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		<title>Second developer dumps wind turbine project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/second-developer-dumps-wind-turbine-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BLISSFIELD — A second developer involved in a wind-turbine project proposed for southern Lenawee County has bailed out. juwi Wind USA, the Colorado-based domestic subsidiary of a German company, has terminated a study of the 493-foot towers’ potential impact on aviation at Toledo Express Airport, and a company spokesman said Wednesday the reason is that juwi is withdrawing from the area. “We have terminated the study because we were going to receive a Declaration of Hazard,” said Aaron Peterson, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Second wind energy project called off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ADRIAN, Mich. — The second wind energy developer considering building turbines in southeastern Lenawee County has canceled its project. New zoning regulations in Riga and Palmyra townships and a Federal Aviation Administration finding that several of the proposed 492-foot turbines encroached on the airspace around Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, were too much to overcome, juwi Wind spokesman Aaron Peterson said. After the initial notices of hazard were issued by the FAA, juwi, a German energy company with its .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developer pulls out of Lenawee Co. wind turbine project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The last developer of a wind turbine farm set for construction in Lenawee County, Michigan says it is abandoning the project. Aaron Peterson, a community liaison with Juwi Wind, says Federal Aviation Administration height restrictions and recently enacted restrictive zoning laws have coupled to make the project unfeasible. In late fall the FAA told developers 63 turbines in the project were too tall because they were to be built in a restricted area due to flight paths into Toledo Express .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public input asked for on wind issue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/public-input-asked-for-on-wind-issue/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GILFORD — The Gilford Township Planning Commission will hold site plan reviews for wind turbine development over the next couple of weeks. NextEra Energy plans to develop 63 wind turbines in the Gilford Township area. The first hearing on the proposed Utility Grind Wind Energy system is 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 20. The hearing will review the plan to build 13 turbines in the area south of Deckerville Road and north of Van Geisen Road in Sections 28 – 32 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Potential wind farm&#8217;s prep work taking place on Muskegon County wastewater site</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MUSKEGON COUNTY – Muskegon County wastewater department staff are making preparations for a potential wind-energy farm while the exclusive agreement with a private development team awaits a signature for execution. The county is measuring wind speeds with its portable wind-testing unit, which was recently moved to a different location on the Muskegon County wastewater site, and two anemometers affixed to permanent radio towers. Staff members also are verifying the locations of its underground utilities in preparation of running power lines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West Michigan Jobs Group trades wind turbine fight for &#8216;cash mob&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/west-michigan-jobs-group-trades-wind-turbine-fight-for-cash-mob/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MUSKEGON – Supporting Muskegon’s new downtown retailers is a lot less political than pitching for wind turbines on Lake Michigan. That’s why the West Michigan Jobs Group is holding “cash mobs” every other month. The social media group of community activists came together Friday evening at the new Century Club Center to spend some money. Instead of getting into emotional debates with offshore wind opponents, the Jobs Group spent a quiet evening shopping for candy, outdoor hats, furniture and fine .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Removal of 262-foot tower delayed by weather</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/05/removal-of-262-foot-tower-delayed-by-weather/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD TWP., Mich. — A tower built to monitor weather for a potential wind energy project in Fairfield Township and court-ordered to be taken down will be removed as soon as ground conditions improve. Fairfield Township Supervisor Curt Emmons said the ground has yet to sufficiently freeze for the tower along Arnold Highway to be removed by Orisol Energy U.S. Inc., the company responsible for its placement. Emmons said he has been in regular contact with Orisol officials for updates .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public hearing on Bay County wind farm project scheduled for this month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MERRITT TOWNSHIP — The next step in starting construction of a proposed wind farm project that spans three counties takes place by month&#8217;s end. A public forum for community comments and concerns is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Merritt Township Hall. Some turbines would be sited in the township. &#8220;The planning and zoning commission could make a decision that same night,&#8221; said Dave Schabel, Merritt Township supervisor. &#8220;The commission has a big job, and they will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Special windmill tax in the works</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/special-windmill-tax-in-the-works/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[UPPER THUMB — Proposed legislation creating a special tax for commercial wind, biomass and solar systems currently is being reviewed by the Michigan