissions of bio-energy projects, such as run-of-river micro hydro facilities and windmills. BC Hydro is asking power producers to submit proposals that collectively will add up to 5,000 gigawatt hours [GWh] of clean or renewable energy per year, enough to power 500,000 homes.
The prospect has wind generation proponents, and the sector&#8217;s advocacy group, Canadian Wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/05/wind-energy-companies-eyeing-the-fraser-valley/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Prime property for wind turbines; County on radar of green power companies</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The high cost of energy and the push for green power has prompted a gold rush of sorts, as companies eye Renfrew County as a host for a series of ambitious wind power projects.
While still far from certain, several companies have made serious inroads into making large scale wind generation here a reality, with others making inquiries.
Test sites and leasing agreements with landowners are being lined up, some of which could be ready to proceed as early as the next .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/02/prime-property-for-wind-turbines-county-on-radar-of-green-power-companies/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Bigger states balk at chipping in for N.H. transmission lines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Positions taken by officials in Connecticut and Massachusetts are thwarting plans to construct several renewable energy projects in New Hampshire’s North Country.
Governors of the six New England states met July 9 for their New England Governors Conference meeting in Boston to discuss energy and try to forge, among other things, an agreement on funding new transmission lines to bring electricity from remote wind and biomass power plants in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to the urban centers on the Eastern .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not much benefit to wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Intelligencer&#8217;s July 25th editorial, &#8220;Trenton should carefully consider wind energy&#8221; is as ill-informed about wind turbines as the title suggests. Wind energy concerns Prince Edward County; Picton, not Trenton, is the seat of government; and the highly proclaimed economic benefits of wind farms are questionable.
The financial gains are modest. Lump-sum payments under amenities agreements do little more than compensate for the cost of new or improved infrastructure. After the wind farm is constructed, there remain only a few .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/31/not-much-benefit-to-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Shoreline turbines may double</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans are in the works to double the number of Kruger Energy Company&#8217;s 44 wind turbines along the Lake Erie shoreline.
The Chatham Daily News learned Wednesday the Quebec- based company plans to submit its project expansion proposal to the Ontario Power Authority before November.
Jean Roy, Kruger&#8217;s vice-president of operations, said the current &#36;270-million project will be fully operational by late September.
Roy, along with other top company officials, including vice-president Jacques Gauthier of Montreal, held a wind farm construction update and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/31/shoreline-turbines-may-double/</link>
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		<title>Road use is only wind farm issue for KHR</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even though there are no wind turbines planned for properties in the township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, that hasn’t stopped concerned residents from voicing their opinions to Mayor Janice Visneskie and the councillors.
The mayor, who is also the warden of Renfrew County, said at last week’s KHR council meeting that she’s hearing both positive and negative comments about wind farms. Her concern for KHR is “whether our roads will be used and what protection we have if they’re damaged.”
She .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/30/road-use-is-only-wind-farm-issue-for-khr/</link>
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		<title>Green Shift more a wealth shift</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a person with an environmental engineering degree, I was very eager to attend Liberal party leader Stephane Dion&#8217;s town hall meeting last week to gain more information about the Green Shift. However, what I saw was less of an environmental plan and more about winning votes through wealth redistribution.
I&#8217;m sure many in the crowd loved the platitudes. After all, who doesn&#8217;t care about our children&#8217;s future? Who doesn&#8217;t want a cleaner, more prosperous country? Dion is being a demagogue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/30/green-shift-more-a-wealth-shift/</link>
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		<title>County gives nod to wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A majority of Prince Edward County councillors say they are ready to embrace wind energy.
Council defeated a motion Monday that would have put a freeze on several wind turbine projects proposed for the county.
The defeat allows for six companies to move forward with plans that proponents say will bring millions of dollars in revenue to the county and benefit the environment.
A &#8220;procedural interim bylaw&#8221; recommended by the planning department would have put a ban on wind turbine development for up .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/30/county-gives-nod-to-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Wind power proponents will have to play waiting game; Regional policies should be in place by fall</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Farmers hoping to build wind turbines in West Lincoln will have to wait until September to allow regional policies to be put in place.
