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	<title>National Wind Watch: News &#187; Kansas</title>
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		<title>Power struggle is still building</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An unprecedented battle between two utilities seeking to build key high-voltage transmission lines in southwest Kansas looked poised to stretch into the future Wednesday. 
Despite a proposed settlement aimed at allowing each company to build a portion of the project, the fight over the so-called V-plan looked likely to remain before utility regulators instead. 
Electric power providers for central and western Kansas announced late Tuesday evening that they had reached a deal with a transmission-building utility, ITC Great Plains, to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind opponents file lawsuit</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opponents of a proposed wind farm southwest of Hays filed a lawsuit in Ellis County District Court on Tuesday seeking to reverse the decision to issue a conditional-use permit.  
The lawsuit did not, however, ask for any type of restraining order.  
The case was filed by Wichita attorney Patrick Hughes on behalf of 44 plaintiffs &#8212; a virtual who&#8217;s who of residents living in the area surrounding the proposed wind farm &#8212; against the Ellis County Commission.  .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fracas at wind farm construction site leads to arrest</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CONCORDIA — One man was arrested Saturday following a dispute at a wind farm construction site southeast of Concordia. 
The fracas involved pickup trucks being rammed together, and one of the parties discharged firearms into a pickup truck, said Jim Roberts, senior project manager for Horizon Wind Energy. The Houston-based company is building a &#36;300 million to &#36;350 million, 201-megawatt wind farm. 
No Horizon employees were involved, and there were no injuries, he said. 
“It was something personal between two .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy exaggeration is blowing in the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens has made quite a stir with his commercials about the need for wind power. For an oilman, he’s putting down a big bet on renewable energy.
His plan: Use wind power to replace much of the natural gas now used to generate electricity. Then shift that gas to cars and stop paying so much for foreign oil.
Sounds good, but on the scale that Pickens envisions, this is a pipe dream.
Certainly wind power has grown rapidly in the last .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning commissioners learn city&#39;s zoning radius needs to be changed</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[At Monday&#8217;s Hays Area Planning Commission meeting, commissioners were informed that legal descriptions defining the city-governed 3-mile zoning radius of Hays need to be revised. 
Jesse Rohr, superintendent of planning, inspection and enforcement, said the issue surfaced as city staff began analyzing plans for a wind farm southwest of Hays, which includes plans for turbines in the area. 
&#8220;County zoning regulations have a legal description of the city of Hays 3-mile boundary, which may be a problem in itself,&#8221; Rohr .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission discusses turbines in city</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was more wind talk Monday evening as the Hays Area Planning Commission continued efforts to develop wind turbine regulations for city-governed land. 
The board has been working to develop the regulations for several months, and with a couple extra work sessions, hopes to wrap the process up by November. 
Because the commission oversees regulations in town and within the surrounding 3-mile radius, rules for both hobbyist and commercial towers have been taken into consideration. 
At Monday&#8217;s meeting, commissioners discussed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas, Missouri draft plans to expand wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind energy has stepped into the limelight as the energy crisis continues. 
Achieving a 20 percent wind contribution to the U.S. electricity supply by 2030 would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation by 25 percent in 2030, according to a Department of Energy technical report. 
Neither Kansas nor Missouri has a large amount of wind power operating right now. Missouri has just more than 150 megawatts, and Kansas will have 1,000 megawatts operating by the end of this year, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind talk whips through area</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OAKLEY &#8212; It was something of an ice-breaker, county commissioners from 13 northwest Kansas counties attending a summit Wednesday to talk about presenting a united front in dealing with the emerging issue of producing electricity from wind.
While no specific decisions were made, the group &#8212; numbering more than 50 in all &#8212; agreed to proceed with the idea of a regional wind compact and meet again in a month.
Wednesday was a time for questions &#8212; and a few answers &#8212; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Facing reality of wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it would clarify the wind issue if some basic facts were understood. The term is WECS: Wind Energy Conversion Systems, not &#8220;farms,&#8221; &#8220;ranches,&#8221; or &#8220;parks.&#8221; The structures are industrial-scale turbines.
