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		<title>Parc éolien: 330 oppositions déposées contre en Valais</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/parc-eolien-330-oppositions-deposees-contre-en-valais/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Un mois après sa mise à l&#8217;enquête, le parc éolien prévu à Charrat et à Saxon a entraîné 229 oppositions dans la première commune valaisanne et 261 dans la seconde, dont 160 identiques. Un peu plus de 40% de ces oppositions proviennent des habitants des deux communes concernées. &#8220;Nous sommes surpris en bien&#8221;, ont relevé les présidents des communes de Charrat et de Saxon vendredi dans un communiqué. Satisfaction également du côté de ValEole, qui s&#8217;attendait &#8220;à une volée d&#8217;oppositions&#8221;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Farmer urges caution over wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/farmer-urges-caution-over-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A farmer is warning others do to proper research before investing in renewable energy after her wind turbine installation proved ‘totally disappointing’. Ella James, who farms sheep in Builth Wells, Mid Wales, claims she was ill advised by Scottish firm SIAC Wind Energy. Mrs James said she was told the 10kW turbine would produce an estimated annual yield of 26,810kWh, but in 12 months it has only achieved 8,000kWh. She said: “Taking into account we have had one of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Turbines: eagles&#8217; newest threat</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/turbines-eagles-newest-threat/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. Each death is federal crime,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm neighbors voice concerns</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/wind-farm-neighbors-voice-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents of Owls Hollow Road gathered Saturday to share their opinion on the proposed wind farm on Lookout Mountain by Austin, Texas-based Pioneer Green Energy. Their opinion was simple and to the point — not here, not now, not ever. Chris Lipscomb gathered about 35 of his neighbors at his house, which he says will be 1,853 feet from his back door to the project. His biggest concern is the hit his property value would take, which he said would&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Ocotillo Wells: Blade breaks off wind-powered turbine, prompts investigation</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/ocotillo-wells-blade-breaks-off-wind-powered-turbine-prompts-investigation/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A 173-foot-long blade broke off a wind turbine and fell to the ground at a 315-megawatt wind farm that supplies electricity near El Centro, it was reported today. The blade was found near its base Thursday under one of the 112 wind-powered generating turbines at the Ocotillo Wind project near the San Diego-Imperial county line, the Imperial Valley Press reported. No injuries were reported, according to the El Centro newspaper. But worldwide use of that model of turbine has been&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Call to arms against &#8216;Nazi&#8217; wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/call-to-arms-against-nazi-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A senior Tory has compared the march of wind farms in Scotland’s countryside to the threat posed by Nazi Germany. Struan Stevenson has provoked the wrath of energy companies by urging Britons opposed to turbines to “recapture the same spirit that defeated Nazi Germany and turned the tide of history”. Writing in The Sunday Times, the Scottish MEP, president of the European parliament’s climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development intergroup, says: “Scots are battling to save our natural heritage from&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Windy debate questions natural power</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/windy-debate-questions-natural-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An independent body, appointed by the Government to speak on behalf of regional South Australians, has reported that farmers with land near wind-driven power stations are facing lower profits and falling land values. The report from the Regional Communities Consultative Council (RCCC) came as groups gathered to give evidence during a parliamentary investigation into the social and economic effects of the wind-powered station, which highlighted the clash taking place between the energy industry and primary production sector. RCCC chair Peter&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Falmouth turbine removal up for vote</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/falmouth-turbine-removal-up-for-vote/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Linda Davis supported building and paying for two town-owned wind turbines when the project came before voters at town meetings between 2007 and 2009. But as the complaints from neighbors living near the turbines grew since the first one started spinning in 2010, Davis had second thoughts and began poring over her notes and reviewing videos of those meetings. &#8220;Clearly, very few people asked questions, and everyone was on board,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;It became clear this year to me and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pass or die time for Baldwin County bills in Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[House Bill 676 would give the Baldwin County Commission the authority to regulate wind farms in the county. 
 
APEX Wind Energy has talked the commission about its Foley Wind Project. APEX Wind is looking to put about 40 wind turbines in the county.
 
Another bill that was introduced this legislative session that dealt with wind farm regulations has been "indefinitely postponed," meaning it is dead this session.
 
House Bill 678 would have established the Alabama Wind Energy Conversion Systems Act of 2013.
