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		<title>Turbines fail sound tests: Residents express outrage when DEP won&#8217;t shut them down</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/turbines-fail-sound-tests-residents-express-outrage-when-dep-wont-shut-them-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Residents expressed dismay and outrage Tuesday after learning the two industrial wind turbines on town land exceeded the allowable sound levels in some tests. They expressed even further outrage when Martin Suuberg, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, said he would work with the developer to bring the turbines into compliance instead of shutting them down. The turbines exceeded the 10 decibel limit on adding noise to background sound in five locations under four weather&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Judge: Antrim officials violated Right-to-Know law</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/judge-antrim-officials-violated-right-to-know-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ANTRIM — A judge has ruled selectmen violated the state’s Right-to-Know law in privately meeting with a wind farm developer to negotiate a payment agreement, voiding that contract. Hillsborough County Superior Court North judge David A. Garfunkel ruled in favor of five residents who said meetings between the town and representatives of Antrim Wind Energy LCC to negotiate a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement were illegal. The residents — Gordon Allen, Mary E. Allen, Charles A. Levesque, Janice&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Business leaders blast Cape Wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since Cape Wind has made full-page newspaper headlines &#8211; but Thursday, it did. Only these were full-page ads in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Cape Cod Times from two of the state&#8217;s most powerful business groups denouncing the project. Their message: the premium-priced power Massachusetts utility customers will have to buy from Cape Wind will make the state even &#8220;less competitive&#8221; for business, many of the jobs it creates may be outsourced to other states&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>An ill wind</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/an-ill-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On tiny King Island, you&#8217;re never far from the sea. Its location in the Bass Strait means the island&#8217;s right in the middle of the Roaring Forties, and experiences wind speeds of about eight metres a second. ‘Anything over 10 [metres a second] becomes challenging, anything under 8 becomes challenging,’ says David Mounter, the wind asset development manager with Hydro Tasmania. ‘It’s probably the best wind resource in Australia.’ State-government owned Hydro Tasmania is Australia&#8217;s biggest renewable energy generator. It&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Windfarm effects were &#8220;grossly&#8221; underestimated</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/windfarm-effects-were-grossly-underestimated/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Neighbouring village residents have hit out at the &#8220;gross underestimation&#8221; of the effect the Neilston Community Windfarm has had on their lives. Uplawmoor residents, who were consistently opposed to the 4 large turbines in Neilston, are calling for action after claims the windfarm proved more visually intrusive from local homes than early illustrative impressions suggested. Aileen Jackson, Chairwoman of the Windfarm Protest Group in Uplawmoor, has already taken a petition to the Scottish Public Petitions Committee calling for future wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent call to tear down school-based turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/urgent-call-to-tear-down-school-based-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Head teachers are being asked to venture out into hurricane-force conditions to switch off wind turbines in school playgrounds. That is one of the claims of far north anti-wind farm protesters who have heavily criticised Highland Council’s safety review of school-based turbines. This week, after releasing its own report, Caithness Windfarm Information Forum (CWIF) is calling on the playground turbines to be removed pending an independent assessment of the risks they pose. CWIF chairman Stuart Young said yesterday the council’s&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>£1.5 million paid to shut down new Scottish wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/1-5-million-paid-to-shut-down-new-scottish-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the big six electricity companies was paid nearly £1.5 million to shut down a new Scottish wind farm before it was even formally completed, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. EDF Energy was handed £1.45 million between April 29 and May 15 to shut down turbines on the Fallago Rig wind farm, which is on land owned by the Duke of Roxburghe in Scottish Borders. The &#8220;constraint payments&#8221;, which ultimately come from electricity bills, are given to wind farm&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for safety review over school turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/call-for-safety-review-over-school-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Highland Council switched off all their school turbines in May of last year after independent consultants said extra safety measures might be needed. Site-specific risk assessments concluded however that the turbines already installed at 16 schools were safe to operate. Although the assessments concluded the turbines could safely operate at wind speeds up to 134mph, the council agreed that no turbine would operate in wind speeds exceeding 100mph. Other measures, including erecting 6 ft fences, were also introduced before the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>&#8216;Back-door&#8217; deal with wind farm loses in court</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/back-door-deal-with-wind-farm-loses-in-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ANTRIM — A Hillsborough judge has voided an agreement between the town and a Portsmouth-based renewable energy company, saying the pact was reached during illegal meetings. Residents Mary Allen, Gordon Allen, Charles Levesque, Janice Longgood and Martha Pinello contended the town violated right-to-know laws in negotiating the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with Antrim Wind LLC. The project would erect 10 wind turbines on the Tuttle Hill-Willard Mountain ridgeline. Mary Allen said the group filed the suit after&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Hamilton Township an &#8216;unwilling host&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/hamilton-township-an-unwilling-host/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Hamilton Township municipal councillors have voted unanimously to declare the township an &#8220;unwilling host&#8221; for any future large, green-energy, solar and wind projects. It joins Alnwick/Haldimand which took similar action last February. Alnwick/Haldimand council&#8217;s motion addresses only industrial wind turbine farms located on the Oak Ridges Moraine. It also requests a moratorium on all industrial wind installations until such time as low frequency noise and infrasound study is reviewed “and mitigated through the Renewable Energy Approval process” along with “conclusive&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Change could be in the air in Tiverton</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/change-could-be-in-the-air-in-tiverton/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TIVERTON — Green energy proponents say the town should consider acting on its own to develop wind power in the industrial park. Garry Plunkett, the town’s representative on the East Bay Energy Consortium, said EBEC currently has no plans for developing wind power within its territory. “EBEC is still functioning, but there is nothing proactive right now,” Plunkett said. “The idea of a consortium offering wind energy probably won’t happen. It is just too hard.” Given that, Plunkett asked the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Virginia test wind project could move forward in July</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/virginia-test-wind-project-could-move-forward-in-july/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Virginia could clear another federal hurdle in July in its quest for an offshore lease for a wind power research project, according to state energy officials. The federally controlled lease site about 28 miles offshore from Virginia Beach would be used for two advanced-technology demonstration wind turbines. In a parallel process, Dominion Virginia Power has been selected for a $4 million federal grant to do initial engineering, design and permitting for the 12-megawatt wind-power test facility. But the state’s efforts&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<title>King Islanders to vote on huge wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/king-islanders-to-vote-on-huge-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TONY EASTLEY: In less than a fortnight, the small community of King Island will vote on whether to give the go ahead to a $2 billion wind farm &#8211; the largest in the southern hemisphere. The state-owned developer, Hydro Tasmania says the project could generate more than a quarter of the nation&#8217;s target of 20 per cent renewable energy by 2020. However not all islanders are so convinced. Health concerns stemming from the wind turbines have been publicised on King&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Windmills of death</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/editorial-windmills-of-death/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There’s a killer on the loose. Known for murdering in cold blood with a sharp blade, the government has nevertheless turned a blind eye to the killer’s trail of death and destruction. The lucky ones who survive are maimed and left to die. The American taxpayer is forced to subsidize the slaughter. We’re not taking here about the Tsarnaev brothers and their welfare-fueled electronic benefit cards, or about ravenous and evil blackbirds that feed on robins and their helpless young.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind and the Whale</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/wind-and-the-whale/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. – This is a story about the wind and the whale. Virginia&#8217;s Offshore Wind Development Authority met in Richmond this week to talk about advancing wind energy production off the state&#8217;s coast. Justin Allegro, who manages the National Wildlife Federation’s Renewable Energy and Wildlife Program, says offshore wind development must include protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. &#8220;The challenge is, of course, that they do migrate right through the areas that have been identified in&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind tower not meeting expectations; Payback currently longer than turbine&#8217;s lifespan</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/wind-tower-not-meeting-expectations-payback-currently-longer-than-turbines-lifespan/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The wind turbine at the Cascade County shop, installed in 2008 with projections it would pay for up to 80 percent of the facility’s energy costs, is falling short of expectations because the site isn’t as windy as anticipated. At the turbine’s current rate of power production, it would take the county 33.70 years to recover its $201,924 investment, according to kilowatt-hour production figures provided by the county. “We needed to get a payback in 25 years because that was&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Mull Hill windfarm plan rejected</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/mull-hill-windfarm-plan-rejected/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A controversial windfarm proposal that would have been visible from Kinnoull Hill has been refused by Perth and Kinross Council. Members of the local authority’s development management committee rejected the planned nine wind turbine