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/35017 Sun, 20 May 2012 02:27:24 GMT Large turbine in Kingman County, KS destroyed by tornado. Debris flew up to one-mile from the turbine. Five turbines at the BP Wind facility under construction were destroyed. http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-severe-weather-hits-parts-of-kansas-saturday-20120519,0,6927292.story http://www.windaction.org/articles/35017 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35016 Sun, 20 May 2012 02:12:09 GMT A large piece of what looked like sheet metal fluttered from the sky before landing. It turned out to be a piece of fiberglass that had been ripped from a large wind turbine about a mile away. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35016 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13462 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:48:18 GMT A home sits beneath wind turbines in the Spearville Wind Energy Facility east of Dodge City. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13462 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11875 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:31:11 GMT USGS image showing a portion of the Spearville, Kansas wind facility site following construction of roads and turbines bases. The red dots represent turbine locations. This project includes 67 GE (1.5MW) turbines for an installed capacity of 100.5 megawatts. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11875 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11874 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:25:10 GMT USGS image showing a portion of the Spearville, Kansas wind facility site prior to the construction of roads and turbines bases. This project includes 67 GE (1.5MW) turbines for an installed capacity of 100.5 megawatts. The red dots identify proposed turbine locations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11874 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11711 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:34:49 GMT Construction of the Smoky Hills Phase I wind site in Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties, KS. Phase I will include 56 - 1.8MW turbines http://www.windaction.org/articles/11711 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11710 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:24:20 GMT Construction of the Smoky Hills Phase I wind site in Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties, KS. Phase I will include 56 - 1.8MW turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11710 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11709 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:40:59 GMT Construction of the Smoky Hills Phase I wind site in Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties, KS. Phase I will include 56 - 1.8MW turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11709 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11708 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:32:54 GMT Construction of the Smoky Hills Phase I wind site in Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties, KS. Phase I will include 56 - 1.8MW turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11708 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/38584 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:03:42 GMT lanning and Development Director Nancy Scott said that is not the case and that the city regulates their placement only in the interest of public safety and to protect neighbors from nuisances such as noise or shadow flicker caused by spinning blades catching the sunlight. In Myers' case, Scott said, the city was responding to a complaint by another citizen and Myers' first problem was that he never submitted plans for the city's approval or sought a required conditional use permit. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38584 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38536 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:35:06 GMT Siemens Energy officials ordered wind turbines using its B53 rotor blade - manufactured at its Fort Madison, Iowa, plant - to run at significantly reduced speeds while the company works to determine what caused two blades to fall from turbines at two wind farms in recent weeks. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38536 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38485 Sun, 26 May 2013 16:53:03 GMT A plan for high-voltage power lines will drive farmers out of business - or provide rural counties with a needed source of revenue, depending on who you ask. The line, called the Grain Belt Express, would transmit about 3,500 megawatts of electricity along 600 kilovolt lines from wind farms in southwest Kansas east to Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, where it would join with other lines to carry the power farther east. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38485 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38294 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:32:09 GMT The reality of a wind farm in Graham County took a step closer last week when Graham County commissioners approved a conditional-use permit for Ringneck Prairie Wind Farm. The 70-megawatt farm, is on pace to be fully commissioned by the end of 2014. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38294 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38263 Thu, 02 May 2013 14:35:14 GMT An inspection of the damage was performed on Wednesday confirming a lightning strike. Results of the inspection show the damage does not appear to be extensive. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38263