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		<title>Wind farm bid sees farmers&#8217; tempers flare</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/wind-farm-bid-sees-farmers-tempers-flare/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of Erris landowners have reacted angrily to a planning application for a wind-farm in Cordoverry. Just before Christmas, the newly-formed Cordoverry Wind Farm Ltd lodged a planning application with Mayo County Council for a 10-turbine windfarm covering 190 hectares. The proposed wind farm would be situated on part of the lands acquired by Bord na Mona between the 1950s and the 1990s for the purpose of extracting peat to fuel Bellacor-rick station. Known as the Oweninny acquisition, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green light for windmills</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The countryside south of Clonegal is set to become a major centre of green energy, with the granting of planning permission to local landholder Andy Nolan for three huge windmills. The 85 metre towers are due to be erected in the townland of Ballinastraw next to a six-turbine wind farm that is already in the pipeline. The 6.9 megawatt development submitted by Andy Nolan was given the thumbs-up by the planners at Wexford County Council after no objections were raised .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Viridian&#8217;s wind-farm assets put up for sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Irish wind-farm assets belonging to energy firm Viridian have been formally put up for sale by the company&#8217;s Bahrain owner, Arcapita. They could fetch as much as €200m. Private equity firm Arcapita, which acquired Northern Ireland-based Viridian in 2006 for $4.2bn (€3.2bn), has hired Royal Bank of Scotland to initiate the sales process. The bank began sending out teaser documentation to potentially interested buyers this week, it&#8217;s understood. The wind assets comprise about 104 megawatts in total of projects that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Application for €30m Clare wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Electric Ireland has lodged plans for a large €30 million wind farm at its Moneypoint power station in Co Clare, where the turbines will be more than 30m (100 ft) taller than Dublin’s Spire. The five turbines, at 154m (506ft), will also be more than twice the height of Dublin’s Liberty Hall, but will be lower than the two 228m (750ft) chimney stacks at the 915MW coal-burning station. Moneypoint is the largest electricity-generating station in the Republic, located on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Huge new towers for Clonegal area</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/huge-new-towers-for-clonegal-area/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The countryside south of Clonegal is set to become a major centre of green energy, with the granting of planning permission to local landholder Andy Nolan for three huge windmills. The 85 metre towers are due to be erected in the townland of Ballinastraw next to a six-turbine wind farm that is already in the pipeline. The 6.9 megawatt development submitted by Andy Nolan was given the thumbs-up by the planners at Wexford County Council after no objections were raised .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillor seeks more transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil Cllr. Seamus Ó Domhnaill has called on Donegal County Council to review the planning application process for all large-scale developments. “What I would also be seeking is that the whole procedure be changed so that it becomes much more transparent and user-friendly,” Cllr. Ó Domhnaill said yesterday. At the Glenties Electoral Area meeting on Tuesday, councillors discussed concerns that Glenties-area people had raised, following news last Friday that a proposed wind farm at Straboy, outside Glenties, had received .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm approval questioned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Local residents opposed to a planned wind farm outside of Glenties want to know why several objectors’ submissions were returned on a technicality weeks later. “I think it would have to be looked into,” said Anne Marie O’Donnell, one of a group of people who have long opposed the plans. “They should have let us know before the closing date.” Objectors learned on Friday that planning approval had been given for construction of 22 wind turbines at Straboy, about 1.5 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Objectors want Glenties windfarm planning process re-opened</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There was a large turnout at the Highlands Hotel in Glenties last night for a meeting to discuss a controversial new windfarm scheduled to be built in Straboy, Glenties. There is anger after a decision to grant permission for the 20 turbine development was made despite a large number of submissions from people opposed to the project. The submission were rejected late in the process because of a technicality relating to payment. Local’s are objecting on a number of grounds .