WECS will produce small amounts of energy with an efficiency range averaging 35 percent at most locations. WECS in Kansas in operation or under construction have the ability to produce 1,014 megawatts of electricity at maximum production; less than a quarter of that electricity stays in Kansas.
WECS will not replace .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind questions</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oilman and wind promoter T. Boone Pickens didn&#8217;t get to be a billionaire by being stupid or slow to take advantage of an opportunity. But before we jump off a cliff like lemmings to the sea or blindly follow the Pied Piper, there are many questions that should be asked and answered. These are a few.
If wind is a viable energy source, why would it need government financial help? The technology to manufacture wind turbines is a reality, not a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/08/wind-questions/</link>
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		<title>Wind won’t solve energy crisis</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The legendary oil entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens and Nobel Laureate Al Gore have announced bold plans to radically reduce America’s use of fossil fuels. Both Pickens and Gore want our country to rely much more on wind energy for electricity production. Pickens envisions wind generators across the Midwest, from the Texas Panhandle to the Canadian border. But despite the attraction of wind as a nearly pollution-free energy source, its performance is disappointing.
Even with heavy subsidies from ratepayers and taxpayers over .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power no magic bullet, professor says</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disappearance of native prairie chickens linked to wind farms
Windmills have dotted the Kansas countryside for well over a century, but now a bigger more powerful breed is sprouting up.
Steve Trent is concerned.
&#8220;There&#8217;s going to be people who make a lot of money off this, and the rest of us are going to suffer,&#8221; he said.
Trent lives next to a 100 turbine wind farm in Butler County.
These farms are touted as good for the environment because they create power without creating .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/02/wind-power-no-magic-bullet-professor-says/</link>
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		<title>Wind could blow into court</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Monday&#8217;s Ellis County Commission vote to grant a conditional-use permit application for a wind project southwest of Hays was a step forward for Iberdrola&#8217;s 200-megawatt project.
Individuals on both sides of the issue, however, expect that final resolution of this debate could be issued in district court.
&#8220;I sincerely appreciate the vote of support this morning,&#8221; said Krista Gordon, Hays Wind project manager. &#8220;From here, if an appeal is filed, we&#8217;ll have to respond accordingly.
&#8220;I&#8217;m hopeful that we&#8217;ll be able to continue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vote: Let &#700;er blow</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the second time in less than a year, the Ellis County Commission was split in its decision to grant a conditional-use permit for a wind farm southwest of Hays.
This time, however, the 2-1 vote in favor of granting the permit was sufficient.
Approval of Iberdrola&#8217;s much-contested 200-megawatt wind farm project, to stretch across approximately 13,000 acres of land, was granted this morning.
&#8220;The zoning board did vote 5-2 for approval,&#8221; Commissioner Vernon Berens said. &#8220;All I can say is, I think .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Area school superintendents told wind energy not for every school</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The best payoff for wind energy isn&#8217;t in putting up a bunch of turbines, generating way more power than you&#8217;ll ever use and selling juice back to the power company.
Rather, it&#8217;s in generating just a portion of your total power consumption, at least so long as power companies buy power at a fraction of what they charge for it.
That was the message a group of local school superintendents heard Wednesday morning from a Colorado-based wind energy company whose work with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County gets wind appeal this time around</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another appeal has been filed regarding the development plan for a much-contested wind farm southwest of Hays, and this one will come before the Ellis County Commission later this month.
The appeal was submitted by Wichita attorney Patrick Hughes on behalf of almost 60 Ellis County residents.
&#8220;The appeal requires the county commission to weigh in on the questions that were raised to the planning commission,&#8221; Hughes said, referring to the June 24 meeting of the Ellis County Joint Planning Commission.
At that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Invenergy throws hat into wind farm ring</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Iberdrola&#8217;s plans continue for a proposed wind farm west of Hays and two other wind farms in Ellis County, another company is pursuing plans for an operation north of town.
