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		<title>Vestas boardroom shake up intensifies</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/vestas-boardroom-shake-up-intensifies/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN—Vestas Wind Systems A/S on Wednesday said its chairman and deputy chairman will step down in March, hard on the heels of the resignation of its financial chief late Tuesday, as the world&#8217;s biggest maker of wind turbines swung to a larger than forecast net loss in 2011 and warned it may not be profitable in 2012. The departure of chairman Bent Erik Carlsen and his deputy Torsten Erik Rasmussen marks the culmination of an annus horribilis for the Danish .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas directors quit after losses at wind turbine firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The finance chief of Vestas, the world&#8217;s largest maker of wind turbines, has quit and other directors will not be seeking re-election to the board. The upheaval came after Vestas reported a loss about four times greater than analysts had expected. Chief financial officer Henrik Norremark resigned on Tuesday. Chairman Bent Erik Carlsen, deputy chairman Torsten Erik Rasmussen, and director Freddy Frandsen will not stand for re-election, said a statement. Vestas made a loss last year of 166m euros (£138m; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Knob firefighters respond to wind mill fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[At 07:01 Blair County 911 alerted the Blue Knob VFD for a Wind Mill fire at the Allegheny Wind Farm in Juniata Township. Engine/Tanker 86-21, Tanker 86-22, Brush 86-71, Squad 86-41, and Special Unit 86-42 all responded on the call under the direction of Assistant Chief 86-04 (Walters). The burning unit could be see by responders as they left the fire station. Crews had to gain access via a dirt lane which was over 4 miles off of Route 164. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind purchases to fall in 2012 as Sinovel profits drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Purchases of wind turbines and other equipment will decline 14 percent this year and won’t surpass 2011 levels for two years, reducing profits at companies including Sinovel Wind Group Co. (601558), according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Capital investment in wind-power assets worldwide will be $69.2 billion in 2012, down from $80.5 billion last year, as oversupply and waning government support in the U.S. and Europe cut demand. Total installations, including onshore and offshore projects, will be 49 gigawatts, said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-turbine fire under investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Structure in Altona Wind Park found in flames; cause uncertain ALTONA — A wind turbine in the Altona Wind Park caught fire Saturday evening, but the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. According to a press release from Noble Environmental Power, the company responsible for building the wind turbines dotting the Altona landscape, there was no damage incurred to anything besides the turbine, and there was no risk to people. But that doesn&#8217;t mean no one noticed. As .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power: Clean energy, dirty business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Like the oil drilling rig that became an icon of the Industrial Age, the giant, spinning wind turbine has become a global image of clean power. No longer a futuristic dream of environmentalists, wind power has become a big business: Since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in 1998, wind-generated electricity has grown 20-fold: from only enough to power the equivalent of two New York Cities, to 200,000 megawatts today – enough to power six Britains. (In .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Overcapacity hits wind turbine market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer is laying off employees due to over capacity in the market from competition from Chinese suppliers and lower demand in European and U.S. markets as unsustainable subsidies decline.&#160; Strong headwinds are blowing against the industry as governments have been forced to reduce the overly generous subsidies they have provided to wind producers. Vestas Wind Systems, a Danish firm, plans on closing one of its 26 factories and laying off &#160;2,335 workers, about 10 percent .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewables to play small role in 2030 energy: BP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Energy produced by wind, solar and other renewable sources will grow by fourfold by 2030, but the clean-energy sector will account for only a small fraction of total output, a BP report said on Wednesday. Renewable energy, excluding hydropower, will total 860 million metric tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) by 2030, accounting for around 5 percent of the world&#8217;s total energy production of 16,605 Mtoe. In 2010, renewable energy production totaled nearly 159 Mtoe or just over 1 percent of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable-energy misery spreads to Vestas, as the Danish wind turbine maker slashes jobs, some in Portland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Turbulence in the renewable-energy industry buffeted Vestas on Thursday, as the Danish wind-turbine maker announced plans for 2,335 layoffs, including some at its U.S. headquarters in Portland. Vestas Wind Systems will cut about a tenth of its worldwide work force, slashing costs by $190 million before year&#8217;s end. Layoffs will include 182 in the United States and Canada, including an undetermined number in Portland, where Vestas is a subsidized star in the city&#8217;s green galaxy. Managers said another 1,600 Colorado .