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		<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>
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		<title>FPL wants nuclear power to be counted as alternative energy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida Power &#038; Light officials told state regulators today that nuclear power should join solar and wind as a renewable energy source in Florida.  
&#8220;I think the goal, the intent is to have the most material impact on greenhouse gases,&#8221; said Eric E. Silagy, FPL&#8217;s chief development officer in explaining why Florida&#8217;s Public Service Commission should reconsider the definition. Since nuclear power plants do not burn fuel, there are virtually no air emissions, such as greenhouse gases that may .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green refunds sought from FPL</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A petition filed with state regulators says some Florida Power &#038; Light customers should be entitled to refunds for participating in a discontinued green energy program.  
Florida Power &#038; Light&#8217;s customers who contributed millions of dollars to a much-criticized green energy program should be entitled to refunds, says a Jupiter energy consultant in a document filed with state regulators.
Thomas Saporito, who has a long history of battling the state&#8217;s largest utility, filed a formal petition with the Public Service .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mandates on the use of renewable energy would have a profound impact on the environment, but at what cost&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A crucial argument about the best way to combat global warming comes down to two alternatives that may seem deceptively simple:
• Force utilities to make a certain percentage of electricity from renewable resources, such as solar and wind.
• Make utilities pay a stiff fine for the greenhouse gases they produce from coal and natural gas, then let the utilities figure out the most economical way of reducing their emissions.
How this plays out could mean a big hit to Floridians&#8217; wallets.
Some .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Most St. Lucie County Commission candidates in agreement at environmental forum</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Environmental concerns assumed center stage at a &#8220;Green Forum&#8221; for County Commission candidates Friday night.
About 60 people heard office seekers for Districts 3 and 5 answer a series of questions posed by Indian Riverkeeper Kevin Stinnette and designed to elicit their positions on conservation issues.
Whether Republican or Democrat, most were in essential agreement. They oppose the construction of wind turbines on Hutchinson Island, support tax breaks and expedited permitting for builders using eco-friendly construction and realize the need for early .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL Group profits drop 48 percent; Loss fueled by plunging net income in renewable energy</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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FPL Group Inc., owner of Florida&#8217;s largest utility, reported a 48 percent drop in its net income for the second quarter Thursday largely due to a massive drop in profits for its renewable energy subsidiary.
FPL reported a small rise in quarterly earnings for its other subsidiary, Florida Power &#038; Light Co.
FPL Group Inc., the largest U.S. producer of wind power, said second-quarter profits fell 48 percent on a drop in the valuation of energy contracts. Its net income declined to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Angry regulators close FPL renewable energy program</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[FPL&#8217;s renewable energy program, which had 39,000 customers, was closed after a panel learned most of the money went to marketing and administration.
For almost five years, Florida Power &#038; Light trumpeted green energy, saying customers could help the environment by contributing as little as &#36;9.75 a month to buy renewable power.
About 39,000 customers signed up. In April, the U.S. Department of Energy called the program, Sunshine Energy, one of the top 10 residential green power programs in the country.
On Tuesday, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSC pulls plug on renewables program</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Customers who enrolled in Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s Sunshine Energy Program to help develop renewable energy apparently were getting a lot less than what they bargained for, according to the Florida Public Service Commission.
As a result, commissioners on Tuesday put an end to the program, which had been subcontracted out to am Austin, Texas company, Green Mountain Energy Company.
An audit last year found that most of the &#36;9.5 million collected from more than 38,000 customers, who paid an additional .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Surfriders launch online petition against FPL&#39;s wind turbine plan</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Treasure Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has launched an online petition opposing Florida Power and Light Co.&#8217;s plan to construct wind turbines on St. Lucie County beaches.
The petition was created in response to an April 1 meeting between the Treasure Coast Surfrider executive board and FPL officials to discuss the location and engineering plans for the six industrial wind turbines FPL plans to build on Hutchinson Island.
Surfrider began circulating the petition in early May. The online petition allows .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Lucie County wants its own independent turbine study</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORT PIERCE — County officials are pushing forward to find an independent consultant to review Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s environmental impact study on wind turbines and expect to have a proposal in hand by the end of next week, said County Administrator Doug Anderson.
The county has a contract with Taylor Engineering Inc. of Jacksonville. Anderson said Taylor Engineering would contract with consultants who can review FPL&#8217;s studies on its wind turbine project and can provide the county with its .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines offer little for St. Lucie</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even if we trusted Florida Power &#038; Light, and we would be fools to, how do you think FPL’s industrial wind turbines could possibly be “exactly what the doctor ordered”?
What exactly are they supposed to do for this county?