Denver-based Invenergy Wind LLC is working to gauge landowner support, and has been encouraged by local interest, said Mark Jacobson, director of business development.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a very good participation rate so far,&#8221; Jacobson said. &#8220;We still have some more work to go, but we are very encouraged with the participation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No wind protest filed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With no protest mounted, a proposed wind project southwest of Hays will come before the Ellis County Commission needing a simple majority.
Approved by the Ellis County Joint Planning Commission by a 5-2 vote in June, the Hays Wind project received no opposition during a protest period that ended Wednesday, and county commissioners tentatively are set to hear the proposal July 28.
Hays Wind project manager Krista Gordon with Iberdrola Renewable Energies addressed concerns from Kiwanis Club members at a meeting Thursday.
&#8220;Iberdrola .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Prairie chicken habitat being lost; Burning, grazing and &#8216;human activity&#8217; threaten birds&#8217; future</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The low, booming sounds produced by greater prairie chicken cocks accounts for the common reference to their leks as &#8220;booming grounds.&#8221; &#8230; On a quiet spring morning, these sounds can carry as much as two miles across the open prairie, serving as an audible beacon to prairie chicken hens. — Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Web site, www.kdwp.state.ks.us
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University biologist/researcher Robert Robel believes prairie chickens are an indicator of a tallgrass prairie&#8217;s health. A large number .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shot heard round the world</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On June 26, two of our county commissioners fired the shot heard round the world. I assure you that within 24 hours every large wind farm conglomerate in the world got the news that the biased, hand-picked zoning committee had accomplished their mission. They all now know that Ellis County has a board and commissioners that have set up some of the most liberal zoning rules in the nation.
Since they all need the veil of protection offered by zoning, they .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge won&#39;t stop wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A legal move that would have effectively halted development of a wind farm was denied this morning by Ellis County District Judge Tom Toepfer.
The request, for a restraining order and a writ of mandamus &#8212; seeking to force the county to do its duty under zoning regulations &#8212; had been made by Rod Bittel, who lives about a mile from where the wind farm would be located.
Even though he denied the requests from Bittel and his attorney, Patrick Hughes, Wichita, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies competing to upgrade electric grid</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Industry and government officials agree the U.S. needs what amounts to a new interstate highway system for electricity if it is to fully harness wind power.
They&#8217;re looking to utilities and other companies to build new transmission lines, and a fight has started in Kansas for the right to build &#8212; and profit from &#8212; the first stretches of a regional, high-voltage circuit.
Two rival projects, each expected to cost &#36;2.2 million a mile, are in the works to link Wichita to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies vie to build transmission super highway</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Both the largest utility in Kansas and the newest utility in the state want to build the nation&#8217;s most electrified transmission line west of the Mississippi.
The two companies vying to build the &#8220;V&#8221; line through southwest Kansas &#8212; a new superhighway for electric transmission &#8212; made their cases Friday to the Kansas Electric Transmission Authority in Wichita.
The authority, which facilitates planning for the grid in Kansas, is waiting to see which company the Kansas Corporation Commission allows to build a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission says &#39;yes&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the second time in about a year, the Ellis County Joint Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed Hays Wind project by a majority vote.
Following Wednesday&#8217;s lengthy public hearing, the present commissioners voted 5-2 to recommend county commissioners approve the conditional-use permit application.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of points that have been made,&#8221; Chairman Gene Bittel said. &#8220;Our counsel feels like we have the right to proceed. Our zoning administrator feels like the paperwork&#8217;s been done properly.&#8221;
The 200-megawatt project, headed by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills ugly</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you are in favor of wind farms in Kansas and haven&#8217;t driven Interstate 70 near Ellsworth, I&#8217;d suggest that you take a look for yourself.
On a recent drive to Colorado, I was sad to see the beautiful Kansas landscape desecrated by hundreds of wind mills. It&#8217;s sad to think what Kansas will look like if we have these eyesores throughout our state.
