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		<title>Wind power planning concerns raised; County to deal with renewable energy planning May 21</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 300 people packed the county council chamber for a review of a consultant&#8217;s final draft of a wind power and renewable energy planning study, May 7.
&#8220;The turnout shows it is an important issue,&#8221; said Ray Duhamel, manager of planning services with the Jones Consulting Group, which has been working with the county to formulate planning policies for wind power and renewable energy projects.
Duhamel outlined a new mapping of the county, which designated four management ...]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
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		<title>Billionaire begins to obtain easements</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUBBOCK &#8212; Cecil Martin is none too pleased at the prospect of losing part of his home in the Texas Panhandle to make way for billionaire T. Boone Pickens&#8217; water and wind energy projects.
Depending on the precise location of the outer most marker of the easement being sought by Pickens&#8217; projects, the 68-year-old Martin said, he&#8217;d have one less room in his Gray County home.
&#8220;They&#8217;ll either get the kitchen or the front porch,&#8221; he said. ...]]>
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		<title>Bad vibrations</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one will insure against wind turbine vibration consequential harm such as landslip, flooding, water pollution, wiped-out fish stocks, damage to whisky/bottled water industries, tourism and other potentially serious problems outlined in my petition to the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish MSPs are now considering raising a parliamentary question or motion calling for a moratorium on all wind farm installations, and Parliament has required the Scottish Government&#8217;s chief scientist to consider these vibrations.
So who will bear such losses? ...]]>
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		<title>County unveils wind farm tax plan</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARMINGTON &#8212; County commissioners unveiled a draft agreement Thursday for a tax-increment financing district that could bring the county up to &#36;4 million over 20 years to use for economic development in unorganized territories.
That would be the deal if the value of TransCanada&#8217;s proposed 44-turbine wind farm in Kibby and Skinner townships is assessed at &#36;220 million &#8212; a conservative estimate, according to consultant Greg Mitchell, who was hired by the county to help negotiate ...]]>
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		<title>Industrialisation of Findhorn area and Dava Moor</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dixie Dean, writing about the development of wind farms on the peatlands of the Dava Moor (&#8217;Tests for approval of wind farms&#8220;, in &#8216;The Northern Scot&#8217; of May 2) warns of increased flooding and water pollution along with damage to tourism and whisky interests.
His alert to the harmful industrialisation of this area is timely: a developer&#8217;s application for a wind farm on peatland within the Findhorn catchment and Dava Moor area is now on public ...]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<title>Wind farm death knell fears</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears that the death knell has been sounded for West Hinkley wind farm were raised this week, with the sale of its rights to Electricite de France (EDF).
The energy firm has already announced its interest in investing in nuclear energy and bought the rights for the wind farm from Your Energy.
EDF also owns a piece of land adjoining the existing nuclear plant, which campaigners fear will be used to build more nuclear reactors.
Stop Hinkley spokesman ...]]>
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		<title>Firm prepared to wait for Ceres windfarm verdict</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company behind the Ceres windfarm proposal will not appeal to the Scottish Government at this stage — despite Fife Council not yet having decided on the application lodged nearly a year ago.
EnergieKontor submitted its plans for a five-turbine development at Gathercauld in late May 2007.
However, councillors have not considered the scheme, with planning officials still to confirm whether a report will go to the north east Fife area committee on June 25.
Company general manager ...]]>
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		<title>Opposition to downsized wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A controversial wind farm development has been downsized by the company behind the proposal.
However, the bid to site 59 wind turbines at Dorenell Farm on the Glenfiddich Estate has still met with strong opposition.
Wind farm developers Infinergy had originally proposed erecting 71 turbines, each 126 metres tall, on the remote site at the Cabrach, 8km south of Dufftown.
Following local consultations last year they have submitted a revised application to the Scottish Government for approval.
Project manager ...]]>
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		<title>Eishken windfarm inquiry enters fourth day</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed 53 turbine wind farm at Muaitheabhal on Eishken Estate in Lewis would be a catalyst for the regeneration of one of the most disadvantaged area within the Western Isles. It could bring major benefits, including the provision of a new sub-sea connector to the mainland.
This was stated by David Stewart, a planning consultant, in his evidence to the public local inquiry at Stornoway which entered its fourth day today (Friday).
Mr Stewart, who has ...]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
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		<title>Experts testify on wind power effects; Wind farm won&#39;t create noise pollution, lowered property values, they say</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[PEKIN &#8212; Experts testified Thursday on behalf of a proposed wind farm, but a decision on whether or not the project gets county approval won&#8217;t happen until the end of the month.
The Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals has been holding public hearings since April 1, getting public input on the proposed Rail Splitter Wind Farm by Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC.
Horizon presented a real estate appraiser and an expert on noise pollution, both of ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm noise generates anger</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents living on the north Wales coast have complained they are being repeatedly woken up at night by building work on an offshore wind farm.
Clwyd West MP David Jones has written to npower renewables voicing protests from people living between Colwyn Bay and Llandudno in Conwy.
The MP said: &#8220;It&#8217;s unreasonable. Why do they have to do it in the middle of the night?&#8221;
The company said tidal conditions meant work had to be done at night.
Foundations ...]]>
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		<title>Loud wind turbines do not belong near homes</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerning Mr. Gary Trew&#8217;s commentary on wind power on May 8:
Mr. Trew, I am not an engineer so I cannot comment on topics 1 through 4, but I am a health-care professional and a homeowner who lives in the wind factory, and would like to correct topic No. 5.
Wind turbines are noisy a lot of the time — very noisy.
There are two sounds, a motor drone and an intermittent whooshing sound. The noise is constant, ...]]>
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		<title>Meridian and Historic Places Trust cozy up</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ensuring the Best Outcome’: How Meridian, New Zealand’s Energy Juggernaut, Makes its own Rules.
In its fact sheet on the proposed hydro dam for North Westland’s Mokihinui River, we are promised that ‘Meridian would work with the Historic Places Trust to ensure the best outcome for the Mokihinui sites.’ What teachers of grammar will recognise here as the future conditional tense—what Meridian Energy would do—profoundly betrays the worldview of a juggernaut increasingly interfering with the autonomy ...]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
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		<title>Wind power more than just hot air</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roberts Creek Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) director Donna Shugar is raising the alarm over a proposal for wind monitoring sites in her area.
The proposal by SkyPower was presented at the SCRD planning meeting May 8 and calls for two wind monitoring sites with the eventual possibility of having 2,871.5 hectares devoted to windmills in the Roberts Creek/Howe Sound area and Elphinstone.
Shugar said the project in its totality raises concerns for her because she thinks ...]]>
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		<title>Wind power report a symphony in spin</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the publication of the Friends of the Earth document “Wind Power 20 Myths Blown Away”, fully endorsed by Minister Jane Davidson, I was highly amused at the very clever way it has been worded – and the way it has neatly avoided giving a full and balanced picture. It is a veritable symphony in spin.
I am surprised that Davidson’s advisers let her be a party to this biased “report”.
If we take just one of ...]]>
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		<title>What myth&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Myths” about wind power indeed! Who is to compensate the victims when ministers repeat such nonsense (Bid to blow away wind power “myths”, Western Mail, May 12)?
A recent letter from an estate agent to the Davis family who have been driven from their home near Spalding, Lincolnshire, comments as follows on the problem caused by developing St Nicholas wind “farm”.
“I do not believe any prospective purchaser would want to inhabit the property, or, indeed in ...]]>
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		<title>MWT quizzed at wind farm inquiry</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Eishken public inquiry today, Alex Macritche, solicitor for Western Isles Council questioned the accountability and strength of support of MWT (Mòinteach gun Mhuileann) the Lewis based anti-giant windfarm protest body.
Catriòna Campbell said: &#8220;MWT aims to be inclusive for anyone who wished information from us. Whoever chooses to come along to public meeting chooses a committee.
&#8220;We don’t publish accounts but they are made available at our AGM. They are not audited by an external ...]]>
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		<title>&#39;On top of a monster&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Minister Jack Keir is launching an aggressive wind energy strategy that could drive New Brunswick to double its entire power supply by 2025 simply with wind power.
Keir told a Saint John conference on Thursday that the province could add as much as 4,500 megawatts of wind power onto the provincial grid by 2025. Keir&#8217;s pronouncement is a staggering figure considering NB Power&#8217;s total load is now just shy of 4,000 megawatts.
A report by Denmark-based ...]]>
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		<title>Oceans bill clears Senate</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state Senate unanimously approved legislation yesterday that would open up the state&#8217;s ocean sanctuaries to renewable energy projects, as long as they complied with an ocean management plan.
The bill would allow a controversial wind farm to be built in Buzzards Bay, subject to the conditions in the management plan. The plan would be completed by Dec. 31, 2009, and require approval of the state secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs after public hearings.
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		<title>Wind-energy symposium to come to Ottawa County</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ottawa County is finalizing details for a wind-energy symposium that will speak to farmers, city residents and businesses alike, organizers said.