Lower your FPL bill? No, wind power costs three times nuclear power. We see from the Sunshine Energy program you may not even get what we think we are paying for.
FPL says, “Sunshine Energy provides 150 kw of PV installations for each .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local Surfrider Foundation protests FPL turbines with more than 1,000 signatures</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Treasure Coast chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has gathered more than 1,000 signatures against Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s wind turbine project on Hutchinson Island, the group announced late Wednesday.
FPL wants to place six wind turbines on property it owns near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, including three at Walton Rocks beach, land that is owned by FPL and was formerly leased to the county. The county has asked FPL to continue the lease, a request the company continues .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/03/local-surfrider-foundation-protests-fpl-turbines-with-more-than-1000-signatures/</link>
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		<title>Web site launched by TC Surfrider</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Treasure Coast Surfrider has created a Web site to better inform its members and the public of beach- and waterway-related issues.
TC Surfrider, the Martin and St. Lucie County Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world&#8217;s oceans, waves and beaches.
Although TC Surfrider has its hands involved in numerous matters, by visiting www.tcsurfrider.org, its evident the group&#8217;s biggest fight is against Florida Power &#038; Light&#8217;s proposed wind turbine project at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Could wind power work in Florida&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the push to stop global warming, many experts are hearing a mighty rushing wind.
Clean and abundant wind power in vast stretches of America is not only far cheaper than solar, but as oil prices soar, it&#8217;s proving to be less expensive than natural gas, a prime source of the nation&#8217;s power.
At present, wind provides only 1 percent of U.S. electricity, but a federal report predicts the wind could be providing 20 percent of American power by 2030.
&#8221;Wind is ready .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke and mirrors at FPL</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trust us, they said.
Trust us, because we&#8217;re the largest developer of alternative sources of energy in the world. We really know what we&#8217;re doing.
Trust us to build wind turbines near your coastline. Yes, they&#8217;d be very tall, but don&#8217;t worry. After all, we live here, too.
Trust us, we wouldn&#8217;t do anything to harm the environment, to hurt birds and wildlife. This is our home, too you know.
The &#8220;we&#8221; here is Florida Power &#038; Light Co.
I&#8217;m sorry, but recent revelations about .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bulk of FPL money for renewable energy goes to start-up costs</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most of the money that Florida Power &#038; Light Co. collected from customers to develop alternative energy sources has not been used for that purpose, a state audit has found.
The bulk of the &#36;9.5 million raised in FPL&#8217;s Sunshine Energy Program between 2004 and 2007 was paid to a contractor in Texas for salaries, office expenses, business travel, research, marketing and a public relations consultant to administer the program, according to the audit findings. Auditors estimated that the contractor, Green .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study says turbines may affect wildlife</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HUTCHINSON ISLAND — Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s proposal to put six wind turbines on company-owned property near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant might affect several threatened species of wildlife, according to a recently released analysis by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
According to the findings, FPL&#8217;s proposal would have &#8220;a substantial adverse impact&#8221; on federally managed fisheries in the south Atlantic region and wetlands, the report states. It also may affect, though not likely adversely, the threatened eastern indigo .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Lucie planners consider hiring consultant on turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[St. Lucie County planners may hire an outside consultant to review Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s plans for six wind turbines on South Hutchinson Island, a move that&#8217;s likely to delay a county decision for weeks if not months.
Assistant Growth Management Director Robin Meyer said this week he asked Florida Atlantic University officials if faculty members can review the project, but hasn&#8217;t received a response.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not an expert on wind velocities,&#8221; Meyer said. &#8220;Some independent experts should take a look .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL asks state to keep audit of green energy program secret</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For months, the state has wanted to know how FPL has spent about &#36;10 million it collected from customers to develop alternative energy sources.
Last week, Florida&#8217;s Public Service Commission released its audit of Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s Sunshine Energy Program after it challenged whether the energy giant has made good on the program&#8217;s promises.
But the audit findings are secret at FPL&#8217;s request.
On Thursday, the company filed a petition with the commission to revamp the program, which invites its customers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Lucie wants continued use of FPL land</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 09:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[St. Lucie County&#8217;s desire for public beach access could give Florida Power &#038; Light Co. a big bargaining chip when it seeks approval to build six wind turbines on land it owns on South Hutchinson Island.
County Administrator Doug Anderson has written to FPL asking the company to renew an agreement that expired in 2006 so the county can continue to maintain a parking lot and restrooms at Walton Rocks Beach, FPL&#8217;s 24 acres near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant.
&#8220;The lease .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine skeptics grill Florida Power &#038; Light official</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND — As Florida Power &#038; Light Co. gets closer to a public hearing on its wind turbine plan, skeptics of the project have plenty of questions left unanswered.
