EASTHAM - Businessman and planning board member Kevin Holland has no use for the four wind turbines the Eastham Alternate Energy Committee would like to see installed on town-owned land on Nauset Road.

EASTHAM - A big turnout is expected at 2 p.m. Friday when the Energy Committee meets in town hall with neighbors and abutters to the town property being considered for the placement of up to four wind turbines. The turbines would be erected on two parcels of land off Nauset Road at Railroad Avenue, bordered on the west by the electric utility lines and the Cape Cod Rail Trail, on the north by Wellfleet; and on the east by Oak Leaf Road, Kaits Way, Cross Cart Way, and Cape Cod National Seashore. The site is near a cell tower, the former Tilcon plant and gravel pits. Town Administrator Sheila Vanderhoef said, “We’ve received a lot of e-mails and I think there’ll be a big turnout.”

Abutters and area residents of the Tuttle Hill area in Antrim rallied against the proposal of a temporary meteorological (met) tower at the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) meeting on Tuesday. The tower would collect wind and weather information to assess whether wind turbines would be practical in the area. Chairman John Kendall, faced with a growing amount of information for board members to consider for a height variance, continued the meeting to Sept. 15.

Just 18 days after the board’s decision was filed came a Boston Land Court suit: the Golden Living nursing home, located less than 1000 feet from the proposed turbine site, and the owners of four Hingham residences have joined forces to seek an annulment of the decision.

A report released last week from the University of New South Wales found that health complaints from wind farms had become prevalent after 2009 ...Southern Grampians Landscape Guardians member Keith Staff said “There are 20 people across the south-west, including Waubra who have evacuated their homes ...We are very objective and I reject anyone who infers that we are scaremongering.”

Western Australia's Environment Minister Mark McGowan has criticised his federal counterpart Ian Campbell for continuing to pursue a national approach to deal with wind farm developments.

Greater Wellington Regional Council today welcomed the announcement by Puketiro wind farm developer RES New Zealand that it did not require access from Paekakariki Hill Road to its proposed site through Greater Wellington's Battle Hill Farm Forest Park.

As Turkey seeks to capitalize on green energy projects, those looking to build in the wind-energy sector face several environmental and procedural hurdles. Environmentalists and community-based organizations at times have radically different opinions from renewable energy advocates. ...With wind still in its infancy, the jury is still out on whether it is worth the money, and worth all the asphalt.

The wreck blocked U.S. Highway 52 and cut off access to the bridge from U.S. Highway 20 for more than two hours. It was cleared by late morning.

A failure in one of the wind turbines owned by the Iberdrola company in the Pedregal Mountains, Esteiro (Muros), resulted in a forest fire that razed a hectare of the mountain.

An official with Acciona, a global energy company, confirmed that it has decided not to develop the EcoMagnolia project. "That's a case where I think ... it was not an adequate wind resource for us to commit our full development for the project area," said Chip Readling.

Acciona Energy's fight in court to defend the development of its $175 million wind farm near Mount Gambier has been adjourned into the new year to allow for medical evidence submissions.

The international infrastructure and energy company said it had conducted several years of detailed investigations into the proposed 46 turbine wind farm, about two km's east of Allendale, and had come to the decision that the project's economics did not stack up.

St. Lawrence Wind Farm developer Acciona has shrunk its proposal from 96 turbines to 53. Acciona showed off the new maps for the wind power development at a public forum at the village fire hall Thursday afternoon and evening. Project manager Pete Zedick said the winnowing was a result of the environmental studies and feedback from its draft environmental impact statements. "We've done a lot of work to comply with the requirements of the town and take environmental and land constraints into account," he said.

In a May 14 letter, the two disputed the background noise levels that Mr. Hessler assumed through his regression analysis. Mr. Elliot and Mr. Tocci had measurements that averaged five decibels below the levels Mr. Hessler predicted ...If ambient noise levels have been overstated in the impact statement, it will allow higher levels of noise from turbines.

Next week Acciona Windpower will begin construction work next week on its first wind turbine plant in the United States - in West Branch. The facility, to be built at the site of the old Sauer-Danfoss building, is expected to be operational by the end of the year. It represents an investment of $23 million and will produce 250 wind turbines in 2008 using in-house technology.

Iindustry publication Recharge in May reported on the height advantage of the 120-meter all-concrete towers Acciona plans to offer. It said the higher tower height and an enormous 116-meter rotor would extend the reach of Acciona's new turbine.

Monday marked the second major round of layoffs at the West Branch facility in its six-year history. In 2009, Acciona laid off 58 employees, which was a third of its West Branch workforce. At the time, company officials called it a "short-term issue" due to the sluggish economy, but most or all of those positions never came back.

After discussions with leadership people, community members and landowners, the company decided the only way to resolve the dispute with the neighbours was to purchase and re-market their homes.

St. Lawrence Wind Farm developer Acciona Wind Energy USA is just weeks away from submitting its final environmental impact statement to the town Planning Board. ...Acciona will present the final statement July 28. The board will discuss and potentially accept the statement Aug. 18.