 
It would have allowed the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to establish rules regulating wind farms statewide.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Is White House too easy on green energy firms?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/is-white-house-too-easy-on-green-energy-firms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s support of green energy projects has resulted in some legendary failures that are responsible for the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds. Solyndra, the Northern California solar panel company, received $529 million from the federal government. Today, it is out of business. Fisker Automotive asked for and received some $200 million to develop a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Fisker’s vehicles operated off a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, with an estimated range of 300 miles. Fisker&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Mobile app aims to cut wind farms opposition</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/mobile-app-aims-to-cut-wind-farms-opposition/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the software pioneers behind property website Myhouseprice.com has created a mobile app that could slash millions of pounds from the cost of developing wind farms. Crispin Hoult, founder of Stirling-based Linknode, will launch VentusAR at this week’s All-Energy Conference in Aberdeen. The move is expected to drive the start-up firm’s revenues from £300,000 to £1 million within the next two years. VentusAR uses technology such as gravity sensors and GPS, which are now standard in smartphones and other&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm dispute yet to blow over</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/wind-farm-dispute-yet-to-blow-over/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new wind farm in East Renfrewshire has sparked a cash controversy among local residents. The Neilston community wind farm was opened by deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday. The £15.6m project is set to give Neilston a 28 per cent community benefit in all profits generated, after the Neilston Development Trust raised £950,000 to buy their stakew. However, this has provoked anger among the Uplawmoor community. Aileen Jackson, chair of the wind farm protest group in Uplawmoor, opposes&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Energy bills &#8216;could overtake mortgages in five years&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/energy-bills-could-overtake-mortgages-in-five-years/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Energy bills are rising so steeply that they could overtake mortgage repayments in parts of Britain in just five years’ time, the chief executive of supplier, First Utility, has claimed. Ian McCaig issued the stark warning as he said energy policies must be reviewed to minimise the impact on bills and said consumers should think about turning down their heating to reduce costs. Critics have said that the Government’s environmental policies on windfarms and energy efficiency schemes, for example, are&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Millions for wind power we can’t use</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/millions-for-wind-power-we-cant-use/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm operators are being paid millions for “wasted” electricity under a complex system known as constraint payments. The money is paid out when turbines are spinning but the electricity they are generating is surplus to requirements. Freedom of Information documents reveal that since 2011 more than £26.5million has been paid out under the scheme. The payments, branded “utterly bonkers” by Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris, will enrage consumers facing an effective £100 surcharge on their bills for green energy. The&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Council doing what it can to hold wind developers to account</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/council-doing-what-it-can-to-hold-wind-developers-to-account/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Grey Highlands is putting more pressure on wind developers with a bylaw that formalizes the municipality’s expectations and lays out what a proponent is expected to do when dealing with council and the community. The bylaw “establishes accountability mechanisms within the framework” of Ontario’s Green Energy Act, according to chief administrative officer Dan Best. While Grey Highlands has passed a motion declaring itself unwilling to host wind energy projects, under the bylaw it is also exercising its options in dealing&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Another wind project may threaten condors</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/another-wind-project-may-threaten-condors/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management has just released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an Arizona wind project near the mouth of the Grand Canyon. It may pose a threat to the canyon&#8217;s population of reintroduced California condors. BP Wind Energy&#8217;s proposed Mohave County Wind Farm project would occupy almost 60 square miles of open desert about 20 miles from Hoover Dam. Its 283 wind turbines would generate up to 500 megawatts of electrical power. The Arizona population of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Cape Cod community to vote on status of wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/cape-cod-community-to-vote-on-status-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next week, voters in Falmouth, Massachusetts decide whether to spend $14 million to tear down two wind turbines &#8211; or turbines if you prefer. The Cape Cod town installed these turbines just three years ago in an effort to produce renewable energy and cut costs. Nearby residents says the turbines are a health hazard and that the only cure is to take them down. Sean Corcoran of member station WCAI has more. (SOUNDBITE OF WIND TURBINES)&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Peer-reviewed commentary published in Canadian family physician