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		<title>Dozens fill wind farm protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Worried residents packed out a meeting to discuss the huge wind turbine &#8216;monsters&#8217; which they fear are set to destroy the landscape according to campaigners.
Nearly 100 people crammed into East Huntspill Church Hall to discuss an action plan to prevent several 400ft propellered structures from being built.
Temporary measuring masts are the first step in the planning process before a wind farm is introduced.
Approval has been given to energy giant EDF for a mast to the south west of Withy Farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cumbrian MP’s message to wind farm developers: Pack up and leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The rejection of a windfarm near Penrith has sent a clear message to developers: “Stay away from Cumbria and build offshore,” an MP said.
Penrith and the Border MP David Maclean said the decision of the inspector, which was endorsed by the Secretary of State, to throw out plans for a nine-turbine site that energy company Wind Prospect hoped to build near Skelton was the best news for Cumbria this year so far.
He said: “We have won on every point we .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MoD scuppers turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence wants to stop more wind turbines being put up in parts of north Cumbria because of fears they will hamper checks on which countries are carrying out nuclear tests.
The MoD has said that it will object to windfarms within 31 miles of its Eskdalemuir seismological recording station in case the vibrations interfere with readings.
The station monitors compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty and is the only one of its kind in the UK.
The move to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Victorious Cumbrian villagers now fear second turbine bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Villagers in Cumwhinton are waiting to see whether fresh plans for a windfarm are put forward after proposals for three turbines at Newlands Farm were thrown out this week.
Planning inspector Paul Griffiths ruled that the 377ft-high turbines would have a “significant detrimental impact” on nearby Cringles Farm and Beech Cottage.
However, he left the door open for a smaller windfarm by allowing a meteorological mast to be put in place for three years to test the site’s suitability for wind energy.
Bolsterstone .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm blown out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm which would have affected around 100 homes and put plans for a £300million development at risk have been turned down.
Energy firm Sea and Land Power wanted to build two 105-metre high structures off the A19 near Dalton Park, which would have supplied 2,795 properties with electricity.
However the proposals faced opposition from residents, businesses, parish and town councils, which feared they would affect the quality of life due to their size and noise.
They also raised concerns the developers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines project recommended for approval despite high visibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Proposals for a 33-turbine windfarm in the Monadhliath Mountains south of Inverness have been recommended for approval, despite the opposition of more than 1,500 people and three community councils.
Renewable Energy Systems wants to put up the turbines, each with a maximum tip height of 396ft, on land at Dunmaglass Estate, four miles east of Loch Mhor.
The 99MW scheme has been in the pipeline since 2004 when temporary planning permission was granted for a meteorological mast.
The turbines would be erected between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Are East Neuk wind projects full of hot air?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/19/are-east-neuk-wind-projects-full-of-hot-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A Fife councillor has spoken out against the wind turbine schemes currently being considered by a dozen communities across the East Neuk.
Mike Scott Hayward says he believes some community councils are being &#8216;&#8217;seduced&#8221; by the incentives on offer and the promise of future cash windfalls.
The East Neuk and Landward councillor also questions the ability of some community councils to give turbine schemes the green light without conducting a full consultation of the people living in the area.
Speaking to the Citizen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kilgallioch Forest 132-turbine wind farm plan submitted</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/19/kilgallioch-forest-132-turbine-wind-farm-plan-submitted/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[An application for a 132-wind turbine project in southern Scotland has been submitted to the Scottish government.
Scottish Power Renewables wants to build the scheme at Kilgallioch Forest near New Luce in Dumfries and Galloway.
If constructed it would be one of the largest wind farms in Scotland with a capacity of up to 396 megawatts.
Representations on the plans can be put forward until 28 April and a number of public information days will take place prior to that date.
The proposed site .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power line divides more than land</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/19/power-line-divides-more-than-land/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[When the planned Beauly-Denny power line upgrade is completed it will divide Scotland in more ways than one.
Physically, Scotland will be bisected by the 137-mile long series of pylons that stretch from Denny near Falkirk in the south all the way to Beauly near Inverness while arguments still rage about whether the project should have been given the go ahead.
