Wind Power News: Georgia
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Mountain residents plan to organize against wind farm
Over 70 people showed up from all over Lookout Mountain on Saturday afternoon at a private residence to discuss the news that a Wind Farm is being considered on Lookout Mountain. Interested landowners from Cloudland in Chattooga and Walker Counties as well as people from Mentone, Alabama were at the meeting. A representative from the Girl Scouts of America’s Camp Adahi and from the Lookout Mountain Conservancy attended as did Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters (D), Walker County Commissioner Bebe . . . Complete story »
Turmoil over turbines: Residents oppose possible wind project
Residents in Lookout Mountain are gearing up for what they say will be a fight to keep their land pristine and peaceful. Residents say, in the past few days, they’ve been approached by representatives of the 0regon-based power company, Iberdrola Renewables, to build wind turbines near their land. They say it’s a no-go. And plan to make lot of noise to keep what they say are noisy wind turbines at bay. Carl McCleskey, who owns more than 1,000 acres of . . . Complete story »
Information from opponents of wind farm on Lookout Mtn.
Call to Arms to friends and residents of Lookout Mountan: Now is the time to save the Mountain as we know it. There is a corporate project in the offing that will change the complexion of Lookout Mountain for the next 25 years. Project: Iberdrola Renewables, a Spanish company with a US subsidiary, is the worldwide leader in wind power. They are proposing a wind farm of about 120 wind turbines to be erected a small area in Chattooga and . . . Complete story »
Wind farms possible near Mentone
The prospect of a wind farm near Mentone has some area residents up in arms. Paul Copleman, communications manager for Iberdrola Renewables said the company is examining the “possibility” of placing a wind farm in the area, but said that it’s “premature” to say that a plant is being planned. Copleman said the plant is eyeing property in Georgia. “We have just began what will be a multi-year process of examining whether or not a wind farm in the area . . . Complete story »
Lookout Mountain residents fighting plan for wind turbines
Lookout Mountain residents near Ga. 157 have been contacted about a potential wind turbine farm being located in the area. Residents were approached last week (Sept, 13-17) by a representative of Iberdrola Renewables, which claims to be the worldwide leader in wind turbines, with their turbines in 26 U.S. sites in 15 states, predominantly in the Midwest and West Coast. The power company wants to build 120 wind turbines, which each measure 300 feet tall with 150-foot blades for a . . . Complete story »
Residents express concerns for proposed wind energy
A power company is eyeing portions of Lookout Mountain in Northwest Georgia as a possible location for wind turbines, something that some area residents say they don’t want. “It’s just a no-no situation anyway you look, not just on Lookout Mountain, but all over the world,” said J.B. Smith, who was approached by Oregon-based Iberdrola Renewables about his property in Cloudland, Ga., atop Lookout Mountain in Chattooga County. In talks with representatives from the company, residents say Iberdrola proposes about . . . Complete story »
Some Cloudland residents upset about proposed wind farm
Some residents in the Cloudland community in Walker and Chattooga Counties are upset about a proposed “wind farm” on Lookout Mountain. AM 1180 has learned that representatives from a Spanish energy company, Iberdrola are pitching the idea of an electrical wind generation farm to some Cloudland residents. According to residents who have talked with representatives from Iberdrola the wind farm would run from north of the Otting Tract on Hwy 157 (east side), then crossing over at the Walker/Chattooga line . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines considered for Georgia coast
Tybee Island – The wind gusted to 25 mph at the far end of this beach town’s famous pier. A dozen kite surfers below skimmed across the foam-flecked ocean. Shirtless and sunburned fishermen praised the cooling powers of the southerly breezes. The wind proved a recreational godsend. Could it also prove a commercial success? Georgia Tech researchers, who recently completed a study on wind energy off Tybee and Jekyll islands, think so. Southern Co., which commissioned the report, will further study . . . Complete story »
Wind energy a possibility near Tybee
As the prospects for wind energy in Georgia improve, a wind advocacy group breezed into Savannah on Wednesday with meetings at the Metropolitan Planning Commission and at Oatland Island Wildlife Center. “We’re doing this to get out there and do early education,” said Paul Wolff, a member of the Georgia Wind Working Group and also a member of the Tybee Island City Council. “We’re anticipating local planners will get requests for wind turbines.” The requests are expected in part because . . . Complete story »
Leasing the ocean for wind harvesting
At a point beginning three nautical miles from the U.S. coastline and extending 200 nautical miles seaward lie the vast, federally-controlled waters of the outer continental shelf. There the winds and waves are consistent, the currents strong, and the human activities minimal: conditions ideal for marine renewable energy projects. Federal laws limit the leasing of the outer continental shelf for energy harvesting almost entirely to oil and gas explorers. Or at least until now. A federal agency in April announced . . . Complete story »
