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Wind Power News: New Hampshire
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Antrim selectmen want SEC to deal with windmills
Antrim’s Board of Selectmen wants the state’s Site Evaluation Committee to help more with the complaints about the windmill project in town. John Robertson, chairman of the select board, said the board has been hearing from residents who have problems with the noise generated by the $60 million Antrim Wind project. Residents have been complaining about the wall-shaking noise the windmills make, and the near-constant flashing lights. “The select board will write a letter to the SEC, voicing concerns from . . . Complete story »
What’s that noise? SEC hears windmills
The state Site Evaluation Committee is one pretty powerful entity, which is why its action, or lack thereof, in the Antrim windmill project was so disconcerting. The SEC seems to have righted itself on this one, but only after state senators called it to task for ignoring windmill neighbors’ complaints. The complaints include the noise level the turbines are generating, as well as the lights that are glowing when they should not be. The SEC granted Antrim Wind an exemption . . . Complete story »
State promises investigation of Antrim Wind complaints
There’s new hope on the horizon for Antrim residents who previously felt their complaints about excessive noise and lights coming from the Antrim Wind installation were going ignored. The state’s Site Evaluation Committee (SEC), which oversees energy facilities throughout the state and enforces any compliance issues, committed to addressing their mechanisms for complaint filing and investigation, public notification of meetings, and wind turbine noise standards at a meeting on Thursday afternoon. The meeting came after a number of residents said . . . Complete story »
New SEC committee looks at Antrim windmill complaints
After several residents in the Gregg Lake area of Antrim continued to bring their complaints about windmill noise, the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee voted Thursday to create a new subcommittee to investigate the complaints. “Each complaint will be investigated,” said SEC member Wildolfo Arvelo. [rest of article available at source] Complete story »
Antrim residents want new wind project hearing
ANTRIM – Residents who live close to the Antrim Wind Project near Gregg Lake say the project is out of compliance with state guidelines, and that they have not been given a chance to weigh in on the problems. Antrim Wind, a project owned by Canadian utility company TransAlta, is made up of nine wind turbines spread out across 1,700 acres in Antrim. The project was approved by the state’s Site Evaluation Committee with limits on the amount of noise the . . . Complete story »
N.H. Senate advances offshore wind procurement plan with near-unanimous vote
The New Hampshire state Senate on Thursday advanced a plan to require utility investment in large offshore wind energy projects and other renewable sources. The proposal for what’s known as a “procurement program” passed on a bipartisan 23 to 1 vote. The amended bill would have a new state committee solicit proposals from New Hampshire utilities for connecting the regional grid to at least 600 megawatts of new offshore wind on the East Coast, and up to 800 megawatts of . . . Complete story »
NH Senate panel weighs state’s role in promoting offshore wind
Should a bill designed to procure offshore wind for New Hampshire go further, and specify other forms of renewable energy, or is going too far and locking the state into long-term contracts it might regret? Senate Bill 151 was introduced Monday to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which will try to address both concerns by the time it votes on it Wednesday. When it comes to renewable energy, the potential of offshore wind dwarfs nearly all the rest. . . . Complete story »
New Hampshire looks at offshore wind turbines for renewable energy
The Seacoast region is in the early stages of evaluating the challenges and opportunities of offshore wind renewable energy generation with wind turbines off the local coastline. Because the more than 800-foot-tall wind turbines would be anywhere from 10 to 20 miles away from the shore, experts said, they should not be very visible from the shore and they will be out far enough to avoid interfering with commercial fishing operations. But building a multi-billion-dollar offshore wind project like this . . . Complete story »
Subsidies a bone of contention as renewable energy producers seek federal ruling
Supporters of expanding renewable energy are headed for a showdown with New England’s energy market operator at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over an arcane rule that could have major implications in the near future for how much is invested in solar and offshore wind compared to natural gas. Debate over the true cost of developing solar and offshore wind projects has led to two competing proposals – one from the regional energy market operator ISO-New England and the other . . . Complete story »
Antrim turbines churn up controversy
Several months ago, the Antrim selectmen participated in a listening session in which Antrim residents who live nearby the wind turbines erected by Antrim Wind Energy (AWE) and taken over by TransAlta, a Canadian company, complained of noise the turbines made. The residents believe that the level of noise does not comply with the standards described in the order the NH Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) set forward in the Conditions of AWE’s Certificate. That listening session occurred at the end . . . Complete story »
