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		<title>Govt eyes relaxation of rules on construction of renewable energy plants</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/govt-eyes-relaxation-of-rules-on-construction-of-renewable-energy-plants/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The government is considering relaxing regulations on building solar power plants and other renewable energy facilities to promote their use in the country, according to government sources. A Government Revitalization Unit subpanel tasked with discussing deregulation and system reforms intends to exempt solar power generation plants from acreage restrictions in the Factory Location Law. The subpanel, chaired by Sumitomo Corp. Chairman Motoyuki Oka, has drawn up a plan to relax regulations in 183 energy-related fields. The Government Revitalization Unit is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Empty farms eyed for power generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has decided to take advantage of abandoned or dormant farmland to encourage power generation using renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind power. The ministry plans to submit bills to the Diet in February revising the Agricultural Land Law, the Forest Law and other related laws to relax regulations on the use of farmland and forests. Furthermore, it also plans to offer financial assistance to agricultural production companies that also engage in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli environmental group: Wind turbines endanger birds, threaten open areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel says that if plans go through to build turbines in the Golan, northern Negev and Eilat mountains, they will place the open areas there at risk and dramatically change the landscape. Renewable energy has found itself an unexpected enemy: one of Israel&#8217;s largest environmental groups. Though wind turbines may be helping the environment by providing a clean energy source, they also endanger birds and bats, the Society for the Protection of Nature .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>India to end wind farm tax break next fiscal, official says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[India will discontinue a tax break for wind farms starting in April, the beginning of the financial year, potentially stalling growth in a $3 billion market dominated by turbine-supplier Suzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL) “Accelerated depreciation will go away in April,” Dilip Nigam, director of wind policy at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said in an interview in Mumbai today. General Electric Co., Siemens AG, and Spain’s Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA (GAM) are expanding wind-turbine manufacturing capacity in India .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Threats to open space ever-increasing&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SPNI decries planning and building hazards to country’s land that endanger local wildlife. Threats to open areas are ever increasing as the government’s inclination to protect the public interest simultaneously decreases, according to a report released by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel on Tuesday. This year, SPNI identified 110 such threats – 12 more than last year – of which 22 are brand new issues that emerged in 2011, according to the fifth annual report on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Suzlon to develop 3,000 MW of wind energy in Andra Pradesh</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/16/suzlon-to-develop-3000-mw-of-wind-energy-in-andra-pradesh/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s largest wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy will develop 3,000 MW in Andra Pradesh by 2016 with a potential investment of Rs.18,000 crore. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government during last week&#8217;s Partnership Summit 2012 in Hyderabad. Andra Pradesh is one of the fastest emerging wind energy destinations in the country. As per the MoU, the state government will help Suzlon in obtaining mandatory permissions, registrations, approvals and clearances necessary for developing wind-based energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer new wind power installations in Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/fewer-new-wind-power-installations-in-japan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of Japan’s politicians have said the country has to look to renewable energy sources for the future, yet the country’s new wind power installations will drop by 68 percent in the current fiscal year. About 82 megawatts of power will have been installed by the end of the fiscal year, a report by the Japan Wind Power Association points out. During the previous fiscal year, the country managed to install 256 megawatts. The reason for the significant drop in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan wind power installations to drop 68% as subsidies halted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s wind power installations for the year ending in March will decline 68 percent after the government halted a program that provided subsidies for clean energy projects, an industry association said. The country will add 33 turbines generating 82 megawatts of wind power for the year ending March, according to an estimate by the Japan Wind Power Association released today. For the year ended March 2011, Japan installed 256 megawatts. Japan stopped direct subsidies in 2010 that paid for a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Law eyed to let localities take control of unused land</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/law-eyed-to-let-localities-take-control-of-unused-land/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The farm ministry is mulling a new law to promote power generation in farming and fishing communities using renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, government sources said. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry aims to establish a system under which scattered unused farmland would be consolidated to make room for power-generation facilities. Municipal governments would be able to set up councils to coordinate between power operators, landowners and local residents, while the operators would be able to receive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t eyes new law to promote renewable energy in farming communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Kyodo) &#8212; The farm ministry is considering a new law to promote power generation in farming and fishing communities using renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, government sources said Tuesday. The legislation, envisioned by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry which could be submitted during the upcoming regular parliamentary session starting this month, aims to establish a system under which scattered unused farmland would be consolidated to make room for power generation facilities. Under the legislation, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Each windmill is a factory: Court</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/26/each-windmill-is-a-factory-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Chennai, Dec. 24: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that each windmill is a factory. What more? To put up a windmill in Tamil Nadu, it is also necessary to obtain the permission of the local panchayat body, the Court held. Manufacturing process In the dispute between Mr S. Muppidathi and several others, including Global Wind Infrastructure and Services Pvt Ltd, the Court held that, “a windmill generates electricity and is therefore, a factory involved in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Telugu Desam blows hot over wind contract</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/26/telugu-desam-blows-hot-over-wind-contract/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Telugu Desam has alleged that large-scale irregularities took place while awarding contracts to three firms for generating 800 megawatt Wind Energy projects in Anantapur district, flouting norms. TD general secretary and senior legislator Payyavula Kesav on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, without announcing the wind energy policy of the government and without amending the existing norms, had awarded three companies, Het-ero, Axis and another firm (he did not mentioned the name) for generating 800 MW .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Stricter grid laws for renewable energy sector soon: CERC</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/30/stricter-grid-laws-for-renewable-energy-sector-soon-cerc/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ahmedabad, Nov 30 (PTI) The renewable energy (RE) sector will soon be in for stricter grid laws and standards compliance regime, a member of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission said here today. The power sector regulator CERC also expressed concern over the high cost of wind power in the nation and blamed the wind equipment manufacturers for &#8221;exploiting&#8221; the market, owing to lack of transparency. &#8220;The renewable energy sector must follow the grid laws and standards strictly. The metering at their .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The wild cats at Bhadra Tiger Reserve can breathe easy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/19/the-wild-cats-at-bhadra-tiger-reserve-can-breathe-easy/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wildlife conservationists have won a legal battle in stalling two projects that would have upset the ecologically fragile shola-grassland forests buffering the Bhadra Tiger Reserve in Chikmagalur district. Organisations such as Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust, Nature Conservation Guild, WildCAT-C and WildCANE and local wildlife conservation NGOs in Chikmagalur, have been waging a legal battle against a proposed wind farm and a resort-cum-spa in the region. The state government had, on April 17, 2003, leased 305.37acres to Karnataka Renewal Energy Development .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Birds concern stall windmills</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/15/birds-concern-stall-windmills/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Concern over adverse impact of windmills on birds has stalled major clean energy projects in India. An environment ministry committee has refused to approve any wind energy projects till impact of these windmills on avifauna and bats is fully examined. A study by wildlife conservation organization ELA Foundation, Pune, has found that windmills restrict the path of birds and has been cause of disappearance of many birds in certain areas. More comprehensive studies in west have indicated that lakhs of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills near Maharashtra mascot&#8217;s home, green brigade rings alarm bells</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/09/windmills-near-maharashtra-mascots-home-green-brigade-rings-alarm-bells/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Punaji Thubal, a farmer in Kharpud village, about 80 km from Pune, points at a mass of gravel that has entered his paddy field. He says it came from a road laid uphill to transport parts of a series of windmills. Some of these are being set up 3.5 km from the boundary of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, home to the Indian giant squirrel, or shekru, state animal of Maharashtra. Destruction of the shekru’s habitat is among the concerns expressed by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning is nemesis of windmills, threatening Japan&#8217;s renewable energy campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/04/lightning-is-nemesis-of-windmills-threatening-japans-renewable-energy-campaign/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SAPPORO &#8212; As Japan moves to shift away from nuclear power, wind power, a potential key player among renewable energy sources, faces a stubborn foe: lightning. Hokkaido hosts 266 windmills, the most among Japan&#8217;s 47 prefectures, and about 90 percent of them are located along the Sea of Japan coast, where lightning frequently occurs between fall and winter. But no definite way to solve the problem is in sight and operators of these windmills are struggling to cope with lightning-caused .