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas CEO: we have a &#8216;credibility problem&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On the heels of its lackluster financial forecasts and revised financial earnings, Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced a massive wave of layoffs and a major corporate restructuring designed to protect the company from further damage. The news was expected, and some analysts had speculated that the company&#8217;s CEO, Ditlev Engel, would be ousted from his top spot. Engel will remain at the helm, but the company will lay off 2,335 employees globally &#8211; Vestas&#8217; third round of layoffs .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas cuts 2,335 jobs, more at risk in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS), the world’s biggest wind turbine maker, said it will halt production at one factory and cut 2,335 jobs amounting to 10 percent of its staff as it tries to become more competitive with Chinese suppliers. The changes are aimed at saving more than 150 million euros ($191 million) by the end of 2012, the company based in Aarhus, Denmark, said in a statement today. Vestas said another 1,600 posts in the U.S. are at risk .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine giant Vestas to cut over 2,300 jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN &#8211; The world leader in the wind turbine industry, Danish company Vestas, said on Thursday it would cut 2,335 jobs by the end of the year as part of a previously announced savings package. &#8220;Vestas will reduce its fixed costs by more than 150 million euros ($190 million) &#8211; with full effect as from the end of 2012 &#8211; primarily through streamlining of support functions and closing of factories to align capacity with market demand,&#8221; it said in a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas future questioned after revenue forecasts cut twice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the biggest wind-turbine maker, fell to its lowest since 2003 in Copenhagen after cutting its sales forecast, prompting analysts to say management’s future and chances to avoid a bid may be in doubt. Reducing its revenue and profit outlook for the second time in two months yesterday was “another blow to investor confidence” in the Aarhus, Denmark-based manufacturer, which already was at an “all-time low,” said Sean McLoughlin, vice president of clean technology research at HSBC .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vestas cuts guidance, blames cost overruns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Danish wind turbine maker Vestas cut its guidance for 2011 earnings and revenue in a surprise trading update on Tuesday, saying costs of developing a new turbine had overshot expectations and some revenue had been delayed. The world&#8217;s biggest wind turbine maker, which struggled in 2011 as the global economic crisis dented investment in energy infrastructure, said it would defer some revenue and earnings into 2012 and book higher-than-expected costs. &#8220;As a consequence &#8230; revenue for 2011 is now expected .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean cacophony a torment for sea mammals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Danger can also emerge from more "environmentally friendly" projects, like the building of vast offshore wind farms consisting of ever larger turbines.
 
A common technique consists of penetrating the seabed with a hydraulic hammer to plant a monopod anchoring the modern-day windmills to the ocean floor.
 
This so-called pile-driving can emit noise levels up to 250 decibels, which is a deadly dose for nearby marine mammals, though experts say it's easy to diminish the threat by creating a curtain of air bubbles surrounding the drill site.]]></description>
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		<title>National Wind Watch website connectivity issues</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/24/national-wind-watch-website-connectivity-issues/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[National Wind Watch has provided regularly updated, in-depth reportage and analysis of issues surrounding wind energy to a global audience since its founding in 2005. We have recently experienced a number of significant outages which have affected the entire website, sometimes for several hours. We apologize for any frustration this may have caused. NWW is aware of these issues and is working to correct them with our new internet host provider. We anticipate a speedy resolution, but service interruptions may .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy increases blackout risk-report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Growth in the renewable energy sector in the last decade and a lack of incentives for utilities to invest into new power transmission capabilities mean there is an increased risk of blackouts, a report said on Wednesday. The joint report by German financial and insurance group Allianz and the Chief Risk Officer Forum said the championing of renewables in Europe had come at the price of reliability. Aging power infrastructure means the European Union (EU) will need to make investments .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green energy could trigger &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; blackouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In eastern Germany, turbines in strong wind can produce more than all German coal and gas plants put together, while the need to switch off turbines in high winds causes a drop-off in electricity of 12GW – equal to two nuclear power plants. Outages are likely if there is too little demand or storage capacity to accommodate the jumps in supply.

