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		<title>South Dakota wind projects limited by scant electrical grids</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/south-dakota-wind-projects-limited-by-scant-electrical-grids/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[North Dakota is expected to add hundreds of megawatts of wind energy this year, while development has slowed to a near stop in South Dakota. The difference seems to be the availability of high-voltage power lines to ship the power to cities that need it. South Dakota has more than 30,000 megawatts of proposed wind energy projects in the queue, according to the American Wind Energy Association, but a state association director said he’s received no indication from developers that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>What are the wind power costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A big thank you goes to the American Bird Conservancy to help slow down the notion that wind energy is the answer to our energy needs. The Argus Leader has published many articles on wind energy but never once has told us what the costs would be. According to energy analyzers, energy consumers would have to pay outlandish prices if wind energy became a major part of our energy production. Media investigators should look into the costs. An energy watchdog .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group targets wind farms; Advocates want stricter rules to prevent bird deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration moves on a plan to speed permitting of wind projects in the Great Plains, a major bird conservation group is asking the government to enact stricter standards for wind energy development. The American Bird Conservancy has formally petitioned the Department of the Interior to develop mandatory siting rules for wind projects, claiming that existing guidelines, which are voluntary, constitute a “counterproductive and almost certainly unlawful approach” to enforcing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. “Most wind energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hyde County wind project on hold</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/30/hyde-county-wind-project-on-hold/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Florida energy developer has suspended the permitting process for a 150-megawatt wind project in Hyde County, citing uncertainty about a power customer. Despite the development, NextEra Energy still considers the project active, company spokesman Steve Stengel said. &#8220;We have not canceled the project,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are putting the (environmental impact statement) on hold until we have greater clarity around a couple of issues, one being identifying a customer for the project.&#8221; NextEra operates three wind farms in South .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NextEra suspends South Dakota wind farm without power deal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/22/nextera-suspends-south-dakota-wind-farm-without-power-deal/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE), the largest U.S. wind-energy producer, suspended the permitting process for a wind farm it’s developing in South Dakota until a customer for the power is found. The company told the U.S. Energy Department to cancel an environmental review of its proposed 150-megawatt Hyde County Wind Energy Center, the agency said today in a statement. The review was initiated when NextEra requested permission to connect its plant to the grid. NextEra “decided not to move forward” with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind panel unable to reach agreement on state tax breaks</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/06/wind-panel-unable-to-reach-agreement-on-state-tax-breaks/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE — Members of the special task force ordered by the Legislature to study South Dakota’s competitiveness for wind energy projects concluded their work today at least a little smarter than when they began three meetings ago, but knowledge didn’t translate into action. The panel of people from the wind electricity field, legislators and state government’s top tax expert couldn’t find common ground on a tax approach that would encourage development of wind farms and related industries in South Dakota. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County commission approves wind turbine rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/05/county-commission-approves-wind-turbine-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pennington County Commission gave final approval Tuesday to an ordinance regulating wind turbines. The ordinance was approved unanimously after months of work by the planning department, the planning commission and the county commissioners. It sets out rules for three types of wind turbines: small wind energy systems less than 100 feet tall; large wind energy systems that are taller; and wind farms, or collections of multiple large wind energy systems. Small turbines can be built in all county zoning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Big utilities seek tax cuts for developing wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/08/big-utilities-seek-tax-cuts-for-developing-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE — Representatives from several large utility companies that run wind farms in South Dakota called for tax reductions Wednesday as one of the steps to encourage more wind-electricity projects in the state. They made their suggestions to a special task force created by the Legislature to study South Dakota’s competitiveness in wind energy. The panel plans to meet a final time Oct. 5 to develop recommendations that will be delivered to the governor and the Legislature. “We will be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rounds&#8217; post stirs conflict concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/04/rounds-post-stirs-conflict-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ex-governor to serve on board that needs OK on project from PUC, where his son works Former Gov. Mike Rounds has been named to the board of directors of a company that plans to build a multibillion-dollar network of transmission power lines across the Dakotas &#8211; a job that will pay him $75,000 next year, plus that amount in stocks. While it&#8217;s not unusual that a former politician such as a governor would be named to the board of directors .