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		<title>Local ire jams Suzlon windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind turbine major Suzlon’s operations at Sangli and Satara in Maharashtra have hit a major roadblock. Agitated villagers of Chikhli village in Satara district on Wednesday forced Suzlon-run windmills to shutdown, protesting the manner in which the land acquisition was done. On top of it, angry villagers threatened to uproot the windmills, if Suzlon doesn’t resolve the land acquisition issue.
Confirming the incident, a senior state official told FE, “Villagers have been protesting against the land ...]]>
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		<title>India props up wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tamil Nadu, India &#8212; The Government of India is promoting commercial wind power projects across the country, including a large amount in the State of Tamil Nadu. According to the government, it will provide incentives for the development of these projects.
The incentives include a concessional import duty for wind electricity generator sub-systems, excise duty exemption, ten years tax holiday on wind power projects, benefit of accelerated depreciation, term loan from Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency ...]]>
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		<title>Alternative energy: China taking the wind out of India’s sails</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more serious problem is in Maharashtra, where “local issues”, in the industry’s parlance, threaten to derail wind power development.
Comparisons, though inevitable, are odious. Especially if India and China are the players involved. It is quite common to hear Indian companies ruefully talk about the advantage that their counterparts in China enjoy, because of which Chinese manufacturers are able to plan capacities that are enormous and aggressively price their products and compete on a global ...]]>
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		<title>Acquisition of farmland opposed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANGALORE: The Dakshina Kannada unit of the Samajwadi Party (SP) has opposed the Government’s move to acquire agricultural land for the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) project and the thermal and wind power projects near Udupi.
Executive president of the unit S.P. Chengappa, in a press release, claimed that the Government had started the process of acquiring 5,041 acres of farmland at Permude, Kuttettur, Bajpe, Tenka Ekkar, Kalavaru, Thokuru, Delantabettu and Bala villages in Mangalore taluk ...]]>
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		<title>Rising rates, weak winds slow down power output</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chennai: Rising interest rates coupled with a drop in wind speeds have slowed this fiscal year’s wind energy capacity addition by 10% in Tamil Nadu, which produces half of India’s wind power.
According to K. Kasthurirangaian, vice-chairman of industry body Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA), capacity addition in the state would be between 400MW and 450MW for the year ending March, compared with 500MW added in 2006-07.
Investors are also moving cautiously as more than one-third of ...]]>
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		<title>HPCL wind power plans hit a roadblock</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd’s (HPCL) plans to set up a wind power generation facility in Maharashtra in an effort to benefit from tax incentives for companies investing in such facilities has suffered a setback due to opposition from farmers in Dhule, where the company wanted to set up the project.
While the company has already commissioned a 12.5MW capacity in the state, its plan to double this to 25MW, scheduled for July this year, has been ...]]>
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		<title>Horizon Wind Energy Signs Deal With Suzlon</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy developer Horizon Wind Energy, owned by Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal S.A., has signed a contract for 400 MW of wind turbine capacity with Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark. According to the companies, the contract calls for delivery of 200 MW of turbine capacity in 2008 and another 200 MW of capacity in 2009.
Suzlon&#8217;s S88-2.1 MW wind turbine is the featured machine of the agreement ...]]>
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		<title>Wind mills, poachers drive wolves away; Endangered hyenas and wolves rapidly disappearing from Gajendragad</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUBLI: Wind energy is safe and reliable. But the eco-friendly mills set up to generate wind energy, are posing a threat to the very existence of rare hyenas and wolves at Gajendragad in Gadag district.
Three years ago, Gajendragad was recognised as a safe haven for highly endangered species like the Indian grey wolf and striped hyenas, but then came wind farming and wind mills with huge noisy fans and human traffic to maintain these machines. ...]]>
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		<title>Vultures grounded by windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Suthari village in Abrasa taluka, Kutch used to have 10 to 15 nests of the white backed vultures till a couple of years ago. This year, just a lone nest has been found. Where once there were more than 70 birds, now only 10 to 15 remain. When birdwatchers got together to look for a possible reason for the sudden drop in number of these birds, they attributed it to the wind farms that ...]]>
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		<title>&#39;Maharashtra ignoring tribal rights over forest land&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: Senior leaders of the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) and the Janata Dal, N.D. Patil and Mrinal Gore on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra government was favouring companies over the rights of poor Adivasis in Dhule district.
Addressing a press conference, Mr. Patil said the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 gave rights to Adivasis cultivating forest land for decades and the cut-off date for the Act was December 13, 2005.
Taking advantage of ...]]>
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		<title>&#34;Suzlon has complied with legal provisions&#34;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suzlon Energy Ltd. has issued a clarification with reference to the report “Encroachment on forest land to be verified” by Meena Menon (The Hindu, September 2): 
“We at Suzlon have complied with all legal provisions related with the land leased to us by the Forest Department. We are also working with the administration in the area, in trying to improve the quality of life of the local inhabitants, through various initiatives. We are happy that ...]]>
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		<title>Encroachment on forest land to be verified; Minister stays construction of wind towers</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: The Adivasis’ struggle for land rights has received a boost after Maharashtra Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute ordered that the survey of “encroached” forest land be completed in Sakhri taluk of Dhule district.