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plans for €200m windfarm ‘threaten’ railway’s future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The managing director of the West Clare Railway has claimed a planned €200 million windfarm — with pylons topping 400ft — places the railway’s future development in considerable doubt. West Coastal Wind Power Ltd envisages erecting up to 45 of the 415ft-high units. The project has divided opinion in the West Clare coastal community of Doonbeg where 79 landowners are due to share an unspecified windfall from land leases. The West Clare Railway operates in the same parish of Shragh, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council backs idea of €500m renewable energy reservoir</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/23/council-backs-idea-of-e500m-renewable-energy-reservoir/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A €500 million renewable energy storage reservoir proposed for north Co Mayo could export 10 terawatt hours of “clean power” to Britain, according to its backers, providing the equivalent of 2 per cent of Britain’s electricity requirement by 2016, when the project is targeted for completion. Mayo County Council has expressed support in principle for the concept, developed by Organic Power Ltd of Skibbereen, Co Cork, to store surplus wind and wave energy generated as part of the county’s renewable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Locals divided over plan for €200m wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/16/locals-divided-over-plan-for-e200m-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for an “industrial-scale” €200 million wind farm is dividing opinion among locals in a coastal west Clare community. Seventy-nine landowners are set to benefit from annual rental payments from West Coastal Wind Power Ltd for the wind farm. It will have turbines reaching over 400ft in height. A number of locals have lodged submissions to An Bord Pleanála in favour of the plan, with others voicing their opposition. Bodies to make submissions on the plan include Birdwatch Ireland, Friends .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Quinn wind energy company in administration</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/former-quinn-wind-energy-company-in-administration/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind energy company which was controlled by members of Sean Quinn&#8217;s family has been placed into administration. Mr Quinn, formerly Ireland&#8217;s richest man, faces bankruptcy proceedings in Dublin on Monday after his NI bankruptcy was annulled. He lost control of his business empire last year when former Anglo Irish Bank appointed a receiver over a £2bn debt. Some Quinn family assets remained outside the receivership process. These included wind farms and a golf course. An administrator was appointed to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hollyford windfarm appealed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/08/hollyford-windfarm-appealed/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A windfarm given the go-ahead by South Tipperary County Council, has been appealed to An Bord Pleanala. Ecopower Developments Ltd. was given the green light to build two wind turbines, with an overall height of up to 126m, along with access roads and ancillary site works, at Glenough Upper on November 25th. The full address is given as Glenough Upper/Lackenacreena/Foilmacduff/Glenpaudeen/Glencarbry/, Hollyford. The Council attached 17 conditions to the development. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was submitted with the application. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Coilte: trust, forests and windfarms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/coilte-trust-forests-and-windfarms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The annual Coilte Enterprise report for 2010 made for interesting reading. It reveals the extent of the group’s ventures and interests in industries outside of forestry. Notably, there’s the wind energy aspect. In 2010, Coilte reports it secured planning permission for sites in Cloosh Valley in County Galway and Raheenleagh in County Wicklow. And, simultaneously, the organization was in advanced stages of working through planning application for additional wind farms in six counties. Such activity supports a ‘sales pipeline of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Charlestown wind turbine gets green light despite objections</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/22/charlestown-wind-turbine-gets-green-light-despite-objections/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An electricity generating wind turbine, which attracted numerous objections, has been given the go ahead in Charlestown. Wind Energy Direct plans to erect the 85-metre high turbine at Brackloonagh but must comply with 27 planning conditions before they can start work. The application, which was submitted to Mayo Co Council last June, attracted six separate observations. Marie Osvald Caffrey objected to the erection of the turbine close to TJ Grady&#8217;s factory on the basis of its visual impact on her .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Couple declares wind farm plight</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/06/couple-declares-wind-farm-plight/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ballindaggin residents Philip and Catherine Hickey have declared their opposition to the wind farm they feel has blighted their lives. The couple failed recently in their objection to planning permission being granted for an entrance to the six turbines scattered across the hill behind their neat bungalow. However, the Hickeys are considering an appeal to An Bord Pleanála and they have not ruled out the possibility of taking their case to the courts. They insist that the nearest of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EirGrid challenges Laois lines policy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/06/eirgrid-challenges-laois-lines-policy/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[EirGrid has brought a High Court challenge to Laois County Council’s policy requiring all new power lines over 400kv to be placed underground. Leave to bring the judicial review was granted yesterday by Mr Justice Michael Peart on an ex parte basis (one side only represented). The matter was returned for mention to next month. EirGrid Plc claims the policy, adopted by the council last October as part of its county development plan for 2011-2017, makes it impossible for the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Concern over electricity grid plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/30/concern-over-electricity-grid-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Galway County Councillors have raised concerns about a planned €240 million investment in the electricity transmission system in the West. At Monday’s council meeting, representatives from national electricity grid operator EirGrid informed councillors that it intends to begin public consultation on the Grid West scheme next year. County Manager Martina Moloney said the project, which will be around 120km in length, is needed to sustain development in the region and take advantage of sustainable energy resources in the West. EirGrid .