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		<title>Babcock &#038; Brown Unloads Wind Energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Global investment firm Babcock &#038; Brown on Monday announced that it has sold off wind assets to Magnum Capital for &#36;1.46 billion.
The portfolio includes 515 mega watts of operating windfarms in Portugal and an additional 156 mega watts of wind farms under construction. The sale, effective immediately, will go toward paying off debt.
“We are pleased to be announcing the sale of this portfolio,” Babcock &#038; Brown&#8217;s Antonino Lo Bianco said in a statement.
Babcock &#038; Brown  in February announced plans .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>French wind farm firm Theolia blown off course</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ * Sells German wind farm to Meinl for 81 million euros 
* Cannot confirm 2008 EBITDA target 
* Drops power output targets 
* Cash position dropping 
* Cuts headquarter staff numbers by half 
PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) &#8212; French alternative energy firm Theolia announced a strategy turnaround on Monday as it scales down its ambitions and reduces costs to focus on cash generation amid the financial crisis. 
The firm, which on Friday reported flat nine-month sales of 85.1 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>B&#038;B sells wind farm assets for &#36;2.2b</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Babcock &#038; Brown Ltd (B&#038;B) has sold wind farm assets held by B&#038;B Wind Partners in Portugal for &#36;2.23 billion and will use some of the proceeds to pay down debt.
The assets were sold to a consortium of investors led by Magnum Capital.
B&#038;B said it would earn &#36;285.82 million in net proceeds from the sale of its 50 per cent share of the portfolio.
This represents a price above book value and will be used to pay down project debt secured .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power blights la belle France</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you think of the care that France lavishes on its landscape, it&#8217;s surprising that so little has been done to control the proliferation of ugly wind farms. 
Rather belatedly, a small revolt is now brewing against what the opponents see as a state-subsidised racket in the name of sustainable development. 
Over the past couple of years there has been a rush to install the great white turbines that go in French by the pretty name of éoliennes &#8212; from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Firm proposing Mass. wind farm announces overseas plans</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the wind energy technology companies seeking to develop a wind farm off the Massachusetts coast has announced plans to build a full-scale, 3.5-megawatt prototype in Brittany, France, based on the deep-water platform concept it is promoting for the United States. 
Blue H Technologies said it has become partners with European companies for the project and applied to work with other partners. In December 2007, Blue H launched the first large-scale prototype submerged deep-water platform off the coast of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Founding of the European Platform Against Windfarms &#40;EPAW&#41;</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Paris today, on the occasion of the international demonstration against wind farms, German, Belgian, Spanish and French federations and associations have founded the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW). 
This project has received the support of colleagues from 16 countries representing several hundred federations and associations.
The founding members of this platform have agreed to make the following declaration:
1) Ecological deception and financial scandal
It has now been proved that industrial windpower does not reduce CO2 emissions and therefore does not contribute .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>French wind power sector eyes eightfold growth by 2020</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[French wind power is on track to grow eightfold in the next 12 years, but increasing hostility towards green energy, red tape and soaring costs are obstacles, the head of the renewable energy industry body said on Thursday. 
The 27-nation European Union agreed in 2007 that renewable sources should make up 20 percent of the energy mix by 2020 to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, but EU lawmakers and governments must still back draft directives to implement it. 
France aims .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vent de fronde sur l&#39;éolien</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Le projet de loi sur la mise en oeuvre du Grenelle de l&#8217;environnement sera examiné à partir du 6 octobre. Celui-ci prévoit une augmentation historique du nombre d&#8217;éoliennes en France. Les anti-éoliens se mobilisent. Réunis en collectif, ils manifestent à Paris samedi.
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«  Trop c&#8217;est trop. Moi je ne vois plus que ça. Les paysages, il y en a beaucoup qui les oublient juste pour de l&#8217;argent. Car, c&#8217;est juteux vous savez&#8230; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Eolien: manifestation samedi contre &#34;le programme démentiel&#34; du Grenelle</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PARIS &#8212; Un collectif d&#8217;associations de défense du patrimoine et de fédérations hostiles aux mâts d&#8217;éoliennes appelle à défiler samedi à Paris contre &#8220;le programme démentiel&#8221; du Grenelle de l&#8217;environnement pour l&#8217;éolien en France.
