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		<title>Utilities, group effort will produce wind power study</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Light and Power District, the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District and Larry Dwight, a longtime Kennebunk resident, have recently agreed to move ahead with a one-year wind study on Dwight&#8217;s land along Route 9 in Kennebunk. 
The agreement includes the installation of a temporary tower and anemometer equipment that records wind direction and speed. The study will also include a data recording site on the top of one of the water district&#8217;s water storage tanks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine ordinance for York is in the winds; Board says details need to be worked out</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[YORK — Some residents may want a wind energy ordinance, but the devil will be in those details, the Planning Board says. 
Visual impact, structural height and setbacks are among the areas of concern to be explored while drafting a small wind energy ordinance, said Planning Board members during a recent meeting. 
An early draft ordinance was presented by Town Planner Christine Grimando as a springboard to develop an ordinance proposal using the guidance of the Planning Board, as well .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group to appeal Lincoln wind farm approval</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — A residents group promised Tuesday to appeal a planning board decision approving a proposed &#36;130 million wind farm that would create as many as 10 new jobs as much as 60 megawatts of electricity in peak winds. 
With member Heidi Stevens the sole dissenter, the board voted 6-1 during a meeting Monday to issue permits to First Wind of Massachusetts, which wants to build 40 massive 380-foot turbines, each generating 1½ megawatts on ridgelines in Burlington, Lincoln, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln OKs &#36;130M wind farm; First of several steps in regulatory approval</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN — The Planning Board became the first of six reviewers to approve permits for a proposed &#36;130 million wind farm that would create as much as 60 megawatts at peak winds, officials said Tuesday.
The board voted 6-1 during a meeting on Monday to approve the plan, which entails building 40 1.5-megawatt turbines on ridgelines in Burlington, Lincoln, Lee and Winn, with transmission lines in Mattawamkeag.
“This is a tremendous economic boost for Lincoln. The estimated &#36;400,000 in tax revenue [the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plans for the world&#39;s biggest wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is not the usual green suspect. But it hopes to build a 5-gigawatt, deep-water wind farm &#8212; the largest in the world, equal to the output from five nuclear plants. 
&#8220;It&#8221; is the Ocean Energy Institute, a tiny research organization founded by Matthew Simmons. An energy investment banker who specializes in oil and gas, Simmons was an energy adviser to President George W. Bush. His main partner, George Hart, is a physicist who consults for the Pentagon on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-power study planned in Kennebunk</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A landowner is teaming up with the Kennebunk Light and Power District and the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells Water District to pursue a one-year wind power study. 
The project includes the installation of a temporary tower and other equipment on Larry Dwight&#8217;s land along Route 9. A data recording site will also be placed on top of one of the water district&#8217;s water storage tanks in town. 
The information gathered from these sites will help determine the feasibility of wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock wind farm plan now calls for five 262-foot tall towers</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[If all required permits are obtained, five 262-foot wind power towers could be in place on Spruce Mountain in Woodstock within three years.
Details of the wind- turbine plan were presented to about 30 people at a public forum in Woodstock last week.  
Todd Presson of Patriot Renewables, LLC, of Quincy, Mass. said his company’s project will likely not be as large as it first appeared this past summer.
At that time, Presson speculated there could eventually be 20 to 25 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Amid reviews, First Wind opens office</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — Anyone who wants to see First Wind of Massachusetts’ plan to build a &#36;130 million 40-turbine wind farm, or question company officials about it, just needs to go to the courthouse on Main Street, company officials said Monday. 
First Wind has opened an office in the basement of 52 Main St. to act as its local headquarters for its Stetson Mountain wind farm and its proposed Rollins Mountain project for Burlington, Lee, Lincoln and Winn, said Ryan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill noise levels</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am responding to the letter “Tilting at Windmills” (BDN, Nov. 18). I love these people who say they stood at the bottom of a windmill and couldn’t hear it. Probably you couldn’t. The noise levels that are of most concern to those of us who have made it a passion to study wind turbines are called infrasound and ultrasound. This is noise that falls outside the normal range of human hearing. It causes great stress not only in human .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns on the line</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LEWISTON &#8212; More than 30 people expressed their concerns about a massive power line upgrade project proposed by Central Maine Power at Lewiston City Hall Monday night during a public hearing before Maine&#8217;s Public Utilities Commission. About 70 people were present. 
