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		<title>Neolithic find &#8216;outside Mynydd y Betws wind site&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of the newly-discovered neolithic stone row at Mynydd y Betws falls outside construction work on the multi-million pound windfarm, according to county council chiefs. But officers say around five metres of the stone alignment will be dest-royed by the access road. They were responding to claims by one of the UK’s leading heritage lawexperts that work on the 15-turbine windfarm should stop. Peter Alexander- Fitzgerald of Rescue – The British Archaelogical Trust – wants a full survey of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Welsh MP Alun Cairns urges cut in wind farm subsidy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A south Wales MP says wind farms are inefficient and he has joined over 100 fellow Conservatives to urge a cut in tax subsidies for onshore turbines. Vale of Glamorgan MP Alun Cairns told BBC&#8217;s Sunday Politics they are too expensive. The MPs are also asking Prime Minister David Cameron to change planning rules to make it easier for local people to object to their construction. The UK government said wind farms were &#8220;cost-effective and valuable&#8221;. Mr Cairns said: &#8220;My .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds protest in Llangefni over wind turbine proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Protesters converged on Anglesey Council headquarters before talks on building gigantic wind turbines on the Island. Anglesey Against Wind Turbines (AAWT) demonstrated yesterday (Wednesday, February 1) as councillors met to discuss the four applications, which include a near 40 metre turbine in Bodneithior. An AAWT spokesman warned building commercial turbines higher than 15 metres could affect the Island’s £250m annual tourism income. He said: “People are coming here while the landscape is pristine, but will they still come when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillors address Senedd on windfarms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Welshpool councillors have presented the Welsh Government with reasons why they are opposed to large scale windfarm development in Mid Wales. Welshpool mayor Estelle Bleivas and Councillors Ann Holloway and John Meredith went to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay last Thursday, along with town clerk Robert Robinson, and addressed members of the Environment and Sustainabilty Committee on turbine transportation and how it would have a disastrous effect on Welshpool and the surrounding areas. In a presentation given by Cllr Bleivas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Powys windfarm debate broadcast live</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A historic windfarm debate, broadcast live on the internet, took place at County Hall last week. Jeremy Patterson, chief executive of Powys County Council (PCC), said windfarms were matters of ‘very great concern’ to the county. The meeting followed an announcement by National Grid that it will announce its preferred site for a 20-acre electricity hub, and transport route, by the end of March. “I know you have strong feelings on this, and perhaps feel as though you have not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Makes a nonsense of claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gordon James implies that the Princes Gate Spring Water wind turbine will play a part in “saving our planet” but Geoffrey Sinclair points out that its trivial contribution to reducing CO2 emission is less than a thousandth of the saving by the proposed Atlantic Array (Wind turbine plans blow up new storm, 18 January). Mr Sinclair is nearer to hitting the nail on the head but both these statements could only be true if wind power itself mitigates substantial CO2 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds attend protest over Anglesey wind turbines &#8211; video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of wind turbine protesters rallied outside Anglesey council – as the local authority announced it would temporarily halt debating applications. Campaigners marched on the council offices in Llangefni yesterday, reflecting the growing anger over the proliferation of “monster” turbines across the island countryside. Protesters also voiced concerns over biomass and bio gas proposals on the island. Several speakers addressed the crowd – including a caravan park owner who said it was already damaging his business – before the 300 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PR gaffe alerts residents to windfarm plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A public relations gaffe by a environmental management company has woken residents up to the prospect of another windfarm being built in Clocaenog Forest. A press release made public by Spencer Environmental Care Associates (ECA), said the company had been awarded a contract by Forestry Commission Wales to carry out clearance work ahead of a major wind farm construction project on four sites commencing in the summer of 2012. The information was released despite no plans being granted by the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-turbine website set up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Woolacombe-based group against the proposed Atlantic Array Windfarm has set up a website. Atlantic Disarray was set up at the end of last year to try and oppose the proposed development of the offshore wind farm. Construction of the wind farm could see either 188 turbines at 220 metres high, or 417 at 165 metres in the Bristol Channel — 14km away from Woolacombe. Find the group&#8217;s website at www.atlanticdisarray.org.uk.]]></description>
