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						<category><![CDATA[Quebec]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Énergie éolienne les opposants se mobilisent</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/energie-eolienne-les-opposants-se-mobilisent/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[[Wind energy opponents are mobilizing]
(Montréal) Même si Enerfin est sur le point de commencer à planter ses éoliennes dans leur décor bucolique, les opposants croient encore que le projet ne se réalisera pas.
«Si j&#8217;étais le gouvernement du Québec, jamais je n&#8217;autoriserais ce projet», dit Michel Vachon, porte-parole des opposants au projet.
[Even if Enerfin is ready to start erecting wind turbines in their bucolic setting, opponents still believe the project won't happen. "If I was the Québec government, I would never .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Many Minnesota counties have assumed MN statute 216F.08(a) LWECS permitting authority</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/many-minnesota-counties-have-assumed-mn-statute-216f-08a-lwecs-permitting-authority/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Reference:&#160; http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-issues-come-before-local-board/
In April 2008, shortly after MN Statute 216F was amended to provide counties the ability to assume permitting authority for wind projects between 5MW and 25MW and the 11 January 2008 PUC Order Establishing General Wind Permit Standards was issued, Lyon County exercised its right under MN Statute 216F.08(a) and forwarded an adopted resolution #0308 to the MN PUC outlining Lyon County’s “More Stringent Standards” per MN statute 216F.081.
Other counties have also assumed this permitting authority, such as Lincoln, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Government rejects plan for wind farm near Carlisle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/turbines-inspector-throws-out-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners have won their battle to prevent a windfarm from being built on the edge of Cumwhinton.
Planning inspector Paul Griffiths has thrown out an appeal from Bolsterstone Innovative Energy, which wanted to build three turbines up to 377ft high at Newlands Farm near junction 42 of the M6 .
He says the turbines would have a “significant detrimental impact” on the occupiers of nearby Cringles Farm and Beech Cottage.
Carlisle City Council refused planning permission in 2008 on the grounds that the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Attorneys paid big bucks for PILOT</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/attorneys-paid-big-bucks-for-pilot/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[WIND FARM: JCIDA chief estimates developer, agency spent at least $200,000 on tax exemption policy.
By October, the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency had paid its consultants about $38,000 to develop a model property tax exemption policy for wind power developments.
But the big money paid to JCIDA attorneys came after Oct. 6, and that number will remain secret because it has been paid by the company bringing Galloo Island Wind Farm to Jefferson County.
JCIDA Chief Executive Officer Donald C. Alexander has .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Tyranny of the turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/tyranny-of-the-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I am a farmer in southwest Minnesota, and live very near an intersection of the Northern Border natural gas pipeline and a major electricity transmission line. Three hundred megawatts&#8217;-worth of wind turbines have already been installed here, and at least 300 MW more are in the permitting and development stage (HCN, 12/21/09 &#038; 1/4/10).
I am now in deep conflict within my own noggin. I thought that I would welcome the turbines. I now hate them while at the same time .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Engineers worried at supply security with wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/engineers-worried-at-supply-security-with-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Engineers are warning that the need to provide back up for intermittent wind-generated electricity is emerging as a significant concern for maintaining supply when hydro lakes are low in dry years.
A new report on this country&#8217;s electricity generation also said that the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (Ipenz) considered that the target of producing 90 percent of New Zealand&#8217;s electricity from renewables by 2025 was never practical, and it recommended the government remove the target.
Ipenz is also pushing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Power behind wind questioned</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/power-behind-wind-questioned/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Carter did an excellent job in letting Mainers know that we must reject the massive wind turbines that Angus King wants to inflict on the Highland Mountains, near the Bigelow Preserve and Appalachian Trail (“Wind power comes at great cost,” Feb. 28) .
Mr. King was not being honest when he completely downplayed and dismissed the huge problems with industrial wind projects.
In addition to significant destruction of our mountain tops and forests that would result from siting the turbines themselves, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>J. Dwight talks wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/j-dwight-talks-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[J. Dwight explains how alternatives might be an equally cost-effective solution for the state.
[visit link for audio interview] 
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						<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Renewable energy project hinges on permit, incentives</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/renewable-energy-project-hinges-on-permit-incentives/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[HAVILAND &#8212; A global renewable energy company is moving closer toward construction of a 350 megawatt wind farm across portions of Paulding and Van Wert counties.