House Committee on Tax Policy. “I think we’re going to be able to get this legislation through in a timely manner,” said State Rep. Kurt E. Damrow, a Port Austin Republican who sponsored House Bills 5278 and 5279. The bills create a separate category to tax the above alternative energy projects. It’s called the Alternative Commercial Energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New transmission lines for Gratiot wind farm now being built</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/new-transmission-lines-for-gratiot-wind-farm-now-being-built/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The spot where trucks and materials are pulling in and out of Begole Road at M-46 is a staging area for the building of a new ITC transmission substation. It will also include upgrades to its high voltage transmission lines. ITC’s project was needed so it could “increase the line’s capacity to accommodate the full output of the wind farm,” according to an ITC statement. The project began in Porter Township in Midland County in June, 2011 and that phase .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan tax ruling could power wind energy projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/michigan-tax-ruling-could-power-wind-energy-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LANSING – A recent personal property tax ruling that will cost Michigan counties millions of dollars in revenue could prove vital for utility companies and energy manufacturers around the state. The State Tax Commission ruling allows energy companies to pay substantially less in personal property taxes and gives a break to state manufacturers as well. Companies that build wind turbine blades, “casts” – which house the turbines — and related parts now pay significantly less in property taxes as a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Environmental Quality still on schedule with wind turbine plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/department-of-environmental-quality-still-on-schedule-with-wind-turbine-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BAY CITY — Despite rain in the forecast, plans are still in place to remove the wind turbine at the Department of Environmental Quality Saginaw Bay district office in Bay City on Monday. A representative at the DEQ office said she had not heard of any change in plans, but said Kent Power, the company contracted to remove the turbine, was not at the office as of 8:30 a.m. The turbine, built in 2009 by Entegrity Wind Systems, has been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ogden seeks tougher wind rules on county roads</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/23/ogden-seeks-tougher-wind-rules-on-county-roads/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON TWP., Mich. — Debate on commercial windmills may be taken to the Lenawee County Road Commission. The Ogden Township board has asked to meet with the road commission board to discuss its policies, road commissioners were told Thursday by managing director Scott Merillat. “They’re concerned about windmills first and foremost,” Merillat said. “They don’t think what we’re doing with windmills is enough.” Ogden Township Supervisor Richard Marks said Friday his board wants to coordinate a proposed township ordinance with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm in Mason County taking shape despite legal challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/wind-farm-in-mason-county-taking-shape-despite-legal-challenge/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Consumers Energy is wrapping up the initial phase of its first wind farm. Construction of the 100 mega-watt farm began last fall. Consumers plans to have the wind farm operating by the end of this year. The project is known as the Lake Winds Energy Park. Since construction began last fall, workers have built about half of the large bases for 58 utility sized wind turbines. Dennis Marvin is a spokesman for the New Generation Group at Consumers Energy. He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Duke bails on wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/duke-bails-on-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY — Duke Energy Renewables pulled the plug on plans for a wind farm in Benzie and Manistee counties. The company proposed installing wind turbines on about 13,000 acres to generate up to 200 megawatts of output. Duke Energy announced Wednesday it discontinued the project, citing &#8220;timing&#8221; difficulties and work on wind projects in other locations. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got great wind. We&#8217;ve got great transmission,&#8221; said Milton Howard, vice president of wind development. &#8220;Just the power purchase agreement — the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind developers look to mid-Michigan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/wind-developers-look-to-mid-michigan/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind energy developer Blissfield Wind Energy, is pursuing development opportunities in Gratiot and Ionia counties after more than a year spent trying to gain sufficient land and support for the Blissfield Wind Energy project. BWE, a partnership between Exelon Wind and local firm Great Lakes Wind LLC, has a renewable energy purchase agreement with Consumers Energy, which is seeking to meet state standards for renewable energy production. BWE must begin construction of a wind energy installation in 2012 or suffer .