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		<title>Whither &#8216;Energy Island&#8217; as 250 protest wind turbines (&amp; other energy projects) outside Anglesey County Council</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/whither-energy-island-as-250-protest-wind-turbines-other-energy-projects-outside-anglesey-county-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Over 250 Ynys Môn residents joined this afternoon&#8217;s mass demonstration outside the Council offices to protest against the large number of planning applications which have been submitted on the Island for ‘monster’ wind turbines of up to 100 metres (330 ft) in height — the equivalent of almost four Marquis of Anglesey’s Columns stacked one on top of the other. The large turnout on a weekday furthermore proves that Ynys Môn residents are far more concerned about wind turbines than .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plaid Cymru accuses Labour MPs of undermining Welsh Government over energy powers</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/plaid-cymru-accuses-labour-mps-of-undermining-welsh-government-over-energy-powers/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plaid Cymru has accused Labour MPs of undermining their own Welsh Government by voting against a move to devolve decision-making powers over big energy projects. Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards’ bid to introduce a Bill in the House of Commons was defeated by Tory and Labour MPs on Tuesday evening. First Minister Carwyn Jones has called for energy policy to be devolved to the Assembly. Mr Edwards claimed the snub was evidence of a lack of faith in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anglesey windfarm protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Anglesey windfarm protest 5.44PM Wed Feb 1 2012 Campaigners are calling for a ban on windfarm developments on Anglesey, claiming turbines will ruin the island. Earlier today, around 200 people held a protest outside the council headquarters. Councillors there are in the process of finalising planning policies towards wind farm developments. [video available]]]></description>
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		<title>Still time to protest over hilltop wind turbine plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/still-time-to-protest-over-hilltop-wind-turbine-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A man protesting against plans for a large wind turbine at a farm near Cynwyl Elfed is reminding people there is still time to lodge their views with planners. Although the official consultation period has now closed, John Spencer said people could still send in objections if they wanted to. &#8220;People can still object — or say what a wonderful thing it is,&#8221; he said. His neighbour David Anthony Thomas, of Nant y Gelli, has applied for planning permission to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Speak out on wind turbine noise worries</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/speak-out-on-wind-turbine-noise-worries/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Welsh Assembly ministers are coming to Carmarthen at the end of this month to hear from the public about complaints of noise from wind turbines. It follows a petition of more than 1,000 names being handed in to the Assembly over concerns at the Alltwalis wind farm last year. Members of the petitions committee have now said they will come to take the views from people due to the large number of written complaints. A statement from the committee reads: .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Expert says work on Mynydd y Betws windfarm must stop</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/expert-says-work-on-mynydd-y-betws-windfarm-must-stop/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[All construction work around the recently-discovered Neolithic stone row at Mynydd y Betws must come to an immediate halt, according to one of the UK’s leading heritage law experts. Peter Alexander-Fitzgerald, of Rescue – The British Archaeological Trust – has called for Carmarthenshire county council to use its powers to stop all work until a full survey of the area is carried out. &#8220;The planning authority should apply for an Article Four Direction under the Town and Country Planning Order .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines huge threat to birds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/turbines-huge-threat-to-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the excellent S4C wildlife series Antur y Gorllewin (Adventure of the West), Welsh naturalist Iolo Williams films wildlife along the western shores of mainland Europe, Iceland, Canaries and the Azores. His latest programme on January 25 featured the thousands of birds that migrate between Europe to Africa every year. Iolo could not disguise his disgust and anger when he showed us the 250-plus eyesore wind turbines on the hills above Tarifa, the southernmost point of mainland Spain near the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mynydd Y Betws wind farm stone row – the discoverer’s tale</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/mynydd-y-betws-wind-farm-stone-row-the-discoverers-tale/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On January 2nd 2012 Helen and myself were invited to have a look at an area of moorland which had been fenced off at Bancbryn as part of the wind farm development on Mynydd Y Betws. This development has caused considerable local disquiet for a number of reasons and some of those actively campaigning against the wind farm wondered whether the archaeological work in advance of the development had been carried out properly. We visited on a pleasant day with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns raised during Atlantic Array wind farm consultation revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/concerns-raised-during-atlantic-array-wind-farm-consultation-revealed/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The outcome of a public consultation about plans to build a wind farm the size of the Isle of Wight in the Bristol Channel were revealed yesterday. A public exhibition was held in Porthcawl, the first of seven across Wales, to discuss developer RWE npower’s plan to build up to 417 turbines – each up to 220m high – in waters between South Wales and North Devon as part of their Atlantic Array offshore wind farm project. The report was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Stone Age find puts Mynydd y Betws windfarm in doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/stone-age-find-puts-mynydd-y-betws-windfarm-in-doubt/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The controversial Mynydd y Betws windfarm seemingly faces question marks over its future after experts claimed to have discovered a 5,000-year-old Stone Age monument “almost as significant as Stonehenge” on the site. The 500-metre Neolithic stone row– believed to date from around 3,000BC – has been described as having “national, possibly even international, significance”. The discovery – if confirmed – also raises questions over the planning permissions granted to the developers, Irish power firm ESB. The Guardian has previously reported .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger over imported English stone being used for Gwynt y Môr wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Work on preparing the sea bed for the Gwynt y Môr wind farm is starting, but there have been complaints that rock to protect the sea bed from erosion around the 160 turbines is being imported from Cumbria. It has been argued that North Wales quarries could have provided the stone, helping to secure jobs and even create new ones. Llandudno’s mayor Greg Robbins was alarmed when he heard the contract to provide scour protection has been awarded to a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sea turbines view sparks most concern</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Visual impact and bird welfare have topped your list of concerns about a vast offshore wind farm planned for the Bristol Channel. Energy company RWE npower renewables has published a summary of a public consultation held last autumn. It said nearly 2,000 people attended its exhibitions, including one at the North Gower Hotel, Llanrhidian, and another at Swansea Civic Centre. The company wants to build the Atlantic Array wind farm between South West Gower and Lundy Island. It said 31 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pylons decision still not reached</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A decision on whether or not huge electricity pylons will appear on the Marches skyline is still to be reached. National Grid opened public consultation on the matter almost a year ago, but admit they are not ready to make an announcement, upon which many people are waiting with baited breath. There has been a huge outcry over the plans to construct a swathe of 48-metre high pylons on a route from a proposed electricity substation, in either Abermule or .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillors silent on turbine plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Village leaders have decided not to speak out over the prospect of a giant wind turbine going up just outside their boundary. Welsh Water has applied to Swansea Council for the 104 metre high turbine with a detached outbuilding on land at the wastewater treatment works in Fabian Way. The council asked neighbouring authorities if they wanted to comment. Skewen-based Coedffranc community councillors decided to make no observations.]]></description>
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		<title>Gwynt y Môr: Wind farm work to begin offshore near Llandudno</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Building work is due to begin off the north Wales coast for one of the largest offshore wind farms in Europe. The 160-turbine Gwynt y Môr project eight miles (13km) off Llandudno will take more than two years to build. The first task will be to place fist-sized pieces of rock on softer parts of the seabed to secure the foundations of around 70 turbines. The other 90 turbine sites are in areas of more stable seabed sediment and not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Neolithic discovery calls turbine bid into question</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/22/neolithic-discovery-calls-turbine-bid-into-question/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm opposed by Swansea Valley campaigners is being built on an &#8220;ancient version of the M4&#8243;, a deputy mayor has said. Work started on the 15-turbine Mynydd y Betws wind-farm late last year. Campaigners opposed the build because of what they claimed would be an unacceptable traffic increase in transporting the turbines up the Swansea Valley. But this week archeologists said they had uncovered a 5,000-year-old neolithic &#8220;stone row&#8221;, which could raise questions over the future of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Minister&#8217;s plea over archaeological find</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/ministers-plea-over-archaeological-find/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An assembly member has written to the Welsh Heritage Minister about what archaeologists say is a neolithic find at the Mynydd y Betws wind-farm site. Cambrian Renewable Energy Limited, the company building the 15-turbine site above Ammanford has held talks with experts who said they had uncovered a 5,000-year-old &#8220;stone row&#8221; near the site. Now Neath AM Gwenda Thomas has written to Housing, Regeneration and Heritage Minister Huw Lewis. &#8220;I was made aware of the archaeological find which has been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Holywell campaigners oppose Kingspan plans for 110m wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/holywell-campaigners-oppose-kingspan-plans-for-110m-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Two pensioners are at the forefront of a campaign against a Holywell company’s plans to erect two giant wind turbines on her doorstep. Gwladys Harrison and husband Keith want to fight proposals for a pair of 110m (360ft) towers near their home on Rayon Road, Greenfield. Insulation firm Kingspan – based about 500m from Mr and Mrs Harrison’s home of 31 years – has submitted its plans to Flintshire County Council. But a meeting will be held at Greenfield Church .