Iberdrola Renewables, the parent company of Heartland Wind Energy LLC, has submitted an application to the Ohio Power Sitting Board (OPSB) in connection with the project, which would produce enough electricity each year to power more than 80,000 average Ohio homes.
Known as Blue Creek Wind Farm, the project involves construction of 160 wind turbines across .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm power plant substation will &#8216;overwhelm&#8217; Norfolk coastal village</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-power-plant-substation-will-overwhelm-norfolk-coastal-village/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The villages of Little Dunham, Norfolk, have collected 1,500 signatures opposing the plan for what they say will be one of the largest such sites in Europe.
They calculate claim that other coastal communities will face similar pressures as the wind power industry expands to reduce Briatain&#8217;s reliance on fossil fuels.
But Warwick Energy, the company behind the plans, insists that it will &#8221;not have a significant impact on the local environment&#8221;.
But residents have calculated that Wembley stadium would fit on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Newland villagers claim vibrations from wind farm HGVs are damaging their properties</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/newland-villagers-claim-vibrations-from-wind-farm-hgvs-are-damaging-their-properties/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Construction trucks are causing North Yorkshire villagers to fear for the safety of their homes.
Since building began on the 12 turbine Newland wind farm near Selby, heavy goods vehicles have been accessing the site by a narrow bridle path.
Villagers claim vibrations from the traffic have led to structural damage to properties and have called for a public meeting to voice their concerns.
Stephen Greenwood, clerk and chairman of Newland Parish Council, said the structural damage was only one of the problems.
He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Toyota measures wind speed for turbine plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/toyota-measures-wind-speed-for-turbine-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Car giant Toyota is planning to start measuring wind speeds at its Derbyshire factory to see if the site would be suitable for a wind farm.
The company has applied to South Derbyshire District Council to install a 60-metre-tall mast at its Burnaston plant.
The mast would be up for a 12-month period, during which it would record data that would give the car company a better idea about whether wind turbines would be a viable option.
The mast had been in use .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbines a threat to North film studio plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/turbines-a-threat-to-north-film-studio-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for two wind turbines in East Durham look likely to be scuppered due to fears they could jeopardise a £300m film studio.
Sea and Land Power and Energy Limited want to set up Hawthorn Wind Farm near Seaham, County Durham.
But councillors are to be urged to reject the proposal at a meeting tomorrow.
As well as worrying about the effect it will have on their homes, residents and councillors fear it could have an impact on plans for the film and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm on historic battlefield site &#8216;may be only option&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-on-historic-battlefield-site-may-be-only-option/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A pro wind farm campaigner has warned protesters fighting plans to build seven giant turbines next to the Naseby battlefield there may be nowhere else to put them.
Electricity giant E.ON has submitted plans to build the 414-foot wind turbines on land owned by Kelmarsh Hall, in Northamptonshire.
Local residents and historians have already vowed to fight the application, saying the giant structures will ruin the English Civil War battlefield, viewed by historians as the birthplace of democracy in this country.
However, Grahame .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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						<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>New wind turbine opposers surface</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/new-wind-turbine-opposers-surface/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[WELLFLEET &#8212; There is an opposition group that attends most of the energy committee meetings, and this week a new group announced its existence.
Lillie Greene an artist and environmentalist, who said she built an energy-efficient home in Wellfleet 30 years ago, said she and 40 registered voters have formed &#8220;Citizens for a Responsible Green Wellfleet.&#8221; They met over the weekend with 21 in attendance, and invited Selectman Ira Wood to tour the proposed turbine site with them.
&#8220;I want to be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Art acts as escape from windy debate</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/art-acts-as-escape-from-windy-debate/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[TOWN OF MORRISON &#8211; Tension fills the town of Morrison and its surrounding communities over a proposal to build a wind farm with up to 100 turbines.
“One family member has already signed up for the windmills and another family member is really opposed to it,” said Joe Beyer, the co-coordinator of the Easter for Kids event at the Morrison Zion Lutheran Church.
Almost anyone you ask in Morrison knows about the debate surrounding the windmill proposal.
“It&#8217;s good to have green energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Developers say timing key to Colorado wind power link</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/developers-say-timing-key-to-colorado-wind-power-link/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Developers of a proposed power transmission line linking southeast Wyoming wind fields and the Colorado Front Range say they believe in the project and are forging slowly ahead, despite a Colorado utility&#8217;s rejection of Wyoming wind.
