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WIND-FARM developers are mainly avoiding sites that would have a significant impact on fragile landscapes and wildlife, according to a report by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
But the environmental agency yesterday warned that the aim of avoiding potential conflicts between renewable-energy developments and heritage-sensitive sites will become more difficult to achieve in the drive to reach the Scottish Executive's target of producing 40 per cent of the country's energy needs from renewable sources by 2020.
A group of entrepreneurs is harnessing the perpetual motion of the ocean and turning it into a commodity in high demand: energy. Right now, machines of various shapes and sizes are being tested off shores from the North Sea to the Pacific — one may even be coming to the East River in New York State this fall — to see how they capture waves and tides and create marine energy.
Vestas receives offshore order for 120MW in the Netherlands
August 3, 2006 in Windtech International
August 3, 2006 in Windtech International
The project consists of 60 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine, and the wind power plant will be located in the North Sea, 12 nautical miles off the Dutch coast.
State-owned hydro and wind-power generator Meridian Energy is backing a Green Party bill designed to plug a gap in greenhouse gas controls caused by the scrapping of the carbon tax.
In contrast, energy companies Contact, Vector and Origin and the exploration industry are opposing the bill which would return to regional councils powers Parliament removed in 2004 to take climate change into account when granting air discharge consents.
"We are also puzzled at the need to move the potential location. Surely if these turbines are as robust a structure as claimed then there can be no danger of collapse if they are located, as originally proposed, closer to the railway lines? What about the danger to public rights of way, houses, village facilities and the local school?"
Quayle Hodek is sitting on a gold mine of green power.
He is the keeper of valuable "wind energy credits" for customers who want the electricity powering their homes and businesses to come from wind farms sprinkled across the nation.
Georgia-Pacific isn't promising any increase in jobs at the mill. Up and running, the wind farm will employ eight people. And while Genentech says it might employ 300 within 10 years, it isn't guaranteeing anything.
Ramsay and Hernandez do not deny that the suit also stems from the County Board’s rejection of the controversial proposal by Boone Heritage Wind Farm LLC to build a 15-turbine wind farm near Quail Trap and Ramsay roads in rural Boone County.
Wind-minded companies such as the resort negotiate their own deals, getting discounts along the way.
So far, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has documented more than 70 raptor nests in the project area. Among those species: Swainson's hawks, ferruginous hawks, golden eagles and prairie falcons.
The area, along with the Comanche National Grassland, is recognized by the National Audubon Society as a Colorado site of "global importance," said Ken Strom, Colorado Audubon's director of bird conservation.
A NEOLITHIC cairn discovered on Lewis could force a controversial wind-farm plan to be redrawn.
CARRABASSETT VALLEY -- Environmental values clashed loudly Wednesday night on the first of three days of hearings on a proposed 30-turbine wind-power project on two western Maine mountains.
ANTI-wind farm protesters have vowed to fight on after their custom-built, 20ft long helium balloon was sabotaged
Energized by new British ownership, the operator of Ontario's biggest wind farm is planning an even larger project on the Lake Erie shore.
UK Noise Association - Wind Farms are Causing Noise Problems
August 2, 2006 by UK Noise Association Press Release in IWA
August 2, 2006 by UK Noise Association Press Release in IWA
Within weeks of the Government's Energy Review (1) proposing that planning controls be relaxed to speed up the introduction of wind farms, a new report (2) reveals that badly-sited wind turbines can cause real noise problems for local communities.
Hobart student studies wind turbines over summer
August 2, 2006 by Mike Maslanik in Finger Lakes Times
August 2, 2006 by Mike Maslanik in Finger Lakes Times
"I think a lot of people are pro-wind," he said. "You just have to make sure that you just don't put turbines where they don't belong."
Recycle waste energy, expert urges - Visit comes during day of record use as crunch forces province to import power
August 2, 2006 by Tyler Hamilton, Energy Reporter in Toronto Star
August 2, 2006 by Tyler Hamilton, Energy Reporter in Toronto Star
A U.S. energy expert says Ontario could reduce its power load by more than 10 per cent and forever wean itself off coal if it recycled waste energy from existing industrial and commercial activities.
Vail looks to wind for power of resorts
August 2, 2006 by Julie Dunn, The Denver Post in Brattleboro Reformer
August 2, 2006 by Julie Dunn, The Denver Post in Brattleboro Reformer
Vail Resorts will not install wind turbines atop its slopes or use direct wind energy to power its chair lifts. Instead, it will purchase from Boulder-based Renewable Choice Energy renewable-energy credits equal to the amount of electricity it uses.
WIND Power Pty Ltd has scrapped a proposal for a wind farm near Haddon saying the project was not economically viable.
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Power usage expected to break records, but supply adequate
August 2, 2006 by Gordon Fraser in Eagle Tribune
August 2, 2006 by Gordon Fraser in Eagle Tribune
The New England power grid will have 30,345 megawatts available today - use is expected to peak at a record 28,030 megawatts, even after energy companies have put out a call for people to voluntarily reduce power consumption, she said.
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