The hearing was scheduled in response to CMP&#8217;s proposal to spend more than &#36;1 billion upgrading the nearly 40-year-old power lines running from Eliot through central Maine in Litchfield, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene, Lewiston and a corner of Auburn at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Forum mulls wind farm health effects</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORT KENT, Maine — It commonly begins, Dr. Michael Nissenbaum says, with lots of headaches. 
Then comes a chronic feeling of annoyance and irritability. As it progresses, nausea, vertigo and lapses in concentration become common. It culminates with chronic sleep disturbance and may lead to depression and a host of other long-term, life-damaging effects, such as hypertension, weight gain and all of the negative side effects associated with those. 
None of the early medical studies done in France, Germany and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock discusses wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK &#8212; Thirty people attended a special informational selectmen&#8217;s meeting Wednesday regarding a proposed Spruce Mountain wind farm. 
Todd Presson and Trevor Childs from Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., said the wind farm would have five turbines. Each would produce 1.5 megahertz of electricity from towers 260 feet high. The towers would have 121-foot-long blades and three of the five towers would have flashing lights for safety. 
&#8220;The generators are not as noisy as some fear,&#8221; Presson said. &#8220;The sound .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Roxbury wind project draws questions</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROXBURY &#8212; A lengthy presentation by the principals of the proposed Record Hill Wind Project and from several others affiliated with the plan drew questions from residents at a Department of Environmental Protection public hearing Thursday. 
&#8220;My concern has always been how the sound is going to travel,&#8221; resident Linda Kuras said. She noted that sound studies conducted on the project were performed in August, a time when the wind is generally at a low ebb, and wondered if any .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Waldoboro plans wind-power ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ WALDOBORO (Nov 20): The planning board is working to create an ordinance that would regulate small windmills or wind systems in the town, according to Planning and Development Director Patrick Wright. 
Wright said the goal is to strike a balance between protecting neighbors and making it possible for people who want to use clean, sustainable energy to get through the town&#8217;s permitting process more quickly. 
The new ordinance will take several factors into consideration including the height of proposed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>UMPI windmill project a &#39;go&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The winds of change are blowing across the campus of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, and drafts from that transformation could be felt at other campuses across the state and nation, UMPI President Don Zillman said Wednesday. 
University officials announced Wednesday that the campus expects to begin generating clean energy in late spring 2009 after reaching an agreement with general contractor Lumus Construction Inc. on a &#36;2 million project to install a 600-kilowatt wind turbine on the northern .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Towns reap tax benefits from wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been two years since Mars Hill started receiving 20 years of &#36;500,000 in annual payments from a tax increment financing deal connected to First Wind of Massachusetts’ 28-turbine wind farm, Town Manager Raymond Mersereau said Monday.
The deal has helped keep the town’s mill rate at 20 mills since 2007, when the farm went operational. Without it, the tax rate would be 26 mills, or &#36;26 per &#36;1,000 of assessed property, he said.
“It caused roughly a 20 percent decrease .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln planners OK part of wind farm proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — Planning board members approved a &#36;500,000 office building connected to a proposed &#36;130 million wind farm, but decided late Monday they needed another meeting to review the turbines. 
Poised to be the first governing body to approve the project, board members held a public hearing and questioned officials from First Wind of Massachusetts at Mattanawcook Junior High School for two hours late Monday before tabling the wind farm project for two weeks. About 70 people attended. 
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Grid needs upgrades for wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The electricity grid in Maine and much of the country can&#8217;t reliably handle new generation capacity from wind power and other renewable resources, an influential industry group says. 
Aside from beefing up transmission lines, the group said, states must aggressively promote energy efficiency and manage electricity use to balance the on-again, off-again nature of wind and solar power. 
These clean-power sources are growing as part of policies to combat climate change. Integrating them with programs and technology to manage demand, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm review tonight in Lincoln</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — The planning board begins its review tonight of a proposed &#36;130 million wind farm that, if approved, would deposit about 40 mammoth windmills on Rollins Mountain in four towns. 
