Wind Watch: Industrial Wind Energy News
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch.
Wind farms not welcome in Shellharbour
Wind farms will not be welcome anywhere in Shellharbour after the city’s council decided to oppose future developments and to make its views known to the State Government. Mayor Kellie Marsh used her casting vote to pass the motion on Tuesday night, with support from her Liberal colleague Paul Rankin and independent councillor Helen Stewart. Labor Deputy Mayor Marianne Saliba yesterday said the council had ‘‘jumped the gun’’ ahead of the State Government’s draft wind farm guidelines, which are now . . .
Second developer dumps wind turbine project
BLISSFIELD — A second developer involved in a wind-turbine project proposed for southern Lenawee County has bailed out. juwi Wind USA, the Colorado-based domestic subsidiary of a German company, has terminated a study of the 493-foot towers’ potential impact on aviation at Toledo Express Airport, and a company spokesman said Wednesday the reason is that juwi is withdrawing from the area. “We have terminated the study because we were going to receive a Declaration of Hazard,” said Aaron Peterson, the . . .
Green Energy Act divides Ontario
Nobody knows what’s best for a community better than the people, small businesses and local councillors who live there. That is why it is so maddening to see signs of large industrial wind and solar projects pushing ahead despite endless local opposition. Under any other circumstance, ratepayers would have a say in what is built in their community. Your local council can determine where a hot dog stand can go, but because of Dalton McGuinty’s Green Energy Act, they are . . .
Judge says Austin has standing to appeal Dennis turbine
ORLEANS DISTRICT COURT — Orleans District Court Judge Brian Merrick on Feb. 3 confirmed Rosemarie Austin’s right to appeal the Dennis Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District Committee’s decision to allow Aquacultural Research Corporation to build a 242-foot wind turbine on its property adjacent to Chapin Beach in Dennis. Claiming that the turbine would obstruct her view and devalue her property, Austin’s appeal sent the case to the regional Old King’s Highway Commission, which overturned the local decision. ARC appealed . . .
Second wind energy project called off
ADRIAN, Mich. — The second wind energy developer considering building turbines in southeastern Lenawee County has canceled its project. New zoning regulations in Riga and Palmyra townships and a Federal Aviation Administration finding that several of the proposed 492-foot turbines encroached on the airspace around Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, were too much to overcome, juwi Wind spokesman Aaron Peterson said. After the initial notices of hazard were issued by the FAA, juwi, a German energy company with its . . .
Panel hears wind farm concerns
A risk to Australia’s defence capability and migrating whales were among concerns raised at a public meeting chaired by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) on Thursday, February 2. The panel was in Eden to hear public submissions from 16 individuals and group representatives as part of the planning application process for the seven-turbine wind farm at the South East Fibre Export site on Twofold Bay. Applicant Epuron explained their proposal to the panel and around 30 concerned locals, before . . .
Derby Line trustees seek info on wind project
The Derby Line Board of Trustees is waiting to decide whether to participate in the upcoming hearings on the Derby Line wind project. In the meantime, the trustees Tuesday said they wanted Village Clerk Karen Jenne to attend a meeting before state utility regulators next week and bring back information for the board. Jenne, who is also a Derby selectman, offered to attend the 1 p.m. pre-hearing conference Monday on behalf of both the town of Derby and the village . . .
Wind farm bid sees farmers’ tempers flare
A group of Erris landowners have reacted angrily to a planning application for a wind-farm in Cordoverry. Just before Christmas, the newly-formed Cordoverry Wind Farm Ltd lodged a planning application with Mayo County Council for a 10-turbine windfarm covering 190 hectares. The proposed wind farm would be situated on part of the lands acquired by Bord na Mona between the 1950s and the 1990s for the purpose of extracting peat to fuel Bellacor-rick station. Known as the Oweninny acquisition, it . . .
Troublesome winds blowing
The proposed wind energy project for North Perth and Perth East has shaken this community. Letters to the editor are arriving on a daily basis. Normally laid-back and meek residents are speaking out on their beliefs. Tensions ran high during a recent Invenergy Canada delegation at North Perth municipal council. Folks are concerned, confused and many are downright fighting mad about wind turbines. It isn’t every day that a controversy of this magnitude takes a small-town community like this by . . .
Saxby Wold wind turbines plan refused by councillors
Controversial plans for wind turbines in a rural area of North Lincolnshire were turned down by councillors meeting in Scunthorpe this afternoon. RWE npower renewables Ltd was refused permission to construct 16 wind turbines and associated infrastructure. The development, on land to the west of Brigg Road, Horkstow, was turned down by North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee. The proposed site is close to the Viking Way – a major public right of way. The company has the right of appeal . . .