According to the Scottish Government, the new line is Scotland’s most important electricity infrastructure project in a generation and one that, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents braced to fight wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/residents-braced-to-fight-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for six huge wind turbines in the countryside near Stafford which have caused outrage among residents are now set to be submitted in May.
Householders in Church Eaton, High Onn and Marston are opposing the King’s Street wind farm at Brineton.
Bristol renewable energy company Wind Prospect wants to build the 426ft turbines on land within the Bradford Estate which includes Weston Park.
Campaigners fear it will wreck the countryside, dwarf trees and send house prices plummeting.
Wind Prospect had planned to submit .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm opponents win seat at the table</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/windfarm-opponents-win-seat-at-the-table/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners fighting against a plan to build six towering wind turbines on farmland near Fakenham have been dealt a boost after they were offered a seat at the debating table.
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) wants to build the proposed 400ft high Jack&#8217;s Lane Windfarm on land between Syderstone, Stanhoe and South Creake.
Opponents formed Creakes Action for Protecting the Environment (CAPE), which for the first time has been offered a seat on a group set up to thrash out the plans.
CAPE Chairman .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public have say on Holderness turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/public-have-say-on-holderness-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents have urged the planning inspector heading the latest inquiry into a wind farm proposal in Holderness to listen to their views.
The inquiry is looking into plans by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build nine turbines at Roos.
The inquiry began last week at County Hall in Beverley and finished yesterday.
East Riding Council&#8217;s planning committee had thrown out the application due to visual impact, the effect on the character of the rural area and the cumulative impact.
The public were given the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Battle rages over sub-station</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/battle-rages-over-sub-station/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A battle over plans to build an electricity sub station near a small Norfolk village has been transported all the way to the Houses of Commons.
Mid-Norfolk MP Keith Simpson invited wind farm firm Warwick Energy to brief him on proposals to build a 42-acre sub station on the doorstep of Little Dunham, near Swaffham, after more than 1,300 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans.
But following a meeting in the Commons with Warwick project manager Mark Petterson, Mr .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t drown out awkward information</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/dont-drown-out-awkward-information/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Official policy statements from Whitehall tend to be bland and full of sincere-sounding generalities, but just now and then something important, perhaps even revolutionary, can be glimpsed in their pages.
So it is with the latest paper from Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), The Noise Policy Statement for England, which was published on Monday. Through the carefully worded legalese of this document, it is recognised – somewhat belatedly, many would say – that noise in the air .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>£200 million Eishken wind farm for sale</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/200-million-eishken-wind-farm-for-sale/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A handful of giant energy companies are in talks to take over a proposed £200 million massive wind farm on Lewis.
Nick Oppenheim, who owns the right to build 33 massive turbines on his private moorland estate in South Lochs, hopes to sell or set up a partnership for the windfarm by this summer.
The 118 megawatt scheme received planning permission from the Scottish Government  in January.
A legal part of the deal is that four rent-free sites are handed to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Birdsedge group to continue windfarm plan fight</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/birdsedge-group-to-continue-windfarm-plan-fight/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents in Birdsedge have vowed to fight on to stop wind turbines going up close to the village.
They made their vow after public meetings in the village by the developers behind the scheme.
Windfarm developers Pure Renewable Energies (PRE) and their surveyors Parsons Brinkerhoff mounted an exhibition at Birdsedge Church schoolroom for The Dearne Head Windfarm project.
But they failed to satisfy many objectors, who have backed a protest group called BOLT, the Birdsedge and District Opposition to Large Turbines.
Residents insist that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears beauty spots at risk of more turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/fears-beauty-spots-at-risk-of-more-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Fears have been raised more beauty spots could be at risk from wind farms after the go-ahead was given for a development in the Wolds.
West Coast Energy&#8217;s plans for a six-turbine development at Sober Hill Farm, in North Newbald, is the sixth wind farm in the East Riding to be given the go-ahead on appeal.
The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) gave the green light after the planning inspector recommended approval.
Once more, national policy on renewable energy was cited .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hill of Towie windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/hill-of-towie-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ I agree with the views expressed in Chris Davis&#8217;s letter (the Press and Journal, March 13) regarding Hill of Towie windfarm.
