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Victory is tweet: Wind farm scrapped over fears golden eagles could be killed by turbines
August 9, 2012 in Daily Record
August 9, 2012 in Daily Record
Plans to build a wind farm on Lewis have been scrapped over fears golden eagles could be could be killed by turbine blades.
Take a stand in the sand: Protesters seek to save Ocotillo from destruction on Saturday, August 11
August 8, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
August 8, 2012 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
Up to 40 million acres of public lands are targeted for industrialization with renewable energy development. Among the first of these large-scale projects is Ocotillo Wind, a 12,500 acre wind project now under construction ...has left horrified residents convinced this is anything but green.
Donald Trump lambasts ‘ugly, inefficient' wind farms after plans emerge to increase size of Menie turbines
August 6, 2012 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman
August 6, 2012 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman
"Alex Salmond must have a death wish. Other countries throughout the world are abandoning wind turbine projects and not building previously approved structures because the economics just don't work. Without subsidies from England, Scotland would not be able to sustain his folly."
Pinewood and Belstead communities demand answers over wind turbine threat
August 6, 2012 by Paul Geater in Ipswich Star
August 6, 2012 by Paul Geater in Ipswich Star
Concerned residents of two communities on the edge of the town are preparing to do battle over a proposal for two massive wind turbines near the A14.
Pinewood and Belstead parish councils are working together to establish what is planned for land at Thorington Hall between the two villages.
Bats & blades: More research needed on bat, wind farm fatalities
July 30, 2012 by Dan Haugen in Midwest Energy News
July 30, 2012 by Dan Haugen in Midwest Energy News
Laura Ellison is an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Collins, Colorado, who has spent the last 20 years studying bats and other small mammals. Earlier this month she presented on the bat and wind farm issue at the North America Congress for Conservation Biology.
"The newer, larger turbines seem to be worse for bats," Ellison said.
Gulf turbine plan sparks wildlife debate
July 29, 2012 by Colin McDonald in San Antonio Express-News
July 29, 2012 by Colin McDonald in San Antonio Express-News
"Construction of the proposed North Rio Grande and Rio Grande offshore wind energy development sites in South Texas would result in a nearly contiguous string of wind energy developments within a 35-mile wide corridor from San Patricio County southward to Cameron County," wrote Ross Melinchuk, deputy executive director of natural resources at TPWD.
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DNR, Fish & Wildlife critical of proposed Fillmore County wind project
July 28, 2012 by Brett Boese in The Post-Bulletin
July 28, 2012 by Brett Boese in The Post-Bulletin
Wildlife agencies have previously commented on the EcoHarmony project, but new methods have been developed that could pose roadblocks for the ambitious wind project.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources filed paperwork designating the proposed wind project a "high risk" site for bats and birds.
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Sheffield Wind, whose 16-turbine, 40-megawatt utility scale project in the Northeast Kingdom went on line last fall, has filed for the permit because a fungus has decimated Vermont bat populations and placed them on the endangered or threatened species list. "White-nose syndrome" has caused mortality of more than 90 percent of the population of little brown and long-eared bats in the state.
"I'm all for renewable energy. What I am against is the threat to birdlife that will be present by the introduction of turbine blades in what is their migratory route.
"How can Acciona say it has all the information possible when flora and fauna studies were done over a few short days, in drought.
Cumbrian council urged to get tough on wind turbines
July 21, 2012 by Julian Whittle in Cumberland Times
July 21, 2012 by Julian Whittle in Cumberland Times
"We are not against genuinely small-scale, well-sited wind turbines, which do not harm the local amenity and supply energy to a farm or premises.
"What we are against is the inappropriate siting of large turbines where they adversely affect landscape and blight the lives of people who live nearby."
Windfall for the environment, downfall for health?
July 15, 2012 by Brittaney Carter in Tea Time Mag
July 15, 2012 by Brittaney Carter in Tea Time Mag
Wind turbines are popping up around the world as an alternative source of energy, but residents who live near them say the machines are making them sick.
Wind Farm developers have been accused of deceiving local councils and the public by using computer-generated images in planning applications that make the turbines seem smaller than they are in reality.
The claim is contained in a new book, Windfarm Visualisation: Perspective or Perception, by the architect Alan Macdonald, whose company, Architech, specialises in computer- generated images.
A huge offshore wind farm planned for the Bristol Channel is likely to cause "significant" landscape effects for a very limited section of Gower, the company behind it said.
RWE npower renewables made the comment in its draft environmental statement for the Atlantic Array scheme.
Wind industry, conservationists at odds over eagle-kill permits
July 9, 2012 by Morgan Lee in San Diego Union-Tribune
July 9, 2012 by Morgan Lee in San Diego Union-Tribune
The Fish and Wildlife Service administers eagle take permits under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The legal provisions allow businesses to kill limited numbers of eagles during normal operations. In return, permit holders commit to compensatory measures designed to offset the damage.
The energy department said a decision on Docking Shoal had taken a long time because it was a "complex and sensitive case" but new planning legislation would up the process in the future.
The agreement over the two other projects came as the government wrestles with whether to reduce short-term subsidies to wind farms both offshore and onshore.
Wind farms get go ahead as long as 'no more than 94 birds' killed per annum
July 5, 2012 by Louise Grey in The Telegraph
July 5, 2012 by Louise Grey in The Telegraph
In a decision that could have implications for future developments, Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, gave the go ahead to Race Bank and Dudgeon wind farms off Norfolk.
Environmentalists have fought the decision for three years because of the risk to sandwich terns, a protected species.
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Eagle's Cause of Death Confirmed at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland
July 3, 2012 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
July 3, 2012 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that a dead bald eagle found below a small 10-kilowatt wind turbine on Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Rock Hall, Md., was killed by blunt force trauma.
Previous studies have already highlighted that more than 200,000 bats are killed each year by German wind turbines. Researchers are convinced that such high mortality rates may not be sustainable ...Voigt calls for stronger legislative agreements. The large-scale development of wind farms throughout Germany may have negative consequences for even remote ecosystems in northeastern Europe.
The below letter sent to the Vermont Public Service Board describes a significant flooding event in the vicinity the Lowell wind energy facility under construction.
Wind farm develops use new planning laws to challenge local turbine ban
June 30, 2012 by Rowena Mason in The Telegraph
June 30, 2012 by Rowena Mason in The Telegraph
Dozens of Conservative MPs are currently pushing for nationwide limits to stop wind farms coming too close to housing.
However, the Milton Keynes ban could affect RWE's plans to put 17 wind turbines on two different sites in the face of strong local opposition.