First Wind of Massachusetts hopes to build 40 1½-megawatt windmills, each more than 300 feet tall, in Burlington, Lincoln, Lee and Winn, creating as much as 60 megawatts of electricity through Evergreen Wind Power, a First Wind subsidiary. 
The board will begin its review at Mattanawcook Junior High .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-turbine law suggested for Norway</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[NORWAY &#8212; Selectman Bruce Cook has asked fellow board members to consider drawing up an ordinance to regulate wind turbines. 
The request comes on the heels of a proposal late this summer by Wesley Wentworth to place a municipal turbine somewhere on Pike&#8217;s Hill. Wentworth, a library trustee, said at the time he hoped his idea would generate enthusiasm as it did when Saco officials paid &#36;200,000 to put a 100-foot tall turbine just across the Saco River from the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind developer, state plan info meeting Nov. 20</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROXBURY &#8212; Despite having yet gained town acceptance of its proposed wind power project in Roxbury, a Brunswick-based wind developer will convene an informational meeting next week with state environmental officials present. 
Robert Gardiner of Record Hill Wind LLC and Independence Wind LLC said the meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Roxbury town office off Route 17. 
The meeting is required by the state because Record Hill Wind intends on or about .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/14/wind-developer-state-plan-info-meeting-nov-20/</link>
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		<title>Wind firm files paperwork on two projects</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A Massachusetts company has filed applications with state regulators for two industrial wind energy facilities in northern Maine. 
First Wind is seeking approval for a 40-turbine wind project on ridgelines in the communities of Lincoln, Lee, Winn, Burlington and Mattawamkeag. The company filed paperwork for the Rollins Mountain project with the Lincoln planning board last week and submitted applications to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection late last month. 
The company also submitted applications last week to the Land .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/13/wind-firm-files-paperwork-on-two-projects/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines proposed for Woodstock hill</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK &#8212; A Massachusetts wind energy developer will hold an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, on its proposed small, commercial wind power project on Spruce Mountain. 
The meeting in the Woodstock Town Hall will provide answers to residents&#8217; questions regarding the Patriot Renewables LLC project, according to Todd Presson, the Quincy, Mass., company&#8217;s director of wind energy development. 
Patriot Renewables is in the process of erecting a meteorological tower on Spruce Mountain to measure winds. 
The company, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/13/wind-turbines-proposed-for-woodstock-hill/</link>
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		<title>Wind power petition on tap at Fort Kent meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[FORT KENT, Maine — Residents will have the opportunity at the next annual town meeting to decide the fate of a citizens petition seeking a 180-day moratorium on the construction or processing of applications for wind power facilities. 
The annual Fort Kent town meeting is in March. 
Members of the public were excluded from the Town Council’s deliberation of the proposed moratorium Monday night after the council voted to enter into executive session to discuss the matter with its attorney, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/12/wind-power-petition-on-tap-at-fort-kent-meeting/</link>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=19747</guid>
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		<title>Jackson cautiously proceeds with potential wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Residents gave town officials the green light Thursday, Nov. 6, at a special meeting, to get more information from companies interested in erecting wind turbines in Jackson. 
The vote came after extensive discussion and a number of changes to the way the authorization was worded. 
The special town meeting was prompted by announcements a month earlier that two different companies were interested in putting wind turbines on town-owned land as part of a larger project that would stretch across three .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/12/jackson-cautiously-proceeds-with-potential-wind-projects/</link>
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		<title>Lincoln residents push for wind moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — A group of residents again pressed the new Town Council on Monday night for a 180-day moratorium on wind farms as their reaction to a Massachusetts developer’s proposal for a &#36;130 million wind farm. 
After new Councilor Marcella Ireland and returning Councilor Samuel Clay were sworn in, the council took no action on residents’ claims that First Wind of Massachusetts’ farm would harm health, lower land values and ruin the beauty of Rollins Mountain, the range of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/11/lincoln-residents-push-for-wind-moratorium/</link>
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		<title>Anti-windmill group launches Web site</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — A citizens group that opposes a proposed &#36;120 million wind farm on Rollins Mountain has acquired a headquarters, a Web site and is in talks with an attorney, leading members said Wednesday. 