Leading risk analysts modelled a worst-case scenario in which transformers are knocked out in the United States, causing outages to cascade through the grid into Canada, Russia and Scandanavia.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plans go on show to West Ashton villagers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a wind farm near West Ashton will go on public display this weekend. REG Windpower wants to build three wind turbines at Grange Farm in Bratton Road and is keen to get residents’ approval during exhibitions in West Ashton and Bratton. Representatives from the company, which operates 11 UK wind farms, will be at West Ashton Village Hall today (Friday) between 2pm and 8pm, and at the Church Institute Hall, Tynings Lane, Bratton, tomorrow (Saturday), from 9am .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill lawsuit dismissed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that had asked for a permanent injunction against the controversial wind farm in the town of Allegany. The decision, issued by Supreme Court Justice Michael Nenno, was received Thursday by attorneys for Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County (CCCC) and Kathy Boser, who had filed the lawsuit. Concerned Citizens had filed the lawsuit against town of Allegany governing boards and its officials, as well as EverPower Wind Holdings, LLC. A court hearing on the lawsuit .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No ruling yet on Lowell restraining order</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, VT &#8211; In a continuation of last week&#8217;s battle between Don and Shirley Nelson and Green Mountain Power (GMP), attorneys for the parties examined and cross-examined a number of witnesses Tuesday, including two local surveyors, Paul Hannon and Norbert Blais. Don Nelson is arguing that Blais&#8217; original survey of the property line between Nelson and Benjamin “Trip” Wileman, where the GMP wind powers are being constructed, was inaccurate and that a property agreement between Nelson and Wileman was arrived .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How wind turbines harm bats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It seems that for every report praising wind turbines for offering an alternative to carbon-based energy, there is another report that the massive structures are responsible for the deaths of flying animals such as birds and bats. Although numerous studies have attempted to quantify the impact of turbines on wildlife populations by counting carcasses found at wind farms, there is still some mystery about how the impacted animals died in the first place. Did they collide with some part of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Smart sensors stop flickering wind turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Complaints about wind turbines are nothing new &#8211; the noise of the machines and their impact on picturesque landscapes are common irritants. But there is another hated side effect: shadow flicker. &#8220;Shadow flicker drives people mad, even if they keep their curtains shut or their blinds down,&#8221; says Angela Kelly, head of Country Guardian, a British anti-wind-turbine pressure group. As each turbine blade sweeps around, repetitive, strobing shadows can be cast on houses when the sun is low in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gamesa launches new 2-4.5MW turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SPAIN: Gamesa has made three additions to its medium-low wind speed range of wind turbines. The new additions will be a G97 2MW and G128 4.5MW turbine for class IIa medium wind speeds. The third will be the G136 4.5MW turbine for class III low wind speeds. The manufacturer is launching the new products at CanWEA this week. Last year, Gamesa launched the G97 2MW for low-wind sites. The two G97 models will be available with tower heights of 78, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Massaemet wind farm hearing delayed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SHELBURNE — To give other town boards more time to study a proposal for a commercial wind farm, the Zoning Board of Appeals will delay Thursday’s scheduled public hearing on the Mount Massaemet Wind Farm proposal until Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Because the hearing date was previously advertised, the ZBA will open the public hearing Thursday at 7:30 p.m., but will immediately adjourn it until Nov. 17, upon the request by other town boards, and based on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Film on industrial wind power to be shown at Westfield YWCA Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WESTFIELD — The Chautauqua County Citizens for Responsible Wind Power (CCCRWP) will host a free showing of “Windfall,” a feature-length film on a community’s experience of wind power development, at the Westfield YWCA, 58 Portage Street in Westfield. The showing, at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16, is open to the public. “Windfall” has screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival and other important documentary film venues. The Talking Picture Festival competition awarded the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewed interest in wind energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A 115-turbine wind farm proposed for Seneca and Crawford counties is the topic of a meeting Thursday. The meeting is planned for 5:30-7 p.m. at Bloomville Community Center. It involves a project called Honey Creek Wind Energy Center proposed by NextEra Energy, based in Juno Beach, Fla. According to information from the company, up to 115 turbines would be spread across about 14,000 acres in Bloomville and Bloom and Venice townships in Seneca County, and in Lykens and Chatfield townships .