What about the effect on birds? Or sea turtles? And why put turbines in St. Lucie County in the first place?
Nick Blount, external affairs manager for FPL on the Treasure Coast, tried to answer some of those questions from about 20 members of the Conservation Alliance of St. Lucie County .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine opponents in St. Lucie County meet fundraising goal </title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 10:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Florida Power &#038; Light Co.’s plan to put wind turbines on Hutchinson Island have exceeded their goal in raising enough money for a legal defense fund.
The Save St. Lucie Alliance started the fund last week with the goal of raising &#36;10,000 by Friday in order to hire a land-use attorney who could represent them in opposing the six wind machines planned for FPL property at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The group has an account set up through .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine plan gains support from National Resources Defense Council</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HUTCHINSON ISLAND
Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s controversial plan to bring six wind turbines to the island gained some support Monday from the National Resources Defense Council.
Nathanael Greene, director of renewable energy policy for the New York-based group, wrote a letter to commissioners touting the potential for wind energy in the state and asking that FPL receive a fair hearing.
&#8220;We support the development of properly sited wind power as a component of our clean energy policy in Florida,&#8221; he wrote.
The county .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Money is FPL’s main motivation with wind-turbine project</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 09:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An insult under the guise of alternative energy, Florida Power &#038; Light is trying to get its St. Lucie Wind Project approved before the public becomes educated while spinning the issues with half-truths and omissions. There are gross flaws in the company’s proposal that insult the intelligence of St. Lucie County citizens all under the guise of alternative energy!
First and foremost, the prevailing winds on Hutchinson Island are not sufficient to generate the power claimed by FPL. After adjusting for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Save St. Lucie Alliance targets Palm Beach County attorney to combat FPL project on Hutchinson Island</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public hearings on Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s wind turbine plan still are months away, but opponents already are gearing up for a serious fight.
The Save St. Lucie Alliance started a Legal Defense Fund this week in the hopes of hiring a land-use attorney who can represent residents opposed to putting six wind machines on FPL property near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The group had raised &#36;3,600 by Friday and has a goal of raising &#36;10,000, which is the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/17/save-st-lucie-alliance-targets-palm-beach-county-attorney-to-combat-fpl-project-on-hutchinson-island/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine supporter doesn&#39;t see dead birds</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I must take exception to a recent letter by Mr. Donald Santos. Does he have an agenda?
Santos is CEO of Santos Construction Co. in Port St. Lucie, on the board of directors of the National Association of Home Builders, the Florida Home Builders Association and the Treasure Coast Builders Association.
Ooohhh, I see. He’s a contractor. He sees dollars where I see dead birds — an estimated 12 eagles/osprey/hawks per year.
Less than 2 percent of the electricity in the United States .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Leasing the ocean for wind harvesting</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[At a point beginning three nautical miles from the U.S. coastline and extending 200 nautical miles seaward lie the vast, federally-controlled waters of the outer continental shelf. There the winds and waves are consistent, the currents strong, and the human activities minimal: conditions ideal for marine renewable energy projects.
Federal laws limit the leasing of the outer continental shelf for energy harvesting almost entirely to oil and gas explorers. Or at least until now. A federal agency in April announced 16 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/12/leasing-the-ocean-for-wind-harvesting/</link>
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		<title>Area wind is strong enough for turbines, study claims</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study projects average wind speeds on Hutchinson Island would be strong enough for Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s wind turbine plan to work, the company announced Tuesday.
The study was done by WindLogics Inc., a company owned by FPL Energy, a sister company to FPL. The findings project the average wind speed would be 13.8 mph, enough to generate 13.8 megawatts of power or enough electricity for about 3,600 people, according to a company news release.
The total height of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines not economically viable</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[You would think solar power would be the prime green energy alternative in the Sunshine State. However, perhaps because of the enormous tax subsidies for wind projects, Florida Power &#038; Light is trying to persuade the public to bet on wind. But FPL’s claims of the turbines powering 3,600 homes simply do not add up.
FPL plans to use the Siemens SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines. Using FPL’s generous “estimate” of Florida “offshore” winds of 14.5 mph and its generous estimate of a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Common sense and turtles</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The city of Fort Pierce has issued an edict (April 7 City Commission meeting) requiring all residents of condominiums on the beach to pull down shades, turn off lamps and batten down the lights to aid sea turtles in their search for nesting sites and ensuring hatchlings make their destination in the right direction — east.