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind &#8216;corridor&#8217; could speed projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/02/wind-corridor-could-speed-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on a plan to fast-track wind energy projects within a 200-mile-wide corridor down the center of the country, including much of South Dakota. The catch: As proposed, the so-called Great Plains Wind Corridor also would allow an unspecified number of endangered birds to be killed, including the piping plover, the least tern and &#8211; most controversially &#8211; the whooping crane. The corridor follows the crane&#8217;s migratory path from Canada to the Texas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>US preservationist group pinpoints 11 endangered sites</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/29/us-preservationist-group-pinpoints-11-endangered-sites/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We hear a lot about endangered species. But each year for 24 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been spotlighting 11 endangered places in the United States &#8211; from battlefields to state and national parks to the deteriorating homes of legendary Americans. Even eccentric old motels and gas stations have made the list. The nonprofit trust was chartered by Congress in 1949. Ever since, it and some of its almost 400,000 members have been campaigning to spare architectural .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy task force sets course for studies</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/28/wind-energy-task-force-sets-course-for-studies/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE — A legislative wind energy task force wants to hear from companies operating projects within the state about what developers in the state prefer. Wednesday, the special task force studying South Dakota’s competitiveness in wind energy development also requested an analysis of South Dakota’s various taxes and incentives that affect wind projects in comparison to those in neighboring states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa. And they asked for an update on the work of the South Dakota Energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power vs. whooping crane on the prairie?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/21/wind-power-vs-whooping-crane-on-the-prairie/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The term of art is incidental take. It refers to the “harassment, harm, pursuit, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capture, or collection of any threatened or endangered species.” Incidental take is in the news now because the Obama administration has given notice that it is evaluating issuing an incidental take permit (ITP) – a free pass of sorts – in a 200-mile-wide corridor from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico where whooping cranes migrate. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power fails to sail in South Dakota</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/18/wind-power-fails-to-sail-in-south-dakota/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[South Dakota&#8217;s wind power market right now seems to be in the doldrums. Developers point to the usual culprit &#8211; a longstanding lack of adequate transmission &#8211; but also to a prolonged slump in electricity demand, sluggish growth in the broader economy and rock-bottom prices for natural gas, which competes with wind. Steve Wegman, executive director of the South Dakota Wind Energy Association, can rattle off a list of wind projects in the state that have stalled or been shelved .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noem proposes shortening permitting process for wind farms on government land</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/15/noem-proposes-shortening-permitting-process-for-wind-farms-on-government-land/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Rep. Kristi Noem has introduced a bill to remove part of the permitting process for potential wind farms on some government land. The Utilizing America’s Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act would cut up to two years off the process for some wind farms, Noem said, by delaying the need for an extensive environmental impact study until after test towers determine whether there is enough wind to proceed with a wind farm. The law would apply only on land owned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner says PUC couldn&#8217;t rule on Black Hills Power&#8217;s wind farm request</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/15/commissioner-says-puc-couldnt-rule-on-black-hills-powers-wind-farm-request/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Public Utilities Commissioner Gary Hanson said Tuesday that while he supported a proposed Black Hills Power wind farm, he maintained the commission’s unanimous position that it does not have the statutory authority to make a formal determination about the project before it is built. Black Hills Power announced Monday that it has shelved plans for what would have been the first commercial wind farm West River, a $38 million project 8 miles north of Belle Fourche. The utility said the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Butte County residents curious about wind farm action</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/14/butte-county-residents-curious-about-wind-farm-action/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BELLE FOURCHE &#8211; Butte County people are curious why Black Hills Power dropped plans to develop a wind farm in Butte County and the news Tuesday came as a surprise. County Commission Chairman Steve Smeenk said he first heart of it from the Butte County Post when they called for a reaction. Eileen Miller, one of the landowners involved, said early Tuesday afternoon, &#8220;I just read it in the paper.&#8221; Smeenk, who also is on the Butte Electric cooperative board, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Hills Power pulls plug on wind farm project near Belle Fourche, blames PUC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Black Hills Power said Monday that it has pulled the plug on plans to build a wind farm near Belle Fourche after the state Public Utilities Commission said it does not have the legal authority to determine whether the project would enable the utility to meet the state’s voluntary renewable energy objective. The voluntary objective calls for 10 percent of all electricity sold in the state to come from renewable, recycled or conserved resources by 2015. Black Hills Power sought .