A public meeting concerning wind energy policies and rules will be held at the September 8 planning committee meeting in West Lincoln.
Currently, there is a delay on the creation of any wind energy facilities within the region, so that policies can be put in place prior to the processing of any winder energy project applications.
But there has .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/30/wind-power-proponents-will-have-to-play-waiting-game-regional-policies-should-be-in-place-by-fall/</link>
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		<title>Winds of discontent; Firm insists wind turbines are safe, but critics of Innisfil park plan insist they won&#39;t stop fighting</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opponents of a proposed wind farm in Innisfil say they&#8217;ll continue their fight to halt the project.
Schneider Power Inc. wants to construct five wind turbines on about 200 acres of land between Line 5 and Line 6, east of Highway 400. The company has had two wind turbines operating on Manitoulin Island since March 2007.
The Innisfil wind turbines would be anywhere from 79 metres to 108 metres to the hub (the final height has yet to be determined), plus another .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/winds-of-discontent-firm-insists-wind-turbines-are-safe-but-critics-of-innisfil-park-plan-insist-they-wont-stop-fighting/</link>
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		<title>Wind Turbines; Offensive industrialization of human space</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[People are barking up the wrong tree by promoting, or succumbing to, wind turbine construction regardless of where it is proposed and how many there might be. Many North Americans are infected with tunnel vision and erroneously appear to believe that turbine generated energy is somehow linked to reversing the growth in and impact of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
There exists NO evidence anywhere that Turbine energy is substituting for or displacing fossil fuel dependence, nor is there any evidence .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/wind-turbines-offensive-industrialization-of-human-space/</link>
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		<title>Windmill parts may cause traffic delays</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Metro Moncton drivers will likely experience some delays while travelling throughout the region beginning today as the first of the windmills headed for Albert County are transported.
The Department of Transportation issued a traffic advisory warning drivers of delays starting today and continuing until mid-September.
The highways affected include Routes 1, 2, 128, 15 and 114. As well, Findlay Boulevard, Gunningsville Boulevard, Route 910 and Prosser Brook Road will be impacted. Drivers on Pine Glen Road to Osbourne Corner will also likely .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/windmill-parts-may-cause-traffic-delays/</link>
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		<title>Protests mounting against county wind farms; Opposition meeting Aug. 2</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Momentum is growing in a protest movement against the proliferation of wind farm projects in Prince Edward County.
The fledgling opposition group Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) is holding a public meeting at 10 a. m., Aug. 2 at Milford town hall specifically to discuss plans for wind turbine power generation plans in the county.
Janice Gibbins, who founded the organization with her husband Gord, said they hope to draw people to the event to show &#8220;there are two sides .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/25/protests-mounting-against-county-wind-farms-opposition-meeting-aug-2/</link>
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		<title>Maritime First Nations strike &#36;5M wind turbine deal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Fredericton-based First Nations company Maliseet Energy Corp. is partnering with a Newfoundland company to test new wind turbine technology in New Brunswick.
Jet-Age Wind Inc., also a First Nations company, based in Stephenville, N.L., struck a &#36;5-million deal with Maliseet Energy to conduct preliminary testing on a new wind turbine that, if successful, could lead to a wind farm and manufacuring facilities in the province.
Paul Gallant, president of the privately-owned Jet-Age Wind, said the new technology could generate wind power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/24/maritime-first-nations-strike-5m-wind-turbine-deal/</link>
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		<title>Questions and answers on planned wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A 20-turbine wind farm is planned for the Rossway-Gulliver’s Cove area of Digby Neck by the Scotian WindFields, in partnership with SkyPower Corp. Since the May announcement, Digby Neck has been abuzz with questions about the development.
The Courier passed along some of those questions to Barry Zwicker, president of Scotian WindFields:
Q: People have heard about ‘infra noise’. “It’s not necessarily what you hear. The vibrations are also there,” they have been told.
A: Infra noise has been studied and while .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/questions-and-answers-on-planned-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Still in the preliminary stages</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The company behind a wind farm project in Norwich Township has far to go before it could see 100-metre-tall turbines in the fields near Curries Road and Middletown Line.