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish-Scottish wind deal &#8211; cartoon</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/26/irish-scottish-wind-deal-cartoon/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Windfarm gets planning approval despite objections from residents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/24/windfarm-gets-planning-approval-despite-objections-from-residents/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála, granted permission this week for the development of a windfarm near Ballylongford, despite concerns raised by locals who feared the turbines would be noisey and would take from the natural beauty of the rural area. Scottish and Southern Energy Renewables (SSER) were this week granted planning by the planning appeals board for the construction of nine wind turbines, with a tip height of 125 metres, at Lenamore, Ballylongford. Kerry County Council had refused permission for the windfarm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearing told of peat landslide fears</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/16/wind-farm-hearing-told-of-peat-landslide-fears/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An oral hearing into a proposal for a wind farm near Castleisland, Co Kerry, heard yesterday how the applicants proposed locating large turbines in existing forestry rather than blanket bog to prevent the possibility of a peat landslide. The site of wind turbines proposed by Saorgus Energy Ltd was also in the flight path to Kerry airport, 15km away, and this was one of the reasons it had been turned down by the local authority, yesterday’s proceedings were told. A .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm controversry blows up again as two projects get green light</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/10/wind-farm-controversry-blows-up-again-as-two-projects-get-green-light/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Strong recommendations by senior inspectors with An Bord Pleanala to refuse planning permission for two wind farms in the South Connemara area were rejected by the executive of the Planning Appeals Board who gave them the green light. One of the wind farms granted planning permission will become one of the biggest in the country and between them, the two Connemara developments have the potential to provide almost 100,000 homes with electricity. Fisheries interests, turf cutters and An Taisce were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Galway wind farm gets green light</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/04/galway-wind-farm-gets-green-light/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planning permission has been granted for what may become the largest wind farm in the State. An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to a wind farm in Co Galway which will generate enough electricity for 68,000 houses. Work can now begin on the 105 megawatt Cloosh Valley wind project near Oughterard, on land owned by Coillte. The scheme will be operated by the State forestry company with Scottish and Southern Energy and the Canadian company, Finavera Wind Energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers take lessons in wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/04/teachers-take-lessons-in-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Students can now build their own model wind turbine thanks to training undertaken by their teachers during the mid-term break. Science, maths and geography teachers from counties Cork, Clare, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare and Wicklow have spent a day at the Gneeves windfarm near Millstreet as part of the week-long course. The KidWind training programme in Cork is run by Dundalk Institute of Technology. The institute has its own on-campus wind turbine and an international reputation for its renewable energy focus. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green light for South Ros wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/13/green-light-for-south-ros-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Roscommon County Council has given the green light for a wind farm in South Roscommon, which will see a total of 14 wind turbines constructed in Dysart. Gaeltech Energy Developments Ltd was given the go ahead for the development on Tuesday, October 4, but this decision will now be appealed to An Bord Pleanála by locals who had opposed the development from the outset. The Seven Hills Wind Farm is planned for the townlands of Turrock, Cronin, Mullaghhardagh, Gortaphuill, Tullyneeny .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West coast wind farm to bypass planning process</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/11/west-coast-wind-farm-to-bypass-planning-process/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A €100 million, 400ft-high wind farm planned for west Clare is to bypass the planning process. It follows a Bord Pleanála ruling that the plan by Clare Coastal Wind Power for a 46-turbine wind farm on two sites near the coast is considered strategic infrastructure and, as a result, will be considered by the appeals board. The sites for the wind farm are located 1km south of Doonbeg and 3km to the north of Kilrush. The plan is 50% larger .