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Slow down the wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/02/slow-down-the-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[At its birth in 2008, China Wind Power (CWP) exhibition only attracted 200 exhibitors, and the exhibition area only covered 10,000 square meters. Three years later, CWP 2011 attracted more than 600 exhibitors, and the exhibition areas covered 50,000 square meters. Xia Lihua, General Manager of CCID Conference and Exhibition Co. Ltd., which is co-organizer of the event, said CWP has become the world&#8217;s third biggest and Asia&#8217;s biggest wind power exhibition. &#8220;The scale is closely related to the development .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore wind projects run into turbulence</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/22/offshore-wind-projects-run-into-turbulence/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Construction work at four offshore wind farm projects in Jiangsu province has not started a year after they were awarded to major state-owned power firms at prices widely seen as too low to be profitable. While the tenders were organised by Beijing, critics levelled accusations of conflicts of interest within departments of some local governments over land allocation. Chinese Wind Energy Association vice-president Shi Pengfei said some local government agencies wanted the developers to move their projects further offshore to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s windfarms: new safety fears</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/15/chinas-windfarms-new-safety-fears/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[China is the biggest wind turbine maker – and consumer – in the world. But its wind industry is increasingly being plagued by safety concerns, most recently with an accident this week that killed five people. The sleek modernity of today’s wind turbines belies the dangers inherent in their operation: technicians can get hurt falling from their tall towers or tangling with powerful moving parts inside the turbine itself. This week China saw one of its most deadly wind accidents .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More details on crane collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/14/more-details-on-crane-collapse/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We now have more definitive details on the tragic crane collapse that occurred in China on Tuesday taking five lives. And can now confirm that it was a 1,000 tonne crawler crane. The crane a Zoomlion QUY 1000 crawler crane owned by Ningxia Tianxin Construction and development was lifting a 5MW wind turbine nacelle at the production facility of Sinovel where it was made. The load was recorded as 318 tonnes which was within the cranes capacity. As the crane .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Five killed during Sinovel 5MW installation</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/12/five-killed-during-sinovel-5mw-installation/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CHINA: Five people, including a Communist Party official, were killed last night after a crawler crane toppled while a Sinovel 5MW turbine was being erected. The ceremony, to commemorate the installation of the turbine, was disrupted when the arm of the 1,000-ton crane, toppled and fell down suddenly in a trial operation to lift a wind turbine. Five people were killed after being crushed beneath the crane. They included Yu Yongdong, Chinese Communist Party secretary of the Jiuquan industrial park .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Crane collapse kills five in China</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/11/crane-collapse-kills-five-in-china/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Five people have died and one was injured last night when a crane collapsed in northwest China&#8217;s Gansu Province. Few details of the incident are available but according to reports the accident occurred late last night at a wind power equipment company in Jiuquan. The boom of the crane is said to have &#8216;broken&#8217; during a lifting operation, instantly crushing five workers to death. The injured person was in serious condition and taken to a nearby hospital, but his injuries .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>China hits brakes on wind energy growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CHINA: China&#8217;s wind capacity will grow by around 15GW a year up until 2015 according to Liang Zhipeng, deputy director of the department of new energy and renewable energy under the National Energy Bureau (NEB). When compared to the 18.92GW installed in 2010, the figures confirm China’s wind energy growth is continuing to slow. China&#8217;s wind turbine installed capacity has experienced a rapid growth during 2007-2010, with newly added capacity of 3.31GW, 6.15GW, 13.8GW and 18.92GW each year, respectively. However, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Evacuation issues haunt wind power producers in Tamil Nadu</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/03/evacuation-issues-haunt-wind-power-producers-in-tamil-nadu/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[“No more in Tamil Nadu,” says Mr P.P. Gupta, folding his hands in resignation, “until grid issues are resolved.” For the Managing Director of Techno Electric &#038; Engineering Company, the topic of transmission infrastructure in Tamil Nadu – a State in which the company has heavily invested – is always touchy. This is understandable, since Techno Electric lost 50 million units in generation due to “forced back-down”. At the average price that the State-owned electricity utility, TANGEDCO, buys electricity Techno .