That is something Bart Geleynse, Prowind Canada Inc.&#8217;s project manager for the Gunn&#8217;s Hill wind farm, wants to make clear.
A full-page ad petition from concerned area residents appeared in the July 12 Oxford- Review. It expressed anger that many residents were not informed earlier and expressed fear over potential health and agricultural .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/still-in-the-preliminary-stages/</link>
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		<title>Setbacks seen as setback; C-K turbine numbers will be reduced</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A decision from Chatham- Kent council to boost the turbine setbacks near shorelines had wind energy officials shaking their heads on Tuesday.
Councillors made the changes during the previous night&#8217;s meeting after a spirited debate.
Jay Wilgar, AIM Powergen&#8217;s vice-president of field operations, said the company is determining exactly what this could mean for its proposals, in particular, its Erieau-Blenheim project.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve been spending the day trying to figure out how we&#8217;re going to react to this whole thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/setbacks-seen-as-setback-c-k-turbine-numbers-will-be-reduced/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Wind Watchers are concerned about climate change</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am compelled to respond to the two recent letters published in The Scope related to the proposed wind turbine project in Innisfil.
Both letters imply that the Innisfil Wind Watchers, who are opposed to this project, are not concerned about climate change and our need for renewable energy and a greener future.
Not only are we concerned and committed to it, but several of us have demonstrated our commitment through actions. Two executive committee members operate green agricultural operations that are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/wind-watchers-are-concerned-about-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Turbine setbacks debated</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There will be a little more room near the shores of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, as Chatham- Kent council tweaked its wind turbine setbacks Monday.
Setbacks &#8212; or minimum distances from a structure or site &#8212; have been a source of controversy since wind energy companies first showed an interest in the municipality.
Tom Storey of Storey Samways Planning provided a report with recommendations and comparisons to other centres with turbines.
He said the figures are realistic in minimizing the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/turbine-setbacks-debated/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>RCMP turbine on the fritz again</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WEST AMHERST – What was once fixed is now broken again.
The RCMP multi-million-dollar wind turbine is on the fritz again after being repaired last fall.
“There was a lightning strike that fried some components last year, but we believe this time it’s an electrical circuit inside the control room that blew out,” Const. Paul Calder of the Cumberland RCMP said recently.
Calder said officials from Atlantic Orient, who erected the turbine, have indicated this turbine is the only one that’s been having .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/rcmp-turbine-on-the-fritz-again/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm gets green light</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Essex town hall packed as council approves rezoning for controversial project
Green or not, wind power continues to hotly divide the community.
With more than 70 people overflowing into the hallway outside, town council approved a rezoning request Monday for a &#36;100-million project by AIM PowerGen for 24 giant turbines spread over about 1,400 acres of farmland roughly southwest of Harrow.
But before that councillors heard more than two hours of arguments from those for and against.
Supporters &#8212; mostly farmers with turbine leases .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/wind-farm-gets-green-light-3/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Stephenville company signs agreement for wind technology</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jet-Age Wind Inc. has signed an agreement with a company in New Brunswick to test a prototype of its new jet turbine wind technology.
The agreement with the Stephenville company has been inked with Maliseet Energy Corp. of Fredericton, N.B. to test the technology as the first phase of a multi-phase development plan.
Paul Gallant, company president, said the agreement will see $5 million of investment to test the prototype and it is expected to flow into the second phase, which is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/22/stephenville-company-signs-agreement-for-wind-technology/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Judith Gap Wind Farm taking toll on bats, birds</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An estimated 1,200 bats, most of them probably just passing through Montana, were killed after striking wind turbines at the Judith Gap Wind Farm between July 2006 and May 2007, according to a post-construction bird and bat survey.
The number surprised Invenergy, which owns the farm, as well as government and private wildlife experts.
&#8220;It&#8217;s killing 1,200 bats a year and that&#8217;s a lot more than anybody anticipated,&#8221; said Janet Ellis of Montana Audubon, a bird conservation group.
