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		<title>Chile environmental body OKs 310-MW wind farm project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Chile&#8217;s environmental regulator has given the green light to the third and last portion of energy firm E-CL&#8217;s $685 million wind park project, which is expected to generate up to 310 megawatts, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The three wind parks in the mineral-rich north of the country are planned near the town of Calama, close to many huge copper mines, including state-owned Codelco&#8217;s Chuquicamata and Radomiro Tomic deposits. Steep power prices and uncertain future supply are&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mainstream halts work on Chilean project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power has halted building work on the 18MW Laguna Verde project in the Valparaíso region of central Chile amid reports the project had suffered criminal damage. According to the reports, local opponents to the project have repeatedly sabotaged machinery leading to fears of greater damage in the future once the project&#8217;s 1.5MW turbines are installed. Mainstream confirmed it has dropped the project. In a statement it said it had decided to focus on larger-scale projects such&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation claim stops 112MW build</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The construction of Ecopower&#8217;s 112MW Chiloe wind farm has been suspended after the Chilean supreme court found that a local indigenous community had not been properly consulted during the environmental impact approval process. The court ruled that the company had failed to consult the community in accordance with United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention 16 &#8211; ratified by the Chilean government in 2008 &#8211; which protects indigenous and tribal peoples&#8217; rights. Chilean-Swedish-owned Ecopower is seeking a revision of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Victory highlights: March 24–30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[United States Wind power tax credit again dies in Senate National Wind Watch March 29, 2012 Legislation that would have extended lucrative tax credits for wind power development companies died in the Senate today when supporters failed to get the needed 60 votes to end debate. This was the third failed attempt this spring to extend the production tax credit, which expires at the end of the year. Without the promise of that crucial subsidy, developers are already having a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>High court suspends Ecopower wind farm on Chiloe Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Chile’s Supreme Court suspended on Friday the environmental approval of a controversial wind farm planned for Chiloe Island in southern Chile. Many scientists and environmental groups had expressed concern that the Chilean-Swedish owned Ecopower’s plan to construct 56 wind turbines on Mar Brava beach at Chiloe could threaten one of the most important habitats in the Southern Hemisphere for the endangered great blue whale due to increased boat traffic and possible acoustic contamination from the construction and operation of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chile’s supreme court halts wind farm project and orders consultation with Mapuche people</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On Friday, March 23rd, the Chilean Supreme Court handed down a decision in favor of a Huilliche-Mapuche community who were trying to stop Ecopower — a Chilean-Swedish company — from building 56 wind turbines on the island of Chiloé. The Huilliche community claimed, among other things, that they were never effectively consulted about the project and that the project would negatively affect Mapuche ceremonial sites and burial grounds. The Supreme Court agreed that consultation had not occurred and ordered that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chile supreme court blocks 112 MW wind project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Chile&#8217;s supreme court yesterday ruled against the environmental permit awarded to the 112 MW Chiloe wind power project due to the lack of preliminary consultations with local indigenous communities. The appeal against the project came from the indigenous community of Antu Lafquen de Huentetique. The appeal was initially rejected by Chile&#8217;s Puerto Montt court of appeal in October 2011. However, the supreme court said that the environmental authorities had acted arbitrarily by not making necessary consultations with the community. Therefore,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Could the wind turbines of Chile harm blue whales?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/could-the-wind-turbines-of-chile-harm-blue-whales/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[From a hill overlooking lush pastures on Chiloé Island in Chile, Gicella Saldivia and her family manage a small organic farm and restaurant. Bird-watchers arrive by the busload to marvel at the mix of native and migratory species on nearby Mar Brava Beach. You might assume that a scene this bucolic, and an energy source as clean as wind power, would be a good fit. But Saldivia and many of the 160,000 residents of this 8,000-sq km (3,000 sq-mile) Patagonian&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists look to halt Chile&#8217;s newest wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/scientists-look-to-halt-chiles-newest-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Critics are concerned about the population of endangered blue whales off the coast. Leaders of the Center of Cetacean Conservation (CCC) and NGO Ecoceanos gathered at Chile’s presidential palace Wednesday morning with a petition bearing the signatures of over 40 international scientists urging President Sebastián Piñera to halt the construction of a wind farm in Chiloé approved in August. “In the name of the international scientific community we request an environmental impact study for the project,” said CCC President Bárbara&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chilean wind farm faces turbulence over whales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Off the northwest coast of Isla Grande de Chiloé in southern Chile (map), cold-temperate waters influenced by the west wind drift pound against the South American continent. This flow, also known as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, causes nutrient-rich water to collide with land, generating a phytoplankton bloom and an abundance of krill. It&#8217;s a veritable buffet for the world&#8217;s largest mammal, the great blue whale. On average, weighing 200 tons and at 100 feet (30 meters) from head to tail,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Aprueban construcción de megaparque eólico en la isla de Chiloé</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/03/aprueban-construccion-de-megaparque-eolico-en-la-isla-de-chiloe/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[[Giant wind farm approved on Chiloé island] La iniciativa representa una inversión privada de US$ 235 millones y será capaz de generar 112 Mw de potencia. Como la mayor inversión privada que ha llegado a la isla en la historia de Chiloé. Así describió el intendente de Los Lagos, Juan Sebastián Montes, el impacto de la aprobación del megaproyecto Parque Eólico Chiloé, que pretende instalar turbinas capaces de generar 112 Mw de energía. La iniciativa propuesta por la empresa Ecopower&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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