New Jersey-based LS Power and the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority are partnering to develop the 180-mile line between substations at Wheatland, Wyo., and Brush, Colo. It&#8217;s one of six major transmission lines proposed by developers hoping to tap Wyoming&#8217;s potential wind power resources.
The so-called Intertie project .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Province aims to protect bats</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/province-aims-to-protect-bats/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[With the growth of the wind energy industry in Southern Alberta, the development of protocol to protect the province’s migratory bat population is now underway.
Lisa Wilkinson, a species at risk biologist with Alberta Fish and Wildlife and head of the Alberta Bat Action Team (ABAT), said Alberta was a North American pioneer in establishing pre-construction guidelines for wind farm operators.
Now, ABAT is working with the provincial government and representatives from the wind energy industry to create post-construction protocol in order .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Strong winds blow blades off wind turbine in Barnstable</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/strong-winds-blow-blades-off-wind-turbine-in-barnstable/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ It appears even wind turbines couldn’t handle the fierce winds hitting Massachusetts this weekend.
Witnesses said two blades from a 60-foot turbine on Cape Cod were ripped off by the wind, flying about 100 feet from the turbine.
No one was hurt.
The turbine is located near 3800 Falmouth Rd. in Marston Mills.
Massachusetts saw wind gusts as high as 60 miles per hour this weekend. 
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Wind farm decision &#8216;vital for industry&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-decision-vital-for-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The round of Turitea wind farm hearings starting today are likely to be the last – and the decision could have major implications for the future of wind generation in New Zealand, an industry expert says.
Mighty River Power&#8217;s proposal to build a wind farm about 10 kilometres southeast of Palmerston North has drawn debate and delay since it was publicly notified on January 24 last year.
The proposal is before a board of inquiry, which spent seven weeks from last .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy target &#8216;not practical&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/renewable-energy-target-not-practical/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ New Zealand&#8217;s ambition of being 90 per cent reliant on renewable electricity by 2025 is a pipedream, the Institution of Professional Engineers (Ipenz) says.
In a report on electricity generation in New Zealand, Ipenz said, by its calculations, the amount of power generated from renewable sources – such as hydro, wind and geothermal – would only be about 71 per cent in 15 years.&#8221;Ninety per cent is not, and never was, a practical target.
&#8220;It is incompatible with the New Zealand .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Wind farms blow into town as rural protests grow</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farms-blow-into-town-as-rural-protests-grow/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s wind farmers are moving into the city. As the rural backlash against giant turbines gathers pace, they are targeting brownfield sites for a new generation of wind parks which could threaten the peace of urban dwellers.
Planners have already granted permission for about 60 turbines in and around towns, while another 50, including a 650ft structure in Northumberland, are awaiting approval.
These are in addition to the 40 already operating on urban sites, according to figures from RenewableUK, which represents the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Energy bill sparks debate</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/energy-bill-sparks-debate/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[As Wisconsin lawmakers and manufacturers discuss the merits of proposed clean-energy legislation, central Wisconsin economic development agencies seem divided on the issue.
Industry leaders at the Wisconsin Paper Council and many of its members, including NewPage and Domtar, oppose Gov. Jim Doyle&#8217;s proposed Clean Energy Jobs Act because they say it will lead to higher energy costs and the loss of traditional manufacturing jobs.
The council was among 41 business and economic development groups around the state, including the Marshfield Area Chamber .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind power focus at town meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/wind-power-focus-at-town-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[NEW VINEYARD &#8212; A 180-day wind turbine moratorium will provide residents a chance to learn more about wind power and establish policies or ordinances for the development of commercial wind projects.
Those supporting a moratorium at Saturday&#8217;s town meeting said that although the wind farm permitting process has become easier for developers, research questions the long-term effects on health, property values and the environment.
Fred O. Smith, a Farmington resident, said that First Wind, which built four wind farms in northern Maine, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Trading our environment for wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/trading-our-environment-for-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the Kibby project, 44 turbines, miles of roads and hundreds of acres of cleared forest was approved. The Expedited Rule did its job for the developer, streamlining the necessary review since the location is part of over 14 million acres of land opened to wind development.
Now in 2010, TransCanada wants to expand the Kibby project and is proposing 15 turbines on Sisk Mountain, which overlooks the Chain of Ponds.
To do this TransCanada wants to expand the already expedited .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Major wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/major-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Horrific sounding&#8217; wind turbines could soon be breezing in to two Somerset villages &#8211; despite residents&#8217; fears.