development, lodged by Force 9 Energy, for land at Mull Hill, Abercairney Estate, Crieff – more than 20 miles from Perth – with the overall tip height being 104 metres. A map of areas in Perthshire where turbines from the planned windfarm would be seen was&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Waiting for results of wind turbine study would be prudent</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/waiting-for-results-of-wind-turbine-study-would-be-prudent/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest wind energy projects is about to invade our landscape with more than 300 additional wind turbines. Although a green energy project is admirable we should be asking if this project is appropriate now, just a matter of months before the Health Canada research study is due. On July 11, 2012, Health Canada acknowledged a growing number of complaints about reported negative health effects on people living near wind turbines. Faced with the increased concerns a $1.8&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Germany must spread cost of energy shift fairly: IEA</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/germany-must-spread-cost-of-energy-shift-fairly-iea/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BERLIN: The International Energy Agency said Friday that Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels toward renewable energy. The IEA also said Europe&#8217;s biggest economy should make greater use of natural gas to smoothe the transition and reduce the use of coal to meet its carbon reduction targets to combat climate change. Given the scale of the &#8220;Energiewende&#8221; or energy shift, the size of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Business groups run ads against Cape Wind</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/business-groups-run-ads-against-cape-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As Cape Wind seeks federal loan guarantees for its offshore wind turbine project, two powerful Massachusetts business groups attempted to take the air out of its sails with full-page ads in three Massachusetts newspapers Thursday. “Our group is about job-creation and competitiveness. It’s not about Cape Wind, per se. It’s about electricity costs and the impact they’ll have on job loss in the Commonwealth,” Massachusetts Competitive Partnership President (MACP) Dan O’Connell told the News Service Thursday afternoon. “We’re very supportive&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Relief as Dyke wind turbine plan is dropped</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/relief-as-dyke-wind-turbine-plan-is-dropped/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners have spoken of their relief after plans to build a wind turbine on a road with a history of accidents were withdrawn. The plans were for a 150ft turbine on agricultural land next to Main Road, Dyke, just off the A15. Dozens of people attended a Bourne Town Council planning committee meeting objecting to the turbine. And Lincolnshire county councillor Sue Woolley (Con) spoke out at the meeting against the plans. But this week it was revealed that applicant&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>RES Glenchamber wind farm condition changes rejected</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/res-glenchamber-wind-farm-condition-changes-rejected/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Councillors have rejected an attempt to change conditions imposed on plans for a wind farm in south west Scotland. RES got the go-ahead for the Glenchamber scheme between New Luce, Kirkcowan and Glenluce after an appeal to the Scottish government last year. The company wanted to amend some of the conditions placed on approval for the 11-turbine project. However, Dumfries and Galloway Council followed officer recommendations and rejected that move. The decision to allow the wind farm works to proceed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Zoning Board approves changes to wind energy ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/zoning-board-approves-changes-to-wind-energy-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Pratt, Kan. — The Pratt County Planning Board approved proposed amendments to the Pratt County Zoning Ordinance Monday evening. The changes were proposed by British Petroleum (BP) for a specific commercial wind energy project, but will be in effect for all wind energy project special use applicants in the future, if they are adopted by the Pratt County commissioners. The proposed changes would make the application process a two-phase process instead of one as originally proposed. Applicants would have to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Leaflet blunder by turbine firm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/leaflet-blunder-by-turbine-firm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine company with plans for Penny Pot Lane has been forced to apologise and withdraw misleading leaflets promoting the scheme. A complaint against leaflets issued by Kelda Water – parent company to Yorkshire Water – has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). The company has been forced to withdraw some of the leaflets and apologise after the agency agreed with complaints made by members of the public. The information flagged up as incorrect related to the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbine awareness group to hold public meeting</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/wind-turbine-awareness-group-to-hold-public-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[So what&#8217;s it like to live in the shadow of large wind turbines? A Co. Wexford man who lives beside a wind farm will tell people of his experience at a public meeting to be held in Lisgood Community Hall on Wednesday next, May 29th at 8.30pm. The meeting has been organised by the Ardglass Wind Turbine Action Awareness Group and comes on foot of the recent move by Ardglass Wind Farm Ltd. to seek planning permission from Cork County&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>The high cost of wind power</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/24/the-high-cost-of-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[First