What is the point of having a council to make decisions based on what its constituents want and then having those decisions overturned by the Scottish Government?
Local councillors know the area and the people. Do these politicians in Edinburgh know this area?
We do not want a land of nothing but windfarms. People live and work here, many in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Authority asks for campaign group&#8217;s view on wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/authority-asks-for-campaign-groups-view-on-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Neighbours  fighting plans for a wind turbine near their homes are to be consulted over a council policy review.
Severn Trent wants to put up a turbine at Checkley Sewage Works.
It could be 132 metres high, which is taller than Big Ben.
Residents fear the turbine could create a noise, damage the landscape, devalue their houses and be harmful to their health.
Staffordshire County Council&#8217;s cabinet is now reviewing its position on wind farms in the face of 12 applications currently being .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Snowmountain win appeal on plan for second turbine near Whitemoor Prison</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/snowmountain-win-appeal-on-plan-for-second-turbine-near-whitemoor-prison/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Snowmountain Enterprises has won consent for a second wind turbine at Whitemoor, overturning on appeal a refusal by Fenland District Council.
David Rose, a Government inspector, released the findings of an appeal hearing today paving the way for a second turbine at Foundry Way, March, Cambridgeshire.
Mr Rose said he found the existing turbine &#8220;neither intrusive nor dominant&#8221; and any additional and combined visual impact of a second turbine &#8220;would be relatively minor&#8221;.
He also dismissed fears it would have any adverse impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ripon villages rally against wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/ripon-villages-rally-against-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Three villages are preparing for battle with a company contemplating building a wind farm in the heart of their community.
Residents of Melmerby, Hutton Conyers and Wath, all near Ripon, are united against plans by Volkswind UK Ltd to erect seven 415 feet high turbines on land adjacent to Melmerby Industrial Estate.
Volkswind is currently scoping opinion to determine feasibility and what obstacles could stand in its way should it submit a full planning application to Harrogate Borough Council (HBC).
A recent meeting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>East Yorkshire wind farm wins planning approval</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/east-yorkshire-wind-farm-wins-planning-approval/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for a wind farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire have been approved by the government.
Last year the council turned down plans for six turbines at Sober Hill Farm near North Newbald on the grounds it would harm the area&#8217;s natural beauty.
Energy company West Cost Energy appealed against the decision and a public inquiry began in December.
West Coast Energy has said the farm would generate enough electricity to power more than 8,000 homes.
A spokesperson for Communities and Local Government .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Villagers near Carlisle celebrate wind turbines victory</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/villagers-near-carlisle-celebrate-wind-turbines-victory/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Villagers in Cumwhinton are celebrating after a planning inspector threw out a scheme for three 377 feet high wind turbines at Newlands Farm near M6 junction 42.
Paul Griffiths says the proposed windfarm would have a “significant detrimental impact” on the occupiers of nearby Cringles Farm and Beech Cottage.
Cringles Farm would have been only 460 yards from the nearest turbine.
Allison Stamper, who lives there with her husband Colin, was a prime mover in the Newlands Windfarm Action Group, which campaigned against .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign to stop wind farm plans near Burnham gathers pace</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/campaign-to-stop-wind-farm-plans-near-burnham-gathers-pace/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Dozens of villagers near Burnham-On-Sea have stepped up their campaign to prevent huge new wind turbines being built near their homes.
Residents from East and West Huntspill attended a public meeting last week, as pictured below, where they said the huge structures would blight the landscape and destroy wildlife.
The villagers have now formally launnched their campaign to fight the wind farms in response to recent proposals from EDF Energy and Ecotricity.
Julie Trott from The Huntspill Wind Farm Action Group told Burnham-On-Sea.com: .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines plan has its risks</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/turbines-plan-has-its-risks/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, noise is recognised as a serious environmental problem.
Evidence supports the proposition that wind turbines create environmental noise pollution, posing serious health risks where they are built too close to people&#8217;s homes.
In Scotland, guidelines exist which discourage developers from locating wind turbines within two kilometres of any house.
Why is it then that a Scottish power company is currently seeking permission to build a wind farm only 1.5 kilometres from the villages of Queniborough, Barkby and Syston?