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Le &#8220;Collectif du 4 octobre&#8221; revendique l&#8217;adhésion de quelque 160 associations plus les soixante appartenant à la Fédération du développement durable (FED), a indiqué lundi à l&#8217;AFP l&#8217;un des organisateurs, Jean-Louis Butré.
Le Collectif, dans un communiqué, évoque une &#8220;erreur .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>At least you get to debate windfarms&#8230;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On my recent return after four years to the UK, and while staying with family in Lincolnshire, I came across the following article in the Echo (August 15) &#8216;Wind farm enquiry date set&#8217;. 
I live in Southern France and our property and some local villages are surrounded by a total of 48 wind turbines which, apart from some noise when the wind is from the south west, and the fact they can be seen, do not present any problems. 
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Les 7 erreurs de l’éolien</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rien n’est plus difficile que d’aller à contre-courant des modes. Plus encore quand il s’agit de sujets complexes rendus apparemment simples, comme&#160;: le vent c’est de l’énergie… il n’y a qu’à le capter et, en plus, c’est gratuit et renouvelable&#160;!&#8230;
Pourtant, en France au XXIème siècle, l’énergie éolienne recèle 7 erreurs sur les plans : Energétique, Esthétique, Economique, Ethique, Ecologique, Environnemental, Electoraliste.
1) Erreur énergétique
La dépendance française est certes effective et considérable pour les produits pétroliers et gaziers. L’épuisement de Lacq, seul .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Le Conseil d&#39;Etat annule l&#39;arrêté fixant les tarifs de rachat éolien par EDF</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[State Counsel annuls decree fixing wind energy tariffs for Electricité de France]
Le Conseil d&#8217;Etat a annulé l&#8217;arrêté du 10 juillet 2006 fixant les tarifs de rachat de l&#8217;électricité éolienne par EDF, ont annoncé vendredi le ministère de l&#8217;Ecologie et l&#8217;association anti-éolien Vent du bocage.
Cette décision a été justifiée par le fait que le conseil supérieur de l&#8217;énergie n&#8217;avait pas été consulté à cette occasion, seul le conseil supérieur de l&#8217;électricité et du gaz l&#8217;ayant été, a indiqué le ministère, précisant .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lacabarède: Marche de protestation anti-éoliennes sur le plateau du Poumayrol</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Une centaine de personnes s&#8217;étaient rassemblées hier matin sur la RD88 près du lieu-dit Passot à l&#8217;appel des habitants du plateau de Sales pour manifester leur opposition à l&#8217;implantation d&#8217;éoliennes industrielles sur les crêtes de la Montagne Noire.
[A hundred people gathered yesterday morning on the RD88 near a place called Passot at the call of residents of the Sales plateau to demonstrate their opposition to the erection of industrial wind turbines on the ridges of Montagne Noire.]
Calmes mais déterminés, les .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EdF brings wind farms into BE deal</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[French energy giant Electricitie de France (EdF) may take a stake in Centrica&#8217;s wind farms and other assets as part of a deal to bring the UK into its planned £11bn-plus takeover of nuclear generator British Energy (BE).
Centrica, the UK&#8217;s biggest wind farm investor and owner of British Gas, is desperate for a slice of the BE takeover but wants to avoid spending £3bn in cash that would give it a seat at the table.
Advisers to EdF, BE and Centrica .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Contre les éoliennes [Against wind turbines]</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Les écologistes qui défendent l’éolien se trompent de combat. L’électricité éolienne n’est ni “pure” ni gratuite. Il s’agit uniquement d’une vaste affaire d’argent, non d’écologie. Plus de 30 milliards d’euros sont en jeu, ce qui explique que plus de 500 promoteurs se pressent sur ce marché français juteux et sans risques. Deux mille éoliennes sont en place, 1500 nouvelles viennent d’être autorisées. Les objectifs du Grenelle de l’environnement supposeraient l’implantation de 15000 machines de 150 mètres de haut. Aucune de .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Is wind power a lot of hot air&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines are a contentious issue dividing rural France.
Those in favour of renewable energy sources view them as a symbol of victory while residents who have chosen to live in the countryside for its peace and tranquillity are exasperated by their increasing invasion of the landscape.
France is now home to 1,500 wind turbines and environmentalists say this is just the beginning.
For the first time, a map of France&#8217;s existing and planned wind turbines has been published &#8212; in Le Figaro .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines ARE a problem</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines in the Levezou area were featured in December entitled Wind Turbines, a mixed blessing.