People there have been protesting against diversion of forest land for wind energy projects.
Kishore Dhamale of the Satyashodhak Grameen Kashtakari Sabha, who has been spearheading the forest communities’ struggle for land, told The Hindu that the Minister also stayed construction of wind towers ...]]>
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		<title>Adivasis protest against land-grab</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adivasis in the Dhule district are on a mass agitation against private companies and the government for acquiring the adivasi lands for various wind energy projects in Dhule district. A delegation will be meeting the Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute at Mantralaya on Wednesday.
The government has allotted 339 hectares of land to various companies in Dhule district for various projects. The farmers instead demanded that they should be allotted the land as it is very much ...]]>
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		<title>How forest friendly is Karnataka’s Wind Energy&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the areas where wind turbines have been erected in Karnataka are the hills and highlands of eastern parts of Chitradurga district and in western parts of Tumkur district. We saw these windmills first hand this month and I am sad to say that these windmills have had a very immediate negative impact in the forests where they have been setup.
Each such wind mill has a concrete base of at least 30 feet by 30 ...]]>
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		<title>How big men and big companies save on tax</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about your taxes? Take a look at one way how companies and high net worth individuals are reducing theirs &#8212; by buying windmills. The income-tax laws allow 80 per cent of the cost of the windmill to be set off against taxable income.
Private sector wind energy players have woken up to this opportunity and are offering investments in wind farms that they set up. In a shared wind farm, other companies can own anything ...]]>
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		<title>Villagers protest against Suzlon wind power project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The locals of Padubidri staged protest against Suzlon Company for creating problems in the village, on Wednesday August 22.
The residents of Padubidri, Avaralu, Abbedi, Palimar and Nandikoor joined together at the proposed site of Suzlon Company and urged to restore the infrastructural facilities damaged by them.
The protestors demanded Suzlon authorities to repair the extensively damaged road between Avaralu and Matti at the earliest. Moreover they demanded to stall the encroachment of land and stop oppressing ...]]>
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		<title>Suzlon shifting new projects from Maharashtra</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems with local farm owners is forcing Suzlon Energy Ltd to shift close to 150 MW of new projects away from Maharashtra to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the current financial year, according to Mr Tulsi Tanti, Chairman and Managing Director.
Mr Tanti said Suzlon is facing problems in Dhule (North Western Maharashtra) and Sangli (Western Maharashtra) districts in executing the projects. The local residents near the wind farms are not giving ‘right of way’ ...]]>
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		<title>Rough weather for Suzlon&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[There could be trouble in the winds for Suzlon. The government fears it might have diverted public money for purposes other than what was stated in its IPO Prospectus.
Asia&#8217;s largest wind turbine company is in the eye of a storm. Company Affairs Minister Prem Chand Gupta told CNBC-TV18 the Mumbai registrar of companies had pointed out some discrepencies in Suzlon&#8217;s balance sheet for fiscal 2006. The registrar is also apparently apprehensive that Suzlon might have ...]]>
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		<title>Protest against village land acquisition by Suzlon Co.</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Udupi, Jul 9: A protest against Suzlon Company was held by the public at Padubidri. 
They were protesting against the company for acquiring the land that belonged to the Kanchinadka higher primary school.
Suzlon Company had started the process of acquiring the land for their proposed wind energy project.
Several houses were vacated for the sake of the project. The villagers are of the opinion that the decision of the company to acquire school play ground was ...]]>
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		<title>Suzlon&#39;s 44 wind turbines shut down in Maharashtra</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As many as 44 wind turbines operated by Suzlon in Sangli District in Maharashtra have been shut down following protests from local residents.
Local residents are demanding more money for their land, which is leased to the company.
Suzlon has sought the State Government&#8217;s help in sorting out the issue, said a company official.
Dr Anil Kane, Suzlon&#8217;s Corporate Adviser, told Business Line that the company has 222 MW of installed capacity in Sangli, of which 74 ...]]>
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		<title>Forest land diverted for wind energy projects</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adivasis [forest-dwelling indigenous people] in Dhule district, Maharashtra, are protesting the diversion of forest land for wind power projects. About 340 hectares of forest land has been diverted for wind energy projects in Sakri taluka of Dhule district, promoted by Suzlon Energy Limited.
With the passing of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, adivasis in Dhule as in other parts of the country were hopeful that the land ...]]>
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		<title>Clean power, not green</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Western Ghats is recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot. In the past, many large development projects including highways, railway lines, mega dams, nuclear plants and mines have intruded into this biodiversity treasure trove. Lack of knowledge and absence of effective watchdogs contributed to the ad-hoc manner in which such projects were approved.
Today, habitat fragmentation and its consequent &#8216;edge effects&#8217; have been scientifically recognised as the primary cause for the destruction of biodiversity rich forests.
Yet, ...]]>
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		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/03/14/clean-power-not-green/</link>
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		<title>India and China catch the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dilip Pantosh Patil uses an ox-drawn wooden plow to till the same land as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. But now he has a new neighbor: a shiny white wind turbine taller than a 20-story building, generating electricity at the edge of his bean field.
Wind power may still have an image as something of a plaything of environmentalists more concerned with clean energy than saving money. But it is quickly emerging as a serious alternative ...]]>
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