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Push came to shove: Gratiot will fight turbine tax cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/push-came-to-shove-gratiot-will-fight-turbine-tax-cuts/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Who’s behind the recent state tax commission ruling on the diminished wind turbine taxes is a mystery. “There’s a rat in the woodpile and we’re going to flush ‘em out,” said Gratiot County Commission Chair Jeff Anderson. The state tax commission changed the tax rates late last year on wind turbines. Instead of 100 percent taxes, Gratiot County will now receive 80 percent. And, instead of depreciation taking place at 5 percent a year, it will go down to 30 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial windpower project cancelled;  Duke Energy pulls plans to build 112 turbines in Northern Michigan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/controversial-windpower-project-cancelled-duke-energy-pulls-plans-to-build-112-turbines-in-northern-michigan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BENZIE COUNTY &#8212; After months of debate, Duke Energy has decided it will no longer move forward with it&#8217;s wind project plans in Benzie and Manistee Counties. The company spent more than a year signing contracts with dozens of landowners, setting up job fairs, and hosting public input meetings. Community members were divided over the Gail Windpower Project that would have created 112 turbines in their backyards. The issue even led to the recall of three Joyfield Township board members .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Duke wind project cancelled</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/duke-wind-project-cancelled/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy says it will discontinue plans for a wind farm in Benzie and Manistee counties. In a released statement the company says it does not have a buyer for the electricity and questions whether there is enough demand for renewable energy in Michigan right now. Duke had proposed building more than 100 turbines between Arcadia and Frankfort. Opponents of the project claimed it would destroy the rural character of the area. In November, they recalled three trustees in one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Only manufacturers gain from petition</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/only-manufacturers-gain-from-petition/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Jan. 13 front-page headline “Plan touts renewable energy” describes another despicable effort to fleece the public. Companies making parts for wind turbines are trying to create a law through the petition process that will require utilities to purchase and construct un-economic electric generating facilities. The large extra cost of this equipment will be borne by the customers of those utilities. The vast majority of the new wind turbine units are built in China. The number of jobs created in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ionia County listed as possible relocation for wind turbine park</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/ionia-county-listed-as-possible-relocation-for-wind-turbine-park/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — With a looming deadline to complete a wind turbine park by the end of this year, officials with Blissfield Wind Energy LLC filed an amendment to a contract with Consumer’s Energy to relocate the project from Lenawee County to either Ionia or Gratiot counties. The Blissfield Wind Project is a partnership between Great Lakes Wind LLC and Exelon Wind, which is a division of Exelon Power. Bob Judge, manager for communications for Exelon Power, said a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another wind farm for Gratiot? Exelon Wind is looking at Gratiot and Ionia</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/17/yet-another-wind-farm-for-gratiot-exelon-wind-is-looking-at-gratiot-and-ionia/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A small Associated Press brief on Monday, reporting that a wind energy company is looking at Gratiot or Ionia as the spot to move its wind turbines, made a few folks in Gratiot sit up and take notice. Besides Invenergy’s wind farm already up and two more in the planning stages, nobody in Gratiot knew about the possibility of this fourth, new company moving in. AP reported that Exelon Wind had been planning on building a wind farm in Lenawee .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Resident asks V-C to terminate windmill lease</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/15/resident-asks-v-c-to-terminate-windmill-lease/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A resident has asked the Northport Village Council to terminate a wind turbine lease it made with private investors seven months ago. In a 20-minute presentation, Ron Schobel listed five reasons for voiding the June 9, 2011, agreement, including the lack of a wind energy ordinance and a bond from the investors. He also asked the council last Thursday to address 11 other items, including removing Bill Collins, one of the LCE investors, from the Village’s Planning Commission that issued .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blissfield Wind Energy project to relocate</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/blissfield-wind-energy-project-to-relocate/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition Inc. was formed in opposition to the wind turbine project. Kevon Martis of Riga Township, a director of the IICC, commented on the development in an email.
 
“As much as the developers tried to paint this as a question of NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) opposition to change, the bottom line for most residents is that this particular project reeked of crony capitalism and corporate welfare of the worst kind: increased industrial profits at private citizens’ expense,” Martis wrote. “Couple that with solid scientific evidence that the noise limits and setbacks proposed by the developers are, in fact, unsafe, as the IICC maintained throughout this whole episode.”]]></description>
