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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.
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Legal|
New Hampshire]
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.
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UK]
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.
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Ohio]
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.
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UK]
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.
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Wyoming]
"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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Massachusetts]
"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.
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UK]
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.
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Illinois]
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.
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Illinois]
"The legal process started yesterday and I plan on proceeding for as long as required, irrespective of cost," Trump said Thursday as part of a released statement. "We will not allow the Scottish Government or any other party to undermine what we have created at Trump International Golf Links."
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UK]
Independence turbine owner accuses residents of making false statements
May 17, 2013 by Kathryn Gallerani in Wicked Local Kingston
May 17, 2013 by Kathryn Gallerani in Wicked Local Kingston
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Massachusetts]
Defence chiefs could fight Bullington Cross wind farm plan over radar fears
May 17, 2013 by Rachel Masker in The Gazette
May 17, 2013 by Rachel Masker in The Gazette
Defence chiefs could fight plans for a major wind farm in the Hampshire countryside over fears of radar interference.
Developer EDF Energy Renewables plans to build 14, 126-metre masts on farmland at Bullington Cross, north of Winchester.
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UK]
Delaware County wind farm opponents are asking for setbacks that would almost certainly prevent construction of a wind farm.
Opponents are proposing a minimum setback of two miles (or 10,560 feet) between wind turbines and dwellings.
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Indiana]
The Kirk's response to a consultation launched by the LRRG was critical of a system that has seen landowners such as the Duke of Roxburghe and the earls of Moray and Glasgow earn large sums for renting their land to wind-turbine energy firms. Critics point out that landowners rent their land to renewable generators, whose wind farms are subsidised by extra levies on ordinary electricity consumers.
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UK]
Antrim asks for review of wind farm project
May 17, 2013 by Meghan Pierce in New Hampshire Union Leader
May 17, 2013 by Meghan Pierce in New Hampshire Union Leader
The appeal and request for a rehearing were crafted by Antrim Wind's attorneys Orr & Reno, according to Select Board Chairman Gordon Webber. Antrim Wind requested the town appeal the decision in support of the LLC's pending appeal, which has to be submitted by June 1, Webber said.
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New Hampshire]
Falmouth was among the first towns in Massachusetts to install large turbines so close to homes. When people complained, the town tried curtailing their operation when it got real windy. Then they shut them off at night. They even considered buying out the homeowners.
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Massachusetts]
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is waiting to hear from Xcel Energy and New Era Wind in Goodhue County about what changes have taken place in the controversial wind project's power purchase agreement.
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Minnesota]
An independent body, appointed by the Government to speak on behalf of regional South Australians, has reported that farmers with land near wind-driven power stations are facing lower profits and falling land values.
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Australia / New Zealand]
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