People from East and West Huntspill say the huge propellered structures will blight the landscape and destroy wildlife if utility giants win approval for plans.
In response to recent proposals to Sedgemoor District Council, battling villagers have now set up a campaign to fight the wind farms.
Julie Trott from The Huntspill Wind Farm Action Group said: &#8220;Some types of turbines themselves are relatively quiet, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Slow down on wind energy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/slow-down-on-wind-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Why the rush for wind energy farms? Many will say yes the wind is free, so go for it. True the wind is free, but when the wind does not blow no electrical power is made. When this happens somewhere on the electrical grid coal-fired boilers will pick up the load. If we over-balance the electrical load on the grid with too much or too many wind turbines we may not be able to balance the electrical grid system.
The coal-fired .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Feds name Cape Wind panel; Five-member group will assess project’s impact on historic sites</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/feds-name-cape-wind-panel-five-member-group-will-assess-project%e2%80%99s-impact-on-historic-sites/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A federal panel charged with assessing Cape Wind’s impact on dozens of historic sites includes an architect, an anthropologist and a Texan who runs one of the nation’s largest beer distributors.
Last week, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation identified a five-member Cape Wind review panel, as a final federal ruling on the controversial offshore wind farm appears on the horizon.
John L. Nau II, CEO of Houston-based Silver Eagle Distributors, is the chairman of the group. The other members are Maryland-based .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Plan to donate gifts to save city energy meets resistance; Upkeep, liability of wind turbine cited</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/plan-to-donate-gifts-to-save-city-energy-meets-resistance-upkeep-liability-of-wind-turbine-cited/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[With $80,000 raised at last year&#8217;s spring auction, the Huntington Woods Men&#8217;s Club paid for city pool improvements &#8212; to be unveiled Memorial Day &#8212; that the town of 5,800 otherwise couldn&#8217;t afford.
This year&#8217;s auction aims to draw another crowd to bid on donated items that in past years have included $25,000 kitchen makeovers and vasectomies.
Money raised at the March 27 auction is to be used to buy two energy-saving devices, including a proposed wind turbine that has been met .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Two articles would tweak Wellfleet&#8217;s turbine bylaw</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/two-articles-would-tweak-wellfleets-turbine-bylaw/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[WELLFLEET &#8212; Town Meeting voters will be asked to approve two wind turbine-related articles, one amending the scale bylaw to permit a turbine of 410 feet, and the other — petitioned by Dennis O&#8217;Connell, who is opposed to the turbine planned at White Crest Beach — requiring a balloon test so that people would get an idea of the size of the proposed turbine.
Geof Karlson, chair of the energy committee, said the committee talked about the balloon test article with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Council wants voice in offshore wind turbine issue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/council-wants-voice-in-offshore-wind-turbine-issue/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[AMHERSTBURG – Town council has agreed with a motion put forth by Councillor Rick Fryer concerning the potential for offshore wind turbines near Essex County.
Council passed the motion at its March 8 regular session.
Fryer originally put forth a notice of motion Feb. 22 stating that &#8220;local municipalities should have a voice in matters that affect local watershed planning&#8221; and that &#8220;we all are concerned about the potential impact that offshore wind turbines might have on water quality, human health along .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>USA: un parc éolien géant d&#8217;EDF EN menacé, sur fond de chute de la demande</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/usa-un-parc-eolien-geant-dedf-en-menace-sur-fond-de-chute-de-la-demande/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[PARIS &#8211; Un projet de parc éolien géant aux Etats-Unis, mené par EDF Energies Nouvelles, risque de ne pas voir le jour après l&#8217;annulation d&#8217;un contrat par la compagnie américaine d&#8217;électricité Indiana Power and Light (IPL), dans un contexte de chute de la demande d&#8217;électricité.
[A giant wind energy project in the United States, led by Electricité de France Energies Nouvelles, may not see the light of day after the cancellation of a contract by the American company Indiana Power and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbines stir up bad feelings, health concerns in DeKalb County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-turbines-stir-up-bad-feelings-health-concerns-in-dekalb-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Months have passed since anyone has waved hello to one another in Waterman or Shabbona in rural DeKalb County. Some people claim they&#8217;ve even stopped going to church to avoid having to talk to former friends.
&#8220;It&#8217;s gone. The country way of living is gone,&#8221; declares Susan Flex, who lives in Waterman with her husband and their nine children.