The Friends of Lincoln Lakes hopes to use the Web site, friendsoflincolnlakes.org, as a magnet for others statewide and nationwide who oppose or want to learn about wind farms such as those proposed by First Wind of Massachusetts. 
“We will be getting information out through .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/06/anti-windmill-group-launches-web-site/</link>
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		<title>Tests begin on Lake Auburn wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[AUBURN &#8212; A wind gauge measuring breezes coming off Lake Auburn went up Wednesday. 
&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to see if this will be a good place for a wind turbine,&#8221; said John Storer, assistant water district superintendent. &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping it is, but we&#8217;ve been out here all morning and haven&#8217;t had so much as a breeze.&#8221; 
The gauge, called an anemometer, will test the wind along Lake Auburn&#8217;s western shore to see if it can be used to generate electricity. It .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/06/tests-begin-on-lake-auburn-wind/</link>
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		<title>York considers wind turbine ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing on the books about wind energy in York, but by next year that could change. 
The town hopes to get public input this month about a draft ordinance on small residential wind turbines during the first of a number of workshops, said Town Planner Christine Grimando. 
&#8220;I get a lot of calls from people asking when and how, and under what circumstances they could pursue their own small wind turbine,&#8221; Grimando said of the interest in wind energy. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/04/york-considers-wind-turbine-ordinance/</link>
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		<title>Proposed wind project explained</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HIGHLAND PLANTATION &#8212; The small, former one-room schoolhouse high upon a hill in the woods was once again the scene of an informational meeting presented by owners of a wind power company for residents on Saturday, Oct. 18. 
Jo Dunphy, first assessor welcomed everyone. Dunphy issued a special welcome to former governor Angus King and Robert H. Gardiner, who own Independence Wind LLC of Cumberland, and have joined forces with Wagner Forest Services (who own some one million acres of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/30/proposed-wind-project-explained/</link>
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		<title>Planners begin work on land use changes</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROXBURY &#8212; People here might finally get a chance by late December or early January to resolve the longstanding issue of whether or not to allow wind power facilities on town hills. 
Following 90 minutes of discussion at Wednesday night&#8217;s Planning Commission meeting, the only decision made by its three-member board was to reconvene discussion on Nov. 12 and continue it to Nov. 13 if needed. 
The commission comprised of planners Barry Bunten, Mark Henry and Randy Orr was tasked .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/30/planners-begin-work-on-land-use-changes/</link>
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		<title>Windmill ordinance is introduced</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BAR HARBOR — The first draft of land-use rules to allow the installation of wind turbine towers was introduced to the planning board Oct. 15. The standards in the draft ordinance were set with the aim of making wind energy production possible for home and business owners here, staff planner and ordinance drafter Kris Hultgren said. 
As proposed, homeowners could put up a maximum 80-foot-high tower, to hold a turbine with a maximum 10 kilowatt (kW) capacity. On properties less .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/24/windmill-ordinance-is-introduced/</link>
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		<title>The turbine turmoil: South Berwick residents, officials discuss pros and cons of wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Besides the obvious environmental benefits of wind farms, there are some negatives associated with the increasingly popular form of alternative energy, according to a University of New Hampshire expert. 
But the cons — mainly noise and vibrations from the rotating turbines — are generally things people can live with, UNH assistant professor of geography Mary Lemcke said. 
In South Berwick, a 300-foot-high ridge across from Marshwood High School is being eyed as a possible location for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/23/the-turbine-turmoil-south-berwick-residents-officials-discuss-pros-and-cons-of-wind-energy/</link>
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		<title>Lincoln Planning Board decides against wind moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN — Planning Board Chairman Peter Phinney will review a proposed &#36;120 million wind farm for Rollins Mountain when it is submitted, despite working for one of its benefactors, and the board will not pursue a moratorium that would delay the project. 
Board members made those decisions during a 2½-hour meeting at Mattanawcook Academy late Tuesday that likely previewed future hearings. Representatives from Wind farm proponent First Wind of Massachusetts and the Friends of Lincoln Lakes residents’ group were among .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/22/lincoln-planning-board-decides-against-wind-moratorium/</link>
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		<title>Camp owner seeks official’s recusal on wind farm plan</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — An Upper Pond resident says planning board chairman Peter Phinney should recuse himself from deliberations over a proposed &#36;120 million wind farm because Phinney works for a landowner who likely stands to benefit from the project. 
