www.windaction.orgfacts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impactsWindactionhttp://www.windaction.org/articles/c59+120?theme=atomXarayar2006-06-12T02:16:27ZPublic Inquiry into wind farm plan now likely.78262007-02-08T13:19:33Z2007-02-08T13:19:33ZThe prospect of a Public Inquiry into North British Windpower Ltd’s plans to build a 48 turbine wind farm at Fallago Rig is looking ever more likely now that Scottish Borders Council has become the latest in an increasing list of organisations and individuals to object to it.
Councillors at last Friday’s development and building control committee meeting were applauded by local people opposed to the development when they voted 9-3 to continue to object to the wind farm application, despite the number of 110-125m high turbines being reduced from the original number of 62.
The decision on whether or not to allow the wind farm to go ahead lies with the Scottish Executive and they will have to take into account that as well as hundreds of individual objections to the proposal, Scottish Borders Council, East Lothian Council and Scottish Natural Heritage still oppose the amended proposal.
New energy storage facilities could take the wind out of the sails of the intermittency debate.7392005-11-19T00:49:30Z2005-11-19T00:49:30ZIf the wind isn't blowing at peak times, the argument goes, then the wind turbines are not contributing to the power in the grid. However, if wind farms could store all the power they generate at off-peak times, during the night for example, and then control the way and time it is released, it would not only enhance the revenue streams they could receive, but also remove the intermittency claims.
Now, a Canadian energy management firm claims to be able to do just that. EPOD International has secured two pilot projects with wind power developers in Canada and the US to test their proprietary energy storage system, the EMT.
International Experience With Implementing Wind Energy.17402006-02-01T05:00:00Z2006-02-01T05:00:00Z
International Experience With Implementing Wind
Energy examines the relative costs, advantages and disadvantages
of wind generation. In addition, the report
explores infrastructure issues, public attitudes toward
wind development, and the various policy instruments
used to support the development of wind energy in
countries that are leaders in implementing wind energy. The Wind Power Debate Continues to Produce Crosswinds of Controversy.76212007-01-27T14:57:46Z2007-01-27T14:57:46ZFrom Barton, Vermont, to the German border with Denmark and from the shores of Lake Huron, to the Romney Marches of southern England, wind power advocates are fighting crosswinds from local residents.
In Barton in mid-January, a referendum overwhelmingly rejected the wind power turbines that were planned near this upper Vermont community. ...In Germany, where one-third of the world's current wind power is generated, doubters have provoked a loud debate. The company that owns the grid that includes nearly half the wind-farms in Germany reported its wind farms generated only 11 percent of their capacity. The company said the winds vary so much the wind farm had to be backed 80 percent by the conventional power grid.