I would suggest that there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Shattered&#8217; by news of wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/shattered-by-news-of-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A lifelong  resident of the Helmdon area has spoken of her dismay after finding out she could end up living in the middle of two wind farms.
Last week the Advertiser reported on proposals by two wind energy firms &#8211; Broadview Energy and Enertrag UK &#8211; who hope to build around 15 turbines within the triangle created by the villages of Helmdon, Sulgrave and Greatworth.
Sue Wallace of Peters Farm near Helmdon, is on daily medication to treat epilepsy and is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Minister&#8217;s ambition for future Welsh green energy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/ministers-ambition-for-future-welsh-green-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The assembly government is expected to say that Wales has the potential to generate twice its electricity needs from renewable sources within 15 years.
Environment Minister Jane Davidson will make a statement on energy later.
The assembly has previously set a target of seven terawatt-hours (TWh) of green energy by 2020, but Ms Davidson will say the potential is far greater.
Environmental campaigners have said the assembly government is being &#8220;unrealistic and over ambitious&#8221;.
The assembly government began consultation on its so-called Renewable Energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Government rejects plan for wind farm near Carlisle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/turbines-inspector-throws-out-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners have won their battle to prevent a windfarm from being built on the edge of Cumwhinton.
Planning inspector Paul Griffiths has thrown out an appeal from Bolsterstone Innovative Energy, which wanted to build three turbines up to 377ft high at Newlands Farm near junction 42 of the M6 .
He says the turbines would have a “significant detrimental impact” on the occupiers of nearby Cringles Farm and Beech Cottage.
Carlisle City Council refused planning permission in 2008 on the grounds that the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm power plant substation will &#8216;overwhelm&#8217; Norfolk coastal village</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-power-plant-substation-will-overwhelm-norfolk-coastal-village/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The villages of Little Dunham, Norfolk, have collected 1,500 signatures opposing the plan for what they say will be one of the largest such sites in Europe.
They calculate claim that other coastal communities will face similar pressures as the wind power industry expands to reduce Briatain&#8217;s reliance on fossil fuels.
But Warwick Energy, the company behind the plans, insists that it will &#8221;not have a significant impact on the local environment&#8221;.
But residents have calculated that Wembley stadium would fit on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Newland villagers claim vibrations from wind farm HGVs are damaging their properties</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/newland-villagers-claim-vibrations-from-wind-farm-hgvs-are-damaging-their-properties/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Construction trucks are causing North Yorkshire villagers to fear for the safety of their homes.
Since building began on the 12 turbine Newland wind farm near Selby, heavy goods vehicles have been accessing the site by a narrow bridle path.
Villagers claim vibrations from the traffic have led to structural damage to properties and have called for a public meeting to voice their concerns.
Stephen Greenwood, clerk and chairman of Newland Parish Council, said the structural damage was only one of the problems.
He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota measures wind speed for turbine plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/toyota-measures-wind-speed-for-turbine-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Car giant Toyota is planning to start measuring wind speeds at its Derbyshire factory to see if the site would be suitable for a wind farm.
The company has applied to South Derbyshire District Council to install a 60-metre-tall mast at its Burnaston plant.
The mast would be up for a 12-month period, during which it would record data that would give the car company a better idea about whether wind turbines would be a viable option.
The mast had been in use .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines a threat to North film studio plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/turbines-a-threat-to-north-film-studio-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for two wind turbines in East Durham look likely to be scuppered due to fears they could jeopardise a £300m film studio.
Sea and Land Power and Energy Limited want to set up Hawthorn Wind Farm near Seaham, County Durham.
But councillors are to be urged to reject the proposal at a meeting tomorrow.
As well as worrying about the effect it will have on their homes, residents and councillors fear it could have an impact on plans for the film and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm on historic battlefield site &#8216;may be only option&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-on-historic-battlefield-site-may-be-only-option/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A pro wind farm campaigner has warned protesters fighting plans to build seven giant turbines next to the Naseby battlefield there may be nowhere else to put them.
Electricity giant E.ON has submitted plans to build the 414-foot wind turbines on land owned by Kelmarsh Hall, in Northamptonshire.
Local residents and historians have already vowed to fight the application, saying the giant structures will ruin the English Civil War battlefield, viewed by historians as the birthplace of democracy in this country.