of all, I must identify myself as an employee of Ontario Power Generation, and declare that the views and opinions expressed in this statement are my own and do not represent OPG in any way. After reading Bill Scollie’s letter concerning the high cost of wind power (Wind Farm — We All Pay, May 16), I did a little research. The weekend of May 11-12 was very windy in most of Ontario, from 7 p.m. on Friday, May 10&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Anti-wind group accuses Clayton town board of canceling meetings because of video cameras</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/anti-wind-group-accuses-clayton-town-board-of-canceling-meetings-because-of-video-cameras/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CLAYTON — A relatively new anti-wind organization is accusing the Town Council of canceling two scheduled meetings because the group started hiring Steve Weed Productions, Watertown, to videotape these open sessions. However, Town Supervisor Justin A. Taylor said that this is far from the truth and that the April 24 and May 22 council workshop meetings were canceled simply because of a lack of agenda items. “This is the second meeting that was canceled because of Steve Weed,” said Cindy&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Champlain line would bring New York wind power to New England</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/champlain-line-would-bring-new-york-wind-power-to-new-england/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts developer has proposed a power line under Lake Champlain to carry renewable electricity from northern New York into the New England grid. Anbaric Transmission has developed several challenging projects, including an undersea power line that connects Long Island and New Jersey via Long Island Sound. The Vermont proposal is called the Grand Isle Intertie. Anbaric CEO Ed Krapels said the goal is to carry electricity from wind and hydro projects in upstate New York to customers in southern&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Consultation attendees say a clear &#8216;No&#8217; to Belford Burn</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/consultation-attendees-say-a-clear-no-to-belford-burn/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Villagers who attended consultation events about the proposed Belford Burn wind farm last week have said a resounding ‘No’ to the proposal. An exit poll taken every day that the EnergieKontor exhibition was in situ at the Bell View Centre found that 98 per cent of those who attended reject the plans. The ballot paper simply asked ‘Do you approve of EnergieKontor’s proposal?’ Three papers were spoilt by lack of name or postcode of the voter; four voters answered ‘For’,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Board OKs wind farm appeal bid</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/board-oks-wind-farm-appeal-bid/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEWATER — The developers of the South Canoe wind project and Chester municipal council have failed in their bid to quash an appeal of a South Shore wind farm. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board ruled Thursday that Friends of South Canoe Lake and Homburg Land Bank Corporation Limited are “aggrieved persons” under the Municipal Government Act. The municipality and project developers Nova Scotia Power Inc., Minas Basin Pulp and Power Limited and Oxford Frozen Foods Limited had argued&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victories]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine plan gets blown out</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/turbine-plan-gets-blown-out/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for another wind turbine near Yelvertoft have been refused permission by Daventry Districty Council due to the cumulative impact on the area. DDC’s planning committee discussed the application for a single 102-metre turbine at land near Flint Hill Farm. The applicant said the turbine would provide power for the nearby canal marina, making it one of the first energy self-sufficient ones in the country. The application had been recommended for approval by planning officers, however, councillors argued there were&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Complaints]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Du får kæmperegning for vindmøller – You pay huge bill for wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/du-far-kaemperegning-for-vindmoller/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[[Danes pay billions a year in subsidies for wind turbines, and this charge will explode in coming years.] Vindmøller er inde i varmen blandt politikerne på Christiansborg, alt i mens borgerne må betale gildet og samtidig leve med at få nattesøvnen spoleret af larmende kæmpemøller. Den magtfulde danske vindindustri har de sidste seks år omsat for over 80 milliarder, og det er især ejerne og projektmagerne, der tjener pengene. Samtidig betaler de danske forbrugere gennem de såkaldte PSO- afgifter en&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Court voids Antrim wind deal</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/court-voids-antrim-wind-deal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ANTRIM — A Hillsborough County Superior Court judge David Garfunkel ruled Monday that town officials violated the state’s Right-To-Know law by holding illegal non-public hearings with Antrim Wind Energy and its counsel to negotiate a payment in lieu of taxes, known as a PILOT agreement. As a result of the ruling, the terms of the deal between the town and Antrim Wind Energy has been voided. The PILOT agreement, which was drafted by Antrim Wind attorney Susan Geiger, called for&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complaints]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Town officials weigh options in wake of turbine noise violations</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/town-officials-weigh-options-in-wake-of-turbine-noise-violations/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Following Tuesday&#8217;s announcement that Fairhaven&#8217;s two wind turbines violated state noise