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Governor Deval Patrick takes a spin at the Falmouth turbine issue
April 16, 2013 by Dave Kent in Cape Cod Today

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Wind farm developers face new wave of opposition from MPs
April 15, 2013 by Edward Malnick in The Telegraph

Wind farm developers are facing a dramatic escalation of opposition from dozens of MPs who say they will fight every application in their constituencies.

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Wind farm 'handball' claim as councils fear big expense over compliance
April 15, 2013 by Neelima Choahan in The Courier

Seven councils, including Moorabool, Pyrenees and Golden Plain Shire, have asked the Planning Minister Matthew Guy to reconsider a bill that some say could cost ratepayers millions of dollars. Moorabool mayor Pat Toohey said the bill, which is to be introduced to the Upper House on Monday, sought to overhaul the administration and enforcing of wind farm permits.

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Frankfort residents vote against settling wind energy lawsuit
April 15, 2013 by Abigail Curtis in Bangor Daily News

The town will not settle a lawsuit filed by three Mount Waldo property owners that challenges Frankfort's recently adopted wind energy ordinance after residents voted against a consent order to resolve the suit late last month at the annual town meeting.

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Vestas takes confidence blow as CFO departs
April 15, 2013 by Mette Fraende in Reuters

The company's shares, which had spiked to a near six-month high of 49.95 crowns as recently as late March, fell as much as 5 percent and closed down 2.8 percent against a 0.8 percent fall in the Copenhagen stock exchange benchmark index. "It is a problem for Vestas in the short term because the shares trade on confidence, not on fundamentals."

NW Pa. wind farm plan has backers, opponents
April 14, 2013 by The Associated Press in The Evening Sun

Some northwestern Pennsylvania residents want limits placed on the size of wind turbines that can be built in their area and a ban on commercial windmills within a mile of any neighborhood.

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I love them, but we can't have them everywhere: Premier on wind farms
April 12, 2013 by Tom Arup in The Border Mail

Premier Denis Napthine has declared his personal love for wind turbines, but says his government's restrictions to where they can be built won't change. Dr Napthine on Friday launched the Macarthur wind farm in Victoria's south-west, the largest wind energy project in the southern hemisphere.

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Cape officials blast BP's scoping statement in letter to state
April 12, 2013 in Watertown Daily News

BP Wind Energy's preliminary scoping statement for the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Project "willfully disregards every concern that our town government has expressed," town officials told the state Public Service Commission in a recent letter.

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Wind farm project up in the air; Energy company looking to sell its turbine projects
April 12, 2013 by Amy Kronenberger in The Daily Standard

Future industrial wind farm development in Mercer County is getting turbulent as BP America announced it will sell its wind energy division. BP spokesman Matt Hartwig said the Great Britain-based company decided to sell its American wind division "as part of a continuing effort to become a more focused oil and gas company and reposition the company for sustainable growth into the future."

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A bad night for wind company; Panel points to noise, flicker issues
April 11, 2013 by David Giuliani in Sauk Valley News

In a 4-1 vote, with member Bruce Forester dissenting, the board found that Mainstream's petition didn't sufficiently protect neighbors from shadow flicker. And members unanimously ruled that the proposed setbacks weren't enough to mitigate the problem. ...The board also decided to back recommendations from the state Department of Natural Resources to create a 1-mile buffer around the state's Foley Sand Prairie Natural Preserve and a half-mile buffer around other natural areas.

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Scituate town meeting rejects resolution to shut down wind turbine
April 11, 2013 by Patrick Ronan in The Patriot Ledger

For more than an hour, town meeting voters heard pleas from neighbors of Scituate's wind turbine. The consensus from the speakers: the turbine sounds like a jet plane that never lands, and it's ruining their health. ...Residents Wednesday night voted 132-118 to oppose the non-binding resolution, submitted as a citizen petition.

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Campaign donors, politicians behind Searchlight wind project
April 11, 2013 by Kyle Gillis in Nevada Journal

The Department of the Interior may have recently approved the Searchlight Wind Project, but those who stand to benefit most from the project are politicians and well-connected campaign donors, and not the people of Searchlight. "People from other communities told us, ‘you don't want [wind turbines],'" said Sandy Walters, chairwoman of the Searchlight Town Advisory Board. "We tried telling that to BLM and Duke Energy, too."

Also filed under [ Nevada]

TV presenter's widow to oppose windfarm plans
April 10, 2013 by Chris Watt in The Herald Scotland

Rhona Weir, now in her 90s, accused developers of defacing the Kilpatrick Hills beside the house she shared with her husband, who shot to fame presenting outdoor TV programme Weir's Way in the late 1970s. However, her stance has put her at odds with others in the local community.

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Falmouth town voters to decide fate of wind turbines; Town Meeting passes amended Article 22
April 10, 2013 by Scott A. Giordano in The Bulletin

Falmouth's special Town Meeting concluded April 10, but not before Town Meeting members approved an amended Article 22 that will let town voters decide the fate of the town's two wind turbines at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility. ..."No borrowing would occur unless we get the vote of the voters."

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Falmouth selectmen to regroup after wind turbines vote
April 10, 2013 by Sean Teehan in Cape Cod Times

Selectman Brent Putnam this afternoon said that when special town meeting reconvenes tonight at the Lawrence School, selectmen will ask town meeting members to allow them to study the costs of removal and seek special legislation that would allow Falmouth to borrow the necessary money.

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State may start funding energy-storage projects for solar and wind
April 10, 2013 by Tom Johnson in NJ Spotlight

Because the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow, energy storage is viewed as key to promoting cleaner ways of producing electricity. Energy storage is still under development. Given the intermittent nature of solar and wind, it is viewed as crucial to making clean energy competitive with conventional technologies like natural gas and coal-fired plants.

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Baldwin County Commission chairman criticizes wind farm project
April 10, 2013 by Thyrie Bland in AL.com

A Baldwin County commissioner told representatives of a wind energy company today that he is skeptical of their project, and he has concerns it will be bad for tourism. "The risk to me is too big to take a gamble on this," said Tucker Dorsey, who is the chairman of the four-member Baldwin County Commission. Two representatives of APEX Wind Energy met with the commission to provide details and answer questions about the company's proposed wind farm.

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County officials say they have no role in wind farm decisions
April 10, 2013 by Lisa Rogers in Gadsden Times

Although the project here does not need any type of approval from the commission, a group from the commission and some Cherokee County officials visited an existing wind farm in upstate New York last week.

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Tipton County Wind Farm Faces Opposition
April 10, 2013 by Sam Robinson in Indiana Public Media

Tipton County officials have decided not to accept any new applications for wind farm construction until after a public hearing.

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Supervisors split on renewable energy study
April 9, 2013 by Mark Walker in San Diego Union-Tribune

In a rare show of disagreement, San Diego County supervisors split 3-2 Wednesday on whether to order a study that could lead to a comprehensive renewable energy plan. East County Supervisor Dianne Jacob's call for the study was opposed by North County Supervisors Bill Horn and Dave Roberts, who said the effort could slow down solar and wind projects already in the pipeline.

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