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planners open way for new windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/07/planners-open-way-for-new-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The promoters of a windfarm in Claremorris have overcome their final obstacle after An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for the project. PWWP Developments Ltd had received planning permission from Mayo Co Council last July for the four-turbine wind-farm at Cloontooa in Claremorris. But the matter was appealed to An Bord Pleanála on a number of grounds, including visual impact and a flawed environment statement. The site for the proposed windfarm is six kilometres east of Claremorris and nine kilo-metres .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Turbine Action Group welcomes wind strategy deferral</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/06/wind-turbine-action-group-welcomes-wind-strategy-deferral/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wind Turbine Action Group (South Roscommon) has welcomed the decision by Roscommon County Council to withdraw the draft wind energy strategy awaiting a Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment. The group believes that this is particularly important because it feels that the indication of most favoured areas for wind energy in the draft strategy did not take enough notice of other factors like the value of the landscape and wind speed. In particular, the group states that indicating large areas in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Home of mayor attacked</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/28/home-of-mayor-attacked/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gardaí are investigating an attack at the family home of Roscommon mayor Eugene Murphy, during which white crosses and posters with abusive slogans were erected, apparently in relation to the controversial issue of wind farms in the county. Absenting himself from this week’s council meeting when councillors discussed the proposed wind energy strategy for Roscommon, Mr Murphy said his home had been targeted the night before and he had to put his family first. Coillte has applied for planning permission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial wind farm gets board approval</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/28/controversial-wind-farm-gets-board-approval/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to PWWP Development Limited for a wind farm consisting of four wind turbines, an anemometry mast, electrical sub-station and other works at Cloontooa, Claremorris. The decision of Mayo County Council to grant permission in the first place had been appealed by John Keane and Kevin Deering The grounds of appeal argued the cumulative effect of the proposed development in association with other wind farms in the area was not properly assessed. They further .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mulvihill Clan oppose wind turbine plans for Sliabh Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/21/mulvihill-clan-oppose-wind-turbine-plans-for-sliabh-ban/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In recognising the dire need for freeing our countries from the tyranny of oil dependent economies, we wholeheartedly support the use of renewable and sustainable energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal, like millions of others. However, they must be put into practice wisely, with consideration of complex factors particular to each locale. The Mulvihill Clan, with current members on six continents, is deeply troubled about the threat from the wind turbine project to Sliabh Bán in County Roscommon, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mallow windfarm development moves a step closer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/15/mallow-windfarm-development-moves-a-step-closer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The development of a proposed windfarm north of Macroom is one step closer, with the company involved now ready to draw down funds to progress the project. Wind energy company Energia last week announced that it has reached full financial close on the windfarm at Caherdowney, Macroom and described the move as a &#8220;significant project milestone&#8221; as it moves to become Ireland&#8217;s biggest supplier of green energy to business in the Irish market. The group currently has over 300MW of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Permission to be refused for Lacken windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/14/permission-to-be-refused-for-lacken-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Local councillors want Mayo Co Council to further explore development proposals for a windfarm at Carrowmore Lacken. At a meeting of the local electoral area committee in Ballina, councillors were advised that the proposed four- turbine wind-farm and associated works was being denied planning permission. The council’s planning department said the project would have a disproportionate effect on the existing or future character of the landscape in terms of design and visual prominence, would contravene various policies adopted by Mayo .