These pieces of monster engineering are blighting the sky-line all around the Bouloc and Salles Curan area.
There are 38 at the time of writing and more are still being erected.
Letters of petition about the level of noise generated by this project are being sent to those responsible including the office of the Conseil General.
His office has requested a stop on the work as it appears .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Poweo looking at 150 MW offshore Brittany wind power project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Poweo is studying the feasibility of a 150 MW offshore wind power project.
The project being considered would be located off the coast of Brittany, France. 
Thomson Financial
AFX News
15 May 2008
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		<title>La nature défigurée par les éoliennes</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[ Click here for English translation by National Wind Watch. ]
En regardant par la fenêtre du TGV qui nous conduisait de Tours à Paris, j&#8217;ai été horrifié par la vision de ce que j&#8217;ai aperçu dans le paysage beauceron, cher à Péguy et à Marcel Proust: une forêt d&#8217;éoliennes blanches, tournant avec le vent. Un des éléments les plus précieux de la culture française que nous pouvons espérer conserver, c&#8217;est bien notre paysage. Comme président de la République, j&#8217;avais agi .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vent de folie à Dinéault [Crazy wind]</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Click here for an English translation by National Wind Watch]
Roland Charlou peut pousser un grand ouf&#160;! de soulagement. Son éolienne de Dinéault s’est emballée mardi matin. Hier, profitant d’une fenêtre météo, il a réussi à bloquer l’engin. Plus de peur que de mal. Mais cet incident relance le débat sur la sécurité des éoliennes.
Lundi, alors que la tempête ravageait les côtes bretonnes, une des quatre éoliennes de Dinéault, près de Châteaulin (29), tournait encore. On entendait à plusieurs kilomètres le .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Siemens to build wind farm in France</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Siemens Energy has received an order from the wind project developer Eolfi for a wind farm in France, to be located 30 kilometers north of Troyes. With a total capacity of 41 megawatts (MW) &#8220;Les Grandes Chapelles&#8221; wind farm will be the largest wind project Siemens has ever installed in France. The 18 Siemens wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW each are scheduled to be put into service in February 2009. In addition to the supply and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Éoliennes: miracle ou arnaque? [Wind turbines: miracle or scam?]</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[La France se couvre d&#8217;éoliennes. Des associations, des scientifiques, des écologistes s&#8217;interrogent. «Le Figaro Magazine» apporte de nouvelles pièces au dossier.
Retrouvez la carte de France des éoliennes dans le Figaro Magazine [disponsible à Fédération Environnement Durable].
[France is covered with wind turbines. Community groups, scientists, and environmentalists have questions. "Le Figaro Magazine" presents new parts of the record. See the scans of the original article at Fédération Environnement Durable, which includes many photographs and a list and maps of all existing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Éoliennes: miracle ou arnaque&#63; [Wind turbines: miracle or rip-off&#63;]</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Why are so many wind turbines being built? Do they help reduce CO2? How much does the electricity produced by wind turbines cost? Who profits from wind turbines? How doe projects get started? Do wind turbines destroy the countryside? Are they noisy and dangerous?]
Pourquoi se construit-il tant d’éoliennes&#160;?
On comptait, selon le Syndicat des énergies renouvelables (SER), 1 500 éoliennes pour une puissance de 2 700 mégawatts (MW) fin 2007, réparties dans 341 parcs éoliens en métropole&#160;; 130 nouveaux parcs, représentant .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>La justice souffle le froid sur les éoliennes d’EDF {Justice blows cold on EDF wind turbines}</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Les éoliennes, c’est bien, mais si possible pas devant chez soi. Surtout, lorsqu’on vit dans un superbe site naturel. EDF Energies nouvelles, l’un des leaders mondiaux de l’énergie renouvelable, vient d’en faire les frais. Mardi, la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon a annulé deux permis de construire d’éoliennes dans le massif du Mézenc, en Haute-Loire, estimant que les effets acoustiques à proximité des installations n’avaient pas été suffisamment pris en compte.
{Wednesday, the Lyon administrative court revoked two permits [out of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy announces new wind turbine policy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Industrial wind turbine development to end in rural and wild areas
The Sustainable Environment Federation (FED), with the heritage and countryside associations who demonstrated in Paris on October 6 against industrial wind energy, are pleased by President Sarkozy’s redirection of French policy concerning wind turbines and renewable energy.
