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		<title>Wind turbine test tower</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine may be on its way to Rockingham County, but not in the near future. 
A Massachusetts company is set to request a permit from the board of supervisors next week, that would allow them to put up a test tower in Criders. 
The tower would collect weather data to determine if the location is right for a wind turbine. 
Local wind policy analyst Dan Boone weighs in on the possibility. 
&#8220;It&#8217;s my understanding that board of supervisors .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Can wind plant hurt Laurel Fork&#63; Landowners near utility site want chance to review plans</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY — McChesney &#8220;Ches&#8221; Goodall III, owner of Rifle Ridge Farm, spoke to the Highland County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, requesting that landowners near the proposed Highland New Wind Development commercial wind utility site be kept informed on the project&#8217;s development and that supervisors approve a site plan before evaluating an erosion and sediment control plan. 
Goodall&#8217;s family owns property on Laurel Fork, the same stream that crosses HNWD owner Henry T. &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacBride&#8217;s proposed site for the wind energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Who is calling the shots&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For reasons hard to fathom, the developer attempting to install Virginia&#8217;s first commercial wind-generated utility seems to have an inordinate amount of control over the public officials charged with making sure its project does more good than harm. 
Highland County residents have watched in frustration for six years as Highland New Wind Development LLC has manipulated the regulatory process. 
First, it was the company&#8217;s spin on what&#8217;s at stake. Attorneys and spokesmen generally put out the word that not only .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy ordinance drafted for Bath County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WARM SPRINGS — Work has begun on a proposed ordinance that would regulate wind energy facilities in Bath County. 

County planner Sherry Ryder has completed the first draft, and the Bath County Planning Commission could comment on it for the first time at its meeting Monday night. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in room 115 of the Bath County Courthouse. 

&#8220;This is nowhere close to being completed. This is still in very rough, rough draft form,&#8221; Ryder said. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting ahead of the game</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Next week, Bath County planners are likely to discuss and review what may be one of the most important new ordinances our county has considered in decades — one to guide them on how applications for industrializing their mountaintops with wind energy turbine towers will be handled. 
If officials here succeed in passing it, Bath will be the first locality in Virginia to have an ordinance in place addressing commercial wind utilities. And it won&#8217;t come a minute too soon. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Highland resident urges state agency to hold its ground with HNWD</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: The following letter was sent to Kathleen Kilpatrick, director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, and shared with The Recorder. 
Dear Ms. Kilpatrick: 
Please draw upon the deepest well-spring of your professional integrity and resolutely insist that Highland New Wind Development and Mr. McBride fully comply with the long-standing, and in my opinion, deliberately ignored requests by the DHR Office of Review and Compliance for appropriate architectural and archeological surveys and site plans. 
Please give consideration .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind company still looking for money</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY — Without investors or a final plan, Highland New Wind Development nevertheless remains optimistic about getting Virginia&#8217;s first wind energy utility built here in Highland County. 
HNWD attorney John Flora told county supervisors Tuesday the market for wind energy is down, but the company is proceeding with its plans. &#8220;A number of things have changed in the marketplace since I was here last — some for the better, some for the worse,&#8221; he said.  
No investors, yet 
Flora .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pepco gets approval for transmission incentives</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pepco Holdings Inc on Monday got approval for a series of rate incentives and a higher rate of return for its proposed 230-mile Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) transmission project from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), government officials said. 
&#8220;FERC authorized for the project a 1.5 percent return on equity (ROE) adder to the company&#8217;s existing 11.3 percent ROE,&#8221; FERC said in a press statement. &#8220;That will result in an overall ROE of 12.8 percent. FERC also authorized full .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind project owner resists state&#39;s request; Developer has less than a year before permit expires</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY — Officials from the state Department of Historic Resources are reconsidering their request for information from Highland New Wind Development, following an on-site meeting here Tuesday, Oct. 14. 
The company plans a 39-megawatt wind energy utility in Highland County, and is seeking investors to get its project off the ground. 
According to public information officer Randy Jones, DHR intends to send HNWD a revised set of recommendation within the next 10 days. 