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Over 130 submissions lodged against latest wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/25/over-130-submissions-lodged-against-latest-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Roscommon County Council has received over 130 submissions from the public in relation to the latest proposed windfarm earmarked for the Taughmaconnell/Dysart areas, it emerged this week. The development, the second phase of the so-called Seven Hills Wind Farm from Cavan-based Galetech Energy Ltd would see 19 wind turbines installed in the townlands of Clooncaltry, Feacle, Milltown, Skeavally, Tawnagh, Tobermacloughlin and Boleyduff, close to Taughmaconnell, along with others in Cam in Brideswell and Cuilleenolagh, near Dysart. Backers of the €76 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Approved wind farm lacks grid connection</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/24/approved-wind-farm-lacks-grid-connection/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The promoter behind a new €200 million wind farm in west Clare has said the project will not proceed unless there is an overhaul of the grid connection system for wind farms. Director of West Clare Renewable Energy Ltd, Pádraig Howard said: “It is as bleak as that. If there is no reform, the project won’t proceed.” Mr Howard was speaking yesterday as An Bord Pleanála released documents confirming that the inspector in the case recommended that planning be refused .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Major Clare wind farm gets approval</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/23/major-clare-wind-farm-gets-approval/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A €150 million Co Clare wind farm, bigger than the one which was refused planning permission in Connemara last week, has been approved by An Bord Pleanála. The wind farm at Mount Callan near Miltown Malbay in west Clare will have a maximum capacity of 87 megawatts – enough to supply the whole county with electricity. The Mount Callan wind farm, though a standalone facility, is seen as a vital part of plans to build a proposed pump storage facility .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Country&#8217;s largest wind farm gets green light</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/23/countrys-largest-wind-farm-gets-green-light/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The green light has been given for the development of a €150 million wind farm in Clare — the largest in Ireland. The construction phase will create 200 jobs and the facility will employ 100 people when it is operational. Work will begin on the 87 megawatt wind farm, which consists of 29 turbines, early next year. It will be located in west Clare, around six kilometres from Miltown Malbay. The project is being driven by Cork developer, John Cleary, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm rejected as site is &#8216;too beautiful&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/19/wind-farm-rejected-as-site-is-too-beautiful/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans a 27-turbine wind farm in Connemara capable of powering 40,000 homes a year have been rejected because the proposed site is &#8220;too beautiful&#8221;. An Bord Pleanala yesterday refused permission for the renewable energy project near Rossaveal, Co Galway, saying it would have too negative an impact on the landscape, which was &#8220;one of the principal assets&#8221; of the local tourism industry. Gaoi an Iarthar Teo had sought a 10-year permission to build a wind farm in the townlands of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tempers fray as anti-wind farm posters removed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/19/tempers-fray-as-anti-wind-farm-posters-removed/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Feelings are running high in west Clare over the proposed construction of a €10 million wind farm, amid claims posters opposing the development have been taken down. A new local anti-wind farm action group has taken out an advertisement in a local newspaper appealing to people to desist from removing their posters. &#8220;Would the person or persons who keep pulling down and then removing anti-wind farm posters from a private forestry close to The Hand crossroads, please refrain from doing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Permission refused for Connemara wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/19/permission-refused-for-connemara-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a major wind farm in Connemara, consisting of 27 turbines, on the basis that it would “erode the visual and environmental amenity of this area” of Co Galway. Overturning Galway County Council’s decision to approve the scheme after it was appealed by An Taisce, Inland Fisheries Ireland and six individual objectors, the board said the Connemara landscape “is one of the principal assets of the tourism industry” in the county. Gaoi an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Connemara wind farm permission overturned</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/18/connemara-wind-farm-permission-overturned/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a large wind farm in east Connemara, overturning an earlier decision by Galway County Council. The development at Lettermuckoo, Muckanaghkillew, would have comprised 27 wind turbines 139 metres tall, as well as access roads, electricity substations, cabling and control buildings. The wind farm would have had the potential to produce enough electricity to supply almost 40,000 households with power each year, the equivalent of three quarters of households in Co Galway. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm rejected over fears of risk to aeroplanes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/18/windfarm-rejected-over-fears-of-risk-to-aeroplanes/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A large windfarm planned for the Mount Eagle area of North Kerry was refused planning permission by Kerry County Council as it would pose a danger to aeroplanes using Kerry Airport, among other concerns. Tralee-based energy firm Saorgus Energy Ltd applied for permission to build 28 wind-turbines — to a height of over 130 metres — at the townlands of Knockauncurragh, Coom, Glanowen and Glanawaddra in Cordal. The development plan included an electricity substation, a control building and other ancillary .