In his comments at the closure of the « Grenelle de l’environnement », the president of the republic announced the end of the « rush » that has characterized French policy on wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Un vent de colère souffle sur les éoliennes du Lomont [An angry wind blows over Lomont wind turbines]</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pour des raisons de santé publique, économiques et écologiques, deux associations rejettent en bloc le projet de constructions de quatre éoliennes. Pour le promoteur et le maire de la commune concernée, tout cela n&#8217;est que du vent.
[For reasons of public health, economics, and ecology, two associations completely reject planned construction of four wind turbines. For the promoter and the mayor of the affected community, it's just the wind.]
Les opposants à l’implantation d&#8217;éoliennes sur les crêtes du Lomont ne baissent pas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Prefecture stops wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is the wind turning for turbines? The Finistère prefecture decided to halt the operation of the Plouvien (Finistère) wind energy park. Reason: the operator, Nuevas Energias de Occidente (NEO), hasn&#8217;t acted on noise measures in the prescribed time.
At the end of September, the administration addressed a demand to the operator, giving them three weeks to begin its measures. NEO indicated that a study office had been established. But nothing more was done. &#8220;We are waiting for a window of favorable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EDF backs nuclear power to combat climate change; sees wind power&#39;s role limited</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[EDF chief executive officer Pierre Gadonneix backed greater use of nuclear power as a way of combating climate change, saying that politicians must be more active in making it acceptable to public opinion, which remains the main obstacle.
He said the contribution of wind power to limiting CO2 emissions would remain small.
Nuclear power makes up nearly 80 pct of EDF&#8217;s power production. The company has an interest in wind power projects through its renewable energy unit, EDF Energies Nouvelles.
Thomson Financial
AFX News .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gaz de France to acquire French wind farm operator Erelia</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Thomson Financial) &#8212; Gaz de France has acquired 95 pct in French wind farm operator Erelia for an undisclosed amount, the French gas and electricity utility said.
GDF bought the stake from Erelia founder and chairman Francois Pelissier, and will acquire the remaining 5 pct now held by Erelia employees in two years, Pelissier said.
Erelia expects to make revenue this year of 16 mln-17 mln eur, Pelissier said at a news conference to present GDF&#8217;s wind farm strategy.
Pelissier said he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>First national protest against industrial wind in Paris</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[







Collectif du 6 octobre
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		<title>National protest in Paris against industrial wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Le Progres de L&#8217;Aveyron, 20 Sept. 2007:
French villagers, revolting against wind energy, to protest in Paris
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La République de Seine et Marne, 24 Sept. 2007:
Wind turbines: angry villagers to protest in Paris 6 October
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Les Nouvelles de Falaise, 28 Sept. 2007:
Calvadosians to Paris for national anti-wind demonstration
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Ouest France du Samedi, 29 Sept. 2007:
Against wind turbines, a call to protest
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La Renaissance du Bessin, 5 Oct. 2007:
Anti-wind turbines in front of the ministry of ecology
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Collectif du 6 octobre
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		<title>Les éoliennes, sont-elles une imposture écologique&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Wind turbines: environmental imposters? -- rest of English translation below] Les éoliennes, une imposture écologique?
Les éoliennes sont-elles une imposture écologique? Le Collectif du 6 octobre, qui regroupe notamment Chasse Pêche Nature Traditions (CPNT), la Fédération environnement durable et des associations de défense du patrimoine, en est persuadé et à son appel quelques centaines de personnes ont donc manifesté samedi aux abords du ministère de l&#8217;Ecologie contre &#8220;le programme éolien industriel&#8221; français.
Ils sont &#8220;contre l&#8217;éolien industriel&#8221; et l&#8217;ont fait savoir en .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Manifestation anti-éoliennes: des ONG environnementales répondent</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Anti-wind turbine demonstration: some environmental NGOs respond -- rest of English translation below] 
PARIS &#8212; Les associations environnementales ont insisté vendredi sur les vertus du vent pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique, à la veille d&#8217;une manifestation à Paris &#8220;contre l&#8217;éolien industriel&#8221; contraire, selon ses organisateurs, aux objectifs de développement durable.
