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August 1, 2022 • PennsylvaniaPrint storyE-mail story

Windmill fire sparks concern in Luzerne County

BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Fire Crews responded to a wind turbine engulfed in flame, at a wind farm, Saturday morning. According to the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department (BCFD), crews were dispatched to Bear Creek Wind Park on Bald Mountain Road around 9:15 a.m. for a report of a wind turbine on fire. Bald Mountain Road was closed off for some time but, is now back open. The fire was contained to only one of the windmill, however, . . .

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July 29, 2022 • ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Ardrossan Wind Farm: Turbine fire investigation under way

An investigation is under way into the cause of a fire that destroyed a wind turbine near the Three Towns at the weekend. One of the 15 giant turbines at the Ardrossan Wind Farm site was seen engulfed in flames late Friday afternoon, July 22, sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing across the North Ayrshire sky. The site has been operational since 2004 and is currently run by Ventient Energy, with each turbine reaching a height of 60m and . . .

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July 23, 2022 • SwedenPrint storyE-mail story

‘Lucky family wasn’t hurt’: New blade break hits flagship GE wind turbine

GE is investigating a second blade failure within a year at a wind farm in Sweden using some of its latest onshore turbines after an incident witnessed by a family with children nearby. A blade on one of the GE 5.3MW-158 Cypress machines at the Bjorkvattnet project became partially detached on Thursday evening, confirmed renewables operator OX2 which manages the site. Nobody was injured but the incident, which resulted in some debris falling to the ground, was seen by a . . .

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July 23, 2022 • TexasPrint storyE-mail story

‘It just disintegrated’: Lightning strike sparks massive wind turbine fire in North Texas

CROWELL, Texas – A lightning storm caused quite a shocking scene after it zapped a massive wind turbine in North Texas, setting it ablaze before it came tumbling down. Shortly after being struck, the wind turbine continued to spin, sending the flames in a loop and leaving rings of smoke behind. Videos of the fire were captured Friday and were posted to Twitter by Chris Lopez. You can watch this in the video player above. There's a big lightning storm . . .

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July 21, 2022 • IsraelPrint storyE-mail story

Environment minister seeks moratorium on new wind farms to probe impact on nature

Seven new wind turbines that will tower over the Golan at the height of Tel Aviv skyscrapers were given the green light Monday by the National Infrastructure Council. If Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg has her way, they will be the last ones for at least five years. Zandberg said Monday she was seeking a five-year moratorium on new wind turbine projects to allow for an assessment of existing turbines’ effects on nature, and particularly on birds and bats. She . . .

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July 21, 2022 • SwedenPrint storyE-mail story

Turbine down; Collapse and oil spill shuts one of Europe’s largest and newest wind farms

An investigation is underway after a turbine collapse that closed one of Europe’s largest and newest onshore wind farms just weeks after it was inaugurated. A turbine fell at the 475MW Nysäter project in northern Sweden around midday on Saturday, said a statement on the project’s website. No one was injured but there was a suspected oil leak from the affected turbine’s gearbox and the entire wind farm is now closed, it added, urging the public to stay away. “We . . .

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July 19, 2022 • SpainPrint storyE-mail story

Where Dalí once painted the sea, wind turbines are set to rise

Contentious plans to erect a wind farm off the northeastern coast of Spain are part of a tense debate over where to locate new renewable energy projects across Europe. PORT LLIGAT, Spain – Moises Tibau clambered aboard his small wooden boat at dawn, pushing off from a craggy outcropping in front of the house where Salvador Dalí composed some of his most famous Surrealist paintings. Mr. Tibau, one of the two remaining fishermen in this speck of a Mediterranean town about . . .

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July 17, 2022 • New YorkPrint storyE-mail story

Alexander ZBA denies company variances to build 650-foot-tall wind turbine

A proposal to build a 650-foot turbine off Dry Bridge Road in Alexander is just dust in the wind after Alexander’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to deny Borrego Energy the necessary variances to construct such a massive structure. The primary variance was to allow the turbine to stand taller than the 500-foot limit for windmills in the town. The ZBA also turned down variance requests for changes to property setback requirements. At the ZBA meeting in June, Borrego . . .

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July 9, 2022 • Rhode IslandPrint storyE-mail story

McKee allows solar developers’ tax break to become law despite opposition by cities, towns

A [Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns] spokesman told legislators the solar developers’ bill would “create preferential tax treatment for ALL renewable energy projects and tax them differently from any other revenue-generating commercial operation,” pushing those lost revenues onto other taxpayers.

[Green Development] was founded by Mark DePasquale, who along with other political contributors who list Green Development as their employer have given more than $92,000 to Rhode Island office-holders and candidates since 2015. That includes $4,300 to McKee.

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July 6, 2022 • IrelandPrint storyE-mail story

Kerry councillors reject further wind energy development despite concerns of Planning Regulator

Kerry County Council (KCC) is set to clash with the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) after councillors voted to limit provision for wind energy development in the new Kerry County Development Plan (KCDP) 2022-28 at a special meeting on Monday. Councillors voted unanimously to ratify the document which includes the removal of parts of the county ‘open to consideration’ from the ‘Wind Zoning Map’ for development. The new plan also proposes that two smaller areas located in Kilgarvan be . . .

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