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Windkraft-Betrüger Holt aus Justizvollzugsanstalt Berlin geflüchtet
[Windpower fraudster escapes from jail] Der bis dahin inhaftierte Windkraft-Betrüger Hendrik Holt ist auf der Flucht. Holt sei nicht von einem genehmigten Ausgang in die Justizvollzugsanstalt Berlin zurückgekehrt, teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft Osnabrück auf Anfrage mit. “Mittlerweile liegen Tatsachen vor, aufgrund derer von einer Flucht auszugehen ist”, sagte ein Behördensprecher der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. Zuvor hatte die “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung” (HAZ) berichtet. Nach dem 36-Jährigen wird nun gefahndet, sagte ein Sprecher. Details könne er aber wegen der laufenden Ermittlungen nicht nennen. Klar . . . Complete story »
Casper wind farm ripped down after years without buyer or reliable output
The horizon has changed north of Casper – where a group of wind turbines has just come down, after years of little to no operation. On Wednesday and Thursday crews were hard at work tearing down the 11 wind turbines just off Cole Creek Road in Casper. “These were an eyesore. And now I’ll show you this video where this toppling over is just like a huge redwood tree. And you see it boom coming down,” said Natrona County Commissioner Dallas . . . Complete story »
Gulliver wind turbine in Lowestoft broken once again
Engineers are working to restore a giant wind turbine to full operation. The Gulliver turbine at Ness Point in Lowestoft, managed by Thrive Renewables, was refurbished in December 2024 but has since experienced a fault that has left it completely out of action. An eyewitness has said the giant, clean energy-generating blades, last spun briefly on Tuesday before once again shutting down completely. Workers have been at the site for the past two weeks attempting to fix the issue. It . . . Complete story »
State fails to quash Sussex resident’s appeal of offshore wind approval
A proposed offshore wind farm near the Maryland/Delaware state line has drawn stiff opposition and various lawsuits from local government officials and residents. Delaware’s Environmental Appeals Board will hear a challenge to state approvals of a controversial offshore wind project, despite arguments that a federal review of the plan is too far along for the state to intervene. During a meeting Tuesday, the board – which serves as an administrative court for environmental appeals – ruled that a legal challenge . . . Complete story »
Another wind turbine collapses in Schuyler County
A wind turbine in northeast Missouri fell over Wednesday afternoon. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. in a field along Schuyler County Route D, about four miles southeast of Lancaster. A viewer sent us photos of the collapsed turbine: We reached out to Ameren to learn more, and Jeff Moore, director of Renewables & CTG Operations for Ameren Missouri, responded with the following statement: “On Wednesday afternoon, Ameren Missouri responded to an incident with one of the turbines at the . . . Complete story »
Wind project ‘drought’ puts Australia’s green energy targets in doubt
When Chris Bowen got up on stage at the International Convention Centre in Sydney in mid-2023, he was determined to make a point. Meeting his government’s target for Australia to get 82 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, he said, would be a gargantuan effort. Rooftop solar installations would need to double. Storage capacity would have to be added on a vast scale. Crucially, the climate change and energy minister said Australia would need to build . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines are killing bats with no visible wounds, bursting their lungs from the inside with pressure waves alone
The mystery that sent biologists crawling under the wind turbines of southern Alberta was a simple contradiction: dead bats without a mark on them. A bird found beneath a turbine usually looks like what happened to it. Broken wings, blunt trauma, the signature of a collision with a blade tip moving at highway speeds or faster. But at wind farms across North America, as bat fatalities piled up during the autumn migration, searchers kept finding animals that appeared to have . . . Complete story »
A response to “Avoiding a new nature crisis”
Lis Ashby’s polite interpretation of the clash between Victoria’s renewable energy expansion and the protection of the State’s biodiversity avoids addressing a darker side of the Victorian Government’s behaviour over this issue. I conclude that the actions of the State Government and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) in relation to the conflict between wind farm expansion in western Victoria and protection of the Brolga – the southern populations of which are endangered in Victoria,1,2 – show . . . Complete story »
Taiwan’s Prime Minister orders wind turbine checks after blaze
Taiwan’s Prime Minister has ordered checks on older wind turbines after a fire made headlines on the Asian island. Cho Jung-tai told reporters today that Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs will start inspections of turbines that have been in service for more than 15 years following the blaze on Sunday at a wind farm in Mailiao, Yunlin County. The fire at a project owned by state-owned power group Taipower sent debris into surrounding trees, at one stage raising fears it . . . Complete story »
‘Everybody’s really frustrated’: Waterford, N.B., residents express concerns over wind turbine project
From the top of Poley Mountain, the view of the rural community of Waterford shows nothing but forests and farms for kilometres on end. But possible changes to the community’s rural plan without residents’ input could mean a very different view for the community. A total of 128 residents and property owners in the rural community have signed and submitted a statement to New Brunswick’s Minister of Local Government Aaron Kennedy to reject amendments purposed by stakeholders of a 42 . . . Complete story »