Beginning in 2006, DHR repeatedly asked HNWD .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/30/wind-project-owner-resists-states-request-developer-has-less-than-a-year-before-permit-expires/</link>
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		<title>Which way is the wind blowing&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Highland residents are surely wondering whether this county will actually be home to Virginia&#8217;s first industrial wind energy utility. With less than a year left on its conditional use permit, Highland New Wind Development has a laundry list of tasks it hasn&#8217;t checked off, and globally, the financial support for the industry is drying up dramatically. The chances of getting the project under construction before next September, when the permit expires, seem increasingly unlikely. We do not know for sure .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/30/which-way-is-the-wind-blowing/</link>
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		<title>Panel explores regulations for wind energy generation</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FRONT ROYAL — Warren County is exploring regulations for wind energy generation. 
Once finished, the proposed ordinance that would regulate wind energy conversion systems will first go before the Planning Commission, which will make a recommendation and then forward it to the Board of Supervisors, which makes the final decision. 
Warren County Administrator Douglas P. Stanley said the ordinance is part of an overall effort by the county to look at alternative energy. 
&#8220;Wind is starting to become more and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/20/panel-explores-regulations-for-wind-energy-generation/</link>
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		<title>Suffolk council postpones vote on wind-energy plan</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council postponed its vote tonight to Nov. 5 on an ordinance to allow the construction of wind turbines. 
Council members expressed support for the proposed ordinance but had questions over the size of some setback requirements. 
The ordinance would allow the construction of wind turbines of up to 500 feet. Turbines that large would require a conditional-use permit and could be built only in certain areas. Smaller turbines – those no higher than 120 feet – would be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/16/suffolk-council-postpones-vote-on-wind-energy-plan/</link>
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		<title>Scientists: Tangier ripe for wind-energy project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TANGIER ISLAND &#8212; Out here in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, the wind can pound any landlubber into submission. And that fact, scientists say, is what makes Tangier Island such an attractive place for a wind-energy project. 
State researchers want to erect one or two wind turbines at the gusty southern edge of the island as a pilot project for this new, alternative energy source in Virginia. 
But scientists do not want to stop there. 
They also would like .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Board doesn&#39;t want to be rushed on wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY —Highland supervisors Tuesday decided to make sure they are included in Highland New Wind Development&#8217;s meetings with state and federal agencies. 
HNWD, which proposes Virginia&#8217;s first industrial wind energy project here in Highland, is trying to meet all the conditions attached to both its county permit and the state permit. 
According to supervisor David Blanchard, the county&#8217;s conditional use permit indicates supervisors have a right to be involved as HNWD works with agencies to meet requirements. 
&#8220;My main concern .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planners clear way for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Berryville — Clarke County Planning Commissioner Kathy Smart, who wants a “greener” home, has an appointment to discuss her heating system.
She is considering the installation of a solar- or wind-power generation system to replace the oil furnace that warms her baseboard heating units.
But first, Smart must determine if enough wind blows across her property to make a wind-power generation system viable.
She is also waiting for the approval of a new county ordinance that would permit small wind turbines for home .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/04/planners-clear-way-for-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Highland &#39;wind watch&#39; group staying involved</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[MONTEREY — Highlanders for Responsible Development remain committed to its watchdog role involving the Highland New Wind Development industrial wind facility, says HRD president Randy Richardson. 
&#8220;We remain concerned, we are not disappearing, we are going to keep an eye on it.&#8221; 
Formed in August 2005 largely in response to the proposed wind turbine project, the non-profit organization continues to meet monthly and monitor wind-energy activity. 
New information on wind energy is hard to come by now, Richardson said, but .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind jammer: Should homeowner suit stymie Virginia&#8217;s first wind farm?</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2006, when a company called Highland New Wind announced it had the design plan and the money to proceed with an unprecedented project of putting an 18-24 turbine, 39-megawatt complex of electricity-producing windmills along a former mountaintop cattle pasture near Monterey, the proposal deeply divided Highland County citizens. 
Some said it was high time Virginia began embracing what looked like an eco-friendly form of energy, not to mention the $200,000 the project would bring in for Highland County in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A rare gift threatened</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are folks who believe sacrificing the natural world for human needs is standard operating procedure, that we &#8220;intelligent beings&#8221; have a right to bend the environment around us to our benefit and comfort.