Once these monsters are installed, I suspect they will never come down, even if later they prove to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public hearing on wind still scheduled</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An appeal has been filed with the Ellis County Board of Zoning Appeals, protesting a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
The public hearing had been slated for the Joint Planning Commission to consider a conditional-use permit application submitted by Iberdrola&#8217;s Hays Wind for the proposed wind farm southwest of Hays.
The appeal was filed by members of the Ellis County Environmental Awareness Coalition, who say the application is incomplete and the case should not be heard until corrections are made.
&#8220;The biggest issue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind brings Westar west</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MARIENTHAL &#8212; On any given day in western Kansas, one can lick his or her finger, stick it straight up in the air and feel which direction the wind&#8217;s blowing.
It can be heard through the rustling of wheat. And felt as it travels through hair and clothing.
But on Friday, representatives of the state of Kansas, Westar Energy, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., Wichita County Economic Development and others looked puzzled as they tried to figure out where the wind had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Salina&#39;s wind potential touted</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kansas is mad about wind. And Salina could be.
&#8220;Salina is very well-located to become a place for folks that manufacture components for wind farms,&#8221; Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, late Wednesday morning, told an audience that filled the conference room at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce to capacity. &#8220;We think that Salina is a particularly good place to hold a meeting of the Kansas Wind Working Group.&#8221;
In the past 18 months, wind developers have requested studies for more than 7,700 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind dominates planning talks</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was more wind farm-related planning issues Monday evening as the Hays Area Planning Commission continued its process of developing wind power regulations to be applied within city limits.
While no action was taken on the issue, commissioners discussed the possibility of having a more unbiased academic source provide a day of education for local government.
&#8220;It seems like it&#8217;s going to be a coming thing in the future,&#8221; Planning Commissioner Terry Claycamp said. &#8220;To have some non-biased, knowledgeable source, we could .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal input wise on wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Landowners should be cautious and seek legal advice when approached by energy companies wanting to put wind turbines on landowners&#8217; property, a speaker at the Future of Kansas Wind Conference said.
Mike Irvin, an attorney for the Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation who spoke Tuesday at the fourth wind conference at the Scott County Fairgrounds, said energy companies aren&#8217;t bad, but landowners must be aware of contracts and agreements before signing them.
Irvin told about 100 people at the conference at the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms could have state exporting energy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson said Tuesday wind production in Kansas can expand to create an export market for notoriously stiff breezes cruising across the state.
&#8220;We know there is just a certain amount of wind we can integrate into our electrical system in Kansas,&#8221; Parkinson said. &#8220;How do we keep the momentum going? We&#8217;re probably talking about export.&#8221;
Wind generation capacity is spiking in Kansas through construction of large commercial farms. The state&#8217;s installed capacity was 365 megawatts at the end of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools to install, study wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[While Kansas may be slow to embrace its wind as an energy source, an unlikely group is pushing ahead &#8212; public schools.
This summer, five rural Kansas school districts plan to install small wind turbines. While the units won&#8217;t produce much power, they will serve as a teaching tool for students and their communities. It&#8217;s part of a national initiative to pair wind turbines with schools in six states.
&#8220;I wish someone would have come to my school when I was that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind credit extension gets push</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Kathleen Sebelius spent a day this week in Houston, the city of big oil, to promote another energy source &#8212; big wind.
In her speech Monday to the annual convention of the American Wind Energy Association, Sebelius called on the federal government to renew its production tax credit for wind energy due to expire at year&#8217;s end.
She urged Congress: &#8220;Make it clear to investors that this incentive will last for several years.&#8221;
The governor&#8217;s message echoes a concern of wind developers, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm details still need work</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hamilton County commissioners handed the documents necessary to build a wind farm back to the Syracuse-Hamilton County Planning Commission Tuesday morning after finding some of the formatting of the zoning regulations need to be changed.