However, Grahame .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms blow into town as rural protests grow</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farms-blow-into-town-as-rural-protests-grow/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s wind farmers are moving into the city. As the rural backlash against giant turbines gathers pace, they are targeting brownfield sites for a new generation of wind parks which could threaten the peace of urban dwellers.
Planners have already granted permission for about 60 turbines in and around towns, while another 50, including a 650ft structure in Northumberland, are awaiting approval.
These are in addition to the 40 already operating on urban sites, according to figures from RenewableUK, which represents the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Major wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/14/major-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Horrific sounding&#8217; wind turbines could soon be breezing in to two Somerset villages &#8211; despite residents&#8217; fears.
People from East and West Huntspill say the huge propellered structures will blight the landscape and destroy wildlife if utility giants win approval for plans.
In response to recent proposals to Sedgemoor District Council, battling villagers have now set up a campaign to fight the wind farms.
Julie Trott from The Huntspill Wind Farm Action Group said: &#8220;Some types of turbines themselves are relatively quiet, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines: &#8216;Eco-friendly&#8217; &#8211; but not to eagles</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/wind-turbines-eco-friendly-but-not-to-eagles/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ In all my scores of items over the years on why the obsession with wind turbines will be seen as one of the major follies of our age, there is one issue I haven’t touched on. The main practical objection to turbines, of course, is that they are useless, producing derisory amounts of electricity at colossal cost. (Yet the Government wants us to spend £100 billion on building thousands more of them which, even were it technically possible, would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noisy wind farms face crackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/noisy-wind-farms-face-crackdown/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Noisy wind farms face a crack down from councils following Government concern complaints are not being taken seriously enough. 
At least one in six of the 255 wind farms in Britain have received noise complaints according to figures obtained by the Daily Telegraph.
But local authorities have never managed to prosecute on the grounds of noise nuisance because it is so difficult to prove. 
The main problem is the intermittent nature of noise from wind farms that makes it difficult to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>David Davis visited Bolam, near West Auckland</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/david-davis-visited-bolam-near-west-auckland/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[An MP who stood against David Cameron in the Conservative Party leadership race has backed villagers fighting a planned wind farm on the outskirts of their community.
David Davis, who represents the Humberside ward of Haltemprice and Howden, visited Bolam, near West Auckland, County Durham as part of a day-long tour of the region with fellow Conservative Barbara Harrison, who will contest the Bishop Auckland ward in the looming General Election.
Mr Davis and Mrs Harrison also visited Spennymoor, where they spoke .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MP Graham Stuart describes Roos plan as &#8216;wind farm too far&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/mp-graham-stuart-describes-roos-plan-as-wind-farm-too-far/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The latest plans for a nine-turbine development in Holderness is &#8216;one wind farm too far&#8217;, according to a local MP.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has backed residents in their fight against Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build turbines at Roos.
A public inquiry into the development began this week at County Hall in Beverley.
East Riding Council&#8217;s planning committee had thrown out the application, due to the visual impact, the effect on the character of the rural area and the cumulative .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Exhibition reveals mixed views over proposed Tivetshall wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind energy developer Enertrag hosted a public exhibition on Wednesday on its plans to build three 140m high turbines at Tivetshall St Mary.
Held in the Tivetshall village hall, Enertrag said it was pleased with a turnout of about 80 local people and said they received a mix of views.
Visitor and Tivetshall St Mary villager Ian Henson, who is a member of the Tivetshall Action Group, opposing the development, said: &#8220;I would still be concerned about the health issues, being so .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Objectors celebrate as turbines plan is rejected</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Objectors to a Craven wind farm plan are celebrating after a government inspector ruled it out.
Inspector John Braithwaite said this week that the lives of residents of a farm would be made intolerable and blighted for a generation if the five 100-metre-high turbines were built.
There would be a ‘very serious adverse effect’ on Ash Tree Farm – just 650 metres from the nearest turbine planned for Brightenber Hill, West Marton – he said.
“If the appeal was to be allowed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears wind farm would ruin Somerset Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to put 14 turbines on the Somerset Levels have been met with stiff opposition at a public meeting.