journal</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/peer-reviewed-commentary-published-in-canadian-family-physician-journal/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A peer-reviewed article in the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada says its members should expect to see increasing numbers of rural patients reporting adverse effects from exposure to industrial wind turbines. The commentary, published in the May issue of Canadian Family Physician, says turbines can harm human health if built too close to where people live. Ontario’s Green Energy Act requires that turbines be at least 550 metres away from neighbouring homes but the article&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Anger at turbines on battle site</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/anger-at-turbines-on-battle-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A French firm is planning to build a wind farm on the site of a First World War battlefield where 28 members of the 13th Scunthorpe and Brigg Platoon lost their lives. The company, InnoVent, wants to put 10 turbines – each the height of Big Ben – on the site of the 1915 Battle of Loos in France, where tens of thousands of British soldiers were killed. Outrage in North Lincolnshire about the plan is being led by lorry&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Xcel, wind project at odds over 2010 agreement</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/xcel-wind-project-at-odds-over-2010-agreement/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SAINT PAUL — The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is waiting to hear from Xcel Energy and New Era Wind in Goodhue County about what changes have taken place in the controversial wind project&#8217;s power purchase agreement. Due to an unprecedented permitting process that has stretched more than four years — a typical project is approved in 6-12 months — New Era was issued notice of default in December by Xcel. Peter Mastic&#8217;s company proposed curing numerous defaults by assigning or&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victories]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Villagers turn down proposal for community-owned wind turbine</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/villagers-turn-down-proposal-for-community-owned-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Controversial plans for a community-owned wind turbine to help power Denholm and Ancrum are dead in the water. Around 80 locals packed into Denholm Village Hall last Thursday night to give the scheme – which was offered to the villages by local farmer Jim Shanks, whose original proposal for a 74m high turbine was thrown out by councillors last month – a resounding thumbs down. A two-hour presentation from Community Energy Scotland area development officer Andy Maybury failed to convince&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Proposed wind farm setbacks would kill projects</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/proposed-wind-farm-setbacks-would-kill-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MUNCIE — Delaware County wind farm opponents are asking for setbacks that would almost certainly prevent construction of a wind farm. Opponents are proposing a minimum setback of two miles (or 10,560 feet) between wind turbines and dwellings. Even the 1,320 foot setback now being proposed by Marta Moody, director of the city-county plan commission, could be difficult for a wind farm developer to comply. “If we buffered every residence two miles, there would be no ground left for a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Evidence inconclusive as to whether turbines affect property values</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/evidence-inconclusive-as-to-whether-turbines-affect-property-values/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Since the controversy started over the wind turbines more than three years ago, property values in the surrounding area have been a major concern for residents. But whether there is actually cause for concern is an open question. Patricia Favulli, acting assessor for the Town of Falmouth, has seen no evidence that home values have been affected. In the years following the installation of Wind 1 at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility, she said, homes have sold for close to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Landowner holds forum on wind project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/landowner-holds-forum-on-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WEST RUTLAND — A landowner who terminated his easement agreement with a wind project developer is hosting a public forum at 7 p.m. Monday at the West Rutland Town Hall. The event is hosted by Derek Saari, who last year pulled out of his agreement with Reunion Power, the developer of the proposed Grandpa’s Knob Wind Farm. According to Saari, the forum will focus on his experience and prior involvement with the project. He said he has invited the project’s&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind shift ahead in Lee County?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/wind-shift-ahead-in-lee-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[DIXON – A third of Lee County Board members have taken a stand on the controversial proposal for a wind farm in the county’s southwestern corner. The rest either are undecided or haven’t returned Sauk Valley Media’s calls for comment. The 24-member board will vote on the wind farm Tuesday. Now, the two highest-ranking board members favor the wind farm, but want its approval subject to conditions. Last month, Chairman Rick Ketchum, D-Amboy, came out in favor of the project&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developer has not complied with rules</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/developer-has-not-complied-with-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[If you or I desire to construct a building or structure on rural property in Lee County, a building permit application must be completed and submitted for zoning approval. It requires our disclosure of selected building characteristics, building plans, a site plan, and a LESA soil evaluation and