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Firemen left red-faced after hoses too short to extinguish wind-turbine fire in Hokkaido</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/03/firemen-left-red-faced-after-hoses-too-short-to-extinguish-wind-turbine-fire-in-hokkaido/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WAKKANAI, Hokkaido — Firefighters were left red-faced here after their hoses were too short to extinguish a fire in the turbine of a wind power generator in the area, it was revealed. The incident happened at around 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 2 on the premises of the wind power generation company, Sarakitomanai Wind Power Co., in the city of Wakkanai, northern Hokkaido. According to company officials, on Oct. 1 they detected warning signs for their No. 2 wind turbine and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern utilities seeking expanded ewind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/01/northern-utilities-seeking-expanded-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Three regional electric utilities said Friday that they will conduct tests aimed at increasing wind power generation in northern Japan. The effort, tentatively scheduled for fiscal 2014, will involve Hokkaido Electric Power Co. (9509), Tohoku Electric Power Co. (9506) and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), also known as Tepco. Electric companies use conventional power plants to compensate for swings in output from wind farms. Since both Hokkaido Electric and Tohoku Electric have scant fossil-fuel-based generating capacity, they have little freedom .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Unscheduled power cuts leave residents sweating</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/30/unscheduled-power-cuts-leave-residents-sweating/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[When contacted, a senior officer of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) conceded that there was unscheduled power cut for about an hour and attributed it to the decline in wind power generation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power quest faces stability, regulatory hurdles</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/28/wind-power-quest-faces-stability-regulatory-hurdles/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Like steady breeze and ideal sites, utilities&#8217; commitment also eludes. MINAMIAWAJI, Hyogo Pref. — Southern Awaji Island is technically in Hyogo Prefecture. But its location — within sight of Shikoku just across the Inland Sea — bright sunshine, and strong gusting winds give it the feel of a subtropical island. The breezes are especially important, because the city of Minamiawaji, the main population center, is home to a wind farm that sits on a hilly area between 118 and 225 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Now, Suzlon&#8217;s wind power project gets stuck in row</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/28/now-suzlons-wind-power-project-gets-stuck-in-row/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After Nirma Cement and Adani Power plants, now Suzlon’s ambitious wind park project in Saurashtra is mired in a controversy over potential hazards it may cause to environment and natural resources. Rajkot Congress MP Kunvarji Bavalia has taken up the issue and has announced that he would launch an agitation from October 1 to protest against the hazards the Suzlon project can cause to the environment and local resources in the region. Just when the work on ground has begun .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Koyna was to be a sanctuary. So why the windmills?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/19/koyna-was-to-be-a-sanctuary-so-why-the-windmills/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The monsoon-mangled road from Patan tehsil to Ghanbi village in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats is not heavily used. From here, 15 km of a muddy stretch leads to Gojegaon, bordering what was supposed to be Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary. But unexpectedly, amid lush vistas of shrubbery and grass, one sees unending columns of wind turbines, locally called pawan chakki. The entire plateau from Gojegaon to Vankusawade, where 215 windmills have come up, hardly seems to be part of the sanctuary. “Windmills were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Govt cancels lease granted to wind energy firm at BB Hills</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/18/govt-cancels-lease-granted-to-wind-energy-firm-at-bb-hills/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Putting an end to a decade-old dispute, the Deputy Commissioner of Chikmagalur has withdrawn the lease granted to a Chennai-based power generating company, M/s B B Hills Wind Farm Development Private Limited, at the ecologically sensitive Bababudangiri Hills. In a significant effort in saving the Western Ghats, the Deputy Commissioner withdrew the order granting the lease for 305.37 acres of land to the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) for a period of 30 years to set up 124 windmills. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No rush to turn to renewables</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/14/no-rush-to-turn-to-renewables/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami severely damaged the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, faith in renewable energy sources has spread fast in many corners of the world as an emissions-free means of generating electricity. But placing excessive expectations on renewable energy sources could backfire on the Japanese economy and industry. Major European countries like Germany, Switzerland and Italy have decided to do away with nuclear power. In Japan, major projects have been set afoot in Japan, each .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Government urged to delay wind, solar projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/12/government-urged-to-delay-wind-solar-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Federation of Philippine Industries is urging the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to defer the issuance of feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for wind and solar power projects as these technologies are still too expensive to use as mainstream power sources. In a position paper submitted to the ERC earlier this month, the group said that including wind and solar power projects in the FIT scheme would result in much higher electricity rates—something that both consumers and industries could ill afford .