Energy firms EDF Energy and Ecotricity have applied for planning permission from Sedgemoor District Council to build the turbines.
Campaigners against the proposals say the Levels are an area of outstanding natural beauty and that it should be protected from &#8220;man-made&#8221; objects.
Ecotricity said the wind turbines would have little environmental impact.
Spokesman Mike Cheshire said in the right location, wind farms have &#8220;no negative .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>South Creake: Wind farm plans announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Opposition is already mounting against plans for a wind farm at South Creake, with protest groups joining forces.
Green energy company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is proposing six 400ft turbines on farmland between Syderstone, Stanhoe, North Creake and South Creake, it was announced.
The Jacks Lane Wind Farm would generate enough clean electricity for more than 8,000 homes, the company claims, and consultation exhibitions will be held from the end of the month.
A protest group, Creakes Action for Protecting the Environment (CAPE) .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm set to be turned down</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/12/wind-farm-set-to-be-turned-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Controversial plans that would see two wind turbines by the side of the A19 have hit the buffers amid fears that they could affect a film scheme.
Sea and Land Power and Energy Limited wants to set up Hawthorn Wind Farm near to Dalton Park, but looks set to be turned down after concerns from the community.
As well as worrying about the effect it will have on their homes, residents and councillors fear it could have an impact on plans for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Split over wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A public hall was packed out on Wednesday night as worried residents met to find out more about controversial proposals to build nine wind turbines near Beccles.
About 200 people attended a public meeting about a renewable energy company&#8217;s plans to build three groups of three turbines at Devonshire Farm and Granary Farm, both in Ringsfield, and Laurels Farm in Barsham.
The planning applications submitted by Stamford Renewables have split public opinion.
While there are people who are in support of the green .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MP to give evidence at Roos wind farm planning enquiry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Graham Stuart, the MP for Beverley and Holderness, is to give evidence at a Planning Inquiry being held after a proposed wind farm at Roos was turned down by councillors.
The company, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), wants to place the nine giant turbines on the site in Rectory Road, Roos, has appealed and an inquiry is now being held at County Hall in Beverley.
Graham said: &#8220;I have been contacted by many constituents opposed to this wind farm application.
&#8220;While I fully understand .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind and mining companies target Widdrington</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[An  urgent public meeting has been called as wind and coal companies close in on Widdrington. 
Last week the Herald reported that Banks Mining is carrying out investigations behind the Ferneybeds estate in Widdrington Station over the potential for opencasting.
And now villagers have been told that Novera Energy is considering moves to site five wind turbines on land between Widdrington Station and Widdrington Village.
A spokeswoman for the company said: &#8220;This is at a very early stage and we are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Airport wind farm concerns may be resolved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Concerns over the danger to aeroplanes from proposed wind turbines near Morpeth may be resolved soon.
The four-turbine scheme at Todd Hill, north of Pigdon, has raised concern about the effect on Newcastle Airport, delaying a decision by planners.
Now Northumberland County Council Central Development Manager Karen Ledger hopes to bring the application to next month&#8217;s Planning and Environment Committee.
The County is holding talks with the airport and the developer to try to resolve the issue.
Developer Novera Energy held public exhibitions in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers advised to &#8216;think big&#8217; on wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/12/farmers-advised-to-think-big-on-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Farmers considering the installation of wind turbines on their land were this week advised, other conditions permitting, to go for as big a development as they could afford.
As the scale of generation increased, the benefits accruing from larger units rose disproportionately, Gavin Catto, of Green Cat Renewables, told an audience at a seminar in Perth organised by accountants Campbell Dallas.
&#8220;If you can afford the larger units, then you will make a great deal more money,&#8221; he said.
However, there were a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power firm Your Energy not to appeal wind farm decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Power firm Your Energy has confirmed it will not be taking its proposal for a seven turbine wind farm at Moorsyde, near Ancroft, any further.
It follows the secretary of state&#8217;s decision to approve a six turbine scheme at Barmoor but reject the Moorsyde and nearby Toft Hill proposals.
Richard Mardon, managing director of Your Energy said: &#8220;The secretary of state has made the decision and we will respect it.
&#8220;We were pleased to read that the quality of our work was vindicated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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