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GE guts offshore wind-power plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/11/ge-guts-offshore-wind-power-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[General Electric, the U.S.-based industrial giant and leading manufacturer of wind-power turbines, is scaling back efforts to expand its presence in the offshore wind power market. The rationale: there is no meaningful offshore wind market to speak of – at least not yet. Given slower-than-expected industry growth, the offshore market may not mature as rapidly as many wind boosters once believed. In 2009, GE moved into the offshore market by acquiring Norway’s ScanWind, a developer of direct-drive turbines, based in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Forecast for wind turbine market cut -consultant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The global wind turbine market will only grow by 10 percent annually in 2011-16 and not 11 percent as earlier estimated, wind energy specialist MAKE Consulting said in a report. Denmark-based MAKE Consulting lowered its forecast for the amount of wind turbine capacity that will be connected to the grid in the period up to 2016 to 315 gigawatts from an earlier forecast of 324 GW given three months ago. The new forecast is primarily based on reduced expectations for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms good for sea life &#8211; but not birds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/12/wind-farms-good-for-sea-life-but-not-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farms are good for almost all sea life living around them, according to new research backed by the industry. For as long as wind farms have been proposed, organisations representing the natural environment, birds and animals have been concerned about the schemes. But while this latest research is mostly positive about wind farms it also reveals that, even with specially chosen locations, bird deaths &#8216;would have to be accepted&#8217;. The research, funded by NoordzeeWind a joint venture between Nuon .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bats and birds face serious threats from growth of wind energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Spinning blades and fluttering wings are clashing more frequently as greater numbers of wind turbines are installed throughout the United States and the world. The generators can top 400 feet tall, have blades turning at 160 miles per hour and can number in the dozens over hundreds of acres. They are part of America&#8217;s expanding renewable energy portfolio. But the same breezes that push the blades are the playground of hundreds of species of birds and bats, and to them, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power gains as gear improves</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/08/wind-power-gains-as-gear-improves/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The electric wind turbines built 30 years ago, after the 1970s oil-price shocks increased interest in the industry, often experienced serious problems. Some came apart in bad storms, some did not work well, even in good weather, and still others found insects piling up on the blades, slowing power production. Bird deaths at some early wind farms were alarmingly high. Challenges remain, but the technology has come a long way in recent years, and wind farm operators have learned plenty .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers warn of climatic consequences to harvesting wind energy on mass scale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The amount of energy available in the Earth system to be extracted by wind turbines is limited, and if sufficient energy is removed the world climate will be affected. These striking conclusions follow from a recent analysis by researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry. Humans use energy in total at a rate of 17 TW (terawatts), 87% of which is provided by fossil fuels. In the effort to mitigate carbon emissions and climate change, sources of carbon-free renewable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A summary of Michael Trebilcock&#8217;s &#8220;Speaking Truth to Wind Power&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Michael Trebilcock, a Law and Economics Professor at the University of Toronto, recently studied the effects of Ontario renewable energy policies in regard to economic, environmental, and employment concerns. His findings conclude a re-propositioning of policies based on evidence in support of the energy consumer and taxpayer, and to avoid policy-making based on “political expediency or personal hubris” (Michael Trebilcock). Several issues have formed as a response to the Ontario government’s hurried and reckless decision making to subsidize renewable energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Firm unveils &#8216;stealth&#8217; wind turbine rotors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Vestas announced today (Wednesday) it had successfully tested a full-scale &#8216;stealth’ rotor on a turbine, paving the way for wind power plants to be located near military, airport and other radar systems without interfering in their operations. Engineers at the Vestas Technology R&#038;D facility at Newport have successfully adapted military stealth technology to produce a turbine for radar-sensitive locations. Vestas Technology R&#038;D president, Finn Strøm Madsen, said: &#8220;This is a critical step towards the commercialisation of stealth turbines and holds .