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rare monument find leaves wind farm in doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/rare-monument-find-leaves-wind-farm-in-doubt/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The future of the Mynydd y Betws wind farm was thrown into doubt last night after experts said they had discovered a 5,000-year-old monument near the site. The news has been welcomed by Swansea Valley campaigners, who have been protesting against the 15-turbine construction. Freelance archaeologist Helen Gerrard has 30 years&#8217; experience and is one of those who identified the find. &#8220;This is tremendously important,&#8221; she told the Post. &#8220;It probably dates to sometime around 3,000 BC and is extremely .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Heated words over windfarm lorries</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/heated-words-over-windfarm-lorries/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Claims by windfarm operators that the construction of a sub-station has merely created light traffic have proved to be a load of hot air, according to Betws community councillors. In a series of terse exchanges, Celtic Energy Renewables who are building the controversial Mynydd-y- Betws windfarm maintained only six 18-tonne lorries had used Maesquarre Road for deliveries one morning. But this claim was angrily contradicted by Cllr Cath Jones who insisted she had counted eight trucks by 8.30am that morning. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm projects prompt transport concern for Powys firms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/wind-farm-projects-prompt-transport-concern-for-powys-firms/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Fears of transport gridlock in Powys due to wind farm development will be aired at a meeting in Newtown later. Up to 40 firms are due to attend, many concerned about the impact of building up to 15 wind farms in mid Wales. Wind energy developers say any increase in lorries or large abnormal loads would be short lived, only happening during the construction phase. But Trevor Wheatley, of medical products firm CellPath, fears disruption could hit their deliveries. &#8216;Major .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears wind turbines could affect tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/fears-wind-turbines-could-affect-tourism/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Anglesey tourism industry could be hit if proposals for gigantic wind turbines on the Island are approved. Anglesey Against Wind Turbines believes that major wind turbine developments could deter tourists from visiting the Island. A spokesman said. “The hospitality industry on Anglesey employs 2,505 people directly and 3,668 people are reliant on the industry for their jobs. &#8220;When the tourist attractions and specialist small businesses catering for walkers and cyclists are added to these figures it can be seen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Engineers investigate after wind turbine ripped apart</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/engineers-investigate-after-wind-turbine-ripped-apart/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A windfarm in Mid Wales has been temporarily closed while engineers investigate damage to one of its wind turbines. Operators Scottish Power Renewables said the Llandinam Windfarm, between Llanidloes and Newtown, had been taken offline while engineers looked into how the turbine was damaged in December. The energy firm today said it would not speculate on how the turbine was damaged until the conclusion of its investigation. Members of Stop, a Mid Wales-based anti-windfarm group, said walkers found the damaged .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>For wind turbines, ticking the boxes is not good enough</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/for-wind-turbines-ticking-the-boxes-is-not-good-enough/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It will be deeply ironic if the damage to a wind turbine which has temporarily closed a windfarm in Mid Wales was caused by high winds. It will not, though, be unprecedented, as there has been at least one case of a turbine elsewhere catching fire in a gale. Serious question have to be asked about whether windfarms are fulfilling all the promises that their supporters claim in their favour. The argument that they are environmentally friendly is perverse when .