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		<title>Wind turbine application on hold</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/wind-turbine-application-on-hold/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planning applications for two separate wind turbines have been put on hold because their location falls withing a parachute drop zone. At last Tuesday night’s Planning Committee meeting the Planners told councillors the applications for two 46-metre wind turbines by different applicants, to be situated on land near the Cullyramer Road and Movenis Road, fell within the 1200 metre drop zone used by the Wild Geese Parachute Centre, and had therefore been recommended for refusal. “The situation of these two .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report on wind farms is released</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/report-on-wind-farms-is-released/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[People living near wind farms in Northern Ireland could be missing out on significant amounts of money to fund community projects. A report being published in Fermanagh claims renewable energy developers pay about four times more into community funds in Britain than they do in NI. There are 14 community funds in Northern Ireland which receive income from commercial wind farms. However, it is significantly less than similar schemes in Britain. Some communities in Scotland own their own wind turbines, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council wants to hear all wind turbine cases</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/council-wants-to-hear-all-wind-turbine-cases/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Larne Council wants all wind turbine applications to be removed from the streamlined planning list. Currently, proposals for wind turbines can fall under the streamlined schedule, which is designed to allow planners to make decisions on non-contentious applications without formally bringing them before the council. However, it is the view of the local authority – which has a purely consultative role when it comes to planning issues – that these applications are not appropriate for the scheme as they “are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety concerns over turbine application</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/21/safety-concerns-over-turbine-application/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Carrick couple have voiced their concerns over a planning application for a wind turbine near their home. Yvonne and Robert Picken received notification last month of the plans for a 45-metre turbine close to their property on Liberty Road, which overlooks Carrick and Belfast Lough. They believe the application, submitted by Belfast-based renewable energy company Aircore, raises a number of safety concerns. “We’ve lived here for 30 years and one thing people always comment on is the beautiful view .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green energy prices &#8216;not passed on&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Lower electricity prices generated by renewable energy are not being passed on to householders, the Consumer Council said. Wind power producers are profiting because the cost is set by the more expensive fossil fuel needed to meet demand in the system. This means they may be over-rewarded for the electricity they generate, the lobby group added. The council has published an analysis of the electricity market. Chief executive Antoinette McKeown said: &#8220;The right level of incentives is needed to increase .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Test drilling will provide data on wind-energy storage potential</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/test-drilling-will-provide-data-on-wind-energy-storage-potential/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scientific investigations into Larne’s potential for energy storage is being taken a step further by Gaelectric Energy Storage (GES). Unlike InfraStrata and North East Storage – which hope to excavate underground salt caverns to build up reserves of natural gas – Gaelectric is undertaking exploratory drilling ahead of a proposal to cache compressed air generated by wind turbines at off-peak periods and use it to boost the grid when required. If all goes to plan, GES would build a facility .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Quinn wind energy company in administration</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/former-quinn-wind-energy-company-in-administration/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind energy company which was controlled by members of Sean Quinn&#8217;s family has been placed into administration. Mr Quinn, formerly Ireland&#8217;s richest man, faces bankruptcy proceedings in Dublin on Monday after his NI bankruptcy was annulled. He lost control of his business empire last year when former Anglo Irish Bank appointed a receiver over a £2bn debt. Some Quinn family assets remained outside the receivership process. These included wind farms and a golf course. An administrator was appointed to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mocraig &#8216;refusal&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planners are of the opinion to refuse plans for a wind turbine on a farm near Bushmills. The applicant is Mr Stevan Mooney and the location is 150 metres west of 111 Moycraig Road. The application was for a 250kw wind turbine at 32 metres hub height for farm and grid. Planners say the development would, if permitted, have an unacceptable adverse impact on the visual amenity of the Giant’s Causeway World Heritage Site. They added it has not been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Campus wind turbine development stalled</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/30/campus-wind-turbine-development-stalled/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Members of Coleraine Borough Council were shocked to learn this week that minimum distance rules for wind farms don’t apply to single, double or even triple installations of turbines in residential areas. The news was delivered by a DoE planning officer at the council’s December meeting on Tuesday night at which two local residents were permitted to speak to the chamber on behalf of concerned residents. The University of Ulster, who already operate one turbine at the site, hoped to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines &#8216;have been approved&#8217; in Moyle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/30/wind-turbines-have-been-approved-in-moyle/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A number of wind turbines have been approved in the Moyle area in recent years, Minister of the Environment Alex Attwood has told Moyle