The inaugural event is 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 5 at Olive Township Hall, said Mark Knudsen, director of the Ottawa County Planning and Grants Department.
If registration exceeds 150 people, the site likely will change, he said.
Topics will include wind energy basics, wind turbine site issues, small wind energy systems and large wind ...]]>
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		<title>Windmill won’t be constructed at top of Nuttby Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRURO — Fears that a scenic lookout point on the top of Nuttby Mountain would be ruined by the installation of a huge wind turbine have been laid to rest.
Clair Peers, president of Cobequid Wind Power, a development partner in the Nuttby Mountain project, confirmed Thursday afternoon that a turbine would not be constructed on the mountain’s highest point.
“The thing is with this particular high spot is it’s just not a stable enough location,” said ...]]>
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		<title>Decision on wind power bylaw delayed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colchester County council has delayed a decision on a bylaw regulating wind power development until further study.
Some councillors were divided on how far the regulations should go following discussion at this week’s council committee meeting so the issue has been sent to the municipality’s planning advisory committee for more deliberation.
While some councillors fear the proposed regulations border on excess government intervention, others believe landowners require the protection such guidelines would provide.
“For those of us living ...]]>
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		<title>Wind no choice for Esky; Gusts not a power option here</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study shows using wind power would be a poor alternative energy source in Escanaba, according to a presentation to the Electric Advisory Committee Wednesday.
Committee member Glendon Brown presented the research on wind power in response to inquiries from individuals asking why the city has not considered this as a power source.
The city has been exploring various energy options to meet increasing electric demands because the city power plant is 50 years old. The city ...]]>
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		<title>Squamish wind project dies down</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of planning and tens of thousands of invested dollars, hopes of a wind energy system based in Squamish have been downgraded from full scale industry to mere demonstration project.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to approach the (Squamish) Oceanfront (Development Corporation) and see if they&#8217;re interested in the project,&#8221; said Dan McRae of the Squamish Sustainability Corporation. &#8220;When we talk about a demonstration project, I think we&#8217;re talking a very small micro-scale project. We don&#8217;t know what ...]]>
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		<title>Whole of the Lothians swathed in turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Bebbington might care to clarify her letter about wind and back-up (May 7).
 All intermittent sources of renewable energy such as wind require reliable fossil fuel, nuclear or biomass standby. The capital and maintenance costs of this are high and ensure wind power will remain costly.
The more serious problem with renewables like wind is the low density of energy collection. To provide electricity equivalent on average to the Cockenzie power station on the Forth ...]]>
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		<title>Japan&#39;s largest utility to build its first wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s biggest utility Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said on Thursday it would build its first wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
TEPCO said it received permission from the local governments on Thursday to build 11 wind turbines with total capacity of 18.37 megawatts.
The facility, which is scheduled to start commercial operations in October 2011, is projected to reduce 13,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, the company said. ...]]>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>

		<title>Texas wind: Boone Pickens&#39; big, big bet</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oilman T. Boone Pickens’ love affair with wind isn’t brand new—he’s been touting the idea of “peak-free” energy since he decided to build America’s biggest wind farm in Texas. What’s different is the way he’s going about it.
Mesa Power, Mr. Pickens’ new energy firm, placed a huge turbine order with GE Thursday, the first step toward the eventual 4 gigawatt wind farm. What’s striking is that he’s plowing ahead on the project even though federal ...]]>
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		<title>Barber to talk about wind in Cherry Valley</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the best wind in New York State can be found in Cherry Valley, and residents will have an opportunity to learn how the town may be able to capitalize on it with a municipal wind generating project.
The town of Cherry Valley’s Citizens Committee on Renewable and Alternative Energy is sponsoring a presentation next week by town of Caroline supervisor Don Barber.
Caroline town officials have put together a proposal to build a 10-turbine, 2.5 ...]]>
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		<title>Experts discuss factors involved in bringing wind energy to Cochise County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission knows a bit more about wind turbines and wind power.
At a work session held last night prior to the regular meeting, three experts in renewable energies and wind power gave a brief presentation on the aspects, feasibility and economics of developing a wind farm and transmitting energy through transmission lines.
Planning Manager Susana Montana said the work session was held for future wind energy development. Though she did not ...]]>
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		<title>Renewable energy meeting packs county council chambers</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a public meeting last Wednesday night in Essex to discuss Wind Turbine farms, one thing is for certain: renewable energy is a hot topic.
