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/10859 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:43:30 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/10859 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4279 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:43:26 GMT At what price do we give the nod to wind towers on mountaintops in sight of the Appalachian Trail? http://www.windaction.org/articles/4279 http://www.windaction.org/articles/3502 Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:00:11 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/3502 http://www.windaction.org/articles/3312 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:00:21 GMT Searching for a picture showing the devastation around wind turbines? XL Capital has kindly provided it in the form of an ad. http://www.windaction.org/articles/3312 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2942 Wed, 10 May 2006 15:10:57 GMT Three different designs for floating wind turbines. The following link is the the article in which this appeared:http://www.windwatch.org/news/2938 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2942 http://www.windaction.org/articles/1511 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/1511 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2993 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/2993 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38395 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:33:31 GMT According to the project's final EIS, the geographic limits of the Grand Canyon condor population as determined by FWS overlap the project's proposed footprint. Condor can fly up to 160 miles a day in searching for food, and the Grand Canyon "experimental" population is well within that range of the Mohave County Wind Farm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38395 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38381 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:41:38 GMT After years of complaints about noise and health effects, on May 21, 2013 residents of Falmouth, MA will vote on whether or not to tear down both of the town's wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38381 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38362 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:48 GMT NAW has learned that a blade belonging to a Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine came crashing to the ground at the 265 MW Ocotillo Wind Farm in the early morning hours of May 16. No one was injured. A spokesperson from Pattern Energy, which owns and operates Ocotillo, corroborated the incident. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38362 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38371 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:02:12 GMT In several recent published studies, Adams and other researchers have explored the issue of turbines stealing energy from the wind, creating drag or a "wind shadow" of air slowed by the spinning blades. Each turbine added to a particular landscape captures less energy. "You reach a point that if you add any more turbines, you get no more energy," Adams said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38371 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38349 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:08:56 GMT The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Program is revisiting the conclusions from its 2008 study that contemplated the technological and regulatory road map for the U.S. wind industry to achieve 20% wind energy by 2030. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38349 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38346 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:07:52 GMT "What it boils down to is this: If you electrocute an eagle, that is bad, but if you chop it to pieces, that is OK," said Tim Eicher, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enforcement agent based in Cody, who helped prosecute the PacifiCorp power line case. By not enforcing the law, the administration provides little incentive for companies to build wind farms where there are fewer birds. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38346 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38338 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:38:26 GMT The problem, he said, is that those big investment firms tend to focus on mature companies that are generating significant revenue, and there are few of those in cleantech. Meanwhile, more government investment seems increasingly far off as congressional Republicans demand answers about the failure of Fisker Automotive. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38338 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38309 Mon, 06 May 2013 14:25:11 GMT AWEA is trying to secure more stable policy to give stronger signals to investors. Those options include a phase out for the credit and making the incentive permanent ...But Republicans have told The Hill they believe a phase out is AWEA's stance. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38309 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38277 Sat, 04 May 2013 15:50:27 GMT But the outlook for wind, batteries and biofuels is as dim as it's been in a decade. Global greenhouse gas agreements have fizzled. Dazzling discoveries have been made in laboratories, and some of these may yet develop into transformative products, but alternative energy technologies haven't become cheaper or more useful than fossil fuels. ..."In many cases, renewables aren't ready for primetime yet." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38277 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38260 Fri, 03 May 2013 10:47:34 GMT NAW has learned that West Butte Wind Power LLC has withdrawn its permit application enabling the developer to "take" golden eagles at a proposed wind project in central Oregon. ...the developer withdrew its take permit request in March due to the difficulty in finding a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the project. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38260 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38245 Wed, 01 May 2013 18:58:07 GMT As the $0.023/kWh production tax credit (PTC) is back on a countdown to expiration just months after US Congress passed a short-term extension of the incentive, some in the US wind sector are weighing whether negotiating its eventual demise may be the only way to put the industry on a stable footing for the long term. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38245 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38233 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:52:15 GMT PTC eligibility for 2013 also requires that project developers demonstrate that projects be under "continuous construction" from 1 January 2014 until completion. This marks a change from the cash grant system - which gave renewable energy project developers the option to receive 30% of project costs up front in lieu of a tax credit - for which projects were eligible using the Safe Harbor Rule or by being under continuous construction. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38233 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38242 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:49:19 GMT "We are VERY unappreciative of this symbol being used by the USPS for Earth Day," Marie McNamara recently emailed postal officials in Washington. "Thanks for putting us on record as strongly objecting to the symbol of industrial wind turbines as a postmark. Thanks for putting us on record as wanting to see the postmark go away immediately." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38242