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		<title>DTE, ITC discuss Sigel farm issues</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/dte-itc-discuss-sigel-farm-issues/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[UPPER THUMB — Company officials from both sides of a possible siting conflict confirmed Friday that DTE Wind Energy and ITCTransmission currently are sorting out setback issues regarding a proposed wind farm and ITC’s Thumb Loop transmission line. “What I can tell you is that ITC’s route, as proposed, is in the vicinity of a couple of our turbines in our Sigel Wind Park,” according to Matt Wagner, Manager-Wind Development, for DTE Energy. “We had an initial discussion with ITC .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Company scraps plans for Lenawee County wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/company-scraps-plans-for-lenawee-county-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BLISSFIELD — One of several firms involved in a proposed wind farm in three Lenawee County townships has suspended its plans for 45 wind turbines and is instead pursuing a project elsewhere in Michigan, a company representative said Friday. Bob Judge, manager of communications for Exelon Power, the parent of Exelon Wind, said his company has asked that its Renewable Energy Purchase Agreement with Consumers Power be reassigned to projects in Ionia and Gratiot counties — northwest and north of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong wind ordinance supported</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[DENMARK TWP. — Nearly 150 residents of Denmark Township filled the planning commission meeting room Wednesday evening to discuss their stance on wind farms. Denmark Township officials, along with an engineer from Spicer Engineering Group, were able to discuss with members of the community how they felt about wind farms in their neighborhood, and how they felt their wind ordinance should be worded. Planning commission chairman Blaise Zimmer said the meeting was very beneficial to the township. “They were in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Firm suspends turbine plan in Lenawee Co.</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/firm-suspends-turbine-plan-in-lenawee-co/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind-energy development company involved in a proposed Lenawee County wind farm and the utility company to which it planned to sell its electricity are shifting their focus to two central Michigan counties after failing to obtain favorable regulations in key Lenawee townships. Bob Judge, manager of communications for Exelon Power, said company subsidiary Exelon Wind has suspended indefinitely its interest in building 45 wind turbines as part of a complex of several hundred proposed for Riga, Ogden, and Palmyra .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Muskegon County awaits developer&#8217;s signature for potential wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MUSKEGON COUNTY — The wind-farm agreement that would allow for a private developer to research erecting large wind turbines on Muskegon County&#8217;s wastewater site remains unsigned. The delay by the private development team in executing the lease agreement, which was approved by the Muskegon County Board of Public Works and Board of Commissioners 11 weeks ago, has sparked questions from some Public Works Board members. The subject was discussed briefly again Thursday at a Public Works Board meeting. Wastewater Director .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal would raise state&#8217;s renewable electricity goal to 25% by 2025</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/12/proposal-would-raise-states-renewable-electricity-goal-to-25-by-2025/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LANSING &#8212; A group wants to amend Michigan&#8217;s constitution to more than double the existing requirement for how much of the state&#8217;s electricity must come from renewable sources by 2025. Proposed ballot language filed Wednesday for the Nov. 6 election would require the state&#8217;s utilities to reach 25%, well beyond the current law passed in 2008, which requires 10% of Michigan&#8217;s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2015. Less than 4% of Michigan&#8217;s electricity came from renewable sources in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Palmyra Township verifies referendum</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/palmyra-township-verifies-referendum/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PALMYRA — At the Jan. 5 regular monthly Palmyra Township meeting, the board discussed excess drain water in the Man-Nor Farms subdivision, ended a firefighter’s probation and verified that a referendum to overturn the recently passed wind energy ordinance will make the ballot. Palmyra resident Laura Van Camp recently handed in a petition she and other members of the anti-wind energy Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition had been circulating in Palmyra. Van Camp and other residents seek to overturn the ordinance .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GVSU pulls wind research buoy from Lake Michigan, researchers thrilled with results</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/gvsu-pulls-wind-research-buoy-from-lake-michigan-researchers-thrilled-with-results/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MUSKEGON — As Grand Valley State University removed its wind research buoy from Lake Michigan&#8217;s winter waters at the end of the year, it&#8217;s clear that the scientific data being collected goes well beyond whether to place wind turbines in the lake. GVSU Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center officials in Muskegon report that the research platform that had been four miles out in Lake Michigan just south of the Muskegon pierheads was a success. Despite funding problems with the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Environmental Quality tabs Kent Power to disassemble Bay City wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/07/department-of-environmental-quality-tabs-kent-power-to-disassemble-bay-city-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BAY CITY — The first step has been taken to get the wind turbine at Department of Environmental Quality Saginaw Bay district office in Bay City spinning again. The DEQ accepted Kent Power’s bid to take down the dismantle, remove and transport the turbine at the Bay City office, 401 Ketchum, to Kalamazoo Valley Community College. “After the turbine has been sitting there for nine months not operating, it’s nice to see us getting this thing going again,” said Kevin .