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/6158 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:54:03 GMT POWER BROKER A giant wind turbine looms over a coastal wastewater treatment plant in Atlantic City. The turbine is one of five that make up a pilot wind farm. All told, they can produce up to 8 megawatts. New Jersey’s energy consumption can top 17,000 megawatts at the summer peak. http://www.windaction.org/articles/6158 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24068 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:55:59 GMT The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority is holding the first of two scheduled "open house" meetings at its facility on Saturday to discuss its plans to build a 380-foot tall energy-producing wind turbine. The first meeting, set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the BRSA's facility at 100 Oak St., is open to Union Beach residents only. A second meeting, open to all Monmouth County residents, will be held in December. The date has not been set, said Robert C. Fischer, executive director of the BRSA. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24068 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23906 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:13:17 GMT The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority has been given the OK by the state Department of Environmental Protection to go out to bid for construction of a 380-foot-tall, energy-producing wind turbine, officials said. ...The project price tag is estimated around $7.7 million. ...Union Beach officials have opposed the project, and they sent a formal objection in writing to the DEP in September. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23906 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23561 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:02:43 GMT A plan for an energy-producing wind turbine proposed by the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority must satisfy several state Department of Environmental Protection regulations before actual construction can start, state officials said. ...PEER Director Bill Wolfe, a former DEP analyst, said the authority wants to start construction before finishing required studies on any environmental impact the turbine might have on area bird life. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23561 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23408 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:51:14 GMT Officials announced last week they will put Sparta's proposed wind power project on hold for the time being and explore other alternative energy options. New Jersey recently opened its energy credit market to national trading, which reduced the value of credits the township could earn for wind generated power. This would lessen the return on Sparta's investment in the project, rendering it substantially less cost effective. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23408 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23227 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:29:05 GMT If energy-generating wind turbines are built in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey, the state wants to limit how close to shore they can be. New rules proposed by the state's Department of Environmental Protection would ban such projects in all state-controlled ocean waters except for a half-mile wide strip from 2.5 miles offshore to the end of state waters at the 3-mile mark. ...the move is a result of concerns about the environmental impact of large offshore wind farms, particularly on migratory birds and bats. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23227 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23048 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:35:36 GMT The three companies planning to construct wind farms off the New Jersey coast have agreed to not pursue any restrictions on fishing near the operations, which means commercial fisherman would be allowed to harvest their bounty between the turbines while anglers, pot fishermen and even scuba divers could fish right next to the structures. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23048 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23045 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:49:42 GMT Fishermen's Energy of New Jersey, one of three companies looking to create wind farms off of Atlantic City, is beginning to take scientific surveys to determine exactly where the wind farm should be located. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23045 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22886 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:24:19 GMT What good is a wind turbine if you have nowhere to put it? Cape May-based Fishermen's Energy is looking for the perfect spot to place a meteorological tower during a weeklong mission that is expected to begin within the next week about 10 miles off the Ocean City. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22886 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22859 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:35:23 GMT Unlike the deluded hero Don Quixote, municipal officials in this Bayshore town think they have the clout to derail a giant windmill proposed for their town. In this case, it's a 380-foot wind turbine with 118-foot blades that, according to a plan proposed by the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority, would sit on authority property in the west end of this 1.2-square-mile town. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22859 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22850 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:22:41 GMT Imagine more than 100 wind turbines dotting the Delaware Bay. Each reaches more than 400 feet into the sky, spinning slowly in the wind as they harness it to power more than 125,000 homes. Sound far-fetched? Delsea Energy wants to raise 106 wind turbines on the bay to produce about 381.6 megawatts of energy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22850 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21696 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:27:48 GMT The federal government today issued five leases to allow wind-energy companies to explore the possibility of building wind farms off the coast of New Jersey and Delaware. In a news conference with Gov. Jon Corzine, U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar called the leases, the first of their kind issued by the federal government. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21696 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21535 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:16:07 GMT Offshore wind farms dotting the Atlantic Ocean are moving further into the future as the federal government gets ready to launch its plans for regulating such projects across the country. ...The framework for how companies can develop offshore energy projects other than oil and natural gas is scheduled to be unveiled later this month. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21535 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21081 Wed, 06 May 2009 20:52:28 GMT The Department of the Interior has given Bluewater Wind approval to build a weather testing station off Rehoboth Beach. Bluewater Wind announced Wednesday that it has approval to build two meteorological towers off Rehoboth Beach and New Jersey's coast. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21081 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20699 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:50:28 GMT One of Bluewater Wind's top officers is leaving to join a competing offshore wind farm developer. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20699 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20460 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:33:16 GMT A study will look into the possibility of constructing a wind farm in the Delaware Bay off the shores of three Cumberland County communities. The project was announced Monday by Toms River-based Delsea Energy LLC, after the company filed its initial permitting application with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20460 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20238 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:39:50 GMT Three companies will have to build taxpayer-funded meteorological towers miles off New Jersey's coast this year before state officials will allow them to construct the region's first offshore wind farms. The towers built by Garden State Offshore Energy, Bluewater Wind and Fishermen's Energy of New Jersey will monitor everything from wind speed to bird migratory patterns. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20238 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20006 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:42:05 GMT A state rebate program to help offset the cost of installing solar, wind and biopower technologies became re-energized this month - a key incentive to convincing more residents and businesses to commit to renewable energy projects. But a question of funding availability, the economic downturn and general uncertainty about the market are not giving some installers much optimism about the Renewable Energy Incentive Program. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20006 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19441 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:37:43 GMT Gov. Jon S. Corzine wants New Jersey to become the offshore wind power capital of the U.S., but an array of financial, environmental and other hurdles lies in his path. ...Several environmental activists say Corzine's 2012 target may be unrealistic. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19441 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19204 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:40:24 GMT Offshore wind farms are moving one step closer to reality, and three companies will take the same step at the same time. ...While the utility companies are glad to be moving forward, some environmental groups are concerned that moving multiple projects ahead at the same time might be risky. "There doesn't seem to be a comprehensive, step-by-step plan to achieve these 1,000 megawatts in an environmentally sound manner," said Jennifer Samson, principal scientist for the environmental group Clean Ocean Action. "We just really don't know how that's going to happen." http://www.windaction.org/articles/19204