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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.


December 14, 2023 • France, Print storyE-mail story

Noise, bird deaths: Windfarm ordered to close for first time in France

Campaign groups successfully argued that the turbines were causing harm to birds and residents. A windfarm in southern France has been ordered to close due to noise complaints from residents and the effect it is having on birds, in the first closure of its kind in the country. The managing company of the site – Énergie Renouvelable du Languedoc (ERL), a subsidiary of the German group EnW – now has 15 months to dismantle the turbines and close the Bernargues . . . Complete story »


December 13, 2023 • Vermont, Print storyE-mail story

Wind power developers abandon proposed Stamford project

A developer has withdrawn plans to build the first utility-scale wind project in Vermont since 2017. Norwich Solar announced last week that its plan for a single 500-foot-high wind turbine in Stamford will not move forward. The renewable energy company was preparing to ask the Public Utility Commission for permission to build the 2.2-megawatt turbine on a hillside along Route 8. The turbine would have generated enough power for about 925 homes and would have been the tallest structure of . . . Complete story »


December 13, 2023 • France, Print storyE-mail story

Le préfet de l’Indre refuse le projet des éoliennes de Chaillac

[L’Indre rejects proposed wind turbines] Dans un arrêté daté du lundi 11 décembre 2023, le préfet de l’Indre a rejeté le projet de parc éolien porté par le promoteur VSB énergies nouvelles, qui prévoyait l’implantation de trois aérogénérateurs de 180 mètres de haut. Le préfet de l’Indre, Thibault Lanxade, a rejeté le projet d’implantation d’aérogénérateurs industriels géant que le promoteur VSB énergies nouvelles prévoyait à Chaillac depuis 2021. Après une réunion publique au début du mois de juin, des opposants . . . Complete story »


December 9, 2023 • Ohio, Print storyE-mail story

Lake Erie offshore wind project runs out of steam as board pauses effort

Despite efforts the LEEDCo board announced a temporarily pause to the Icebreaker Wind project. The nearly 15-year effort to bring the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America to Cleveland has been officially “paused” by the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) board of directors. The board cited “years of delays and obstacles” as the reason, according to a statement issued Friday, Dec. 8. In 2009, LEEDCo’s Icebreaker Wind project set out to construct six turbines about 8 miles . . . Complete story »


December 9, 2023 • Ohio, Print storyE-mail story

Only permitted Great Lakes offshore wind farm put on hold

The Department of Energy is revoking $37 million previously awarded to the six-turbine Icebreaker wind project, which has been in the works since 2009. On Dec. 8, after 14 years of small victories and larger setbacks, the remnants of the company behind Icebreaker Wind announced the indefinite suspension of what was once set to be the first offshore wind farm built in the Great Lakes. The decision by the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) to “temporarily halt” the project . . . Complete story »


December 9, 2023 • Ohio, Print storyE-mail story

Icebreaker Wind project halted, no plans to resurrect effort to put wind turbines in Lake Erie

A pilot project to bring wind power to Lake Erie has been put on hold amid rising costs and other challenges that have delayed progress and dimmed its chances of success. The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp., which several years ago seemed destined to achieve its goal to put six wind turbines in Lake Erie about eight miles off Cleveland, stated Friday it has “made the difficult decision to temporarily halt the Icebreaker Wind project.” Icebreaker was to be the . . . Complete story »


December 8, 2023 • Vermont, Print storyE-mail story

Developer decides not to submit application for Stamford wind project

A developer considering a 2.2-megawatt wind power project in Stamford has announced it won’t continue in the permitting process before the Vermont Public Utility Commission. Norwich Technologies, manager of the Stamford Main Renewables wind turbine proposal, said in a media release, “To date, the project has had to delay its [permit application] filing multiple times due to the project being fed by a line from outside of Vermont with a utility that is not under Vermont rules. These delays have . . . Complete story »


November 2, 2023 • Massachusetts, Print storyE-mail story

Shell exits US SouthCoast wind farm contract, agrees to pay penalty

Shell’s finance chief said on Thursday the firm had exited a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the planned SouthCoast windfarm off the coast of Massachusetts, agreeing to pay a penalty rather than face rising costs for building the project. Energy firms from BP (BP.L) to Orsted (ORSTED.CO) have announced hefty writedowns in recent days for their U.S. windfarm projects in the face of high inflation. Reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Ron Bousso Complete story »


November 1, 2023 • New Jersey, Print storyE-mail story

Ørsted pulls out of billion-dollar NJ offshore wind turbines project

The Danish energy company, Ørsted, announced Tuesday they would be pulling out of the billion-dollar project to build wind turbines off the New Jersey coast, a week before an election in which offshore wind has been a controversial political topic. The company will cease development of the Ocean Wind 1 and 2 projects, which were supposed to be built off the coast of Atlantic City, according to a press release. These offshore wind projects have been a cornerstone of Gov. . . . Complete story »


October 30, 2023 • Australia, Print storyE-mail story

“Wrong project, wrong place”: Plans dumped for controversial Tasmania wind farm

Renewables developer Ark Energy has dumped plans to build a 50MW wind farm in north-western Tasmania, saying it will focus instead on its portfolio of larger projects, including another three wind farms proposed for the island state. Ark confirmed on Friday that it had “made the difficult decision” to cease development of the Western Plains wind farm – the smallest project it its Australian development portfolio at 50.4MW – and withdraw it from the planning process. “With a growing national . . . Complete story »


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