TRC Solutions of Laramie, Wyo., .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/20/judith-gap-wind-farm-taking-toll-on-bats-birds/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Large wind farm unlikely for Caledon</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unlikely a commercial-sized wind farm will be churning in Caledon after council decided to support the requests of several citizens at a council meeting July 8.
Town council approved a minimum set-back for windmills from residential dwellings of 500 metres, lower than the 800 metres petitioners were asking for, but higher than Ministry of the Environment (MOE) standards.
Residents raised concerns about a proposal for a commercial wind farm on the Limbeer Farm at Willoughby and Beechgrove Roads in Alton.
&#8220;We are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/19/large-wind-farm-unlikely-for-caledon/</link>
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		<title>Big wind blows into the County; Skypower intends to erect 66 wind turbines in Hallowell and Sophiasburgh</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans to build the largest industrial wind energy project yet proposed for the County was unveiled at a municipal planning committee meeting yesterday. Toronto&#8217;s Skypower Corporation said they intend to erect 66 wind turbines north of Picton in Hallowell and Sophiasburgh, clustered around the high voltage substation at Elmbrook.
Skypower officials said they have accumulated more than 12,000 acres under option with more than 50 farmers and landowners. The proposed Byran Wind Farm stretches from County Road 1 in the south, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/18/big-wind-blows-into-the-county-skypower-intends-to-erect-66-wind-turbines-in-hallowell-and-sophiasburgh/</link>
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		<title>Wind farms to threaten local tourism</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that the Parry Sound region is home to some of the windiest places in Ontario.
Preparations are already underway to erect a number of wind farms in the area, including one locally on Parry Island. The Ontario Power Authority has also recently commissioned a study suggesting that the 30,000 Islands are a prime location for Commercial Offshore Wind Farms.
In today’s day and age we are all concerned about climate change, carbon emissions and anything we can do .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/18/wind-farms-to-threaten-local-tourism/</link>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Huge wind turbines arrive by rail today</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A train carrying the first wind turbines to be set up in B.C. will be passing through Prince George today.
Specially commissioned for the task, the train is tentatively expected to reach the city at 1 p.m. as it makes its way north to the future home of the Dokie wind farm, 40 kilometres northwest of Chetwynd.
It&#8217;ll will be quite the sight, said Ron Percival of Earthfirst Canada Inc., which owns the farm.
&#8220;These are pretty impressive machines and the blades on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/17/huge-wind-turbines-arrive-by-rail-today/</link>
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		<title>Nova Scotia green-lights wind farm on Nuttby Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[
Nova Scotia has given conditional approval for a large wind farm between Truro and Tatamagouche that&#8217;s expected to generate power for 15,000 homes.
EarthFirst Canada Inc. plans to spend more than &#36;70 million on up to 21 turbines along Nuttby Mountain, the highest point in mainland Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Environment Minister Mark Park approved the project earlier this week on the condition that EarthFirst submit an environmental protection plan and monitor birds and bats in the area.
Linda Chambers, CEO of EarthFirst, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/16/nova-scotia-green-lights-wind-farm-on-nuttby-mountain/</link>
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		<title>Meeting gives wind turbines a guilty verdict</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[People from across the Madawaska and Bonnechere Valley regions packed a public meeting at the Killaloe Lions Hall last Wednesday night to hear the case against proposals for a series of wind power turbines planned for this corner of Renfrew County.
The public meeting, called by opponents of the power-generation projects proposed by four different companies, was told of plans for a series of wind-power generation facilities across this end of Renfrew County. Critics focused on five concerns:
• The impact of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/16/meeting-gives-wind-turbines-a-guilty-verdict/</link>
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		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Residents fear Lake Uist project could harm wells</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LOCH LOMOND — Area residents concerned about how a proposed wind/hydro energy development may affect the quality and quantity of water in their private wells say they’re planning to hire a lawyer to try to ensure their interests are protected.
The community held a meeting Saturday to discuss the Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. proposal. About 70 people attended, many of whom are seasonal residents of the area and knew little about the project, organizer Joan Farrar said Monday.