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Flurry of articles, reports debunk (?) wind farm noise concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/14/flurry-of-articles-reports-debunk-wind-farm-noise-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The past week has seen a flurry of new reports and articles that aim to debunk the idea that wind farm noise should be taken seriously as a concern when siting new wind farms. &#160;AEI’s upcoming Wind Farm Noise 2011 report will address the issue in great depth when it’s released in about a week, but for now I wanted to make a few comments about the recent releases. Two reports came from Canadian environmental groups that advocate expansion of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sloppy recycling poses threat to green tech: report</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/05/26/sloppy-recycling-poses-threat-to-green-tech-report/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The green technology industry was warned on Thursday that its growth is threatened by a failure to recycle metals and especially rare earth elements. A U.N.-backed report warned that less than one third of metals globally have a recycling rate of more than 50 percent. &#8220;Many metal recycling rates are discouragingly low, and a recycling society appears no more than a distant hope,&#8221; said the recycling report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). &#8220;This is especially true for many .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noisy humans drowning out fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Like a constant, maddening ringing in the ears, human-generated persistent sounds may stress and harm fish, according to a presentation scheduled for later this month at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Seattle. Most prior research has focused on the effect of extremely loud sounds, such as pile driving and seismic air guns, on fish and other marine dwellers. This latest presentation instead looks at less intense, but relentless noises. &#8220;There are many such sources,&#8221; says .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Constant noise of offshore wind farms may stress fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Sonar&#8217;s effect on marine mammals has been a hot-button topic for years, and recent research shows that loud sounds damage the balance organs of cephalopods. But we also should worry about the potential effect of lower-level, constant noise on fish, Arthur Popper of the University of Maryland in College Park will warn the Acoustical Society of America at a meeting in Seattle, Washington, later this month. Navy sonar, acoustic guns used in seismic exploration and pile driving can produce sound .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable firms struggle with austerity, cheap gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Spending cuts by cash-strapped European governments and cheap gas are denting the profits and prospects of renewable energy companies, quarterly reports from two major sector players showed on Wednesday. Vestas, the world&#8217;s biggest wind turbine maker, and Norwegian solar industry group REC said they saw earnings hit by lower power scheme subsidies and heightened competition. Countries including Germany and Italy are reining in spending to pay for bailing out their banks and are cutting the guaranteed prices for solar power, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine giant Vestas posts heavy losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Danish company Vestas, the world leader in the wind turbine industry, posted heavy losses in the first quarter despite increased sales, but maintaining its expectations for the whole year. From January to March, the company more than doubled its losses, to 85 million euros ($126 million) compared to 39 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had however forecasted much smaller losses, of 37 million euros. Vestas&#8217; sales increased 25 percent during the quarter to 1.06 billion .