Just about 300 people packed the Essex Civic Center to hear the latest proposal from Ray Duhamel and the Jones Consulting Group. Among their objectives are to increase the renewable energy supply and make sure it&#8217;s done in appropriate areas. During their earlier meetings, the county was divided into three zones ...]]>
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		<title>Council blunder over wrong wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An embarrassing blunder may stop the council vice convenor from giving evidence at the Eisgein public inquiry it has emerged.
Evidence from Angus Campbell &#8212;  a core witness for Western Isles Council &#8212; risks being ruled as inadmissible because it is all about the wrong wind farm development.
Western Isles Council planned to put forward vice convenor Angus Campbell as a witness. The other two are its economic advisor Calum Iain Maciver and former planning chairman ...]]>
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		<title>Eishken’s advisors disagree on negative impact</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discrepencies of opinion between advisors on the same side of a contencious major wind farm was rammed home at a public inquiry today (wed).
Financier Nicholas Oppenheim wants to build 53 massive turbines at Eishken on Lewis  with over half the machines in a national scenic area (NSA).
The remit of the inquiry has a tight focus on the NSA verus the economic benefits.
Louise Cockburn for SNH suggested that Mr Oppenheim hired Phillip Roden to ...]]>
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		<title>Public Inquiry on Eishken gets underway</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A public inquiry into plans to build a large scale wind farm on Eishken Estate got underway this week with both sides of the debate hoping a decision can be reached quickly.
The inquiry, taking place in the Caladh Inn, is expected to last at least seven days and will include evidence from the developer, Beinn Mhor Power, and the environmental agency, John Muir Trust (JMT), who are strongly objecting to the plans.
Owner of the Eishken ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm will redo hearing process</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently trying to avoid a legal battle down the road, the developer of a proposed wind farm has temporarily pulled its application for a special use permit in northern Logan County after failing to properly notify residents of wind towers that would be near their property.
“In order to err on the side of caution, we’re going to pull the application and refile it shortly,” said Bill Whitlock, project development manager for the proposed Rail Splitter ...]]>
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		<title>Greece: is there a future for windpower&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to meteorology experts, Greek wind farms will need to provide 6,000 to 9,000 megawatts to meet EU-imposed renewable energy targets: would equal three-quarters of the the current generating capacity from all sources. Concerns over global warming.
Wind farms totalling between 6,000 and 9,000 megawatts &#8212; up to more than three-quarters of the country&#8217;s current generating capacity from all sources of energy &#8212; will have to be established if Greece is to meet its European Union ...]]>
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		<title>Pickens-led water, power project stirs concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miles of rolling grassland and mesquite surround Kenneth Horton&#8217;s hilltop home, carpeting a view that reaches beyond the Red River on a clear day and into stars tossed like sand across the inky, rural night.
He can tour pioneer dugouts and American Indian sites tucked throughout the few thousand acres of ranchland near Quanah his family has held for more than a century. For the past 25 years, he&#8217;s opened the land to hunters from the ...]]>
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		<title>T. Boone Pickens orders 667 GE turbines for wind farm in Panhandle</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens has placed a massive order for wind turbines with General Electric, a big step toward building the world&#8217;s largest wind farm in the Panhandle.
Mr. Pickens&#8217; company, Mesa Power LLP, plans to announce today that it ordered 667 turbines from GE for about &#36;2 billion.
That will produce 1,000 megawatts of power, more than the average nuclear power plant, and enough juice to light 300,000 homes.
And it&#8217;s just a quarter of the turbines that ...]]>
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		<title>Wind policy up for review</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brighton is throwing open an internal review of windmill policy to the public in a bid to test the attitudes of residents and stakeholders.
The municipality will host an open house session on June 11 to foster discussion about wind power.
The move follows public criticism of the municipality’s decision to place a moratorium on turbines.
Councillor Chuck Ward said the meeting would provide a cue to look at the potential for other “renewable energy” sources such as ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm objectors don&#39;t deserve NIMBY label</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so tired of hearing the word &#8220;NIMBY,&#8221; especially coming from people who only have the mighty dollar to gain, with no care for who they may hurt or destroy in the process.
Has Mr. Courey ever heard of the wetlands in Essex County? How many different habitats they encompass, like ponds, marshes and swamps to name a few. By allowing these wind factories to take over Essex County, they will damage and destroy the ...]]>
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		<title>Metsähallitus plans to charge owners of wind generators rent for using public land</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metsähallitus, the state enterprise whose task is to manage most of the protected areas of Finland and to supply wood to the country&#8217;s forest industry, says that it will not give its land and water areas to companies setting up wind generators free of charge. Instead, it is expected to lease its land for use for wind-powered generators.
No details of the rent, or the preconditions, have been defined.