The company’s plan would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/15/residents-fear-lake-uist-project-could-harm-wells/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines still down</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Replacing the gearboxes in six faulty wind turbines at East Point in Prince Edward Island is taking longer than expected.
The Vestas turbines were shut down in March after problems were discovered in the gearboxes during routine inspection. Three of the 10 turbines on the site are still not operating.
The province, which owns the wind farm, expected the work to be completed by the end of June. The turbines are under warrantee, and Vestas is paying for the repairs as well .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/14/wind-turbines-still-down/</link>
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		<title>Lack of will, lack of funds wiping out migratory birds</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Birds are in big trouble in North America. A recent study found 127 species of neotropical migratory birds are in decline. How badly? The Black-chinned Sparrow population has fallen 89 per cent over the past 40 years, the Cerulean Warbler is down 83 per cent, and Sprague&#8217;s Pipit population has declined by 81 per cent.
So drastically have overall migratory bird populations fallen that one scientist who compared weather satellite images over time, found that migrating bird flocks were 50 per .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/14/lack-of-will-lack-of-funds-wiping-out-migratory-birds/</link>
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		<title>Push for clean energy may capture the Lake Erie winds</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines continue to rise from New York State landscapes, and more are in the pipeline. But don’t be surprised to see them rising out of Lake Erie.
As powerful and consistent as the winds blow across land, they are even more powerful over water.
And as the push for clean, renewable energy sources intensifies, wind power advocates are focusing more and more attention on just how much more wind is available in the lake — and how to overcome the challenges .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/13/push-for-clean-energy-may-capture-the-lake-erie-winds/</link>
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		<title>Wind energy project halted; Canso councillor skeptical</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the town of Canso votes to decide it&#8217;s future, one of their renewable energy projects has potentially hit the skids.
Councillor Fin Armsworthy says Mayor Ray White called him Wednesday morning to inform him that the rezoning of land for Invert Energy&#8217;s five wind turbines needs to be reviewed again at the next council meeting.
Armsworthy notes that a big concern of his is that the project was supposed to bring in &#36;35,000 for Canso&#8217;s budget next year.
He says he remains .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/11/wind-energy-project-halted-canso-councillor-skeptical/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine marketers are full of hot air</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain travelled to Oregon in mid-May to deliver the definitive climate change speech of his campaign. He spoke in Portland, at the U.S. headquarters of Vestas Wind Systems AS, a Danish company that markets wind turbines around the world. He started on a self-deprecating note. &#8220;Today is a kind of test run for this company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got wind technicians here, wind studies and all these wind turbines. But there&#8217;s no wind. So now .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/11/wind-turbine-marketers-are-full-of-hot-air/</link>
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		<title>Wolfe Island wind farm construction begins</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Workers widen roads, build new ones to prepare for arrival of 86 giant turbines
The first shovels went into the ground on Wolfe Island this week for the start of construction on a &#36;400-million wind power mega-project.
Workers are widening some roads and building new ones in the rural community to prepare for the arrival of 86 giant turbines via barge on Lake Ontario, expected to begin as early as next week.
The wind farm is expected to be operational by this Christmas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not in anyone&#39;s backyard</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Small communities howling over wind turbines
Business, July 9
This article on the proposed wind turbine project in Innisfil was misleading. The height of the proposed towers is not 100 ft. but will be well over 350 ft. This project does not have the support of Innisfil council or most of its residences. This is not a case of NIMBY; it is a case of &#8220;not in anyone&#8217;s backyard.&#8221;
Wind energy has noise problems and other health issues associated with it. There .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Province reviews energy rules; Proposal would pull plug on some renewable power projects</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proposed changes to Ontario&#8217;s rules for renewable power projects will prevent some new ones from starting up in the province.
Environmental groups and renewable energy experts say the changes would put the brakes on a recent upsurge in renewable power projects in the province and could have dire affects on the burgeoning &#8220;green&#8221; power industry in Ontario.