We all do that. But few of us take much trouble to step lightly, unless it&#8217;s convenient.
Fortunately, there are some who give more of themselves, even when it&#8217;s hard.
The Goodall family, as extensively described in today&#8217;s Recorder, does this, in spite of the stress, money, energy, and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>One family&#39;s 60-year effort to save special wilderness</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LAUREL FORK — They call home a place they&#8217;ve never lived. 
&#8220;Do you think I need to change my shoes?&#8221; 
Mrs. Wayne Goodall, 81, debated the suitability of her footwear on a crisp, summer day. She wore light dockers without socks, her southern Virginia drawl revealing inner grace. 
&#8220;No, Mom. You&#8217;ll be fine,&#8221; one of her sons replied. 
The forest was damp with morning dew despite weeks without much rain. The rich aroma of wood and earth wafted through the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents ask: How will Power Pathway affect my property&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SALISBURY &#8212; Many of the Wicomico County residents gathered in the Mardela Springs fire hall on Tuesday night were concerned with only one aspect of the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway: how construction in the rights-of-ways was going to affect their adjoining properties.  
Though Ridgely Morison, who lives in Delmar, said the pathway is definitely a good thing for power customers, he wanted to know what would happen to his property. He said that&#8217;s mostly why he came. 
The Power Pathway .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/10/residents-ask-how-will-power-pathway-affect-my-property/</link>
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		<title>Windy logic</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re. &#8216;Wind farm off Virginia coast is doable,&#8217; front page, Aug. 31: One of the proponents from Old Dominion University was quoted as saying it &#8216;really seems to make sense.&#8217; However, aspects of the story pointing to the success of the Horns Reef wind farm in Denmark made little sense to me. 
It experienced numerous problems with its transformers and generators, requiring dismantling of all 80 units. Furthermore, repairs on-site were not an option because of rough weather conditions in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/07/windy-logic/</link>
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		<title>Holding hallowed ground</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[For a company that hopes to start construction on Virginia&#8217;s first wind energy plant in the next few months, Highland New Wind Development appears to be dragging its heels. 
Recently, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation said it had not heard from the developer after requesting more information in its initial review. 
Last week, Virginia&#8217;s Department of Historic Resources said it still awaits a view shed study, among other things, before it can offer recommendations for softening the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/holding-hallowed-ground/</link>
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		<title>Wind company, state disagree on view study</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it too expensive to survey historic resources before Virginia&#8217;s first wind energy plant is constructed? Highland New Wind Development says it would have to fork over between &#36;50,000-&#36;75,000, or more, to do what state officials have been steadily requesting for two years. 
Beginning in 2006, Virginia&#8217;s Department of Historic Resources asked HNWD several times for an archaeological study, architectural survey, a view-shed analysis, and comprehensive site plan. HNWD argues they aren&#8217;t required, except for an archaeological study, which it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/wind-company-state-disagree-on-view-study/</link>
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		<title>A gold rushing wind</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a 21st century version of traditional Appalachian exploitation, industrial wind developers have arrived in the mountains where I live. Developers themselves called it &#8220;a gold rush&#8221; at a recent wind industry conference, referring to the nearly 50 percent nationwide increase in wind electricity installations over the past year. 
At the same conference, I saw a state wind resources map. Thin red currents of air along the highest ridges west of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley were ranked as possibly strong enough .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/03/a-gold-rushing-wind/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm off Va. coast can be done, researchers say</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Researchers studying a potential offshore wind farm on the Virginia coast have reached the halfway point of their work but already have come to a solid conclusion: The clean-energy project is realistic and doable. 
&#8220;We&#8217;re not seeing any show-stoppers,&#8221; said Larry Atkinson, an oceanographer at Old Dominion University in Norfolk. 
While plenty of environmental and logistical questions remain, including potential conflicts with the Navy, &#8220;it&#8217;s definitely viable, and really seems to make sense,&#8221; Atkinson said. 
A team of university scientists .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/30/wind-farm-off-va-coast-can-be-done-researchers-say/</link>
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		<title>Investors should be wary of Highland wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indeed, investors should pay due diligence in the consideration of the potential risks before investing in the Highland New Wind Development project. In many respects they would be investing in a pig in a poke scenario because of the multiplex unanswered questions concerning the project. 