The animosity stems from the greenest of energy sources: a wind farm.
The turbines started arriving last summer, at a rate of two a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbines: &#8216;Eco-friendly&#8217; &#8211; but not to eagles</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-turbines-eco-friendly-but-not-to-eagles/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ In all my scores of items over the years on why the obsession with wind turbines will be seen as one of the major follies of our age, there is one issue I haven’t touched on. The main practical objection to turbines, of course, is that they are useless, producing derisory amounts of electricity at colossal cost. (Yet the Government wants us to spend £100 billion on building thousands more of them which, even were it technically possible, would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Clarification on wind story</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/clarification-on-wind-story/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Daniel Barlow&#8217;s piece on wind power in the March 7 Times Argus has three inaccuracies.
First, House Bill H.677 has nothing to do with lowering or stabilizing state energy cost. Rather it requires standard setbacks and noise limits for wind turbines exceeding .49 megawatts.
It also would require that Act 250 District Commissions and appropriate municipal panels be the permit review authorities for wind energy projects not owned by Vermont electric utilities. This is sponsored in the name of local control, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>The big wind cover-up</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/the-big-wind-cover-up/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Scandal: Spain exposed the boondoggle of wind power in 2009, discrediting an idea touted by the Obama administration. In response, U.S. officials banded with trade lobbyists to hide the facts.
It was a cold day at the Energy Department when researchers at King Juan Carlos University in Spain released a study showing that every &#8220;green job&#8221; created by the wind industry killed off 4.27 other jobs elsewhere in the Spanish economy.
Research director Gabriel Calzada Alvarez didn&#8217;t object to wind power itself, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Noisy wind farms face crackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/noisy-wind-farms-face-crackdown/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Noisy wind farms face a crack down from councils following Government concern complaints are not being taken seriously enough. 
At least one in six of the 255 wind farms in Britain have received noise complaints according to figures obtained by the Daily Telegraph.
But local authorities have never managed to prosecute on the grounds of noise nuisance because it is so difficult to prove. 
The main problem is the intermittent nature of noise from wind farms that makes it difficult to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Lawsuit delays PUC&#8217;s vote on wind projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/lawsuit-delays-pucs-vote-on-wind-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm developers want to put up $25.8 million to prove they really want to start building in the Panhandle, but it&#8217;s not that easy.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas couldn&#8217;t take the vote Thursday that would have started the clock for getting Panhandle wind farms plugged into the state&#8217;s grid. The holdup is a lawsuit that forced the PUC to put the brakes on the schedule to begin transmission construction.
&#8220;They&#8217;re intertwined, so no action will be taken until (the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Crosswinds buffet proposed turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/crosswinds-buffet-proposed-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[WELLFLEET — Town officials are moving ahead with plans to place a windmill on town land a half-mile from Ocean View Drive. But opponents are organizing as well, albeit loosely, to gather information and form a coalition as critical decisions appear on the horizon.
At the April 26 annual town meeting, voters have an opportunity to renew their support or openly oppose the $5.3 million turbine planned for the woods near White Crest Beach, in the Cape Cod National Seashore.
A zoning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Opponents to wind farm blown off speaking list</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/opponents-to-wind-farm-blown-off-speaking-list/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Three quarters of the people who want a board of inquiry to listen to their arguments about the redesigned Turitea Wind Farm proposal won&#8217;t get the chance to present their views aloud. Just 26 submitters out of 103 who indicated they wanted to speak have been given a slot by the board.
Mighty River Power has reduced the scale of its planned farm on the Tararua Range from a maximum of 121 wind turbines to 104.
Commissioners said they didn&#8217;t want .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farms get tax break</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[PIERRE &#8211; The Legislature decided Friday that construction of large wind farms, electricity transmission lines and related facilities in South Dakota should receive additional eligibility for tax breaks after all.
Lawmakers had approved legislation on Thursday reforming South Dakota&#8217;s program of construction-tax refunds for large business projects and agriculture processing projects. That legislation included a $500 million limit on the project costs that could qualify for the refunds.
But there were second thoughts overnight that the cap might send the wrong message .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind project developer seeks to expand project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-project-developer-seeks-to-expand-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CARRABASSETT VALLEY — State land regulators will hold a hearing Wednesday to address TransCanada&#8217;s request to add 631 acres on Sisk Mountain in northern Franklin County for a wind power project. The area abuts the company&#8217;s Kibby Wind Project in Kibby and Skinner townships.