Pour le Réseau Action climat (qui regroupe 13 ONG nationales), l&#8217;objectif de la France de diviser par quatre ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) d&#8217;ici 2050 ne .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Endesa to build new wind farm in Muzillac</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Endesa France has signed a contract with Ecotecnia France to build its fourth wind farm in France, with installed capacity of 10.02 MW. The wind farm will be located in Muzillac on the Gulf of Morbihan (Brittany), less than 10 km from the Ambon wind farm which is currently being built, also by Ecotecnia France. Investment in this project will total Euro 13.8 million.
The Muzillac facility will be equipped with six ECO 80 turbines each with a capacity of 1.67 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GE and Theolia complete strategic wind alliance</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[GE Energy Financial Services, a division of GE, and Theolia  announced today the completion of a previously announced strategic relationship (see GE places big bet on French wind co. Theolia.)
The alliance is to significantly increase Theolia’s wind generation portfolio in Europe, bring it additional capital to fund growth and give it access to additional wind project development opportunities.
All necessary corporate and regulatory approvals have now been obtained, including those of Theolia’s shareholders and the French financial regulator. 
In wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Unspoiled environment is under threat</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tanya McLaren writes (&#8221;Forres Gazette&#8221;, May 30, &#8216;Wind farm threat to beauty of Dava&#8217;) that the group &#8220;protesting against plans to ring the Dava Moor wilderness&#8221; with wind farms has lobbied various bodies, such as Scottish Natural Heritage, Historic Scotland, Grantown Community Council, Highland Council and relevant MSPs.
Each certainly has a role in determining the future of the Dava Moor, across which flows the bulk of Moray&#8217;s southern-generated tourist traffic, but the mandate to promote and protect the interests of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberdrola begins construction of two wind farms in France</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spanish utility Iberdrola has started the construction of two new wind farms in France, and has announced plans to build four more in the region before the end of 2007. The plans are part of Iberdrola&#8217;s aim to have 7,000MW of renewable energy projects operational in 2009, of which 1,450MW will be located abroad.
The two farms currently being constructed are the Courcelles wind farm located in Aude and the Laneuville wind farm located in the same province. The Courcelles facility .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GDF invests in wind joint venture</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[(La Tribune Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) The French gas provider Gaz de France has finalised a partnership deal in wind energy with the construction and engineering company Maia Sonnier.
The joint venture created by the two groups, Maia Eolis, will develop and run wind farms in France and elsewhere in Europe. The company is 49 per cent controlled by GDF and 51 per cent owned by Maia Sonnier. By 2012, it expects to have installed capacity in Europe of 1,000MW, compared .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>French EDF wind-power IPO zooms</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shares in a French wind-power company were launched here on Wednesday and gained 19.0 percent in the first hour of trading, driven by &#8220;enormous&#8221; investor interest, dealers said.
    The company being floated was EDF EN, an offshoot of the French electricity group Electricite de France (EDF), the biggest generator of nuclear power in the world.
    The shares were launched at 28.0 euros each and soon shot up to 33.32 euros, showing a gain of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Endesa building French wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spanish utility Endesa SA said Monday a subsidiary is building a 10 megawatt wind farm in France.
The company is investing 13.4 million euro (&#36;17.6 million) in the wind farm in Brittany, a region in the Northwest of France.
Endesa said revenue from the wind farm is guaranteed, a result of a 2001 French decree that utility Electricite de France must buy all energy produced by wind farms.
Endesa&#8217;s U.S.-listed shares fell 41 cents to &#36;46.14 in afternoon trading on the New York .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas enters into a frame agreement with EEN</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vestas has signed a frame agreement with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EEN) for a total of 200MW for wind power plants in France, Greece and Italy.
The wind power plants will be delivered during 2008 and 2009, and the frame agreement furthermore includes an option for delivery of an additional 200MW per year in the years 2008 and 2009. The contract comprises supply and commissioning of the wind turbines as well as installation of Vestas&#8217; SCADA system VestasOnline. The supply includes the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Total Sets Deadlines for Solar, Wind to be Viable</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[French oil company Total believes wind energy must prove it is competitive by 2020 and solar power must do the same by 2050 if they are to avoid being sidelined, it said on Tuesday.
In France, Total aims to spend 500 million euros (&#36;627 million) by 2010 on renewable energy sources, including 100 million euros in research and development partnerships.
&#8220;For renewable energies to become viable we need to see significant technological progress over this period,&#8221; Gilles Cochevelou, head of renewable energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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