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Proposed wind farm could impact.225982009-08-09T13:38:19Z2009-08-09T13:38:19ZJennifer Harris, Laughlin Air Force Base chief of asset optimization, told members of the City of Del Rio-Val Verde County Joint Airport Zoning Board during a meeting Wednesday, âLaughlin Air Force Base is concerned that the proposed wind farm in the Anacacho Mountain Range (in Kinney County) may have a significant negative impact on its core flying mission.â
Harris told Joint Airport Zoning Board members that Laughlin does not oppose the development of wind farms and other sources of renewable energy sources âthat do not adversely impact military readiness or training of U.S. armed forces.âDefining our scene: Power or beauty?.225362009-08-06T19:08:50Z2009-08-06T19:08:50ZThe Hill Country's natural beauty is under assault, some say, all in the name of supplying power to the masses.
Last week, Rep. Harvey Hilderbran asked the Texas Public Utility Commission to consider routing new transmission lines down U.S. 277 and east along Interstate 10 to the lift station in Comfort to minimize the impact to private property owners. ..."I understand the need to distribute power efficiently and effectively to all areas of Texas," Hilderbran said in a letter to the PUC. "But not at the expense of diminishing property values and the pristine views of the Hill County."
WNDMILL: Plan to relay wind energy via lattice towers at issue.222252009-07-18T12:10:51Z2009-07-18T12:10:51ZThe Competitive Renewable Energy Zone transmission lines proposed to pass through West and Central Texas have a number of ranchers and small town dwellers up in arms about the effect the 200-foot-tall lattice towers would have on the scenic Texas Hill Country.
The Lower Colorado River Authority-Transmission Services Corp. proposes to construct three new, double-circuit, bundled conductor, 345-kilovolt transmission lines, primarily on double-circuit-capable lattice structures.
Plans for offshore wind farm near SPI elicit mixed reaction.222022009-07-18T08:40:14Z2009-07-18T08:40:14ZThe office announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Baryonyx Corp., a Houston-based green energy company, that could turn waters off the island coast into the nation's biggest wind farm.
Baryonyx Corp. was the sole bidder for the right to build a wind farm off the island's eastern shore, GLO spokesman Jim Suydam said.
Transmission line debates: wind here, towers somewhere else.222152009-07-18T04:34:55Z2009-07-18T04:34:55ZKarlen Hardy's home on Farm Road 126 is built with a panel of glass windows to give her the best view of the hills.
"During the daylight, I see the generators, and at night I see the red lights," Hardy said. "It looks like alien spaceships coming through the window.
"The lines will totally destroy our view," she added.
But Catherine Cuellar, Oncor spokeswoman, said the importance of the transmission lines outweighs the aesthetic worries.
"I definitely think that as time passes, the visual impact diminishes," she said.
Power line plans alarm Hill Country residents.221782009-07-17T08:31:13Z2009-07-17T08:31:13ZHaving dodged wind farms near Enchanted Rock, those intent on preserving the beauty and property values in and around this Hill Country city are now focused on power lines.
About 250 people met here Wednesday night to hear Texas Wildlife Association speakers discuss major new power lines planned to deliver electricity to metropolitan areas from huge wind farms being developed in West Texas and the Panhandle.
Wind turbine controversy In Texas Hill Country .220022009-07-09T17:19:59Z2009-07-09T17:19:59ZA plan to bring energy from West Texas wind turbines to population centers in East Texas has some Hill Country residents crying foul. KUT's Mose Buchele has details on what's got them worried.Wind Turbines and Transmission Lines carry anxiety across the Hill Country.219782009-07-08T21:15:46Z2009-07-08T21:15:46Z"If you have a turbine going up near a cotton field, no problem: farmers will take money and be happy with it. But if you want to put up a turbine near Enchanted Rock, that is a different deal," says David Langford, Texas Wildlife Association's CEO and owner of a six-generation ranch in the Hill Country.
