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Mannar wind farm project: another folly like Sinharaja logging project on the horizon?
Background A wind farm consisting of 30 towers generating 100MW (Phase 1 – Thambapawani) was established on the southern coast of Mannar Island in 2020, with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The widespread criticism of this project due to its positioning within one of the main bird migratory corridors in the Asian region (detailed elsewhere in the article) was largely overlooked or ignored due to the economic priorities that prevailed at the time, as it happened with . . . Complete story »
‘Undermines our sovereignty’: Custodians speak out against wind farm zone
The custodians of an area of sea country marked as an offshore wind farm zone off the south-west coast say the decision has shown “disregard for our voices”. It comes as both the Gunditj Mirring and Eastern Maar Aboriginal corporations expressed their disappointment at the announcement made by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen on March 6. In a statement, Gunditj Mirring said there’d been a “complete lack of appropriate and meaningful consultation between the commonwealth government and . . . Complete story »
La Provincia dice no al parco eolico a Saliceto: “Impatto devastante sul paesaggio”
[Provincial Council of Cuneo says no to windpower facility in Saliceto: “Devastating impact on the landscape”] “Impatto devastante sul paesaggio”. Per questo il consiglio provinciale convocato d’urgenza il 2 aprile ha dato il suo parere negativo al progetto del parco eolico “Monte Cerchio” che la ditta Windtek di Torino vuole realizzare tra le province di Savona e Cuneo con l’installazione di sette pale eoliche alte oltre 200 metri sulle colline dell’alta Langa. Lo riporta l’ufficio stampa della Provincia che spiega . . . Complete story »
La cour d’appel de Rennes condamne une société éolienne pour dommages causés aux riverains
[The Rennes Court of Appeal ordered the company Fp Lux Wind to compensate thirteen residents for the loss of value of their homes. Following an expert evaluation ordered by the court, the court of appeal “considers that the loss in the market value of the property [of the residents closest to the construction] amounts to 40% of the local real estate market price”. The nuisances recognized by the court are multiple: “recurring noise depending on the direction of the wind, . . . Complete story »
Meet the expert on turbine eagle deaths the wind energy industry turned on
Back in the late 1990s, ecologist Shawn Smallwood didn’t think much about connecting avian and bat deaths with the whooshing blades of wind turbines. It was a concept foreign to him. But then a long-distance jogging partner he worked with at the University of California-Davis asked him to tag along in a “fatality search” with dogs to sniff out dead bird and bat carcasses caused by the thousands of turbines that dot the picturesque Altamont Pass, a low-lying mountainous region . . . Complete story »
Oregon seafood industry calls on Gov. Tina Kotek to halt offshore wind energy development
Some of the most powerful and consistent winds in the world are located off the southwest Oregon coast, according to the Oregon Department of Energy. A coalition of independent fishing boat operators, seafood companies and industry groups is calling on Gov. Tina Kotek to ask the federal government to stop a planned auction for floating wind energy projects off the Oregon Coast. In a letter to Kotek on Tuesday, the more than 100 signatories said she should stop the U.S. . . . Complete story »
Resolution might halt commercial wind energy
Last week the Henry County Board of Supervisors held two courtesy readings of a resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on rezoning land to an Alternative Overlay District for commercial wind energy use. The resolution, which supervisors stated was written by the county attorney, would establish a temporary moratorium on the rezoning of any land to the Alternative Overlay District through March 2, 2025, unless extended or shortened by the Board of Supervisors. According to the resolution this is to allow . . . Complete story »
Widerstand gegen Windkraft auf Bergen in Salzburg
In Bezirken und Gemeinden, die von Windkraftprojekten betroffen sind oder sein könnten, gibt es – trotz allgemein etwas steigender Akzeptanz – zum Teil nach wie vor Vorbehalte und Widerstände. So ist zum Beispiel die überregionale Bürgerbewegung “Keine Windindustrieanlagen in alpiner Bergwelt” aktiv, für die sich der Lungauer Matthias Prodinger aus St. Michael engagiert. Er warnt vor massiven Eingriffen in die Natur, wie sie unter anderem auf dem Windsfeld bei Flachau drohen würden. Das betreffe etwa die Tierwelt, im Besonderen Greifvögel, . . . Complete story »
El TSXG ha paralizado ya 27 parques eólicos con 686 MW y casi 600 millones de inversión
[The Superior Court of Justice in Galicia has so far ordered the precautionary suspension of one in three projects authorized by the Xunta.] El parque eólico Gato impulsado por Greenalia en los concellos de Aranga, Coirós y Oza-Cesuras contempla una potencia de algo más de 25 megavatios (MW) en cuatro aerogeneradores con una producción estimada de 75.490 MWh a lo largo del año. La Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética e Recursos Naturais le dio la autorización administrativa previa y de construcción . . . Complete story »
En suspenso otro eólico de Monte do Gato por el riesgo para hábitats y especies protegidas
[Another Monte do Gato wind farm on hold due to the risk to protected habitats and species] La Justicia ha dejado en suspenso cautelarmente la autorización para otro de los parques eólicos proyectados en Monte do Gato, el denominado Gato, promovido por Greenalia Wind Power y que prevé cuatro aerogeneradores en terrenos de Aranga y Oza-Cesuras. La decisión del Tribunal Superior de Xustiza de Galicia de paralizar las obras de este parque hasta que se dicte sentencia sobre la legalidad . . . Complete story »