&#8220;[The existing program] is attracting a lot of investment internationally in the province in the area of renewable energy so it&#8217;s very important that the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents share input on proposed wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 75 local residents attended an information session on the proposed wind farm near Aulac last Thursday evening (July 3), with some leaving with the feeling the session wasn’t enough.
Held at Tantramar Regional High School, the open house information meeting was hosted by Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc., the company responsible for the project to construct a 64.5-megawatt wind farm comprised of 43 wind turbines near Aulac.
Acciona had representatives readily available to answer questions or concerns from community members .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama is blind to the energy reality</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canadians prefer Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama over Republican candidate Senator John McCain by an approximate margin (averaging the results of three public opinion polls published in the past month) of three to one. Canadians prefer Mr. Obama, in other words, by a wider margin than Americans do. This means that proportionately more Canadians will be inevitably disappointed by an Obama presidency. For one thing, some of Mr. Obama&#8217;s promises will be essentially impossible to keep.
Take, for example, Mr. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Small communities howling over wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Innisfil resident Gaye Trombley held a news conference yesterday to protest plans for a small wind farm in her fast-growing Ontario community, legendary oil baron T. Boone Pickens unveiled an energy plan calling for wind power to supply 20 per cent of United States electricity needs.
Both messages yesterday were clear: the stunning growth in wind power across North America is just getting started, and not everybody is happy about it.
The stage is being set for a battle usually associated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm neighbours air concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed new wind farm is drawing concerns from local residents and businesses.
Yesterday, a citizens group called the Innisfil Wind Watchers met with members of the local media to express concerns over a proposed set of wind turbines that would be operated by Schneider Power. Town officials expect to host a public meeting on the turbines in September.
If approved, five 120-metre high turbines would be built on a 200-acre stretch of agricultural land between the 5th and 6th lines, near .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windwatchers oppose wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new group called Innisfil Windwatchers is launching a campaign to stop the construction of a wind turbine farm.
The group, made up of businesses and residents near the proposed site on the east side of Hwy. 400 at Concession 5, held a press conference at Avalon Orchards Tuesday morning.
Schneider Power Inc. wants to build five 80-metre tall turbines with 40-metre long propellers, which will generate electricity for the local hydro grid.
But the group not only disagrees with the location, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble swirling over wind park plan</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[INNISFIL &#8212; Opposition is blowing strong and hard against a proposed wind turbine farm here along Highway 400.
The Innisfil Wind Watchers are trying to whip up interest about the project, which would build five, 390-foot-high turbines on 200 acres of agricultural land on the highway’s east side.
Group members say its the wrong location for a project of this size.
“It is not a wind farm, it’s an industrial wind power plant,” said Mike Escheli of Wind Watchers.
“It’s huge, and it’s going .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines have safety concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The safety of the citizens of Chatham-Kent is being compromised by improper siting of industrial wind turbines.
The General Electric wind turbine &#8220;Ice shedding and ice throw &#8212; risk and mitigation&#8221; manual states that &#8220;1.5 x (hub height + rotor diameter) is the formula for calculating a safe distance for turbine siting from roads and public areas.&#8221; That is approximately 240 meters; not the 50 metres from roads and property lines that is being used in Chatham-Kent.
The Safety Regulations for Operators .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm to be built on Tantramar Marshes; Forty-three turbines to go up on marshes between Sackville and Aulac</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vistas on the picturesque Tantramar marshes once dotted by marsh barns will soon be home to 43 wind turbines.
At an open house held in Sackville on Thursday night, 75 residents and land owners took the opportunity to meet with officials from Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. and their partners to learn more about the pending project.
Panels were on display for attendees to read, representatives from the companies involved were on hand to answer questions and comment cards were available to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents dig in against power line</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A small but determined group of Tsawwassen residents continued their fight to prevent high-voltage power line construction Thursday by blocking access to their neighbourhood with parked cars.
&#8220;The trucks came and tried to get in and we wouldn&#8217;t move our cars,&#8221; said resident Tina Ryan, who took part in the morning action on 13A Street.
A handful of cars were parked along the narrow roadway, apparently not violating parking laws but making access for large trucks impossible.
Ryan said the B.C. Transmission Corporation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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