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/38562 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:17:14 GMT According to counsel for the SEC, Mike Iacapino, the committee made its decision based on the fact that the towns of New Ipswich and Temple have ordinances in place that deal with the pertinent issues, and the committee wasn't inclined to assert jurisdiction under those circumstances, among other considerations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38562 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38555 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:07:42 GMT The Spain-based wind-power company that drew public outcry with its proposed wind farm project for the ridgelines near Newfound Lake and Mount Cardigan has not filed for permits for the project with the state. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38555 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38546 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:47:39 GMT In a bid to have its wind farm proposal reheard by the state, Antrim Wind Energy LLC is offering to eliminate one of 10 turbines proposed for the Tuttle Hill and Willard Mountain ridge lines. Richard Block was unimpressed ..."The town of Antrim is small. The valleys here are small. The hills are small and they were proposing to put the largest wind turbines in the state here in Antrim." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38546 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38545 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:44:02 GMT Plans for a wind farm in New Ipswich and Temple are likely to be scrapped after the Department of Environmental Protection's Site Evaluation Committee unanimously refused to take jurisdiction of the case during a public hearing Monday afternoon. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38545 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38522 Thu, 30 May 2013 18:45:24 GMT New Ipswich and Temple officials are encouraging the public to attend a Public Utilities Commission hearing in Concord Monday on Timbertop Wind Energy's request to have the state take jurisdiction over a proposed wind farm in the two towns. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38522 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38493 Tue, 28 May 2013 14:25:44 GMT The issue of whether the state or local boards will have jurisdiction over a proposed wind farm on Kidder Mountain is slated come to a head on Monday , when the state will hold a public hearing on the issue in Concord. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38493 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38445 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:45 GMT A Hillsborough County Superior Court judge David Garfunkel ruled Monday that town officials violated the state's Right-To-Know law by holding illegal non-public hearings with Antrim Wind Energy and its counsel to negotiate a payment in lieu of taxes, known as a PILOT agreement. As a result of the ruling, the terms of the deal between the town and Antrim Wind Energy has been voided. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38445 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38402 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:06 GMT Antrim Town Administrator Galen Stearns said that the wind developer's attorney drafted the motion for rehearing, and it was sent back and forth several times between Geiger and the town for modifications. ...He added that having Geiger draft the appeal was an attempt to speed up the process. Geiger drafted the PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement that was also signed by the town. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38402 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38359 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:27:04 GMT The appeal and request for a rehearing were crafted by Antrim Wind's attorneys Orr & Reno, according to Select Board Chairman Gordon Webber. Antrim Wind requested the town appeal the decision in support of the LLC's pending appeal, which has to be submitted by June 1, Webber said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38359 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7386 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT The Antrim Select Board voted to appeal the state ruling that denied a 10-turbine wind project after deciding to accept a $40,000 offer from Antrim Wind in a contentious meeting Monday that led to one resident being escorted out by police and several others walking away in frustration. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7386 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38306 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:17:08 GMT The SEC denied Antrim Wind Energy's application based on negative visual impacts the wind farm - proposed for the ridgeline of Tuttle Hill and Willard Mountain in Antrim - would have had on the town and its surrounding communities. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38306 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38284 Sun, 05 May 2013 00:03:40 GMT One point of agreement during a daylong forum on wind energy in Concord last week is that nobody's really happy with the way New Hampshire has been deciding on these projects since Lempster Wind, between Keene and Claremont, was approved more than five years ago. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38284 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38256 Thu, 02 May 2013 22:58:19 GMT The Select Board voted Monday night to delay the decision whether to accept a $40,000 compensation from Antrim Wind Energy until after the state committee that turned down the project in February releases its final order. ..."It does look like you're taking a bribe," said Kat Affholter. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38256 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37829 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:07:20 GMT "Some breathing room is what everybody is asking for, and a chance to have an independent study of the SEC and its processes and to perhaps recommend ways it could become more efficient, more sensitive to the voices of the people most impacted," Tuthill said. "You can back off take a year, and see what's happening." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37829 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37754 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:12:53 GMT By a vote of 25-22, voters approved Article 29, which would require all wind energy facilities that may come to be located in the town to post security in the form of cash or bond, prior to initiating construction, in order to cover the costs of removing all of the facility upon ceasing operations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37754 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37765 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:47:56 GMT "Iberdrola Renewables knows where the community now stands, from the official voting records in the three towns. In November, Iberdrola stated at three separate meetings in three separate towns that they would not proceed if the townspeople were not in favor of their project. Will they live up to their words and respect the people's voice?" http://www.windaction.org/articles/37765 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37720 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:09 GMT The incumbent selectman was ousted and a wind farm project got the thumbs down from voters Tuesday. Almost 60 percent, of the registered voters turned out. An article asking voters "to advise the Selectmen to REJECT the proposed Wild Meadow Wind Project" passed 334 to 190. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37720 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37716 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:02:27 GMT It's town meeting season. Around Newfound Lake Several towns are contemplating non-binding resolutions to take the pulse of voters on the question of wind-farms. The votes show strong sentiment against more wind-farms in the area, and scant support. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37716 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37731 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:54:23 GMT The zoning board in January also amended its variance to allow for the three turbines. The zoning board had originally approved four turbines at up to 400 feet and a fifth turbine at 500 feet. In January, the zoning board approved three 500-foot turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37731 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37635 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:12:31 GMT Members of New Hampshire Wind Watch say that a subsidiary of a German company, called Juwi Wind, has signed a lease for 1,300 acres of land Groton, for the purpose of building a wind farm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37635