Phinney said Monday he has no conflict of interest and will vote on the matter. 
A real estate agent, Phinney is an employee of, and handles some land transactions for, H.C. Haynes Inc. of Winn, which is a manufacturer of wood .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/22/camp-owner-seeks-official%e2%80%99s-recusal-on-wind-farm-plan/</link>
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		<title>Lincoln group seeks wind-farm moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN — As opponents of a &#36;120 million wind development slated for Rollins Mountain, the Friends of Lincoln Lakes citizens group will ask the Town Council and Planning Board next week for a moratorium on all pending wind projects, its organizers said Thursday. 
Group members will attend council and board meetings next week after taking in the third hearing held by wind farm proponent First Wind of Massachusetts on Wednesday at Mattanawcook Academy. They fear local boards haven’t had adequate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/16/lincoln-group-seeks-wind-farm-moratorium/</link>
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		<title>Board looks at wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROXBURY &#8212; The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday appointed Planning Board members Barry Bunten, Mark Henry and Randy Orr to the local Planning Commission to address a deficiency in the town&#8217;s comprehensive plan. 
With help from John Maloney of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, the commission&#8217;s job is to create a section on renewable energy. 
The current plan, which was created by Sutton, Gordon Gamble, Gerry Martin and Maloney and OK&#8217;d by town meeting voters in March 1993, doesn&#8217;t .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/15/board-looks-at-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Wind power: turbulence ahead</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine 30 wind turbines whirring atop two remote Maine peaks. The 300-ton towers, with blades sweeping 400 feet high and aglow with aircraft-warning lights, would each produce 9,000 megawatt-hours of renewable electricity per year. So what&#8217;s wrong with this picture? A lot, according to groups like the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC)–like the fact that the windmills in this proposed farm would be visible from a 34-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail. 
When a developer .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/14/wind-power-turbulence-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Wind firm eyes Oakfield, Rumford</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The debate over wind power soon will be blowing into additional Maine towns. 
First Wind, the Massachusetts company behind Maine’s two largest wind energy facilities, plans to file applications with the state late this year or early next year for a facility with roughly 30 turbines in the southern Aroostook County town of Oakfield. 
The company also is moving forward with plans for projects in Rumford in western Maine as well as on Grand Manan Island just across the Canadian .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/11/wind-firm-eyes-oakfield-rumford/</link>
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		<title>Wind and politics</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Viability, as elementary as it may seem, appears not to be part of the discussion when weighing alternatives for a more secure energy future. 
The fact that the methods we adopt to generate essential power in the coming years must, at the very least, be viable has not yet entered into the equation and demonstrates that no one is really thinking that far ahead &#8212; not even our politicians. For them the symbolic gesture alone is enough to garner votes, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/10/wind-and-politics/</link>
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		<title>Pro wind-power message blows through forum</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[RUMFORD &#8212; Wind power advocates from across Maine talked about economic and environmental impact and turbine noise during a panel forum Thursday night at Black Mountain Ski Lodge.
Moderator Patti Duguay made it clear from the start that wind power projects proposed for Rumford and Roxbury would not be discussed by the audience of more than 120 people.
Andy Shepard of Maine Winter Sports Center, which owns the Rumford ski area and hosted the event, set a pro-wind power tone in his .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/10/pro-wind-power-message-blows-through-forum/</link>
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		<title>As the turbine turns</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our story so far: 
With Byron voters rejecting Independence Wind&#8217;s proposal for wind power, plans for 20 turbines in Roxbury are moving ahead, despite efforts from some townspeople to reverse approval of that project. 
Meanwhile, another company &#8212; First Wind &#8212; plans turbines for nearby Black Mountain and will hold a meeting Thursday night to provide information and, probably, to quell the inevitable protest. 