regulations at times during months of testing, some town officials are hoping the industrial-sized machines can be turned off at night. Board of Selectmen Chairman Charlie Murphy had called for a meeting in April between the Board of Health and selectmen to look into turning the turbines off between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. On Wednesday, he said the study&#8217;s findings have only strengthened his resolve to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbine reportedly struck by lightning</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/wind-turbine-reportedly-struck-by-lightning/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It’s quite clear to any observer that one wind turbine near Dexter doesn’t look like it’s supposed to. Wind farm technicians and officials with EDF Renewable Energy believe one wind tower, just northeast of Dexter, was struck by lightning on April 24, which mangled one of the structure’s 37-meter, 14,000-pound blades. The blade is nearly bent in half but still attached to the structure, hundreds of feet in the air. Steve Powell, operations manager with EDF in Dexter, said a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Fairhaven eyes partial turbine shutdowns; Wind direction, night hours considered after troubling state report</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/fairhaven-eyes-partial-turbine-shutdowns-wind-direction-night-hours-considered-after-troubling-state-report/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Following Tuesday&#8217;s announcement that Fairhaven&#8217;s two wind turbines violated state noise regulations at times during months of testing, some town officials are hoping the industrial-sized machines can be turned off at night. Board of Selectmen Chairman Charlie Murphy had called for a meeting in April between the Boards of Health and Selectmen to look into turning the turbines off between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. On Wednesday, he said the study&#8217;s findings have only strengthened his resolve to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Wind splits another township</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/wind-splits-another-township/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PARIS TOWNSHIP — All seats were filled and residents lined the walls at the Paris Township Hall Monday night as the board held a second public hearing seeking input regarding a zoning ordinance that some argue is too restrictive and others say will be fair to all. After listening to two hours of public comment, the board stated it may or may not vote on the proposed ordinance during the township’s regular meeting, which will begin at 8 p.m. on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Lompoc wind farm gets two more years</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/lompoc-wind-farmgets-two-more-years/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bedford family lost yet another battle against the Lompoc Wind Farm project on May 15, when the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission upheld a decision to extend the project’s conditional use permit for a second two-year time extension due to economic hardship. George and Cheryl Bedford live on a property close to the 3,000-acre plot of land slated for the wind farm, about six miles south of Lompoc. They’ve fought the project since the planning commission first approved it&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Fairhaven wind turbine dispute gets louder</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/fairhaven-wind-turbine-dispute-gets-louder/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The wind turbines in Fairhaven were spinning again Wednesday morning, but the big question is: for how much longer? Tuesday night&#8217;s Board of Health meeting erupted in angry shouts. This after the state Department of Environmental Protection showed the wind turbines often exceed legal noise limits. Fairhaven resident Louise Barteau said, &#8220;I think the people of Fairhaven have suffered long enough and I think they deserve better. (Q: And you want these shut down now?) I want these turbines shut&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>LePage withholding support for energy bill, wants wind rules changed</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/lepage-withholding-support-for-energy-bill-wants-wind-rules-changed/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature’s Energy Committee that’s aimed at expanding Maine’s natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses’ electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat. LePage won’t support the bill unless it also requires wind developers prove their projects will lower electricity costs in order to receive state approval and raises the 100-megawatt limit energy&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Anger at wind companies&#8217; no-show at conference</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/anger-at-wind-companies-no-show-at-conference/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A major public conference to debate the pros and cons of locating largescale wind farms in Laois has been jettisoned before it takes place, because the wind farm companies declined to attend. The announcement of the conference was made at a heated public information meeting on wind farms in Luggacurren Parish Hall last Thursday night. Henry Fingleton from People Over Wind (POW) told a packed hall that it was planned to hold the major conference in Portlaoise on Monday 10&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>South Huron an &#8220;unwilling host&#8221; to wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/south-huron-an-unwilling-host-to-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SOUTH HURON — The Municipality of South Huron has officially declared itself an “unwilling host” to industrial wind turbines. Council passed a motion at its May 13 meeting declaring itself an unwilling host to wind turbines, while also requesting the province give more say to municipalities regarding municipal planning and site plan control for future wind and solar projects. As reported in last week’s