For example, it is not yet known whether the project sites on Red Oak Knob and Tamarack Ridge have had a verified, authenticated, unbiased, year-round study that has recorded wind velocity and constancy. Without such .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/28/investors-should-be-wary-of-highland-wind-project/</link>
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		<title>Scientists urged protection for W.Va. squirrel</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Against the advice of outside experts, the Bush administration today will formally remove the West Virginia northern flying squirrel from the endangered species list. 
Interior Secretary Dick Kempthorne announced the move Monday, in a news release that credited conservation efforts and habitat restoration with rescuing the squirrel from the brink of extinction. 
But two of three academic experts brought in by the Interior Department recommended against the delisting. 
Those outside scientists backed wildlife advocates who said the agency had little .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/26/scientists-urged-protection-for-wva-squirrel/</link>
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		<title>Interest in wind power has Beach looking at controls</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[VIRGINIA BEACH &#8212; It&#8217;s no surprise that John Devan would want to install a 33-foot-tall windmill in the Corporate Landing Business Park to power his building.
Devan is president of the electric engineering firm Pace Collaborative and enjoys giving tours of all the energy-efficient light fixtures in his office.
What has taken Virginia Beach officials by surprise is the number of other business owners and residents who are inquiring about propping up their own windmills.
&#8220;I am averaging one or two calls a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/15/interest-in-wind-power-has-beach-looking-at-controls/</link>
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		<title>Zero in on land protection</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commercial wind turbines don&#8217;t belong in Bath or Highland, but given the astounding momentum the industry has picked up in recent months, driven largely by the presidential race and those simmering in Congress, residents here are beginning to lose hope of preventing a proliferation of towers on the ridges that surround their homes. 
It&#8217;s no wonder. 
Everyone from Barack Obama to T. Boone Pickens, and even Virginians circling General Assembly seats, and those seeking Congressional roles like Mark Warner, has .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/14/zero-in-on-land-protection/</link>
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		<title>Beware the wind energy hot air</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is being disingenuous, telling one thing to the American people and another to Congress.
He has repeatedly said that no government help is needed to pursue his plan to build the world&#8217;s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle. Yet he is lobbying hard for extension of the Production Tax Credit and National Renewable Energy Zones &#8212; essentially a huge tax shelter for wind industry investors and expedited eminent domain for transmission corridors.
The real innovation here .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/14/beware-the-wind-energy-hot-air/</link>
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		<title>Bath to test wind energy site scoring</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are the winds of change about to blow through Bath County? While Bath has not been involved in prospective wind energy to the same extent as neighboring Highland County, the board of supervisors has agreed to have the county become the test location for a system that scores parcels of land for their suitability for wind development.
At this point, no requests for wind facility permits have been received in Bath. In Highland, meanwhile, Highland New Wind Development is seeking investors .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/07/bath-to-test-wind-energy-site-scoring/</link>
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		<title>Finding good places for wind towers with scores</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Bath County Board of Supervisors agreed to enter into a memorandum of understanding with James Madison University to field test the Virginia Renewables Site Scoring System, also known as VRS3, for wind energy utilities.
VRS3 is the result of a mandate in the Virginia Energy Plan, which was passed by the General Assembly in 2006, to develop numerical &#8220;scores&#8221; to analyze land as to its suitability for wind or solar energy systems.
Bath County attorney Michael Collins is reviewing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/07/finding-good-places-for-wind-towers-with-scores/</link>
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		<title>Wind energy address in Bath&#39;s plan</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the Bath County Comprehensive Plan, the Virginia Renewables Site Scoring System is described as a tool for counties, regions and communities to assist them in evaluating land in a quantitative fashion as they consider potential wind and solar power projects.
However, the comprehensive plan also indicates the importance of having Bath County set its own guidelines concerning renewable energy resources. &#8220;While Bath County intends to examine and consider all sites labeled as suitable for renewable energy development by the VRS3, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/07/wind-energy-address-in-baths-plan/</link>
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		<title>Highland New Wind gets close to securing deal with investors</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Highland New Wind Development continues to negotiate with investors for the company&#8217;s proposed 39-megawatt commercial industrial wind facility in Highland County, but a deal has not yet been struck.