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gratiot looking at less wind turbine taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/gratiot-looking-at-less-wind-turbine-taxes/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[When the county completes its budget in September and the state makes changes in November, frustrating isn’t the word. “It’s not very nice,” Chairman Jeff Anderson said. Thanks to the state tax commission’s decision to reduce the amount of taxes collected on wind turbines, the county is short about $200,000 for this fiscal year. But Administrator Nicole Frost told the board Tuesday night that because the county allowed some cushion in the budget, it should balance, barring any further surprises .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Denmark Township residents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/attention-denmark-township-residents/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars for Jan. 11, 2012 at 4 p.m. for a very important township planning commission meeting at the township hall in Richville. A Wind Ordinance for both residential and industrial wind turbines is on the agenda. This matter will probably be one of the most important decisions in our history. I have learned that we must let our planning commission know what concerns us before the ordinance is adopted, otherwise it will be “too bad, so sad.” A .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rules CARRE&#8217;s suit against met towers for Lake Winds Energy Park can go forward</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/01/judge-rules-carres-suit-against-met-towers-for-lake-winds-energy-park-can-go-forward/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A group opposing the construction of wind turbines in Riverton and Summit townships will have its day in court following Mason County Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper Thursday’s ruling that Citizens Alliance for Responsible Renewable Energy (CARRE) does have standing to sue to stop Consumers Energy from constructing seven 300-foot-tall meteorological (met) towers in the area. The met towers will measure wind speeds at the same height as the generators on the 56 476-foot-tall wind turbines Consumers Energy is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Peninsula wind farm changes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/26/garden-peninsula-wind-farm-changes/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Heritage Sustainable Energy of Traverse City has built the U.P.&#8217;s first commercial wind turbine in Delta County. 13 more turbines will follow next year, but the wind farm project has undergone a recent change. Fairbanks Township Supervisor Ron Collins works on his father&#8217;s farm. His dad signed a lease with Heritage for the wind farm. Ron says residents have accused him of only being in the project for the money, and he says that&#8217;s true to a certain extent &#8212; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bath Twp. considering wind energy systems ordinance</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/23/bath-twp-considering-wind-energy-systems-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BATH TWP. &#8211; The Township Board is about to take up a new measure governing wind energy generating systems. The township&#8217;s Planning Commission has endorsed a draft ordinance that would set rules for where small and large wind-powered turbines can be located and create a process for people who want to install them. Those types of requests now have to go through the Zoning Board of Appeals, township officials said. The ordinance is similar to those in place in other .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine at Bay City DEQ office could be repaired in next few months</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/22/wind-turbine-at-bay-city-deq-office-could-be-repaired-in-next-few-months/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BAY CITY — The wind turbine at the Department of Environmental Quality’s Saginaw Bay District Office could spin again, but only if costs for the repair fit the department’s budget. The DEQ wants to dismantle the broken turbine and transport it to Kalamazoo Valley Community College, where the college’s Wind Turbine Technician Academy plans to access the damage. The college’s program, which started in 2009, has the same turbine on campus that they use for instruction. “Kalamazoo Valley Community College .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens misled when key offshore wind information is withheld</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/20/citizens-misled-when-key-offshore-wind-information-is-withheld/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the Dec. 5 news story, “Dutch Coastal community shares lessons with West Michigan,” key differences between the two areas were not even mentioned. Site difference: Twice as close to shore here as in the Netherlands. The Egmond aan Zee windfarm is located 6-12 miles offshore in water depths of 17-23 meters. Water depths off West Michigan shores at 6-12 miles are triple that depth: 50-100 meters, according to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.) Soundings map. In its .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch wind farm isn&#8217;t comparable to West Michigan sites</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/dutch-wind-farm-isnt-comparable-to-west-michigan-sites/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The key difference between a Dutch wind farm and possible Lake Michigan siting was not even mentioned in The Sentinel’s Dec. 5 article. The Egmond aan Zee wind farm is located six to 12 miles offshore in depths of 17-23 meters. Depths off West Michigan shores at six to 12 miles are triple that — 50 to more than 100 meters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Great Lakes Wind (GLOW) Council, appointed by Gov. Granholm, first .