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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.


March 12, 2024 • IdahoPrint storyE-mail story

Congress inserts conditions for Idaho wind farm in federal spending bill

Congress passed a federal spending package late into the evening on Friday that funds several key agencies through September, avoiding a government shutdown. Tucked inside one of the bills is a measure that specifically addresses a proposed wind farm in Idaho. The appropriations bill for the Interior Department includes a section about the Lava Ridge Wind Project, proposed on public lands in the Magic Valley. It says no funds in the package can be used for “granting, issuing or renewing . . . Complete story »


March 12, 2024 • MinnesotaPrint storyE-mail story

Minnesota eyes permitting reform for clean energy amid gridlock in Congress

The Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act, which was introduced last week, would reduce procedural requirements, consolidate environmental review authority for energy projects to a single state agency, limit certain contested case hearings and exempt all wind and solar projects and some transmission lines from certificate of need permits. Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • Iowa, Print storyE-mail story

Apex pulls the plug on Tama County wind project

After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart more than two years ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known by its commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has terminated its leases with Tama County landowners. “Apex Clean Energy has made the difficult decision not to pursue the Winding Stair Wind project at this time and will be terminating the existing wind leases,” Drew Christensen, Apex’s senior director of public engagement, said in an email . . . Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • OklahomaPrint storyE-mail story

Oklahoma landowners exploring what can be done to prevent turbines being built near their homes

A group of Oklahoma landowners are organizing to fight wind turbines being built near their homes. A view in Lincoln County could be changing soon, and the people who live there aren’t too happy about it as the trees could one day be wiped out and replaced with wind turbines. “If we want to preserve Oklahoma’s farmland and ranchland, we have got to take a strong look at this,” Saundra Traywick said. Two private companies say they’re filling a clean . . . Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • CaliforniaPrint storyE-mail story

Local fisherman file lawsuit over Morro Bay offshore wind energy projects

Central Coast fishermen filed a lawsuit over the planned offshore wind development off Morro Bay’s coast. The lawsuit is against the California Coastal Commission, California State Lands Commission, three offshore wind developers and the vessel owners who are conducting offshore research in the area. Sheri Hafer is a representative with the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen Organization, one of the parties that filed the lawsuit. Hafer said their concerns over the development grew when the California State Lands Commission issued a . . . Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • IowaPrint storyE-mail story

Pottawattamie County Supervisors approve wind, solar energy ordinance

After months of debate and listening to public input, the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors recently approved new regulations for wind and solar energy projects. “We have, I think, really done our due diligence on this, on the documents that are all presented to you, and it meets all of the public feedback that we’ve heard along with all of the board considerations that we put into this,” Planning and Development Director Matt Wyant said at the Feb. 27 board . . . Complete story »


March 9, 2024 • OhioPrint storyE-mail story

Mahoning County commissioners ban solar and wind farms in ten townships

After holding a Feb. 15 public hearing, the Mahoning County commissioners on Thursday approved adding 10 more townships to the places in Mahoning County where “economically significant wind farm, large wind farm and large solar facility” cannot be constructed. The commissioners approved their first ban Nov. 9 affecting Green Township after trustees there requested it. The commissioners held two public hearings before approving the resolution, which was made possible by an Ohio law called Senate Bill 52 that went into . . . Complete story »


March 8, 2024 • Massachusetts, Print storyE-mail story

Dismantled Pemberton wind turbine won’t be replaced; Hull Wind II remains offline

The wind turbine at Pemberton Point taken down last month will not be replaced, and the seawall damage that occurred when the tower fell to the ground will be paid by the demolition company, town officials said this week. Meanwhile, at the other end of town, Hull Wind II at the landfill remains offline, awaiting repairs to its computer system, according to Hull Municipal Light Board Chair Patrick Cannon. “Once that work is completed, hopefully within the next couple of . . . Complete story »


March 5, 2024 • Virginia, Print storyE-mail story

Neighbors say Dominion Energy wind turbine project causing issues in Virginia Beach

Residents in the Croatan neighborhood of Virginia Beach are annoyed. Dominion Energy recently started the on-land portion of their Offshore Wind Turbine Project. The company plans on building 176 turbines about 20 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. When fully constructed in 2026, the “Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project” will provide clean and renewable energy to their grid, cutting down on millions of tons of carbon emissions. “We come ashore at State Military Reservation, it goes underground through . . . Complete story »


March 3, 2024 • New YorkPrint storyE-mail story

Renewed push to put wind turbines in Lake Erie gets blowback in Hamburg

After a state entity shelved the proposal for wind turbines in Lake Erie 14 months ago, opponents of the idea suspected it was only a matter of time before the idea would be recycled. “Western New York does not want these wind turbines in Lake Erie,” said David Adrian, an aquatic biologist and member of the Citizens Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority determined in December 2022 that it wasn’t the . . . Complete story »


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