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind developer complains to PUC; Northwestern Energy accused of refusing to buy power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/05/18/wind-developer-complains-to-puc-northwestern-energy-accused-of-refusing-to-buy-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 12:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Clark County wind developer has filed a complaint with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission alleging that Sioux Falls-based Northwestern Energy is unlawfully refusing to buy its power. The case, only the third such dispute to come before the commission, illustrates the tension between the state&#8217;s renewable energy ambitions and its desire to keep electricity rates low. The complainant is Oak Tree Energy, which plans to build a 19.5-megawatt wind farm in Clark County. It first applied for a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BHP expects wind farm to be a breeze</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/29/bhp-expects-wind-farm-to-be-a-breeze/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Black Hills Power won’t need a permit from state utility regulators to construct or operate a wind farm in Butte County. The Public Utilities Commission requires permits only for projects of 100 megawatts or more, and a proposed Belle Fourche-area wind farm is just 20 megawatts. Where to draw the line at permitting has been debated at the PUC for the last few years, chairman Steve Kolbeck said. When a permit is required, PUC staff talk to landowners, study exact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Hills Power plans Butte County wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/29/black-hills-power-plans-butte-county-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Black Hills Power filed Thursday for permission to build a $38 million wind farm 8 miles north of Belle Fourche in Butte County. It would be the first large West River wind development and would help the electric utility meet state goals for renewable power sales, utility officials said. The &#8220;construction-ready&#8221; project was developed by Renewable Solutions, a Minnesota company owned by Rapid City native Mark Eilers. The company has conducted exploratory research and obtained easements from landowners on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County establishes moratorium on new wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/20/county-establishes-moratorium-on-new-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pennington County Commission has established a 90-day moratorium on new wind turbines as it works on an ordinance governing wind farms. Commissioners said they were worried about a rush of developers trying to get approval for wind towers before new rules go into place. The first reading of that ordinance was pushed back Tuesday and is scheduled for the May 3 commission meeting.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind study won&#8217;t be paid by industry; Legislative board will use its own money for task force</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/20/wind-study-wont-be-paid-by-industry-legislative-board-will-use-its-own-money-for-task-force/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A legislative study on wind industry incentives no longer will be sponsored by the industry itself. The Legislative Executive Board decided this week to use its own money to pay for the Wind Energy Competitive Advisory Task Force. Earlier this year, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation that would create the task force to review the state&#8217;s taxation of wind industry and compare state incentives. At the time, the Legislature did not have the money to financially support the task force, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. wind company eyes Meade County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/03/24/n-c-wind-company-eyes-meade-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[STURGIS &#8212; Data from a meteorological tower in Meade County is already showing encouraging results that it is in an ideal location for a large-scale wind farm. Duke Energy, a renewable energy business headquartered out of Charlotte, N.C., began collecting wind data in 2009, and a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday those results are encouraging. This tower, commonly referred to as a “Met Tower,” is located along Alkali Road, just outside of Sturgis. “We are in the very early .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Counties prepare for coming of wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/03/13/counties-prepare-for-coming-of-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Pennington County officials are delaying a scheduled hearing this week on proposed regulations for wind power generators, pending a review by the U.S. Air Force tied to potential impacts of wind turbines on Ellsworth Air Base. Meanwhile in Meade County, planning officials are waiting for an application for construction of a wind farm a few miles east of Sturgis that would have about 30 turbines in its initial stage. The two counties are dealing with an issue that is likely .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>This Blows</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We know the state is short on funds, but THUMBS DOWN to the South Dakota lawmakers who approved a bill that would allow the wind industry to fund a study by the Legislature of financial incentives for wind projects. No one at a House hearing this week could remember another time when a special interest had been allowed to pay for a study that could be to its own benefit. House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff, who wanted to support formation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature says wind industry can pay for panel</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/03/09/legislature-says-wind-industry-can-pay-for-panel/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE — House Democratic Leader Bernie Hunhoff was a real-life Don Quixote tilting at windmills Monday. He tried to stop the wind energy industry from being allowed to finance a study by the Legislature of financial incentives for wind projects. But the Yankton lawmaker’s amendment was shouted down in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on a voice vote. Then House members went on to give final legislative approval 57-13 to the measure establishing the task force, whose members will look .