The owners of land being considered for a wind farm have said the development will only take place with the community's blessing. Cranford Estates has commissioned a report into the feasibility of building a wind farm on Cranford Wood Lodge, north of the village, after being approached by West Coast Energy, but the family which owns the land has said it wants to work with the community.

The future of an 80-megawatt wind farm near Broken Bow depends on the Nebraska Public Power District's ability to find buyers for half of the energy it would generate. NPPD Renewable Energy Development Manager David Rich of Columbus said at Monday's "Wind Power 2009" conference in Kearney that NPPD-approved projects at Petersburg, north of Albion in Boone County, and Broken Bow in central Nebraska would generate a total of 160 megawatts of electricity.

As expected, Guy Hinkson officially resigned as town supervisor at Monday night's board meeting. But in a surprise move, the Town Board did not appoint a replacement because Councilman Max Maerten refused to vote for candidate Dan Mangino. ...Just before the vote roll call was taken, the fourth member on the board, Max Maerten asked to speak. He said to Mangino, "For two years you have opposed wind turbines, but your views have drastically changed in one week because of your political party. For that reason, I can't give you my vote."

Two groups came to the Maine Statehouse on Monday to ask the state to slow down wind power development, which they say is gobbling up environmentally sensitive mountain ridges for questionable results. The Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power said it wants to work with state officials to reconsider statewide goals the group says will put turbines atop 360 miles of the state's mountaintops. The group formed recently in opposition to a project under way in Roxbury near Rumford.

The Environment Court's rejection of the $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm needs to be tested in the High Court, says former Meridian chief executive Keith Turner. Dr Turner is disappointed the Environment Court last Friday denied a consent for Meridian's proposed wind farm because of concern about its impact on Central Otago's landscape. He said the area had been called "a hellhole" by locals because it was so windy and barren.

When the Pilgrims arrived in America, it was the Wampanoag who greeted them peacefully so the newcomers could escape religious persecution. Now the tribe is having to fight for their own religious freedoms. The Wampanoag, also known as "The People of the First Light", have delayed the construction of America's first offshore wind farm, reports Associated Press. The Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag practice sacred religious rituals which they say require an unblocked view of the horizon, in particular, the sunrise.

Members of the Nor'Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee appeared in the public gallery of council chambers Monday evening. There they watched as councillors passed a motion allowing city administration to draft an information report on the background of the Horizon Energy Inc. planned wind farm. As councillors discussed the points they wanted the report to examine, city planning and development manager Mark Smith warned that local decision-making powers may be limited amid the province's Green Energy Act.

While government, private and educational entities work in earnest to bring large-scale wind turbines to Maine, a newly formed group of concerned residents says the promises being made to Maine people are too good to be true. Wind turbines can be as loud as an airliner, as ugly as an oil derrick and as damaging to the environment as a clear-cut, according to members of the Citizens Task Force on Wind Power.

Voters will consider ways to save money and the environment during the town's 13-article special town meeting Thursday. If voters sign on, the town will pursue building two wind turbines on town-owned land, placing large solar panels on the elementary school roof and placing a "solar garden" of panels at the transfer station. The special town meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

The McLean County Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Nov. 17 to discuss four days of testimony and public comments on Horizon Wind Energy's wind farm special use permit application. "I want this board to have some time to review the documents that have been presented and think about the decision," said ZBA Chairwoman Sally Rudolph. Closing arguments were presented Monday night on a proposed 333-turbine project in eastern McLean County in the Towanda, Blue Mound, Martin and Anchor townships. The area is north of the existing 240-turbine Twin Groves Wind Farm in rural Arrowsmith, Ellsworth and Saybrook.

The newly elected members of the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors say they haven't made a decision yet when it comes to wind turbines on East River Mountain. "I'm going to have to research that a little bit better," John Absher, who defeated incumbent Bill Wimmer for the Western District board seat, said when asked about wind turbines. "I haven't made a decision on that one way or another. We are just going to have to talk about the pros and cons of it." Although the wind turbine project is not planned in his district, Absher said he has still had several questions from residents.

The P.E.I. government is stepping in to repair a wind turbine at a North Rustico school that hasn't worked for more than a year. The province paid $200,000 for the 30-metre turbine at Gulf Shore Consolidated School, with the village taking out a $40,000 loan to cover the rest of the cost. It came with a 10-year warranty but the company that built it, Entegrity Wind Systems, is in receivership. ...the turbine didn't work properly from day one.

New research shows developers cannot count on "the silent majority" as necessarily supporting a project. While there was a perception that only "stroppy naysayers" put in submissions on resource consent applications and the silent majority was probably in favour, a University of Otago study into wind farm developments showed that was not true, Dr Janet Stephenson said last week. Instead, non-submitters were equally likely to oppose or support a proposal.

Wind farm developers trying to get consent for schemes are frustrated by a constant "raising of the bar"and the Environment Court decision against Project Hayes last week contains more worrying elements, a national wind energy group says. New Zealand Wind Energy Association chief executive Fraser Clark was disappointed with the decision and said it would hinder the development of other renewable energy schemes.

Picture a field of enormous windmills, each the height of London's Gherkin skyscraper with blades as long as a jumbo jet. Does this sound fantastical? ...Executives estimate that to build them will cost more than £100 billion over the next 12 years - the same as 25 nuclear reactors. ...Reliability is also a concern. Nobody has ever tried to put so many power stations as far out in the North Sea. Andy Cox, energy partner at KPMG, said: "The hostile environment that awaits these projects must be a real concern to investors. Even in the more benign onshore wind sector, there have been numerous problems with gearboxes and blades failing."

A BAFTA-nominated documentary maker has accused the BBC of banning his latest film about life in a remote Highland glen because it shows a lack of impartiality about wind farms. ...BBC has refused to broadcast the finished film, warning Scott that the documentary does not meet its strict rules on objectivity. Shot in Caithness, Arcadia includes footage of protests against a new wind farm development in Thrumster, near Wick, including a sequence where local residents burn a large "wicker-man" style wind farm turbine to the ground.

From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion. The Wampanoag - the tribe that welcomed the Pilgrims in the 17th century and known as "The People of the First Light" - practice sacred rituals requiring an unblocked view of the sunrise. That view won't exist once 130 turbines, each over 400 feet tall, are built several miles from shore in Nantucket Sound, visible to Wampanoag in Mashpee and on Martha's Vineyard.

Geothermal wells, solar panels and maybe a wind turbine, too. Indian River Central School District's use of alternative energy sources to cut costs was a big topic of discussion at Thursday night's Board of Education meeting. The district is conducting a solar energy feasibility study, Business Manager James R. Koch announced. The board also committed $2,500 to pursue a wind energy feasibility study.

Legislation regulating the placement of wind turbines around the state ought to be considered by lawmakers during the next legislative session. That was the main message delivered to Rutland County senators and representatives during a two-hour meeting on Wednesday at the Clarendon Grange Community Center. ..."There will be an attempt this session to put this on the table," Potter said. Klopchin urged all legislators to "work hard to pass laws" during the coming year. "Many hands make light work," he said.

A hearing scheduled for November 10 at the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) regarding the Tamarack Ridge wind energy project has been postponed by request of the Virginia Department of Historical Resources (DHR). ...DHR requested the continuance until it has received the requested information from the Parks Service and had time to "review, analyze and consult with Highland New Wind about these reports."