And, in a plot twist, Independence Wind has announced a &#8220;Power to the People&#8221; campaign. If .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/09/as-the-turbine-turns/</link>
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		<title>Potential for wind farm explored in South Berwick</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Three gauges tacked onto a cell phone tower off Route 236 could hold the key to the kind of development the town has been seeking for years: a multimillion-dollar commercial project that creates jobs, contributes to the town&#8217;s tax base, and improves its infrastructure. And it won&#8217;t end up being a box store. 
The anemometers, which measure wind speed, were installed by the Cape Neddick-based Ra Power Solutions company as part of a yearlong study to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/09/potential-for-wind-farm-explored-in-south-berwick/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine proposals draw crowd in Jackson</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[JACKSON &#8212; The possibility of large wind turbines being built in town attracted dozens of people to the Jackson Community Center on Tuesday, Oct. 7, where they heard sales pitches from two companies and asked questions about what the project would mean for them. 
“Basically, Jackson is a bride and we have two wonderful suitors,” said one resident in summary later in the meeting. 
One of those two companies is the Boston-based Citizens Wind, an offshoot of Citizens Energy Corporation. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/08/wind-turbine-proposals-draw-crowd-in-jackson/</link>
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		<title>Friends of Rollins Ridge</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friends of Rollins Ridge will meet Thursday, October 9 at 6:30 pm at the Masons&#8217; meeting room at the Town Hall. Friends of Rollins Ridge was formed recently as a citizens&#8217; advocacy group to address issues concerning First Wind&#8217;s plans to build a wind generation industrial site on the ridges surrounding the Lincoln Lakes.
Lincoln Lakes Region residents who are concerned about the impact of the industrial site are encouraged to meet with the group. &#8220;Our purpose is to provide information .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/08/friends-of-rollins-ridge/</link>
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		<title>TransCanada conservation agreements reached</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA &#8212; A month into its road construction for the 44-turbine Kibby Wind Power project north of Eustis, TransCanada Energy Corp. is holding a press conference on Thursday morning to announce a conservation agreement it’s reached against developing 1,100 acres of ridgeline surrounding the wind project area and, additionally, that it will donate &#36;500,000 towards the land conservation along the Grafton Loop Trail. 
TransCanada officials plan to make the Kibby Wind Power Project Conservation Agreement announcement on Thursday at the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/07/transcanada-conservation-agreements-reached/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm session planned</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[RUMFORD &#8212; With two windmill projects tentatively planned for the River Valley area, the Natural Resources Council of Maine with the River Valley Growth Council, decided to hold a panel discussion on wind power. 
Dylan Voorhees, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Council of Maine and energy director for the organization, said Independence Wind, based in Brunswick, is proposing to build about 20 wind turbines in the Roxbury area. 
First Wind, based in Portland and Boston, is about to begin .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/06/wind-farm-session-planned/</link>
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		<title>Maine Yankee eyed for huge hydro station</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wiscasset is being considered for the largest energy development proposal &#8212; and potentially the largest development project of any kind &#8212; in the history of the state. 
A Toronto entrepreneur who has developed Canadian wind farms has floated the idea of building a massive &#36;2 billion underground hydropower station at the old Maine Yankee nuclear power station site. 
The project would be one of the first of its kind anywhere. 
The proposal raises questions about impacts on the Back River .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/05/maine-yankee-eyed-for-huge-hydro-station/</link>
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		<title>New York probes Mass. wind-power developer</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Maine — As First Wind of Massachusetts finishes building a wind farm on Stetson Mountain and prepares applications for another on Rollins Mountain, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues probing allegations that the company dealt improperly with public officials in upstate New York. 
Begun in July, Cuomo’s investigation probes whether First Wind and another company based in Connecticut improperly sought or obtained land-use agreements with residents and public officials; whether public officials received improper benefits to influence .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/03/new-york-probes-mass-wind-power-developer/</link>
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		<title>Fort Kent residents want windmill moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A group of Fort Kent residents is proposing a moratorium on industrial wind turbines within town limits until local officials can develop ordinances governing the enormous structures. 
The group has gathered roughly 220 signatures on a petition seeking a 180-day moratorium on construction of commercial wind power facilities as well as processing of any applications. The petition would allow the Town Council to extend the moratorium or cancel it once Fort Kent’s zoning and land-use ordinances have been amended to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/03/fort-kent-residents-want-windmill-moratorium/</link>
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