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind industry wants safety law changed; Group says it is too costly to alter existing towers</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/22/wind-industry-wants-safety-law-changed-group-says-it-is-too-costly-to-alter-existing-towers/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A state law designed to protect low-flying aircraft from air hazards could inadvertently hinder efforts to expand South Dakota&#8217;s wind industry, a wind-energy advocate said Monday. &#8220;This will severely hurt wind development in South Dakota,&#8221; said Steve Wegman, director of the South Dakota Wind Energy Association. At issue is a year-old statute that requires anemometer towers &#8211; known as met towers &#8211; to be striped in alternating colors, and to have sleeves and visibility balls mounted on their guy wires. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Massive wind farm proposed in area</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/17/massive-wind-farm-proposed-in-area/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BURKE — If the plans of Rob and Heath Johnson come to fruition, Gregory and Tripp counties will be home to the largest wind farm in the nation. Representing Dakota Plains Energy, the two Aberdeen men told nearly 40 landowners Wednesday that their support could lead to the construction of a 1,000-megawatt wind farm. That’s about six times the generating power of the wind farm recently constructed near White Lake. The Johnsons did not provide a total cost estimate for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax breaks for wind-energy projects could be subject of a legislative study</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/11/tax-breaks-for-wind-energy-projects-could-be-subject-of-a-legislative-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE — Normally, the Legislature lets its Executive Board decide the topics for special studies. But tax incentives for the wind-energy industry might get different treatment. Sen. Bob Gray, R-Pierre, proposes the creation in state law of what he’s titled the Wind Energy Competitive Task Force. He is the Senate president pro tem. His co-sponsors on SB 194 include House Speaker Val Rausch, R-Big Stone City, and five other key Republican legislators. The Senate State Affairs Committee endorsed Gray’s plan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plans for power transmission route OK&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/08/plans-for-power-transmission-route-okd/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved the final section of a transmission route that would ferry wind power from South Dakota to the Twin Cities. The 250-mile transmission line from Brookings County to Hampton, Minn., just south of St. Paul, had been permitted except for a 60-mile stretch where it would cross the Minnesota River. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had raised concerns about how the transmission line might affect eagles flying along the river corridor. The FWS since .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>City council OKs wind turbine rule</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/12/22/city-council-oks-wind-turbine-rule/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[City councilors have approved an ordinance that allows private wind turbines in Brookings&#8217; industrial zones. If and when they&#8217;ll ever be permitted in the community&#8217;s residential neighborhoods is yet to be determined. A few local residents have said they want to install turbines on their property. But a city official says there&#8217;s very little interest on the topic here, and he wants more time to track the potential consequences of allowing that to happen . Councilors voted unanimously last week .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Crow Creek wind project moves ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/12/21/crow-creek-wind-project-moves-ahead/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FORT THOMPSON — A wind project proposed by a Colorado company on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation is moving forward, despite an effort to stop it. Paul X. McMenaman, founder and board chairman of Winterhawk Energy and Development Corp. in Evergreen, Colo., said last week that the project received final approval from the tribal council Nov. 16. Winterhawk is proposing a 222 wind-turbine project that would provide more than $4 million in revenue to the tribe annually. The project would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council takes on turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/10/16/council-takes-on-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Brookings city councilors reviewed a draft ordinance this week that, if approved, could allow private wind turbines in some parts of the city. The ordinance, previously reviewed by the City Planning Commission in April, is headed back to the board for its recommendation. Then it will come to the city council for further consideration. City Planning and Zoning Administrator Dan Hanson wrote the draft ordinance earlier this year. If passed, it would allow wind energy conversion systems (more commonly referred .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wrightsville man killed in accident at South Dakota construction site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/10/14/wrightsville-man-killed-in-accident-at-south-dakota-construction-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Wrightsville man was killed in a work-related accident at a wind turbine construction site last week, according to authorities. Stephen C. McAdams, 40, was killed Friday afternoon at a construction site about six miles northeast of Kimball, S.D., according to Lt. Alan Welsh with the South Dakota Highway Patrol. McAdams was standing next to a pickup truck and talking to an occupant inside when he was trapped by a tractor-trailer trying to maneuver around the truck, Welsh said. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania man dies at construction site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/10/12/pennsylvania-man-dies-at-construction-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A 40 year old Pennsylvania man died in South Dakota after being struck by a semi at a construction site for a wind project. The semi was unloading steel bars used to reinforce concrete. Action News is being told the accident happened Friday afternoon at Crow Lake wind farm just northwest of White Lake. McAdams was working for Wanzek construction. According to his obituary he would have celebrated his 18th wedding anniversary Thursday. He leaves behind his wife and four .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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