"Is the potential benefit worth the probable negative impact on scenic views, tourism and land values?" asks Robert Weatherford.
Oncor's power line project under fire.216252009-06-17T22:39:47Z2009-06-17T22:39:47ZSeveral Maxdale and Ding Dong residents are opposing a proposed power line project for aesthetic and financial reasons.
"I live in the country; nobody out here wants this," said Sherry Fisher, a landowner with 450 acres of pristine ranch land that may be disturbed by the new towers.
Two weeks ago, Oncor sent newsletters to landowners whose land could be crossed by towers.
Wind power could affect critical texas wetlands.214232009-06-01T12:44:04Z2009-06-01T12:44:04ZDespite the attraction of wind as a nearly pollution-free power source, a Texas Tech University wildlife ecologist cautions that a tsunami of modern wind turbines dotting the South Plains of Texas could have as yet unknown ecological consequences on criti
And there are plenty of playas on the Texas High Plains and in Eastern New Mexico - approximately 22,000, in fact. Indeed, it's the largest concentration in the world. Playas act as natural water storage sites, providing irrigation water and seasonally recharging the Ogallala, the nation's largest aquifer.
Wind turbines vitalize, divide Texas town.213372009-05-24T09:12:59Z2009-05-24T09:12:59ZEnergy farm along coast starting to harvest wind.194822009-01-08T15:38:03Z2009-01-08T15:38:03ZAfter years of battling environmentalists worried about the mixture of towering windmills and one of the world's busiest migratory bird flyways, Babcock & Brown opened its wind farm on the Kenedy Ranch.
The wind farm will sport a bird radar detection system that company officials tout as the first of its kind. The system can automatically stop the blades if the potential for a mass bird kill is detected.
Winds of change blowing in S. Texas.192482008-12-20T15:21:20Z2008-12-20T15:21:20ZDespite the protests of environmental advocates who spent months trying to halt the projects, two large-scale wind farms in South Texas are now operational.
Many of the approximately 250 wind turbines that were expected to dot about 20,000 acres of Kenedy Ranch, north of Raymondville, are up and spinning ...Seeing the turbines starting to spin is worrisome, Kittelberger said.
"I think they were built without public input, and built (with developers) knowing they would kill thousands of birds," he said.
Volunteers circulating petitions.188062008-11-12T14:49:43Z2008-11-12T14:49:43ZPetitions asking local citizens to oppose private power line construction are being collected this week by volunteers in six Hill Country counties.
"We're going to try to collect as many signatures as we can by Nov. 15; then we will hand deliver the petitions to the powers that be in Austin," Suzy Stewart who has helped organize the petition drive, said.
Ms. Stewart is working with a Harper-based steering committee that held a public meeting Thursday to organize opposition to possible power line construction by Florida Power and Light Energy.
Landowners Vote ‘No' To Power Line Plans.181232008-09-25T22:30:45Z2008-09-25T22:30:45ZMore than 100 citizens voted to oppose power line construction in northwest Gillespie County during a public meeting attended by more than 200 people Thursday evening in Harper.
The meeting was the second held there in four weeks after more than 150 residents met Aug. 21 to learn more about plans by Midland-based Hilliard Energy to lease land for possible construction of a private transmission line in that part of the county.
"I think there's a lot of pressure coming from Hilliard Energy," said Martha Stevens who is on a citizens committee which opposes construction. "They're not going to lease this land if they're not going to use it, I wouldn't think."
Wind lines concern Hill Country residents.177372008-08-30T01:34:37Z2008-08-30T01:34:37ZHill Country residents have raised multiple concerns about new transmissions lines that will be installed to deliver wind energy across Texas.
In July, the Public Utilities Commission approved a plan called "Scenario 2" that maps out the general route companies will follow when installing transmission lines.
The lines will carry energy from wind farms in West Texas to Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Ft. Worth. ...Final proposals from interested companies must be submitted by Sept. 12. The PUC will make their final selections in January 2009.