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms plan &#8216;faces years of legal challenge&#8217;, AMs told</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/wind-farms-plan-faces-years-of-legal-challenge-ams-told/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Opponents of wind farm developments in mid Wales have predicted a &#8220;Pandora&#8217;s box&#8221; of legal challenges to the Welsh government&#8217;s policy encouraging them. Campaigners&#8217; lawyer Neville Thomas QC said ministers &#8220;made a mess of it&#8221; by issuing fresh guidance days before new EU environment assessment rules. He addressed the assembly&#8217;s environment and sustainability inquiry into Welsh energy policy at the Senedd. The Welsh government said its 2005 plan &#8220;remains fit for purpose&#8221;. The Senedd&#8217;s environment and sustainability committee, chaired by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Llandinam wind farm switched off after turbine damage</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/llandinam-wind-farm-switched-off-after-turbine-damage/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the UK&#8217;s largest wind farms has been switched off following damage to one of its turbines. The site above Llandinam, Powys, stopped producing energy after a turbine head containing the blades came off last month. Operator ScottishPower Renewables has launched an investigation at the 103-turbine site, and said it was expected to be back online shortly. When the wind farm opened in 1992 it was one of the largest in Europe. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) said the site generated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Warning over scale of windfarms in North Wales</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/warning-over-scale-of-windfarms-in-north-wales/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm opponents warned yesterday that the rural landscape in Wales will be dominated by development on an industrial scale. Critics of the Welsh Government’s energy policy said that an environment worth an estimated £8.8bn to the economy would be put at risk as tourism suffered. Anti-wind farm protesters from mid Wales set out their fears to an inquiry by AMs on the environment and sustainability committee. They are vehemently opposed to the policy, known as TAN 8, in which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm opponents in mid Wales set out their fears</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/12/wind-farm-opponents-in-mid-wales-set-out-their-fears/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners fighting wind farm developments in mid Wales will voice their opposition in the assembly later. They will be giving evidence to the Senedd&#8217;s environment and sustainability inquiry into Welsh energy policy. There are already about 200 wind turbines across parts of Powys, with reports that a further 600 could be built in the future. There is also concerns over proposals to construct a new network of power lines in the county. The issue has prompted to Powys council to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine plan for water firm on hold</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/turbine-plan-for-water-firm-on-hold/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans by a well-known mineral water company to site two 284ft wind turbines on land near Tavernspite, due to be considered yesterday, have been put on hold. The application, by Princes Gate Spring Water is for two 86.5 metre turbine which would generate 800 kilowatts of electricity each. Plans for the site, on the back road from Templeton to Tavernspite, also include access track and underground cabling. Among the objections raised are impact on the local landscape and on local .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Civitas think-tank&#8217;s report blasts wind power as a costly &#8216;folly&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/civitas-think-tanks-report-blasts-wind-power-as-a-costly-folly/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind power is a “folly” which is “crippling” consumers with increased energy costs, a report by a leading think tank warned yesterday. Civitas claims that “unwarranted support” for wind power is “hindering genuinely cleaner energy” and stopping the UK effectively reducing its carbon dioxide emissions. Its report states wind power is “unreliable” and requires back-up power stations – meaning that energy users “pay twice” for the “window-dressing of renewables” and again for the fossil fuels. The report comes as the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Private firm probes planning process</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/private-firm-probes-planning-process/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Government has appointed a private firm to find out if the planning process is holding up renewable energy schemes like wind farms. Hyder Consulting&#8217;s findings on the subject are due to be published in March and July and will be considered along with the Welsh Government&#8217;s wider work on the issue. Wales missed its 2010 targets for installing renewable energy schemes by a large margin — but there are a lot of schemes consented or working their way .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plans prompt Powys council internet meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/wind-farm-plans-prompt-powys-council-internet-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A special council meeting about controversial plans to build wind turbines in Powys will be staged later this month. Powys council will broadcast it live on the internet on 26 January. Opposition to wind farms in the county has grown since proposals were announced last year to build a 19-acre electricity substation. The National Grid has argued that the current network will need upgrading to handle the additional power generated. Public meetings have been held in opposition to the substation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh call for TAN8 review</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/fresh-call-for-tan8-review/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Cambrian Mountains Society has called for a new review of TAN8 after it analysed the public’s response to government consultation. The society has been invited to give evidence at a meeting of the