Times-Advocate, council declined at its May 6 meeting to declare itself an unwilling host to wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Our View: Data shows need for action on wind turbines in Fairhaven</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/our-view-data-shows-need-for-action-on-wind-turbines-in-fairhaven/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[State testing shows that the two industrial turbines on Arsene Street in Fairhaven at times violate state noise regulations. It doesn&#8217;t happen all the time and testing is not finished, but this news is certainly enough for town officials to take notice — and to take action. The state Department of Environmental Protection took 24 tests at five locations around the turbines — based on the preponderance of complaints — and found excessive noise five times at three of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victories]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Officers throw out turbine plans</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/officers-throw-out-turbine-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Cornwall Council has refused permission for a 62-metre wind turbine on farmland at Stithians. London-based Windberry Energy Ltd wanted to build the turbine, with associated infrastructure and access track, at Pencoose Farm. When the plans first came to light more than a year ago, local people set up an action group to fight the proposal. They claimed the structure would be &#8220;the height of Truro Cathedral&#8221; and &#8220;a blot on the landscape&#8221;. It would be visible across the village, adversely&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>More than 300 turbines planned in area wind projects</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/more-than-300-turbines-planned-in-area-wind-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind energy projects around Medicine Hat aren’t just blowing hot air anymore with a total of 307 turbines spread across four projects expected to be installed in the next two years. In total, NaturEner’s Wild Rose I and II, Pteragen’s Peace Butte as well as the City of Medicine Hat and WindRiver’s Box Springs Wind Farm will represent nearly 500 megawatts of electricity production if all goes to plan. For the industry’s advocacy group, Canadian Wind Energy Association, this is&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Norfolk declares itself unwilling to host new wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/norfolk-declares-itself-unwilling-to-host-new-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Norfolk County has declared itself unwilling to host new industrial wind farms. County council voted 8-1 last Tuesday to notify the provincial government that it wants no more wind turbines approved for Norfolk. The message by itself will not stop the province from approving the proposed Port Ryerse Wind Farm or other projects. But councillors hope the province will take heed of the growing chorus of municipalities asking to put the brakes on Ontario’s push for wind energy. Premier Kathleen&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Renewable energy bill gets attention in advertising, court</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/renewable-energy-bill-gets-attention-in-advertising-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Legislation at the center of a radio and newspaper campaign urging the governor&#8217;s veto also eliminates an incentive for using renewable energy generated in Colorado. A pending federal lawsuit filed in 2011 challenged the constitutionality of the incentive. Senate Bill 252 &#8211; if signed by the still-undecided governor &#8211; would eliminate that incentive beginning in 2015. American Tradition Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank focused on challenging environmental policy, filed the lawsuit on behalf of a Colorado resident. At issue&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Open houses for two proposed Peace Region wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/open-houses-for-two-proposed-peace-region-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office is currently looking for public input on two proposed wind farms in the Peace Region. The first is the Taylor Wind Project, 10 kilometres south of the District, and the second is the Sundance Wind Project, 20 kilometres north of Tumbler Ridge. The proposed project near Taylor in Treaty 8 territory would include between 130 and 235 individual turbines that would produce up to 400 megawatts. The proposed Sundance project is also in Treaty 8&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Energy switchover leaves unanswered questions</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/energy-switchover-leaves-unanswered-questions/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A year ago, the German government announced its plans for an energy switchover. The country&#8217;s biggest post-war infrastructure project is taking shape, but there is still plenty of resistance to it. German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls it a herculean task. For Economy Minister Philipp Rösler it is the task of a century. Whenever the German energy switchover comes up &#8211; as on Wednesday at the energy summit in the chancellery &#8211; superlatives are being used. It is about a comprehensive&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm proposals blown away by council</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/wind-farm-proposals-blown-away-by-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Divisive plans to develop near 400 ft high wind masts have been kicked out by Ryedale councillors at a stormy public meeting. Proposals had been submitted by RWE Npower Renewable Ltd to build ten gigantic turbines at Ling Hall Farm on the Yorkshire Wolds. However, councillors went against officers recommendations to approve the plans,  rejecting the proposals by nine votes to two. The controversial proposals had split opinion within the community. The developers behind the proposals had claimed that 65&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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