http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/5825 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:37:18 GMT Courtesy photo A view from the air of the completed Spearville wind farm and its 67 turbines includes Main Street and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the foreground. http://www.windaction.org/articles/5825 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4876 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:09:45 GMT A wind-collecting unit, above, stands more than 60 feet tall outside Blairsburg, Iowa, where one of the largest wind power experiments in the U.S. dots the landscape. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4876 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:16:55 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4254 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:15:32 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4254 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4008 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:28:25 GMT A crane gets ready to place the third section on a wind tower at the site of the Spearville Wind Energy Facility, which will have 67 towers and generate 100.5 megawatts of power when completed in October. By http://www.windaction.org/articles/4008 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2111 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:52:08 GMT Wind turbines in Gray County are silhouetted against the setting sun in this 2004 file photo. The turbines shut down automatically when wind gusts are up to about 56 mph. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2111 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38239 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:31:38 GMT The Board approved the resolution to make the change at the April Board meeting. None of the county application requirements have changed but the process for developing a wind energy plan has been modified from a one-step to a two-step process, Moore said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38239 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36066 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:52:49 GMT The biggest cuts will come in Fort Madison, where 407 workers at a wind turbine blade factory will be out of work. About 220 workers there will be retained. The company blamed difficult market conditions due to lack of congressional action on a wind energy tax credit as well as increased use of natural gas-fired power plants and an overall sluggish economy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36066 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36061 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:25:26 GMT Siemens, a German conglomerate, announced Tuesday it is laying off 146 employees at its wind turbine nacelle plant in Hutchinson, leaving just 152 employees there. All told, 615 employees in Siemens' wind power business will lose their jobs. Siemens said the change would primarily affect employees in Iowa, Kansas and Florida. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36061 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35520 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:47:00 GMT Commissioners unanimously approved the recommendation of the Ellis County Planning and Zoning Commission for a conditional-use permit for Fort Hays State University to construct two wind turbines, contingent upon meeting several requirements. The project for two 2.1 megawatt Suzlon turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35520 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35361 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:49:28 GMT Wind turbines interfere with agriculture, especially with aerial application of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides, he said. Another detractor is this area's location on a major fall migratory route for whooping cranes, an endangered species. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35361 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34702 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:20:06 GMT At 110 feet, the windmills on a hill south of the campus have been deemed too tall by the Federal Aviation Administration. The chance of losing $1 million in federal grants has prompted the college to take action that could cost up to $150,000. The FAA informed the college roughly a year ago that the windmills are in Blosser Municipal Airport's airspace. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34702 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34422 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:10:52 GMT Despite an incentive agreement that references it, Mars Chocolate North America won't construct a wind turbine for its Topeka site. That is because having a wind turbine on the Kanza Fire Commerce Park would interfere with the airspace of nearby Forbes Field. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34422 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34355 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:09:06 GMT "The Sandsage Prairie is an ecosystem that is very fragile, and impacting it in a large way could have an impact on the species that depend on that ecosystem," Barton said, adding that two species in particular are the longnose snake and the lesser prairie-chicken. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34355 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33719 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:48:35 GMT Commercial wind energy projects will require a "special use" permit, which does not authorize construction of the project until the applicant (developer) has obtained a power purchase agreement for the electricity to be generated. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33719 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33671 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:43:35 GMT "Unless Indeck intends to commence construction before the moratorium expires and the county rejects your request for a suspension of the moratorium, the moratorium will have no effect on Indeck," said Hughes. "Thus, threats of litigation over any loss caused by the moratorium are premature and they are ill-founded." http://www.windaction.org/articles/33671 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33584 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:53:32 GMT The letter urged commissioners to withdraw the moratorium on wind farm generators in the county or, at a minimum, to suspend its effect on properties included in the Wildcat Wind Farm Project. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33584 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33392 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:01:50 GMT Marked by neighbor disputes, county zoning regulations and economic recession, Ellis County remains a county without active wind energy development. Production tax credits are set to expire in 2012, and Kansas' largest wind farm now is taking shape in southern Kansas. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33392 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33400 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:44:34 GMT "This court cannot know how much electricity would be generated from Wabaunsee County wind, and eventually kept out of the interstate power grid, if there were no board prohibition against (commercial wind farms)," Nuss wrote. "This type of information would be relevant (to further analysis)." http://www.windaction.org/articles/33400 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33214 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:56:02 GMT Carrick said he is concerned about his cattle because workers drive through his pastures, causing ruts in the field. He said now he is finding large holes that have not been filled. "We don't want to see the land destroyed," said Michael Carrick, landowner. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33214