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of wind farm tax change to Mason County? $8 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LANSING — Michigan counties with wind farms stand to lose millions of dollars in property tax revenue due to a recent change in tax policy. In Mason County, Lake Winds Energy Park being constructed by Consumers Power could see its tax bill reduced by about $8 million over the next 20 years. Wind turbines are considered industrial personal property and taxed on their market value, said Rep. Kurt Damrow, R-Port Austin. Formerly each turbine’s tax liability was based on 100 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tuscola County&#8217;s Gilford Township approves plan for 63 wind turbines, requires developer to meet certain conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GILFORD TWP. — Before a standing-room-only audience of about 130 people Monday night, leaders of this Tuscola County township approved — with conditions — a plan to build 63 electricity-producing wind turbines. The Gilford Township Planning Commission voted 4 to 0 — with member Kent A. Houghtaling abstaining — to grant a special-use permit to Florida-based NextEra Energy, which proposes a $250 million Tuscola Bay Wind Energy Park. The proposal also calls for up to nine turbines in Bay County’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Holland Board of Public Works puts wind turbine project on hold until 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Holland — It likely would be 2013 before the Holland Board of Public Works used energy generated by wind, officials said Monday. The BPW now has collected one year’s worth of data from a wind study being conducted in Allegan County. The project is a little behind schedule, BPW Business Services Director Dan Nally said. Another $10,000, 100-day extension was necessary on the lease for the staff to work with a developer on a recommendation, Nally said. The Holland City .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism in embattled township after recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There was applause at the end of last night&#8217;s Joyfield township board meeting&#8230; the first hint of optimism there in some time. For the last year, a proposed commercial wind farm has divided the rural township in southern Benzie County. More than one person commented that this was the first time they could remember that the Joyfield Township Board meeting began with the pledge of allegiance. As it turned out, much of the meeting had a different feeling. Different Energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Papers filed for Palmyra Township wind turbine referendum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PALMYRA TWP., Mich. — Backers of a petition drive to force a referendum vote in Palmyra Township turned in their petitions on Wednesday, township clerk Samantha Meyer said this morning. If confirmed, a vote on a wind turbine ordinance would be set on the next available election day. Josh Nolan, a director of the Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition (IICC), said the petitions contained signatures of 238 registered Palmyra Township voters. He said 110 signatures were required to force a vote. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>CARRE wind turbine appeal hearing continues into afternoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Court hearings began late this morning, adjourned for lunch early this afternoon and were to be back in court at 2:15 in the request by Citizens Alliance for Responsible Renewable Energy, which is seeking an injunction to stop the construction of Lake Winds Energy Park being built in Riverton and Summit townships. In a packed Mason County courtroom before 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper, attorneys for CARRE presented the organization’s case for the injunction as an attorney representing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition to Lake Winds Energy Park continues as construction of wind farm progresses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LUDINGTON – Opposition to Consumers Energy&#8217;s Lake Winds Energy Park in southern Mason County persists as protesters came to a media event Thursday and a law suit begins in court Friday. But the Jackson-based public utility is proceeding with its $235 million, 56-turbine wind farm in Riverton and Summit townships. Construction is underway on a 100.8-megawatt wind energy installation that is expected to be producing electricity by the end of 2012. Opponents – many in the project area who have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents fear Mason County wind turbines could impact gas lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Mason County Court hearing this Friday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 a.m., regarding a request by the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Renewable Energy, for a motion to stay – an injunction to stop Consumers Energy’s Mason County Lake Winds wind turbine farm — is of particular concern to some northern Oceana and southern Mason County residents. “For those of you who are receiving this who currently think they will never be affected by the Consumers Energy’s Mason County wind farm, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill can stay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Shandy and Penny Spencer can continue to operate their residential wind turbine in Centerville Township after prevailing last week in 13th Circuit Court. Judge Thomas G. Power ruled Nov. 22 that the turbine does not constitute a “nuisance,” as alleged by the Spencers’ neighbors, and can remain in its current location. “We’re pleased with the judge’s findings,” Penny Spencer said. “I wish everyone could get along.” The lawsuit was looked upon by wind power proponents as a possible roadblock to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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