Council. In recent times there have been complaints from Moyle councillors about the number of turbines which have been refused planning permission. Supporters of the turbines say it is vital that businesses like farms can use wind energy to cut down on electricity costs during the credit crunch but the impact on the landscape in areas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Row blows up over wind turbine plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/25/row-blows-up-over-wind-turbine-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A row has blown up in Hillsborough over plans by Lisnagarvey Hockey Club to put a wind turbine up at their grounds. Objectors have voiced their concerns over the proposal, which would see a 75 foot 20KW Commercial Wind Turbine erected on the club’s base on Comber Road. The club, however, have said the plan is part of their drive to become more environmentally friendly. A number of residents opposed to the plan say that the majority of Hillsborough’s 3,400 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gaelectric cleared for Derry wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/24/gaelectric-cleared-for-derry-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy group, Gaelectric today said it has secured full planning approval for its 42 MW wind energy development at Dunbeg, Co. Derry representing an investment of E68m. They have also reached financial close on their wind farm development at Skrine, Co. Roscommon. Dunbeg will be one of the most significant wind farm developments on the island of Ireland and will generate sufficient renewable power to meet the electricity demand of 24,000 homes. The development will consist of 14 wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How sustainable is renewable energy?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/01/07/how-sustainable-is-renewable-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The success, to date, of fossil fuels being able to meet energy demand any time required has led to a feeling of society wide unrealistic entitlement. This translates into a belief that whatever we want we can always have whenever we want it. This of course is leading to problems as it patently can no longer be maintained. It also has lead to the development of quite unrealistic expectations as to how far renewables can replace fossil fuels. Renewable energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Families fight wind farm proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/11/06/families-fight-wind-farm-proposals/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Families living near the Co Antrim village of Loughguile have said they&#8217;ll fight proposals to build more wind farms in their area. The residents claim the huge turbines will destroy a scenic glen and are calling on the energy company behind them to think again. The surrounding hills already have 21 large wind turbines, but Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is looking to add at least another nine. While the company may be riding the wave of investment that&#8217;s backing green .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No more windmills say local group</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/10/28/no-more-windmills-say-local-group/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A campaign has been launched to prevent a commercial wind farm being erected at one of North Antrim&#8217;s most famous beauty spots. A planning application for up to nine turbines to be sited at Altaveedan Wind Farm along the Orra mountain is currently under consideration by the authorities but residents of Loughgiel and the wider community say if the plan is approved it will cause untold harm to the environment as well as spoiling what is an area of Special .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>£18m wind farm plan for Pomeroy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/09/24/18m-wind-farm-plan-for-pomeroy/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A multi-million pound wind farm at Pomeroy has just received planning approval to build five massive turbines. Gaelectric, the Irish renewable energy company, said the 11.5 megawatt (MW) wind farm at Cregganconroe will be able to generate energy equivalent to the average annual electricity consumption of around 6500 homes. Investment totalling £18m will be pumped in the farm which is just one of a number of projects that Gaelectric is planning for Northern Ireland. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibition on plan for wind farm in County Antrim</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/09/21/exhibition-on-plan-for-wind-farm-in-county-antrim/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents of a County Antrim village are being invited to a public exhibition later, to hear plans for a proposed wind farm. They will be able to view the proposals for the Altaveedan wind farm, at the Millenium Centre in Loughguile. It will consist of nine 100 metre high wind turbines. North Antrim DUP MLA, Mervyn Storey said it was important that local views were considered. Obviously there is concern from a number of residents,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have recently .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Relocation application for Curryfree wind speed mast</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/09/02/relocation-application-for-curryfree-wind-speed-mast/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A firm behind a proposed Londonderry windfarm set to generate enough electricity to power 8,000 homes has applied to relocate a 60m meteorological mast that will measure the wind speed at the facility. RES UK &#038; Ireland has been granted planning permission to develop a 6 turbine wind farm at Curryfree, south of Newbuildings/Drumahoe and north of Donemana. The renewable energy firm estimates the farm will generate enough pollution-free energy to provide domestic electricity for 9,500 homes. Now the firm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No opinion from Moyle Council on major wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/19/no-opinion-from-moyle-council-on-major-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Moyle Council has decided not to voice an opinion &#8211; so far at least &#8211; on plans for a massive wind farm of over 100 turbines, each several hundred feet high, off the coast of Kintyre which will be visible from north Antrim. Some councillors expressed concern but in the end the Council decided not to support or oppose the plan and merely noted the matter. The proposed Kintyre offshore Wind Farm will be three kilometres to the west of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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