www.windaction.orgfacts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impactsWindactionhttp://www.windaction.org/articles/c112+39?theme=atomXarayar2006-06-12T02:16:27Z
Looking 20 years into wind future.226902009-08-14T19:20:37Z2009-08-14T19:20:37ZWind farms are becoming a familiar site along Wyoming's interstates and highways.
Residents know wind development is out there and that there is a lot of it. What they do not know is how the industry will alter the state's landscape in the future.
Avista to put wind farm on hold.190292008-11-30T10:02:30Z2008-11-30T10:02:30ZAvista Corp. will delay building a wind farm south of Reardan by at least two years, citing the high cost of the wind turbines.
"This stuff is really expensive," said Hugh Imhof, a spokesman for the Spokane-based utility. "Why build a $125 million wind farm if we don't need it for another two years?"
Naples to get windmill windfall.155262008-04-25T23:27:08Z2008-04-25T23:27:08ZThe company building two wind farms in Cohocton will contribute $50,000 for restoration work at Memorial Town Hall in Naples.
The Town Board voted unanimously last week to accept the cash; otherwise, it would go back to Cohocton for historic preservation projects there.
The $50,000 is part of $200,000 UPC Wind agreed to set aside to compensate for the effect modern wind towers would have on the historic character of the area. Naples qualified for a share because one of the Cohocton turbines is visible when driving south through Naples on Main Street.
Blow for wind farm proposals.141612008-02-16T18:29:59Z2008-02-16T18:29:59ZPlans for a controversial wind farm near Pontefract have been slammed by a Wakefield Council consultant.
The news has come as a massive boost to local pressure groups fighting a dogged campaign to see off the plans by developers Banks Developments. ...Campaigners in Pontefract claim the wind masts are too close to local homes, will ruin their peaceful community and drive down house prices. ...Since then the Landscape Architect working for Wakefield Council has drafted his own response to the plans.
A summary released by PWAG reads: "The turbines are close to residential dwellings. Their height results in them being visible over a relatively large area and the impact on the landscape character of Went Edge will be severe.
Wind turbines might sit atop 20-foot bases.139822008-02-06T16:39:23Z2008-02-06T16:39:23ZWind turbines like the ones proposed by Florida Power & Light Co. on Hutchinson Island have been called ugly by residents worried about the 400-foot-tall structures with their large, whirling blades.
Imagine the turbines standing atop a concrete foundation 10- to 20-feet high on a public beach access.
The large pedestals could be needed to protect the towers from a storm surge washing over the dunes along the Hutchinson Island coastline where FPL proposes to build the electricity-producing wind turbines.
Henrietta McBee, FPL's director of project development, raised that possibility when she and St. Lucie County Administrator Doug Anderson visited the Horse Hollow Wind Farm near Abilene, Texas, early in January.
Proponents of Jordanville wind project face new hurdle.134702008-01-07T22:41:29Z2008-01-07T22:41:29ZResidents who support the Jordanville Wind Project in the towns of Warren and Stark were faced with another obstacle last week in the building of a wind farm.
The New York State Preservation League has announced that the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville is being placed on the "Seven To Save" list. ...Being placed on this list means the windmills will not be able to be built without review of the negative impact they could have on the monastery and an agreement between the two parties.
Turbine 'would be visible for many miles'.133822008-01-01T14:26:46Z2008-01-01T14:26:46ZSupermarket giant ASDA has admitted a massive wind turbine it wants to build at its Northampton distribution depot might be visible as far away as Wellingborough.
The Chronicle & Echo first revealed ASDA's plans to build a 417ft wind turbine at its Brackmills depot in May.
The company wants the turbine, which would be exactly the same size as the Express Lifts Tower, to help power its distribution centre.
But latest plans submitted by the company to the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) revealed the massive structure could in theory be seen all across Northampton, and as far away as Wellingborough and Long Buckby.
Halifax seeks public's input on wind power.129512007-11-30T23:02:06Z2007-11-30T23:02:06ZStoreys-high wind turbines might not be the first thing you think of as part of the Halifax skyline, but city officials want your input. ..."While wind energy is valued as an environmentally friendly power source, the size of the wind turbines and wind farms also raises planning issues regarding compatibility with homes from noise and impact on views, et cetera," says the report drafted for regional councilWind farm has locals in a flap.129102007-11-28T04:58:53Z2007-11-28T04:58:53Z
After days of detached and often numbing pontifications from hired consultants, it was a stark contrast yesterday to hear some of the closest residents bring a human face to the hearing in Ngaruawahia.
"I can only speak from the heart and it is breaking," said Ohautira Rd resident Wendy Reid. She said up to 24 of the turbines would be directly visible from her home of 19 years.
Ms Reid variously referred to the wind farm as "a glorified and cunningly gift-wrapped power station", "a gigantic monolith" and "visual pollution" which would cause catastrophic distress, anxiety and fear.
"It is dividing friends, neighbours, and families in half," she said. "It is destroying lives and lifestyles and turning me inside out personally.
Land owners oppose wind farms in Gillespie County.126912007-11-15T23:43:57Z2007-11-15T23:43:57ZSpencer Jones normally spends his day behind a desk in Garland. This weekend he's visiting Fredericksburg and the hill country.
"One of the things I wanted to do was see this place," he said.
He's referring to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.The giant granite dome attracts a quarter of a million visitors a year, many hike the trail to the summit. ...Robert Weatherford is the president of Save Our Scenic Hill Country, a group of land owners working to keep wind farms out of the area.
"You will literally be able to see them for miles. So we do think that it would destroy the scenic beauty of the Texas hill country," Weatherford said.
Residents hit out over wind farm 'greed'.124822007-11-02T14:33:14Z2007-11-02T14:33:14ZDOWNSIZED proposals for a wind farm in a Moray forest are still visually and environmentally unacceptable, claim local residents. ...Locals say the development would scar a scenic landscape for nothing more than commercial greed. ...In 'The Northern Scot' last week, David Hodkinson, managing director of the firm's wind energy business, believed the development, on land owned by the Forestry Commission, now fitted with people's expectations in the area. ...However, the application met with strong opposition this week from residents whose homes border the site, which is around 800 metres above sea level to the south of Buckie. ...Dr Henderson said it was inconceivable to erect wind turbines, recently voted the No 1 eyesore in a BBC and MORI poll, at a time when Moray is developing a tourism strategy.
"Once this process has been started it is iredeemable and you can't stop the juggernaut," she said.
£500,000 a year - a pot of gold, or just a sweetener?.124722007-11-01T17:43:12Z2007-11-01T17:43:12ZA NORTH Sutherland community stands to gain up to half a million pounds a year in community benefit from wind farms, it emerged this week.
But the "pot of gold" has failed to impress some Strathy residents who this week angrily dismissed it as a sweetener, aimed at making them accept major changes to their local landscape. ...The power company wants to build a £90 million, 35-turbine development on the north side of Strathy and a follow-up 77-turbine development on the south side of the forest.