John Flora, attorney for Highland New Wind Development LLC, delivered a project update to Highland supervisors Tuesday. HNWD owner Henry T. &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacBride attended the meeting, but did not address the board.
&#8220;I have every reason to hope that we will actually have something signed yet this week. We are that close. We .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/07/highland-new-wind-gets-close-to-securing-deal-with-investors/</link>
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		<title>Grant County wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mount Storm, W.Va. &#8212; They&#8217;re up and they&#8217;re spinning. Dozens of wind turbines in Grant County are generating electricity, though they haven&#8217;t been without problems.
Crossing into Virginia, there&#8217;s a proposal for about 130 wind turbines to be built in the George Washington National Forest, as well as a much smaller operation in Highland County. However, these projects haven&#8217;t developed without some strong opposition.
The process takes years. Now, phase one is almost complete, 80 turbines are spinning in Mount Storm, West .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/04/grant-county-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Wind is given 2nd look as energy needs grow</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Miles of mountain ridges hugging the state&#8217;s western border could hold the key to Virginia&#8217;s search for alternative energy sources.
That is where developers are looking to build more than 100 wind turbines taller than the Statue of Liberty, side by side, on 18 miles of the George Washington National Forest.
FreedomWorks, a company with projects in four states, wants to generate electricity for the power-hungry Washington area and beyond, despite concerns about disturbing wildlife, spoiling untouched lands and creating noise and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/03/wind-is-given-2nd-look-as-energy-needs-grow/</link>
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		<title>Citizens debate plans for national forest land; Wind energy topic breezes by with little comment</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hot Springs — In stark contrast to meetings held in Hot Springs in March 2007 and in Woodstock two weeks ago, the future of wind energy in the George Washington National Forest was only briefly touched upon, and then in general terms, Monday night. The forest service met with citizens in Hot Springs to gather ideas about how the GWNF will be managed during the next 10 to 12 years. People who attended came from up and down the Shenandoah .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/31/citizens-debate-plans-for-national-forest-land-wind-energy-topic-breezes-by-with-little-comment/</link>
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		<title>Highland New Wind Development launches web site for utility plans</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The company that might become the first to build a commercial wind energy utility in Virginia has a Web site in place, touting its proposed project in Highland County as the &#8220;greenest windfarm in the world.&#8221;
Highland New Wind Development LLC, owned by H.T. &#8220;Mac&#8221; McBride of Harrisonburg, plans a 39-megawatt wind generation plant on family property here.
The Web site shows a simulated photo of what the utility might look like after construction on Red Oak Knob and Tamarack Ridge, looking .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/31/highland-new-wind-development-launches-web-site-for-utility-plans/</link>
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		<title>Greenwashing a not-so-green wind project proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Highland New Wind Development (HNWD), developer of the proposed 20-turbine ridgeline wind project in Highland County, Virginia, has taken its search for investors to extremes, posting a website entitled: “The Greenest Windfarm in the World.”
The website (www.highlandnewwind.com) describes the proposed project as the “first electric generation facility of any type, anywhere to be required under its state permit to perform daily surveys for bird and bat mortality for the life of the project.”
This greenest-of-all posturing puts a new spin on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/greenwashing-a-not-so-green-wind-project-proposal/</link>
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		<title>The future of GW National Park</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[How would you like the George Washington National Forest to look in 50, or even 100 years?
The Forest Service met with residents down in Augusta County to determine just that, and a highly debated issue was whether wind farms will be on the horizon&#8230; literally.
Some are mountain bikers, others hikers, wilderness advocates, and some have just lived here a while, but in round two of public input, forest officials wanted to hear everything.
Henry Hickerson, Deputy Forest Supervisor, says, &#8220;I think .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/19/the-future-of-gw-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Turbines may spark comments</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK — Area residents who fear they won&#8217;t be able to see the forest for the wind turbines will get the opportunity to speak their mind.
