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Backbone Mountain (WV)

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NedPower and US WindForce Mount Storm, WV Windplants - Map of Turbine Locations

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Allegheny Front (NedPower/Shell) - Map of Turbine Locations

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Thomas (WV)

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Tucker County (WV)

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US Route 219 Tucker County (WV)

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Mountaineer (WV) After (2)

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Mountaineer (WV) After (1)

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Mountaineer Wind Energy Center, Backbone Mountain in Tucker Co., WV

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Mountaineer wind turbine near Thomas (WV)

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Depiction: Liberty Gap (WV)

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Backbone Mountain (WV)

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Can visual impacts be mitigated? West Virginia agency accepts grant offer from wind company

Posted by: Lisa on November 05, 2009 2:44:23 PM

As Virginia wrangles over the visual impact of 400-foot towers on nearby historic properties, a similar situation in West Virginia resulted in a $10,000 grant offer from a wind energy company building 23 wind turbines overlooking some 18 historic places in Mineral County. Not everyone agrees it's an appropriate solution, but Pinnacle Wind Force LLC offered to make that amount available for historic preservation efforts after the West Virginia Division of Culture and History (the State Historic Preservation Office) found its wind project would have an adverse impact on historic resources nearby.

Note : http://www.therecorderonline.com/news/2009/1105/news/018.html

Boundary commission visits Tamarack Ridge

Posted by: Lisa on November 04, 2009 5:23:12 PM

West Virginia boundary commission members Charles Sypolt and Curt Keplinger visited Tamarack Ridge Saturday morning to inspect the site of a proposed industrial wind farm. ...Governor Manchin formed the boundary commission in September after the Pocahontas County Commission alerted him that the wind project might encroach into West Virginia territory. The county commission became concerned after the developer, Highland New Wind Development, LLC (HNWD), issued a site plan with the state line re-plotted on the base topographic map and two turbines very close to the re-plotted state line.

Note : http://www.pocahontastimes.com/index.php?id=1040

Numbers questioned in wind farm project

Posted by: Lisa on October 26, 2009 1:35:23 PM

Opponents of a Mineral County wind farm project maintain it will have little impact on the power grid and the reduction of greenhouse gases. Testimony began Monday in a West Virginia Public Service Commission evidentiary hearing on the Pinnacle Wind Force project. Plans are to build 23 wind turbines on top of Green Mountain near Mount Storm. Attorney Bradley Stephens, representing the opponents, questioned US Wind Force Vice President David Friend during Monday's proceedings.

Note : http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33188

PSC Takes Up Wind Farm

Posted by: Lisa on October 26, 2009 8:57:32 AM

A controversial wind farm project in Mineral County goes before the state Public Service Commission starting Monday. The PSC will hear evidence from Pinnacle Wind Force, the group hoping to build 23 wind turbines on top of Green Mountain near Mt. Storm.

Note : http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33168

Proposed W. Va. Wind Farm Testimony Continues

Posted by: Lisa on October 24, 2009 7:34:31 AM

Attorneys for the developers of a West Virginia wind farm questioned all but their last witness in a trial over whether the project will harm an endangered bat. The defense witnesses said Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt that netting has not captured any Indiana bats and disputed audio recordings that witnesses for the plaintiffs say show the endangered bats are at the site.

Note : http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Testimony.continues.in.2.1266883.html

Environmentalists divided over wind farm, endangered bats

Posted by: Lisa on October 21, 2009 12:16:09 PM

Workers atop mountain ridges are putting together 389-foot windmills with massive blades that will turn Appalachian breezes into energy. Retiree David Cowan is fighting to stop them. Because of the bats. ...It is the first court challenge to wind power under the Endangered Species Act, lawyers on both sides say. With President Obama's goal of doubling renewable energy production by 2012, wind and solar farms are rapidly expanding. As they do, battles are being waged to reach the right balance between the benefits of clean energy and the impact on birds, bats and even the water supply.

Note : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/21/AR2009102101282.html

Will wind farm harm endangered bat?

Posted by: Lisa on October 21, 2009 12:00:17 AM

A proposed West Virginia wind power project will harm a tiny, endangered bat and its developers should be should be required to obtain permits under the Endangered Species Act, attorneys for two environmental groups argued Wednesday in federal court. The developers admit bats will be killed by the turbines, but refuse to acknowledge the endangered Indiana bat will be among them, plaintiffs attorney Eric Glitzenstein argued in his opening statements.

Note : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33419910/ns/us_news-environment/