The Finnish government wants to increase sharply the ...]]>
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		<title>Trust withdraws opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has withdrawn its opposition to a huge Otago wind farm, saying it lacks the funding to fight every battle.
The Crown entity had an interest in two Environment Court appeals against Meridian Energy’s Project Hayes proposal, a 176-turbine wind farm to be built 30km south of Ranfurly. Six weeks before the hearing was to start, the trust pulled out, outraging Central Otago branch members.
Trust chief executive Bruce Chapman said the ...]]>
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		<title>BT wind farm plan for Ilfracombe</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The hills overlooking Ilfracombe are being looked at as a potential site for North Devon&#8217;s next wind farm.
Testing equipment has been installed by British Telecom at Greater Shelfin Farm, Mullacott, to see if conditions are suitable for wind turbines.
North Devon Council agreed planning permission for the 60ft BT anemometer or &#8220;met mast&#8221;, which carries the meteorological testing equipment, for a period of three years.
But the debate has already begun, as the site is part ...]]>
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		<title>New turbine plan backed by council</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Plans to put up six wind turbines at Goonhilly are being supported by Kerrier council&#8217;s planning officers.
The application, due before this month&#8217;s planning committee on Tuesday, is by Cornwall Light and Power Co. Ltd.It will mean the redeveloping of the existing wind farm within The Lizard area of outstanding natural beauty.
There are currently 14 turbines on site. They would all be removed and replaced by the proposed six. The planned turbines will be double ...]]>
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		<title>Wildlife mincing machine</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every normal person is aware of the need to conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions.We also have a moral duty to preserve the environment in this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This certainly applies to sustaining a stability between animals, birds, bats and insects, which have a right of existence.
Upton Cross is close to the River Lynher, a natural region for wildlife. This area is teeming with Canada and Barnacle Geese, swans, wildfowl, dippers, kingfishers, ...]]>
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		<title>Logan County wind farm plan delayed; Horizon Wind Energy pulls permit application after failing to notify residents</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm has temporarily pulled its application for special use permits in Logan County after failing to properly notify residents of wind towers that would be near their property.
&#8220;In order to err on the side of caution, we&#8217;re going to pull the application and refile it shortly,&#8221; said Bill Whitlock, project development manager for the proposed Rail Splitter Wind Farm that would straddle Tazewell and Logan counties.
Rockford attorney Rick Porter represents a group ...]]>
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		<title>I suggest most people think they&#39;re an eyesore</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I would like to thank the councillors for taking the trouble to reply to my letter published in the Journal.
Obviously I stand by my thoughts, but at least it caught their attention. Previously I had little knowledge about these money-making monstrosities called turbines other than there unsightliness. Then planning application no. 1/0242/2008/FUL was placed before Torridge District Council to build two or more 100 metre high turbines in the Yeo Valley west of Parkham. ...]]>
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		<title>Pomfret OKs tower permit</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-year special-use permit was issued to Babcock &#038; Brown Renewable Holdings of Houston to erect a meteorological tower on land off Fredonia- Stockton Road.
The tower is designed to measure whether there is enough wind velocity in the area for a wind farm. A public hearing on the permit was held Wednesday night, prior to the regular meeting of the Pomfret Town Board in Town Hall. Three people attended the public hearing and no one ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm battle may go to review</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judge will rule soon on whether protesters can sue Milton Keynes Council over the planned city wind farm.
Residents and members of campaign group Blew earlier this year instructed a barrister to seek a judicial review of the council&#8217;s decision to allow siting of seven 406ft turbines at Petsoe End, Emberton.
The application challenges technical data used to support the scheme and claims relevant reports were not submitted on time.
The council and the company behind the ...]]>
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		<title>Thousands fight turbine plans</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fight against plans to erect 11 wind turbines near homes has been joined by 2,000 villagers, campaigners say.
Parish councils representing Bishopton, Great Burdon, Great Stainton, Little Stainton, Sadberge and West Newbiggin have teamed up to say the development is not welcome.
Pure Renewable Energy, based in Billingham, is carrying out site tests and no planning application has been submitted.
The company says it proposes to carry out full public consultation over the plans.
But spokesman Peter Wood, ...]]>
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		<title>Pollution from the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason people build windmills is because they are a way to generate electricity to power our homes and factories.
As well, wind is a renewable resource that doesn&#8217;t emit pollutants or create huge river diversions or reservoirs. Windmills don&#8217;t require complicated storage of dangerous nuclear waste. They don&#8217;t use coal. You build them and they spin relentlessly.
We erect windmills because they are gentle on the environment and, oh yes, they create profit for the owners. ...]]>
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