assessment report. There are no exceptions or waivers. Every bit of information required must be submitted, or we won’t be permitted to build our proposed structure. A developer who desires to construct&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Landowner’s Penicuik wind farm is blown off course</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/landowners-penicuik-wind-farm-is-blown-off-course/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It has been a turbulent feud over wind turbines, which has set the scion of one of Scotland’s most distinguished landowning families against the owner of a neighbouring country estate, the Edinburgh financier Peter de Vink. Last night, it was Mr de Vink who was celebrating after winning a crucial victory in his bitter battle against plans for a wind farm that have been proposed on land owned by Sir Robert Clerk of Penicuik. It emerged yesterday that the planning&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Buena Vista County not likely choice for $1.9 billion wind farm project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/buena-vista-county-not-likely-choice-for-1-9-billion-wind-farm-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A local wind energy business owner believes MidAmerican Energy Company&#8217;s $1.9 billion wind farm investment will bypass Buena Vista County. &#8220;We&#8217;re anticipating it going from Highway 20 south to Interstate 80,&#8221; Rob Hach, Anemometry Specialists, told the Pilot-Tribune Monday. &#8220;It has not been confirmed, but we&#8217;ve talked with several different people who have said the project will probably not be close to the area.&#8221; Resource maps pinpoint a gap between Carroll and Atlantic, which Hach says is an ideal spot&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Inquiry starts into scale of Allerdale windfarm plans</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/inquiry-starts-into-scale-of-allerdale-windfarm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An inquiry will be held in Maryport this afternoon to discuss findings of a report looking at the numbers of windfarms – and their locations – across Cumbria. The council revealed that half of the number of wind related developments had been submitted in Allerdale last year. The council investigation discovered that 74 wind development applications were submitted to six of the county’s local authorities last year. Of these, 49 per cent were lodged with Allerdale. Campaign group, Friends of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Enfield board to discuss wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/enfield-board-to-discuss-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ENFIELD — A special working meeting to review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement of the Black Oak Wind Farm will be held Wednesday by the Enfield Town Board. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Enfield Community Building, 182 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Complaints]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Independence turbine owners refusing to cooperate with sound study</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/independence-turbine-owners-refusing-to-cooperate-with-sound-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — In an about face, the Independence turbine owners at Kingston Wind Independence are refusing to participate a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study. This information was not available at press time. This week the turbine owners released a statement accusing local residents of making “false, baseless and inflammatory statements” in the media. They did not say they won’t be participating in the study. They left that to Alicia Barton, chief executive officer and executive director of the Massachusetts Clean Energy&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Siemens shuts down wind turbines worldwide after Southern California accident</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/siemens-shuts-down-wind-turbines-worldwide-after-southern-california-accident/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A few hours after one of its wind turbines threw a blade in the Imperial County desert town of Ocotillo, builder Siemens Energy announced it is shutting down all its turbines worldwide that use the same blade until their safety can be assessed. The faulty wind turbine at Pattern Energy&#8217;s Ocotillo Express Wind facility threw a ten-ton blade late Wednesday night or early Thursday. No one was injured, despite the blade&#8217;s coming to rest atop a Jeep trail on public&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Town council votes to hire lawyer for Whalerock hearing</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/town-council-votes-to-hire-lawyer-for-whalerock-hearing/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTOWN—The town council voted unanimously Monday to hire a lawyer to represent the town during the Whalerock hearing before the zoning board next week. Last month, Superior Court Judge Kristin Rodgers granted developer Larry LeBlanc, president of Whalerock Renewable Energy LLC, permission to pursue the special use permit that would allow him to develop two 262-foot high wind turbines on an 81-acre parcel on a site just north of Route 1, on Kings Factory Road. With Judge Rodgers’ ruling, next&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Unhealthy setback</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/unhealthy-setback/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Stephana Johnston retired to a small rural community on the north shore of Lake Erie after a career in teaching. Her newfound home was quiet, peaceful and friendly. She imagined she would live out her days in Clear Creek. But five years ago, trucks arrived to erect 18 industrial wind turbines around her home. Her dream retirement came to an abrupt and rude end. When the turbines turn Stephana becomes disoriented, dizzy and has great difficulty sleeping. Relief comes only&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wistow residents’ &#8220;peace destroyed&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/wistow-residents-peace-destroyed/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A campaign has been launched against plans to erect a wind turbine which residents fear will destroy the character of their village. Villagers in Wistow Lordship have now drafted in their MP to help them fight proposals for the 61 metre tall turbine on land at Laburnum Farm which would be 400 metres away from the nearest property. Residents of neighbouring Park Farm Cottages, Carol and Billy Robinson, 69 and 72 respectively, have lived in the village for 43 years.