The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. March 17 at Sugarloaf Inn on the Sugarloaf Access Road in Carrabassett Valley.
TransCanada Maine Wind Development Inc. submitted a petition to the Land Use Regulation Commission on July 1, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Because we care</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I am a resident of Lexington, an unincorporated township that adjoins Highland Plantation — a mountainous area targeted by “big wind.”
Some months ago, we were approached by a neighbor friend and asked what we thought about the proposed 48-turbine wind farm slated for the mountain ridges of Highland and beyond.
We said we supposed “green energy” was a great idea. After all, former Gov. Angus King and the current governor, John Baldacci, were in favor of it and pushing to go .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Rep. Kelly&#8217;s wind bill gets snagged</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/rep-kellys-wind-bill-gets-snagged/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A local lawmaker&#8217;s attempt to clarify how much control Goodhue County officials have over where wind developers build turbines failed to clear a critical hurdle this week.
Rep. Tim Kelly&#8217;s bill didn&#8217;t receive enough votes Tuesday to get past the House Energy, Policy and Finance Committee.
The Red Wing Republican said his bill would have cleared up current state laws outlining how regulatory and permitting control for wind farms is divided between local jurisdictions and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
&#8220;It would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind issues come before local board</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-issues-come-before-local-board/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Goodhue County planning commission members are gearing up to hear from local residents concerned about proposed wind farms, one of which is scheduled for construction this year.
The Planning Advisory Commission on Monday will discuss a proposal from rural Goodhue landowner Steve Groth, who is asking the board to amend the county&#8217;s zoning ordinance to better address wind farms and implement a yearlong moratorium on wind development to further study possible health and safety concerns associated with industrial turbines.
&#8220;This is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Logan OKs longer turbine blades</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/logan-oks-longer-turbine-blades/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The wind turbines to be built in Logan Township this year will feature blades that extend about the length of a football field.
Township supervisors on Thursday gave Gamesa Energy USA permission to use the 90-meter blades manufactured now in Ebensburg. Previous plans called for using 87-meter blades, manufactured outside of Pennsylvania. The difference in length is about 10 feet.
&#8220;For a Pennsylvania project, we&#8217;d rather use the blades manufactured in Pennsylvania,&#8221; Gamesa project developer Jon Baker said.
Baker described the 90-meter version .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Tax issue next hurdle for wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/tax-issue-next-hurdle-for-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The question of whether or not there will be a number of wind turbines dotting the landscape of Van Wert and Paulding counties may come down to a familiar issue &#8211; taxes.
According to Dan Litchfield of Iberdrola Renewables, one of a handful of companies vying for local land rights for turbines, the tax rates could end up preventing the construction of Blue Creek Wind Farm. That project was to use approximately 160 turbines, 120 of those in Van Wert County.
So .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>South Haven looks at regulating wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/south-haven-looks-at-regulating-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[SOUTH HAVEN — Despite a federal government assessment that South Haven has “excellent” potential for generating wind power, the Lake Michigan resort community has no rules in place to regulate wind turbines that could alter its skyline.
“We know that there is a potential big push for alternative forms of energy like solar and wind,” said City Manager Brian Dissette.
 “We know that the wind is very good here so we want to have something in place that will balance quality .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Operation Minoa: Sicilian anti-Mafia initiative stretches from the Mediterranean to Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/operation-minoa-sicilian-anti-mafia-initiative-stretches-from-the-mediterranean-to-canada/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The sun had not yet risen when 80 police officers gathered along the narrow roads that twist through the rocky hills on the outskirts of a sleeping town on the Italian island of Sicily.
Under the cloak of darkness, the men pulled black hoods over their faces and donned blue vests emblazoned with the distinctive logo of the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA), a national agency facing the dangerous task of rooting out the Mafia. They surrounded the town of Cattolica Eraclea .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Footballers &#8216;cheated&#8217; by wind power firm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/footballers-cheated-by-wind-power-firm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of around 40 professional footballers feel that former Danish league players misled them about wind power investments
Several regular Danish national football team players claim that a couple of former players took advantage of their trusting nature to secure considerable investment sums from them that inevitably failed.
According to B.T. newspaper, Thomas Kahlenberg, Leon Andreasen, Michael Silberbauer and around 40 other players were convinced to invest in projects operated by Wind Green Energy, when former Super League players Martin Nielsen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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