The commission did not approve the zoning regulations to allow the wind farm, but support of the &#36;300 million project was evident.
&#8220;We&#8217;re not ready to approve it except in spirit,&#8221; said Hamilton County attorney Rob Gale at the meeting.
The planning commission will change some of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sebelius calls on feds to step up development of wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on Congress and President Bush to make renewable energy a top priority.
Speaking at the American Wind Energy Association&#8217;s conference in Houston, Sebelius said, &#8220;While states have made great strides, we need clear leadership at the federal level with a commitment to stepping up our development of our alternative energy resources.&#8221;
She said the federal government should accelerate wind power goals, and renew tax credits for renewable energy to decrease climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions.
&#8220;To reduce pollution .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioners waive moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hays Wind LLC&#8217;s plans for a wind farm south and southwest of Hays will continue, and sooner than originally anticipated.
A year-long moratorium required by Ellis County&#8217;s zoning regulations regarding a conditional-use zoning permit was waived by county commissioners in a 2-1 vote at this morning&#8217;s meeting, with Commissioner Perry Henman dissenting.
Commissioner Vernon Berens and Chairman Dennis Pfannenstiel both spoke in favor of wind energy development within the county and granting the waiver to speed up the process.
&#8220;Without a doubt, Iberdrola .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission to consider rules to allow wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 10:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hamilton County is one step closer to building a projected &#36;300 million wind farm.
The Syracuse-Hamilton County Planning Commission Thursday night unanimously approved recommending changes in zoning regulations that would pave the way for construction of a wind farm 10 miles south of Coolidge.
Now, the recommended changes go to the Hamilton County Commission for consideration Tuesday.
John Kennedy, economic development director for Hamilton County, said he expects the project to be fully supported by county commissioners and the public.
&#8220;It will be great .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lesser prairie-chicken decline concerns biologists</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A small number of serious bird watchers worldwide have been privileged to see the mesmerizing dance of the lesser prairie-chicken during their spring breeding season. For others who desire to see this ancient and vocal all-out effort by the prairie grouse, time may be ticking away.
During a daybreak ritual, males seek out ridge tops of expansive prairie land for the booming, gobbling and frenetic display used to socialize and compete for females. Activity on these communal breeding grounds known as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Henman addresses group</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Discussion of a waiver to reduce the amount of time Hays Wind LLC must wait before reapplying for a conditional-use permit was limited at Wednesday&#8217;s Joint Planning Commission meeting.
As per the Ellis County Commission&#8217;s request, the planning commission discussed whether to make a recommendation regarding the waiver requested to reduce the one-year moratorium required by zoning regulations.
The consensus, however, was the advisory zoning commission does not have the authority to make such a recommendation to the governing body.
&#8220;It&#8217;s in our .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Westar plans project for Ford County</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 09:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Westar Energy and Electric Transmission America have banded together in hopes of building ultra-high capacity transmission lines between Wichita and the Spearville substation.
    The partnership, dubbed Prairie Wind Transmission, is expected to get under way after the company receives government approval for the project, according to a statement released by Westar Energy.
    The purpose of the transmission lines was to provide an opportunity for Kansas&#8217; renewable wind energy to be shipped across the state .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioners say research needed on wind power rules</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The process of developing wind power regulations is underway for the city of Hays.
On Monday night, the Hays Area Planning Commission discussed the wind power moratorium, which is in effect until Dec. 31.
&#8220;I do think (we need) a four- to six-month investment of time and energy to do research and make sure that we have consideration,&#8221; Chairman Larry Gould said.
The subject originally came before the commission after developer Wes Bainter, Hoxie, inquired about installing wind generators for a senior apartment .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Westar forms venture to build wind power lines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 09:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Westar Energy and Electric Transmission America announced today that they have formed a joint venture to build ultra-high capacity transmission lines to aid in the development of wind power.
The venture, Prairie Wind Transmission, proposes to build about 230 miles of 765 kilovolt transmission lines from Wichita to Dodge City and then to the Kansas border.
