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Sauk winds down wind program amid declining student interest
May 22, 2013 by Kayla Heimerman in Sauk Valley News
May 22, 2013 by Kayla Heimerman in Sauk Valley News
The college Board of Trustees on Monday voted to discontinue the program amid declining interest from students, which officials attribute to negative perceptions of wind energy in this area, among other factors.
Sauk has offered a wind energy program since 2009.
Controversial Ulverston wind farm given go ahead by Barrow planners, but future remains unclear
May 22, 2013 by Tom Murphy in Westmorland Gazette
May 22, 2013 by Tom Murphy in Westmorland Gazette
A hotly-contested plan to 're-power' a five-turbine wind farm near Ulverston has been given full support by Barrow planners.
However, three of the turbines fall within South Lakeland District Council jurisdiction, who narrowly rejected the plan earlier this year.
Cape Vincent town government, WPEG awarded majority of wind project intervenor funding
May 21, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
May 21, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
In a draft ruling made at a pre-application conference for BP's proposed project, Administrative Law Judge Paul Agresta awarded the town of Cape Vincent and WPEG a total of $82,600.
The two parties had asked for $98,840, or 99 percent of the $99,750 in intervenor funding BP Wind Energy was required to provide under state law.
The company said it was closing two plants - Albacete in Castilla-La Mancha and Tudela in Navarre - and restructuring a third at As Somozas, Galicia. The cuts affect 6% of the total workforce.
Lee board OKs wind farm project; 12-9 vote overrules decision by lower panel
May 21, 2013 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
May 21, 2013 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
The Lee County Board this morning voted 12-9 to allow a controversial wind farm, overruling a decision last month by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The board approved the project, along with a number of conditions dealing with issues such as noise.
Wind farm battle turns personal; Opponents claim lack of due diligence by county officials.
May 21, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
May 21, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
An opponent of the proposed Wildcat Wind Farm, slated for construction in eastern Howard County, said local officials are taking an uninformed risk in agreements reached with E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Joe Russeau told the Howard County Commissioners Monday he questioned how the proposal was evaluated and how the public was notified of several meetings starting in 2009.
A new hurdle for wind farm? Opponents want higher bar for approval
May 21, 2013 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
May 21, 2013 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News
On Friday, Rockford attorney Rick Porter, who is representing Hamilton Township, informed Lee County of the township board's Dec. 11 decision to file an objection to the wind farm, known as the Green River project. ...By Porter's reading of the law, the township's written objection now means the project needs a three-fourths County Board majority for passage.
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Wethington files for new Fairhaven Board of Health election, hearing Wednesday
May 21, 2013 by Matt Camara in South Coast Today
May 21, 2013 by Matt Camara in South Coast Today
John Wethington has asked a Superior Court judge to throw out April's much-disputed election results and compel a new Board of Health race. [Note: The outcome of the election would impact how the community addressed noise from the Fairhaven wind turbines.]
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Champaign wind farm decision nears; State board will consider second phase of turbine project.
May 21, 2013 by Matt Sanctis in Springfield News-Sun
May 21, 2013 by Matt Sanctis in Springfield News-Sun
Several issues are still pending, including how the project will be taxed. Developers are expected to seek a Payment In Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, if the project moves forward. Under that scenario, Buckeye would make an annual payment to the county between $1.2 and $1.8 million spread between numerous entities.
The No TasWind Farm Group, which has now hired the services of a mainland PR company to help it fight the $2 billion proposal, collected 434 signatures on its petition which has been presented to the King Island Council.
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Australia / New Zealand]
Residents question why wind developer wrote town's appeal
May 21, 2013 by Brandon Lawrence in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
May 21, 2013 by Brandon Lawrence in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
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.
The applications had opposition from Scottish Natural Heritage and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.
SNH claimed the windfarms would impact "an area of the strongest wild land character - as confirmed by the wildness mapping work carried out" by the Government agency.
Wednesday meeting to detail Greenwich wind farm proposal
May 20, 2013 by Todd Hill in Mansfield News Journal
May 20, 2013 by Todd Hill in Mansfield News Journal
Its operator hopes to file an application with the Ohio Power Siting Board early this summer and begin construction by the end of the year. Commercial operations would then begin in the summer or fall of 2014. Construction would have to begin this year for the operator to take advantage of a federal tax credit, unless it is renewed for next year.
Cheshire-based Renewable Solutions UK submitted the application on behalf of the landowners to South Ribble Council, but have now pulled the plug on the scheme before it reached the planning committee.
More than 100 letters of objection were sent to the council about the proposal, but two residents wrote in support of the idea.
Wasatch Wind seeks permit delay for planned Glenrock wind farm
May 20, 2013 by Adam Voge in Casper Star-Tribune
May 20, 2013 by Adam Voge in Casper Star-Tribune
Under the existing permit, the company has to prove it can fund all aspects of the project by July. An extension would give the company until May 2014 to do so.
Edison Mission Energy, a financial partner on the project, filed for bankruptcy in December.
"Clearly, very few people asked questions, and everyone was on board," Davis said. "It became clear this year to me and to other people who were sort of on the sidelines watching "» we really had a problem here, and it was tearing our community apart."
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"Scots are battling to save our natural heritage from an invasion of foreign energy companies who take advantage of outrageous public subsidies to bank huge profits from wind farm developments across Scotland.
A third of Lee County Board members have taken a stand on the controversial proposal for a wind farm in the county's southwestern corner.
The rest either are undecided or haven't returned Sauk Valley Media's calls for comment. The 24-member board will vote on the wind farm Tuesday.
Independence turbine owners refusing to cooperate with sound study
May 18, 2013 by Kathryn Gallerani in Wicked Local Kingston
May 18, 2013 by Kathryn Gallerani in Wicked Local Kingston
In an about face, the Independence turbine owners at Kingston Wind Independence are refusing to participate a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study.
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Massachusetts]
Lee County wind: Board leader pushes compromise
May 17, 2013 by David Giuliani in Bureau County Republican News
May 17, 2013 by David Giuliani in Bureau County Republican News
The chairman of the Lee County Board still supports a proposed wind farm, but he is pushing a compromise that would include strong conditions on the project.
Rick Ketchum, D-Amboy, said he and others are working on the conditions. He provided few details.