The lights confuse the turtles and cause the hatchlings to move toward land lights rather than toward the ocean. If we follow this line of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>End talk of wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[We know from the data given by various wind turbine manufacturers that 15 mph winds are the lowest threshold for the turbines to be marginally effective.
The Southeast Regional Climate Center at the University of North Carolina posts the average wind speed for selected cities in the Southeast regardless of wind direction and from Vero to Palm Beach there isn’t a single month that averages more 11 mph (www.sercc.com/climateinfo/historical/avgwind.html).
The U.S. Department of Energy states Florida doesn’t have enough wind for wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rates may soar if green electric bills are passed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Floridians struggle to pay the soaring cost of gasoline and home insurance, energy legislation that could cause a significant increase in Florida&#8217;s electricity rates is breezing through the Legislature with little scrutiny.
House and Senate energy bills backed by Gov. Charlie Crist are packed with incentives &#8212; grants, rebates and tax credits &#8212; to promote the use and development of renewable energy.
Both bills, however, call for state regulators to require electric utilities to produce a certain percentage of their power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine project waste of money</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The headline was: FPL poll: 80 percent support wind turbines.
Wind, solar, wood chips, cow chips and corn (biofuel) might be good supplements, but they will not solve our energy problems. It is now being reported that generating fuel from food sources (corn, for example) is causing “global hunger.”
Back to wind turbines. Local topography can enhance or restrict wind flow. Downslope winds off mountain ranges represent ideal locations as do narrow mountain passes and river canyons. (I do not think Florida .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey supports turbines, FPL says</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after scaling back a plan to put wind turbines on Hutchinson Island, Florida Power &#038; Light Co. officials released a survey Wednesday attesting to what they say is broad support across St. Lucie County for the more modest proposal.
But wind turbine opponents questioned the survey results, with some claiming that the timing of their release was a sign that public opinion might be turning against the power company&#8217;s &#36;45 million plan to build the first wind farm in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/03/wind-farm-wont-please-everyone-epuron/</link>
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		<title>St. Lucie County wants to share objections to location that was formerly proposed for turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Although Blind Creek Park is no longer under consideration for wind turbines, County Commissioners wanted to make sure their objections to the site were still sent on to state officials.
Commission Chair Joe Smith sent a letter Monday to the state Acquisition and Restoration Council, which was set next month to consider a request for an easement at Blind Creek Park to allow for wind turbines. The park is state-owned land leased and managed by the county.
FPL .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal for turbines near Walton Rocks draws concern</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ST. LUCIE COUNTY — In the future, going to catch a few waves or taking the dog for a walk at Walton Rocks beach might involve driving past a wind turbine first.
Although public lands are no longer being considered for Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s wind turbines proposal, three of the remaining six machines would be near public beach access at Walton Rocks. All six are proposed for FPL property near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant.
Although FPL officials said Tuesday .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Change is in the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[First there were nine; now there may be only six wind turbines on Hutchinson Island.
Florida Power &#038; Light Co. withdrew its proposal Tuesday to site three wind turbines on publicly owned conservation land at Blind Creek Beach, in the face of likely defeat. A majority of St. Lucie County commissioners made it pretty plain which way the wind was blowing.
So the utility retreated to its own land near the nuclear power plant and settled for six turbines.
Will that cut down .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL pulls plan for wind turbines at Blind Creek</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[St. Lucie County shouldn&#8217;t allow wind turbines anywhere on Hutchinson Island even though Florida Power &#038; Light Co. cut its plan from nine to six turbines, several residents told county commissioners Tuesday night.
&#8220;FPL&#8217;s proposal for six windmills on its own property has all of the same environmental concerns as Blind Creek Park,&#8221; said Julie Zahniser of the Save St. Lucie Alliance.
She said there are threatened and endangered species in that area, and she doubts there&#8217;s enough wind to make it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL backs off on state beach wind-farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bowing to unexpected public opposition, Florida Power &#038; Light is abandoning plans to use a state-owned beach on Hutchinson Island for Florida&#8217;s first industrial wind farm.
Instead, the utility will try to confine a smaller version of its original &#36;61 million clean-energy proposal on its nearby coastal property, adjacent to its St. Lucie nuclear-power plant.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve spent a lot of time listening to the concerns of commissioners as well as the residents of St. Lucie County, and that&#8217;s what led us to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL drops bid to put wind turbines on public land</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public lands are off the table.
That was Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s message Tuesday morning as the company announced it would no longer pursue three wind turbines on state-owned land at Blind Creek Park. Instead, it will move ahead only with the six turbines proposed for land it owns around the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant on Hutchinson Island.