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Complaints]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Independence turbine owner accuses residents of making false statements</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/independence-turbine-owner-accuses-residents-of-making-false-statements/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — Kingston Wind Independence LLC, the owner of the Independence wind turbine, accuses local residents of making “false, baseless and inflammatory statements” in the media while also saying the company’s legal department is “keeping tabs” on public statements they make to protect the company’s reputation. At the same time they issued the press release that includes what they describe as “fact check information,” the company’s management announced it will not take questions and declined to make any further comment.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>McCrory signs five bills, including wind energy permitting measure</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/mccrory-signs-five-bills-including-wind-energy-permitting-measure/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Raleigh, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory cleared his desk Friday, signing five bills lawmakers had sent him earlier this month. The measures included: Senate Bill 91, Prohibit Expunction Inquiry: The law prohibits employers or educational institutions from requesting that an applicant provide information regarding charges or convictions that have been expunged. House Bill 149, Caylee&#8217;s Law: Named in honor of Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, the new law makes it a crime not to report a missing child in a timely&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Anger at Glencassley and Sallachy windfarms plan</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/anger-at-glencassley-and-sallachy-windfarms-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mountaineers opposed to two wind farms planned near a Highland beauty spot claim they would “blemish” part of the nation’s most important wild countryside. Two separate applications for Glencassley and Sallachy, near Loch Shin and Ben Assynt, totalling 48 turbines at least 125 metres tall are to be debated by councillors next week. But the Mountaineering Council of Scotland has been left shocked that planning officials have recommended no objection be raised to the plans. Chief officer David Gibson said&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Residents battle plan for wind farm test mast between Catterick and Northallerton</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/residents-battle-plan-for-wind-farm-test-mast-between-catterick-and-northallerton/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents from two North Yorkshire districts have united to battle a plan which could lead to a wind farm dominating the skyline for miles around their homes. Householders in an area between Catterick and Northallerton, said while RWE Npower Renewables Ltd, one of Europe&#8217;s largest renewable energy generating firms, stands to make a fortune at the site, the value of their properties will plummet. The firm which runs wind farms at Tow Law, County Durham and Knabs Ridge, near Harrogate,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Defence chiefs could fight Bullington Cross wind farm plan over radar fears</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/defence-chiefs-could-fight-bullington-cross-wind-farm-plan-over-radar-fears/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Defence chiefs could fight plans for a major wind farm in the Hampshire countryside over fears of radar interference. Developer EDF Energy Renewables plans to build 14, 126-metre masts on farmland at Bullington Cross, north of Winchester. But wind turbines, whose spinning blades are about the same size as a passenger jet wing, disrupt radar systems. Radar operators find it hard to distinguish between low-flying aircraft and wind turbines, causing confusion for civil and military air traffic controllers. Bullington Cross&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm decision overturned</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/wind-farm-decision-overturned/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Bord Pleanála has overturned a decision by Cork County Council to deny planning permission for a controversial wind farm in the Lee Valley which was originally declined on grounds including environmental. Developers Cleanrath Windfarm Limited appealed the decision made in June 2012 to deny planning for 11 turbines of up to 126m at Cleanrath South, Cleanrath North and Derrineanig. The board granted permission for an extended period of ten years with attached conditions and decided not to accept the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Ban wind turbines near homes plea</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/ban-wind-turbines-near-homes-plea/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Nether Kellet man has called on city councillors to ban wind turbines from being built close to people’s homes. Phil Storer, who lives on Back Lane in the village, said he had been concerned by four recent applications for turbines nearby. They include plans for two turbines at Lane Ends Farm, 190m from Mr Storer’s front door. A turbine is already up and running at Lawson’s Farm, one has permission at Back Lane Quarry and another is planned at&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Siemens to examine Ocotillo rotor blade crash; Curtails B53 blade types globally</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/siemens-to-examine-ocotillo-rotor-blade-crash-curtails-b53-blade-types-globally/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Siemens has confirmed that a B53 rotor blade on a SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine broke off near the blade root and fell to the ground at the Ocotillo Wind project in California. No one was injured. The manufacturer has convened a team of experts at the site that will examine all facets of this incident, including the production, installation, commissioning and service of the blade, which is under warranty. Siemens says it does not know what caused the rotor blade malfunction&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Radio]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Can wind turbines make you sick?