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hancock to see $156K PILOT from wind project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[HANCOCK &#8212; The town and the developer of the Berkshire Wind Power Project have agreed on a $156,600 payment in lieu of taxes for the property that’s home to 10, 1.5-megawatt wind turbines. The Selectmen signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. on Monday night, giving the town $156,600 per year for the next three years for the property along the Brodie Mountain ridge line. &#8220;All towns are struggling with the state cutting back on what it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Suzlon launches turbines for low wind speeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Suzlon Energy on Thursday launched a new range of large capacity wind turbine machines suitable for low wind speeds. Addressing the launch of the S9X suite of wind turbines here today at the 3-day conference on wind power, Suzlon&#8217;s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Tulsi R. Tanti, said the 2-MW class turbines were specifically designed for moderate and low wind regimes. As the emerging economies increasingly focus on renewable energy, there is a need for products tailored to meet the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GE wind turbine towers reach 130 m</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GE is introducing taller wind turbine towers for its onshore wind turbine product line, bringing hub heights to 130 m. The taller towers will initially be offered for GE’s 2.5 MW series including the 2.75-103 wind turbine. “We continuously strive to increase value for our customers. The taller tower which will also be available for our new 2.75-103 is the next step in our evolutionary product portfolio,” says Stephan Ritter, General Manager of GE Renewable Energy Europe. “With taller towers, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind and wave energies are not renewable after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Build enough wind farms to replace fossil fuels and we could do as much damage to the climate as greenhouse global warming. WITNESS a howling gale or an ocean storm, and it&#8217;s hard to believe that humans could make a dent in the awesome natural forces that created them. Yet that is the provocative suggestion of one physicist who has done the sums. He concludes that it is a mistake to assume that energy sources like wind and waves are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bird group calls for end to wind energy due to threats to species</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Irony of ironies, wind energy — a preferred form of renewable energy among environmentalists — has animal rights advocates concerned about the hundreds of thousands of birds killed by wind turbines. On Tuesday an international bird watchdog group based in Spain, Save the Eagles International (STEI), warned that the expected construction of 3.5 million wind turbines worldwide will result in the extinction of a variety of bird species. STEI is calling for a moratorium on all wind farm construction and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberdrola Renovables to slash wind power growth in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s biggest wind farm developer Iberdrola Renovables plans to slash growth in 2012, the company said in a presentation to investors. The Group maintains its strategic objectives after recording €2.87 billion profit last year. The Company will invest €5.6 billion in networks, excluding the €2.4 billion acquisition of Brazilian distribution company Elektro, €5.3 billion in renewables and €2.2 billion in generation and retail. Average annual Ebitda and recurring net earnings growth are projected between 5-9%, maintaining policy on shareholder .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New documentary gives voice to wind power critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The North Country has the largest industrial wind farm East of the Mississippi, on the Tug Hill Plateau. There are also several in various stages of planning from Cape Vincent to Plattsburgh. Many have been held up for years by battles over the pros- and cons- of wind power. A new documentary sets out to warn about the potential negatives &#8211; aggressive power corporations, conflicts of interest for lawmakers, the noise, height, and setbacks of the turbines, and more. Windfall .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Visit Ontario’s beautiful west coast, but don’t look east</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The West Coast of Ontario, who wouldn&#8217;t want to vacation here with sand, water, cottages, campgrounds and the best sunsets in the province or live here with all the year round opportunities that abound in such a rich area of natural diversity. There are great opportunities to hike through areas of natural and scientific interest (classed as ANSI by the Government) such as the lower Maitland or Bayfield river valleys or the Pinery Provincial Park. You can paddle down multiple .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Hampshire activists fight power line</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Northeast states are increasingly looking to Canada to meet a growing demand for low-cost hydroelectricity from renewable sources. Governor Peter Shumlin talked about increasing Vermont&#8217;s imports during a recent trip to Quebec. But the energy imports are stirring controversy. In northern New Hampshire, local activists are fighting a power line that would send the electricity south. And questions are being raised about whether big hydro is really green. As part of a collaboration of Northeast public radio stations, VPR&#8217;s John .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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