Environment and Sustainability Committee at the Senedd on January 12 when society trustee John Morgan will speak alongside a representative for the combined groups in Montgomeryshire. Last week the society announced the results of its ‘comprehensive analysis’ of responses to the Welsh Government’s public consultation on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pembrokeshire County Council withdraws report on controversial wind turbines at Princes Gate Spring Water, Ludchurch</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/pembrokeshire-county-council-withdraws-report-on-controversial-wind-turbines-at-princes-gate-spring-water-ludchurch/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A council report on the controversial proposal for Pembrokeshire’s tallest wind turbines has been withdrawn following complaints from objectors. As the Western Telegraph has reported, the application by Princes Gate Spring Water for two 86 metre tubines near Ludchurch has been met with a storm of protest. Residents and action groups have not only been alarmed at the thought of the turbines, but also at the fact that a report to next Tuesday’s meeting Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning committee, recommending .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judicial Review threat over wind turbines planning report</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/31/judicial-review-threat-over-wind-turbines-planning-report/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Pembrokeshire County Council could be exposed to the dual threats of judicial review and ridicule if its published planning report on the controversial Princes Gate Spring Water wind turbines is allowed to stand, it is claimed this week. As the Western Telegraph reported last week, the application – for two 86.5 metre wind turbines on the highest piece of ground in south Pembrokeshire – has attracted strong opposition, as well as letters of support. It is due to be considered .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[More than 100 people attended a meeting against a windfarm development in Corwen. The meeting, held in Cynwyd on Wednesday, December 14, was organised by local action group &#8211; Stop The Exploitation of Mynydd Mynyllod (STEMM). The group is fighting ScottishPower Renewables&#8217; plans to put 25, 475 feet high, turbines on the ridge and slopes of Mynydd Mynyllod. Which they say is outside of the sites earmarked by the Welsh Assembly for large scale wind farms, and lies very close .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears cash offered to landowners to allow windfarms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/fears-cash-offered-to-landowners-to-allow-windfarms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A growing number of landowners are being tempted to build giant windfarms on their estates by the promise of tens of millions of pounds being offered by green energy developers, it was claimed today. Montgomeryshire Against Pylons (MAP), an action group fighting plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales, said an increasing number of people were being encouraged to build windfarms. Jonathan Wilkinson, from Meifod, who is chairman of the group, said landowners were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine might tower over Swansea Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/turbine-might-tower-over-swansea-bay/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Swansea Bay could be home to a new wind turbine which will almost match the height of the city’s Meridian Tower. Welsh Water has submitted plans for a 104-metre structure to generate electricity and help it meet green energy targets. If approved by Swansea Council the turbine will be built on land at Welsh Water’s wastewater treatment works off Fabian Way. Disruption Philippa Watkins, secretary of the Swansea Civic Society, said it had not looked in detail at the plans .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome fairyland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Why is it that large vehicle hire firms, for example, are not paid millions of pounds by the government as compensation when the weather inhibits the use of the highways, such as during blizzards and high snowfall? If this question is deemed ridiculous then perhaps someone can write in and explain why government paid Scottish wind farms millions of pounds (of our money) during recent stormy weather a month or so back &#8211; this was because the wind generators had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms take note</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A couple have settled a High Court damages action against the owners and operators of a wind farm they say drove them from their farmhouse home with its &#8221;unbearable&#8221; noise. (Daily Telegraph) Mr and Mrs Davis, who live in Linconshire, were seeking an injunction to bring about modification of the operation of the wind farm, plus £400,000 damages to compensate them for the noise nuisance. Their farm is less than 1K from the Fenland Windfarm and they blamed the &#8221;whoom .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights of way are under spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Rights of way at a Neath Valley wind farm site are being monitored following a claim some have been closed. Glynneath resident Roger Simmonds asked to speak at a town council meeting over the Maesgwyn site. He was concerned that some of the paths had been blocked off, even though the planning consent stated they must be kept open, with some temporary exceptions. He volunteered to monitor the situation himself, but asked if Glynneath Town Council would support him if .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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