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/can-wind-turbines-make-you-sick/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[No easy answers as turbines pop up around the world. After years of complaints about noise and health effects, on May 21, 2013 residents of Falmouth, MA will vote on whether or not to tear down both of the town’s wind turbines. (Credit: Mass. Office of Energy &#038; Environmental Affairs) When it comes to renewable energy, wind is the leader of the pack. Wind energy in the U.S. grew by a whopping 30 percent in 2012, and the U.S. is&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine opponents lobby township for resolution</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/turbine-opponents-lobby-township-for-resolution/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wellington County won’t get directly involved in efforts to declare portions of the county “Not a Willing Host” when it comes to wind turbines. The Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Association (OBWF) is hoping to secure a resolution from Centre Wellington stating the municipality is not a welcome host of wind turbines. OBWF president Janet Vallery said her organization has been having talks about a resolution with Centre Wellington Mayor Joanne Ross-Zuj. The group has stepped up its efforts for a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Residents of Ocotillo and Boulevard speak out, share safety fears after turbine blade falls</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/residents-of-ocotillo-and-boulevard-speak-out-share-safety-fears-after-turbine-blade-falls/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[“It’s scary, all the dangerous things that could happen. I don’t want anybody to get hurt,” said Michaela Woolley, 13. She spoke at a press conference at the Ocotillo Community Center today, after a wind turbine at the Ocotillo Wind Express Facility dropped a blade the length of a jumbo jet plane. Fortunately nobody was hurt by this accident, though Miachela’s younger brother, Albert added, “It’s scary, the blade of the wind turbine could have landed in a house.” The&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Ocotillo wind turbine throws off multi-ton blade, prompting world-wide shut down of similar turbines amid growing safety concerns</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/ocotillo-wind-turbine-throws-off-multi-ton-blade-prompting-world-wide-shut-down-of-similar-turbines-amid-growing-safety-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Sierra Robinson, Sholeh Sisson and Jim Pelley also contributed to this report. History of turbine/blade manufacturer Siemens is riddled with bribery, corruption, and other scandals: An East County Magazine special investigative report. One day after San Diego Supervisors ignored residents’ safety concerns and approved a wind ordinance that would open much of East County to industrial wind turbines, a wind turbine at the Ocotillo Express Wind Energy facility hurled off an 11-ton blade. The blade, manufactured by Siemens, landed on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine blade plummets in Ocotillo</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/turbine-blade-plummets-in-ocotillo/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[OCOTILLO — A massive blade from one of the 112 wind turbines recently installed was found near a tower base Thursday, after plummeting onto the ground overnight, triggering safety concerns among officials and some residents. No injuries were reported in the malfunction that comes less than a month after Pattern Energy, the developer of Ocotillo Wind Express project, announced it completed construction activities. But perhaps more importantly, just last month a similar Siemens turbine blade broke off in a wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Shifting winds: Even after turbines have been up and running in communities, the battle rages on to shut them down</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/shifting-winds-even-after-turbines-have-been-up-and-running-in-communities-the-battle-rages-on-to-shut-them-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One year ago today, Kially Ruiz says he received his first noise complaint about the new turbine his company built and operates under an agreement with the town of Kingston. The problem was, the turbine did not actually begin operating until the following day. In the ensuing 365 days, the battle between Ruiz’s company, Kingston Wind Independence LLC (KWI), and a small but very vocal cadre of residents near the 262-foot turbine has escalated to the point that the quasi-public&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Sou’Wester Wind Field under order to cease trade</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/souwester-wind-field-under-order-to-cease-trade/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Nova Scotia Securities Commission has issued a permanent cease-trade order against The Sou’Wester Wind Field Inc. for failing to file continuous disclosure documents. A representative of the community economic development corporation failed to show up at a securities commission hearing Thursday. It had planned wind power projects in Queens, Shelburne and Lunenburg counties. “I’ve always been crossing my fingers, hoping that they would move forward under the larger umbrella of Scotian WindFields,” said Queens MLA Vicki Conrad, a former&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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