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gamesa starts probe after blade breaks off wind turbine in India</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/08/gamesa-starts-probe-after-blade-breaks-off-wind-turbine-in-india/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA, Europe’s second-biggest wind turbine maker, is investigating an accident in which a blade fell off of an 850-kilowatt turbine in southern India, the head of the company’s local unit said. The accident is an “isolated” incident, Ramesh Kymal, chairman and managing director of Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt., said today by telephone. “We have more than 7,000 of these turbines operating worldwide without any problems.” The turbine was installed about five years ago at a wind farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills in Rajasthan blowing sand dunes, affecting tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/02/windmills-in-rajasthan-blowing-sand-dunes-affecting-tourism/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan on Friday expressed concern over the installation of &#8220;cobweb-like&#8221; windmills for power generation in their constituencies as these were blowing away sand dunes and driving away tourists. Addressing their concern, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said during Question Hour that a windmill atlas was being formed and asserted that there was no danger to sand dunes in Barmer region as it had enough sand. However, Bikaner member Arjun Meghwal, Barmer MP Harish .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Valley suited to windmills: Report</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/27/valley-suited-to-windmills-report/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU: Researchers who mapped the wind systems in various parts of the Valley, said it was possible to produce 20 MW electricity through wind power in Kathmandu. The team identified hills to the valley’s west and east as potential sites for generating electricity from wind. Besides, the cost per megawatt for a hydro plant and a wind-based plant is about the same.” Production of electricity by making use of wind is feasible in Makwanpur, Lakuri Bhanjyaang, Naagdhunga, Bhimdhunga, Nagarkot, Godavari .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Attappadi package may be scrapped</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/27/attappadi-package-may-be-scrapped/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after Revenue Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan failed to provide a clear answer on whether the tribals of Attappady would be restored their rightful land, Oommen Chandy on Friday said the ‘Attappadi package’ itself would be scrapped if there was opposition to it. Talking to reporters here after a Special Cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister said the ownership of the land would remain with the tribals. The company will only be a lessee, Chandy said. The tribals will be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan pins hopes on green power laws, risks abound</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/23/japan-pins-hopes-on-green-power-laws-risks-abound/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s lawmakers have the opportunity to show how strong their support is for boosting renewable power supply to replace nuclear reactors with the passage of a green energy subsidy scheme likely within days. The country is struggling to overhaul its energy policies after the March quake and tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster that shattered the public&#8217;s confidence in the safety of the atomic industry and delayed the restart of idled plants. Costly oil and gas imports have soared. There is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills of distress in Rajasthan&#8217;s tourism industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/15/windmills-of-distress-in-rajasthans-tourism-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Jaisalmer : Hundreds of windmills dotting Rajasthan&#8217;s sandy dunes to harness power are having an adverse effect &#8211; they are hitting the state&#8217;s booming tourism industry. Around 1,600 windmills have sprung up in Jaisalmer district, where forts, royal havelis and camel safaris have been popular with tourists. The tourism industry says these windmills have led to the shutting down of several camel safari routes. &#8220;Camel safari in the dunes is the most popular tourist activity here and many safari routes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>China plans stricter grid code for turbines in bid to curb outages</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/15/china-plans-stricter-grid-code-for-turbines-in-bid-to-curb-outages/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[China is introducing a stricter grid code that will reduce the risk of power outages at big wind farms, but will add costs and slow turbine sales. The new code demands that projects use only turbines with low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability. This technology, which keeps turbines operating even after a large drop in voltage, has become increasingly vital following a series of major outages at wind farms this year. On 17 April, 702 turbines tripped off the grid at a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Govt to require green impact studies for wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/10/govt-to-require-green-impact-studies-for-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The government plans to make environmental assessments mandatory before any wind power station capable of generating at least 10,000kw can be constructed. The Ministry of Environment on Tuesday released a draft ordinance aimed at adding wind farms to the list of structures regulated by the Environmental Impact Assessment Law. Studies will determine the distance noise can carry and evaluate the impact on the surrounding ecology, including the risk of birds colliding with facilities. The ministry will seek cabinet approval as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>India scraps minimum wind density site ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/09/india-scraps-minimum-wind-density-site-ruling/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s federal Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has revised guidelines for wind-energy projects, removing a 2002 rule that projects would only be permitted at sites with a minimum wind density of 200 watts per square metre at a hub height of 50 metres. In a circular dated 1 August, the ministry said this requirement was no longer relevant given the advances in wind-energy technology and the efficiency of new and larger turbines. It said the decision has been taken .