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Fell claims he split ill-gotten gain with Dragonfly CEO in wind farm trial
FAYETTEVILLE – An associate of two men charged with fraud involving a failed wind farm at Elm Springs said he lied to a friend to get an investment in Dragonfly International then split the proceeds with the CEO. Cody Fell testified he got an investor to cut a cashier’s check to Dragonfly for $13,930 in January 2016 by telling him the money was needed to pay engineers, then split the take with Jody Davis. Davis, CEO of Dragonfly, endorsed and cashed . . . Complete story »
Official downplay missed permit deadline for redeveloping State Pier
NEW LONDON – Representatives of the Connecticut Port Authority and the wind energy partnership between Eversource and Ørsted downplayed the significance of a delay in the permitting process with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to redevelop State Pier. A dredging permit was expected before the end of August, but that timeline appears unlikely – raising the possibility that the project could exceed a budget that is already being tightly scrutinized by state lawmakers. Port Authority Executive Director John Henshaw said . . . Complete story »
Photos, video show train slamming into semi-truck hauling wind turbine blade in Luling
LULING, Texas – Videos and pictures are circulating on social media, displaying a harmful crash in Luling involving a train and a semi-truck that was hauling a wind turbine blade. The metropolis of Luling is nearly an hour away from San Antonio, and 25 miles west of Seguin. The crash occurred Sunday afternoon after the semi-truck was seemingly stopped on the railroad tracks on Highway 183 for an unknown motive. Just moments later, the railroad crossing gate’s arms got here . . . Complete story »
WA puts hawk from Tri-Cities area on endangered list. Wind turbines partly to blame
The largest hawk in North America has been declared an endangered species in Washington state as fewer of them have been breeding in Benton and Franklin counties. Friday the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to move the ferruginous hawk from the state’s threatened species list to endangered. status. The change will bring more visibility toward the decline of the species, said Commissioner Kim Thorburn. It also could prompt more steps to protect the hawks. The . . . Complete story »
Next generation wind turbines in Minnesota could be 60 stories high
WATERTOWN, S.D. – The blades of the giant propellers sprouting from cornfields look like they’re almost dragging on the ground. The Dakota Range 1 & 2 wind farm under construction near here will sport the largest turbines of any of Xcel Energy’s many wind projects – and even bigger turbines are on tap for southwestern Minnesota. The yet-to-be built Plum Creek project will feature turbines 655 feet tall when their blades are fully extended, about 160 feet higher than Xcel’s new . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines would spoil Driftless Area
“Get out of Dodge” (and also Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties). We are not an experiment of taller and more megawatts than any other place for industrial wind turbines on the land of the Driftless Area. Turbines can impact the health of people in southwest Wisconsin. They can impact the beauty of southwest Wisconsin. They can impact the land, air, water and environment of southwest Wisconsin and kill local tourism. Southwest Wisconsin has more than enough electricity and does not . . . Complete story »
Investors said they were misled about failed wind farm, defrauded
FAYETTEVILLE – Fraud is not a high-risk/high-reward investment, a Fayetteville man told jurors hearing the federal trial of two men accused of fraud in connection with a proposed wind farm in Elm Springs that never came to fruition. Jody Davis and Phillip Vincent Ridings, of Dragonfly Incorporated, are accused of scamming investors in a proposed wind farm project at Elm Springs, Arkansas One. They are charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, aiding and abetting wire fraud, money laundering and aiding . . . Complete story »
Vineyard Wind proposes massive plan to redevelop Tisbury Marine Terminal
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened a public hearing this week on a large, complicated project to redevelop the Tisbury Marine Terminal into a vessel staging facility for Vineyard Wind – with the potential to broadly transform Vineyard Haven’s half-mile stretch of working waterfront. Under review by the MVC as a development of regional impact (DRI), the proposal looks to repair and alter existing marine infrastructure at R.M. Packer’s wharf to support the development of offshore wind, including the construction of new . . . Complete story »
Proposed wind project in Franklin County leaves residents in the dark
Franklin County resident Loretta Janssen has been waiting nearly four years for the wind turbine she agreed to host on her land to begin construction, but it looks like the project may never materialize at all. In 2017, Wild Rose Wind Energy LLC began signing easements with Franklin County residents around the Sheffield area to lease out land for a wind turbine development. According to documents obtained by the Globe Gazette, the proposed wind farm was estimated to be 15,000 . . . Complete story »
Plan for Offaly wind farm ‘profoundly disappointing’ – Nolan
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has described plans by Offaly County Council to pave the way for the construction of a large wind turbine development at Lemanaghan Bog as “profoundly disappointing and frustrating” for those who campaigned to retain the site’s historical and archaeological value. The project is being spearheaded by Bord na Móna. Deputy Nolan was speaking after the chief executive of the county council confirmed that the council would be rejecting opposition to a material alteration of . . . Complete story »