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland’s wind energy sector launches KidWind course</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/18/irelands-wind-energy-sector-launches-kidwind-course/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gaelectric Group and the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) have set up a new course called KidWind to educate teachers and students about the benefits of one of Ireland’s wind energy resources and future clean energy potential. Earlier this week, Irish energy storage group Gaelectric announced it was partnering with the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer XEMC Group to co-develop three new wind farms in Ireland, valued at €18m. With the IWEA projecting that Ireland&#8217;s renewable energy sector is on track .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planners seek clarification on Charlestown wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/17/planners-seek-clarification-on-charlestown-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planners were unable to decide on an electricity generating wind turbine proposed for the town and have sought further information on the development, writes Marian Harrison. Wind Energy Direct sought planning permission to construct the turbine with a height of up to 85 metres at Brackloonagh South in June. Planners were due to announce a decision this week but instead have wrote to the applicant seeking further information. They want six points of information clarified, including a licensed pre-development testing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Taughmaconnell wind farm plan attracts seven submissions</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/17/taughmaconnell-wind-farm-plan-attracts-seven-submissions/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Seven submissions have been lodged to Roscommon County Council at the time of going to press in connection with a second major wind farm project earmarked for South Roscommon, but that figure is expected to rise substantially ahead of the closing date today (Wednesday). The latest development, the second phase of the so-called Seven Hills Wind Farm from Cavan-based Galetech Energy Ltd would see 19 wind turbines installed in the townlands of Clooncaltry, Feacle, Milltown, Skeavally, Tawnagh, Tobermacloughlin and Boleyduff, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council’s wind farm refusal scrutinised</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/16/councils-wind-farm-refusal-scrutinised/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Clare County Council’s decision to refuse planning permission to a proposed €10 million wind farm in west Clare &#8220;brings into question the council’s commitment to its own Wind Energy Strategy&#8221;. That is the view of planning consultant, Brendan McGrath, who was commenting on the comprehensive refusal by the local authority against the application by McMahon Finn Wind Acquisitions Ltd for a six-turbine wind farm located 9km from the west Clare coastal village of Quilty. Last month, the local authority refused .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developers of proposed €10m wind farm appeal planning refusal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/11/developers-of-proposed-e10m-wind-farm-appeal-planning-refusal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The developers of a proposed €10 million wind farm in west Clare have appealed Clare Co Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for the development. This follows An Bord Pleanála’s confirmation yesterday that an appeal has been lodged by McMahon Finn Wind Acquisitions Ltd for a six turbine wind farm located nine kilometres from the west Clare coastal village of Quilty. Last month, the local authority refused planning permission to the contentious plans for a 400ft high wind farm over .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Second wind farm planned for South Roscommon</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/11/second-wind-farm-planned-for-south-roscommon/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A second major wind farm project has been mooted for South Roscommon this week in parts of Taughmaconnell and Brideswell which backers claim could create over 600 jobs during construction. The proposed development would see 19 wind turbines installed in the townlands of Clooncaltry, Feacle, Milltown, Skeavally, Tawnagh, Tobermacloughlin and Boleyduff, close to Taughmaconnell, along with Cam in Brideswell and Cuilleenolagh, near Dysart. Cavan-based Galetech Energy Ltd recently submitted plans to Roscommon County Council for the second phase of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Go-ahead for Knockalour wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/10/go-ahead-for-knockalour-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planning permission has been granted for a four turbine wind farm at Knockalour, Kilrush. Knockalour Wind Farm Ltd. recently applied to Wexford County Council for permission to develop a wind farm of up to four wind turbine generators to export electricity. The turbines will have a hub height of up to 85 metres, and a rotor diameter of up to 82 metres. The work will also involve the construction of a crane hard standing for each turbine, as well as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid decline could make curlew extinct in Ireland in decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The curlew, the wetland wader with the decurved bill and haunting call, has almost vanished from Ireland in a mere 20 years, in one of the most dramatic declines ever recorded for a bird in the British Isles. From a breeding population estimated at 5,000 pairs in 1991, the Irish curlew&#8217;s numbers have dropped to fewer than 200 pairs today, which if the estimates are correct would represent a staggering decline of more than 96 per cent. It is feared .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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