The issue was set to go before the County Commission tonight, as commissioners were to consider writing a letter to the state denying .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL won&#39;t build wind turbines on public land</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida Power &#038; Light Co. said today it will abandon plans to build three wind-power turbines on public land in St. Lucie County.
Instead, the utility will pursue its plans to build six other turbines on land it owns at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant on Hutchinson Island. 
In talks with reporters today, FPL officials cited residents&#8217; concerns about using public lands for the 400-foot turbines, which would have been built on Blind Creek Park.
The St. Lucie County Commission was scheduled .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FPL won&#8217;t put wind turbines at park in St. Lucie County</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the use of public lands off the table, the next battle in the war over bringing wind turbines to Hutchinson Island is beginning to take shape.
Florida Power &#038; Light Co. announced Tuesday morning it would no longer pursue turbines on state-owned land managed by the county at Blind Creek Park and would instead move ahead with just six turbines on land it owns around the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant.
Local residents packed commission chambers for Tuesday&#8217;s commission meeting where the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines vote goes before St. Lucie commissioners tonight</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s plan for wind turbines on Hutchinson Island comes to a head tonight as County Commissioners vote on whether to recommend use of state-owned land at Blind Creek Park for the project.
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at county commission chambers, 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce. Signs advertising the meeting have popped up on protest signs along Indian River Drive, where many residents are opposed to the proposal.
FPL wants to place three wind turbines on state-owned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Activist: Turbine battle not over</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s plan to put wind turbines on South Hutchinson Island still hope to have a large crowd at tonight&#8217;s St. Lucie County Commission meeting even though a majority of commissioners have said they oppose building the turbines on public land.
&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to get our people out, but many have the impression we&#8217;ve already prevailed,&#8221; said Julie Zahniser of the Save St. Lucie Alliance.
Those who do show up will be clad in red or orange .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Lucie County wind farm plan in doubt after island residents oppose it</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HUTCHINSON ISLAND &#8212; Jutting 400 feet into the sky, the 2.3-megawatt turbines proposed for Florida&#8217;s first industrial wind farm would be more than twice the height of the tallest condo on this narrow barrier island.
The whirling blades would have a reach wider than the wingspan of a Boeing 747. The gears would be housed atop a 262-foot tower, in a box bigger than a bus. And the whole 300-ton assembly would rest near the dunes on a two-story concrete pad .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/03/17/st-lucie-county-wind-farm-plan-in-doubt-after-island-residents-oppose-it/</link>
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		<title>St. Lucie County expects to vote on turbines next week</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The St. Lucie County Commission is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to send a letter to the state&#8217;s Acquisition and Restoration Council opposing Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s proposal to put wind turbines on publicly owned Blind Creek Park on Hutchinson Island.
The park is owned by the state and the South Florida Water Management District but leased by the county. So far, at least three commissioners have publicly rejected the idea of using the conservation land for FPL&#8217;s &#36;60 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Lucie officials, activists say wind-farm idea is mostly hot air</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HUTCHINSON ISLAND &#8212; Jutting 400 feet into the sky, the 2.3-megawatt turbines proposed for Florida&#8217;s first industrial wind farm would be more than twice the height of the tallest condo on this narrow barrier island.
The whirling blades would have a reach wider than the wingspan of a Boeing 747. The gears would be housed atop a 262-foot tower, in a box bigger than a bus. And the whole 300-ton assembly would rest near the dunes on a two-story concrete pad .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Last gasp for FPL plan</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With a majority of St. Lucie County commissioners opposing Florida Power &#038; Light Co.&#8217;s plans to put three giant wind turbines on conservation land at Blind Creek Park, that part of the nine-windmill project is dead. Three cheers.
The project does not belong on land the county and state paid to preserve. FPL still could place six 400-foot windmills on its land near the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant on Hutchinson Island, if the county approves a change to height restrictions, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Corrine Fredrick, a new activist</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s dead — or on life support, at best.
The news that three county commissioners went public this week against the Florida Power &#038; Light Co. wind turbine project on Hutchinson Island effectively seems to have killed the idea. All we&#8217;re lacking now is the official obituary.
Paula Lewis was the latest to make up her mind, following Doug Coward, but it was the project&#8217;s chief proponent — Chris Craft — who turned a few heads Tuesday when he announced his .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines at Blind Creek now opposed by 3 of 5 St. Lucie commissioners</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Three out of five county commissioners are now publicly against putting wind turbines at Blind Creek Park.
Commissioner Paula Lewis said she is now against Florida Power &#038; Light Co. putting three wind machines on the state-owned land that is managed by the county. She said she was swayed by staff memos that said it would be impossible to replace the land lost at Blind Creek Park by the project.
“Staff&#8217;s input was there was no way to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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