These facilities are expected to be ready by late 2013.
The two companies will own equal shares in Prairie Wind.
Electric Transmission America is a joint venture between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rancher can trust his land is protected; Ranchland Trust offers rural landowners a new option to conserve prairie</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 10:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Folklorist Jim Hoy now has peace of mind knowing generations to come can hear the meadowlarks&#8217; song and the coyotes&#8217; howl on his family&#8217;s ranch.
He also knows he has a quiet place to be buried amid a wide-open prairie where his grandchildren and their grandchildren can enjoy the outdoors.
A literature professor at Emporia State University, Hoy and his wife, Cathy, recently joined the Kansas Livestock Association in announcing the first conservation easement under the Ranchland Trust of Kansas.
The legally binding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County approves wind energy systems</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It took more than six months to work out the details, but a change in Saline County code that will allow individuals to install their own wind-generated energy systems received final approval Tuesday.
The Saline County Commission unanimously approved the amendment, which will accommodate about a half-dozen people who have approached Planning and Zoning Director Vicki Koepsel in the past year about installing their own wind systems.
County resident Richard Nelson told commissioners that he primarily uses propane and wood-burning appliances to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy hypocrisy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems politicians of every stripe have a new buzzword to abuse. Preface any project or technology with the word &#8220;renewable,&#8221; and it is almost guaranteed to generate automatic public support and popularity, even though it is invariably linked to some handout for big corporate interests. Powerful lobby groups representing private interest sectors are the primary beneficiaries of these policies, rather than the public interest.
How renewable will bioethanol from corn be when our aquifers are exhausted, not just from growing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power blows county controversy; County mulling proposed regulations for generators</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Baby, the wind must blow. But whether rules about generating electricity from the the wind will go is the question for the Franklin County Planning Commission.
The planners will resume their work on a set of proposed rules for small wind generators when they meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Franklin County Annex, 1418 S. Main St.
The proposed lot sizes and setbacks — how far away the generator and tower have to be from property lines and easements — have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County tables wind talk</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 21:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The requested waiver on wind energy development in Ellis County will resurface for further discussion June 2 after county commissioners opted to table action Monday.
Commissioners agreed to postpone making a decision until the Joint Planning Commission, which is in the process of reviewing and amending wind farm zoning regulations, has a chance to discuss the request and make a recommendation.
&#8220;I think we need to allow them to finish that process. Pushing it through is just going to make it more .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm waiver tabled</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Ellis County Commission this morning tabled a request to waive a yearlong waiting period for a second attempt at a wind farm southwest of Hays.
Commissioners opted instead to send the waiver — required after the developer&#8217;s initial proposal was rejected last year — to the county&#8217;s zoning commission for review and recommendation.
The commission is expected to again discuss the waiver request at its June 2 meeting.
The Hays Daily News
5 May 2008
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		<title>Wind farm back in the forefront</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[About eight months after a 2-1 Ellis County Commission vote denied an application for a wind energy project south and southwest of Hays, the issue is set to return to the table.
At Monday&#8217;s meeting, the commission will be asked to waive a year-long moratorium required by county zoning regulations and enforced last September when the conditional-use permit was rejected.
Project boundaries for the most recent application have been scaled back 1,000 feet from surrounding landowners, virtually eliminating the 1,000-foot protest area .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Leawood company involved in energy project declares bankruptcy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Leawood company that hoped to develop a wind-powered energy project in Pennsylvania has declared bankruptcy.
Generation Resources Holding Company LLC, with offices at 118th Street and Roe Avenue, listed &#36;75,052 in assets and &#36;5.86 million in liabilities.
The company owned a 50 percent interest in Stony Creek Windpower LLC, according to the bankruptcy petition. It valued that interest at &#36;75,000. Its remaining assets consisted of &#36;52.44 in accounts at Capitol Federal Savings.
Generation Resources’ biggest unsecured claimant was Black &#038; Veatch Corp., .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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