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SERC inspecting wind farms after disconnections</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/07/serc-inspecting-wind-farms-after-disconnections/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BEIJING &#8211; The State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) will conduct nationwide inspections this month of wind power facilities after a series of large-scale disconnections that threatened the stability of the power grid. SERC said on Wednesday that the inspections, which will run all month, will include wind farm safety management, operations, grid connections and the actual wind turbines. The move follows four massive incidents in Jiuquan, Gansu province, one of the most important wind power bases in China, in which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kansai Electric curbs wind farm over noise concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/05/kansai-electric-curbs-wind-farm-over-noise-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A utility in western Japan said on Friday it will limit planned operations at its first wind farm to take account of residents&#8217; concerns about noise, highlighting a snag in the nation&#8217;s efforts to encourage renewable energy. Kansai Electric Power Co said it would cut the capacity of the wind farm on Awaji Island, about 70 km (40 miles) west of Osaka, to 14 megawatts using seven turbines, and limit nighttime operations to four of the turbines. The utility, which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State sweats it out as wind power goes waste</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/27/state-sweats-it-out-as-wind-power-goes-waste/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[COIMBATORE: Even as load shedding and unscheduled power cuts take a toll on people, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has not utilised the windmills to its full potential over the last three days. About 50% of the windmills in the state were put off the power grid due to which nearly 20 million units of power was wasted, said K Kasthurirangaian, chairman of the Indian Wind Power Association. Between August and September, the state relies heavily on wind power to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines sounding the death knell for tourism in Jaisalmer?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/21/wind-turbines-sounding-the-death-knell-for-tourism-in-jaisalmer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[JAIPUR: The quintessential camel safari on the undulating dunes of Jaisalmer may become a thing of the past as wind turbines have taken over the camel tracks from Jaisalmer to Sam dunes. Ironically, despite chief secretary S Ahmad&#8217;s instructions on May 1 to stop the work, the turbine installation has only gained momentum. According to sources, &#8220;An area of 1890 bigha on the tourist track to Sam dunes was allotted to a Mumbai-based company to set up a 159-MW wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Land clearance for wind energy projects to be quicker</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/24/land-clearance-for-wind-energy-projects-to-be-quicker/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Bangalore: Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Energy Department, Shamim Bhanu has assured promoters of wind energy projects that the Energy Department officials would have talks with their counterparts in the Revenue Department to ensure that the process for getting clearances to purchase or take land on lease for the projects is speeded up. Ms. Shamim Bhanu was addressing the gathering at 15th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA)-Chennai, in Bangalore on Thursday. Ms. Shamim Bhanu said, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanchi residents protest plans to wind turbines along north coast</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/16/sanchi-residents-protest-plans-to-wind-turbines-along-north-coast/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Over a hundred New Taipei City residents yesterday staged multiple protests against the government-approved construction of two wind turbines along the coast of Sanchi and Shimen, arguing that their quality of life and well-being will be severely comprised if the alternative energy initiatives come to fruition. The local action group, spearheaded by New Taipei City legislators Tsai Chin-hsian and Cheng Dai Li-hsiang, traveled from Baisha Bay to the buildings of the North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area Administration, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Forest law changes may speed up energy projects in Karnataka</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Karnataka’s stringent forest laws are coming in the way of units involved in the production of renewable energy. They find getting clearance for projects time consuming. Forest laws should be streamlined so projects could move faster, said Shamim Banu, principal secretary of energy department. Efforts to get land in areas near Western Ghats that are conducive for creating wind energy have not yielded results. Procedural problems are causing delays and foiling the department’s efforts to increase the share of renewable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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