The U.S. Forest Service will kick off a series of public meetings this month as part of the process to revise its master plan for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. The first meeting, and the only one in the area, is from 7 to 9 p.m. July 14 at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Resist the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Those attending the two-day symposium on wind energy in Virginia recently might have walked away believing this state has already accepted this industry, and that the proposed utility in Highland County has paved the way for more plants.
Think again.
As it has from its inception, the Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative based at James Madison University, which coordinated the series of seminars, failed to adequately address the very real concerns about industrial wind power with any sense of balance.
Virginia Wind, the grassroots .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Highland New Wind Development continues to seek investors for industrial wind farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Highland New Wind Development cannot yet offer Highland County a site plan or specific plans on the proposed industrial wind facility because the company is still negotiating with potential investors for the project.
John Flora, lawyer for HNWD, provided an update to the Highland County Board of Supervisors this past Tuesday.
&#8220;Highland New Wind has been very busy the past two months,&#8221; Flora tod the board. &#8220;We first spent two days in Washington, D.C. at the airport talking to a variety of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Merits of commercial wind power undecided statewide</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proposed 39-megawatt wind utility Highland County played a central role last week in the statewide debate on the merits of generating power with wind.
About 50 attendees for Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative&#8217;s symposium gathered Thursday at the base of a pole 45 feet tall, supported by guy wires and balancing a wind turbine at its highest point on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg. The turbine caught the wind, its tail turned away, and the blade spun effortlessly .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Views on wind power clash at symposium</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Miles and Rick Webb disagree when it comes to the viability of wind energy on the ridgelines of Virginia.
Miles is a sciences and technology professor at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, on sabbatical to work on wind energy issues with the Department of Energy. Webb is a Mustoe resident and senior scientist at the University of Virginia and a member of the National Academies committee which addressed the environmental impacts of wind projects in the mid-Appalachian region.
Miles highlighted the difference .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bath planners learn about wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[High winds are hard to come by in Bath County. County planner Sherry Ryder reviewed maps at the Virginia Wind Energy Symposium last week in Harrisonburg, and learned most of the high-wind areas in Bath County are currently unavailable for commercial electric wind plants.
Following a discussion on cell towers and height limits, commission chairman Mike Grist asked what would happen if someone put up a 60-foot tower and then placed a wind turbine on it.
Ryder said that would likely be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Benefits, problems of wind turbines debated; Formal application to place structures on Great North Mountain not yet filed</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[One thing going for proponents of wind energy is that Interstate 81 appears to remain environmental enemy No. 1 in Shenandoah County.
A round of applause from the audience of about 175 people rang out Tuesday night when someone referenced the problem of interstate noise at a Shenandoah Forum event at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School. The topic, though, was wind energy, specifically a proposal to construct 131 wind turbines along the county&#8217;s western ridgelines in the George Washington and Jefferson National .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/18/benefits-problems-of-wind-turbines-debated-formal-application-to-place-structures-on-great-north-mountain-not-yet-filed/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine forum</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[People in Shenandoah County had the opportunity to hear both sides of the wind turbine debate Tuesday night at a public forum. They turned out to learn more about what potential impacts, good and bad, the turbines would have.
Impacts to land, wildlife, and the local economy are just a few of the considerations.
Douglas Kelley was one of about 250 people looking to understand a plan to put about 130 turbines on the Virginia-West Virginia border in the George Washington National .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Forum on wind turbines tonight: Shenandoah group hosts Woodstock talk</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A community forum on the pros and cons of wind turbines along the Virginia-West Virginia border will be held tonight at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School in Woodstock.
The Shenandoah Forum, a group of central Valley residents working to foster discussion about growth and development in Shenandoah County, is hosting the event, which will run from 7 to 9 p.m.
The discussion was triggered in March by a proposal by FreedomWorks LLC, a renewable-energy firm from Harpers Ferry, W.Va., to study the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Speakers to discuss turbine projects</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A forum this week will examine both sides of wind turbine projects on the western rim of the Shenandoah Valley near the West Virginia border.
The Woodstock forum on Tuesday will feature speakers who will share their views on the proposals, which would see wind turbines rise on national forest land.
The Shenandoah Forum, a citizens group, says the opposing sides will be represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Freedom Works. The latter group is seeking a federal study on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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