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Country's biggest wind farm rejected by District Council of Yorke Peninsula
March 28, 2013 in Adelaide Now
March 28, 2013 in Adelaide Now
The District Council of Yorke Peninsula has unanimously rejected a development application to build a $1.3 billion wind farm in the region.
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Candidates struggle with turbines, framing of debate, at West Island debate
March 28, 2013 by Ariel Wittenberg in South Coast Today
March 28, 2013 by Ariel Wittenberg in South Coast Today
Wethington said the race was less about the turbines and more about the unresponsiveness of DeTerra toward the residents who claim the turbines have had an adverse effect on their health.
"I want to take the board in a new direction so that people with problems can come to the Board of Health without being fearful that they will not be heard," he said.
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He said opponents of the bill "threw huge amounts of money" into defeating S.30. He added he was shocked by the hypocrisy of the renewable energy movement that expressed interest in preserving a clean environment but opposes Act 250 environmental oversight of large scale renewable energy projects.
Despite a recent report trumpeting a record year for wind power in 2012, the numbers are not as encouraging as they seem.
Because even though total wind power capacity grew by 30 percent last year, with 13,000 megawatts in new wind turbines, the actual portion of our electricity coming from wind energy did not increase proportionally.
A Texas-based company is looking to build a 51-megawatt wind farm in the desert, about 21 miles west of Willcox, near Muleshoe and War Bonnet Ranch Roads.
Glenn Holliday of Houston, Texas, said Torch Renewable Energy, LLC (TRE) is submitting a Special Use Application (SUP) for development of the Red Horse 2 Wind Farm, in a Feb. 21 letter to Cochise County Planning Manager Michael Turisk.
Vermont Senate votes for scaled-down energy bill
March 27, 2013 by Terri Hallenbeck in Burlington Free Press
March 27, 2013 by Terri Hallenbeck in Burlington Free Press
"I would have preferred to get the protections for the towns," Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee Chairman Robert Hartwell, D-Bennington, said, but he added, "We'll be back. This is going to continue. It was a good debate."
The Senate is due to vote again on the newly revised bill, likely Thursday, when attempts could be made to change the bill again before sending it to the House.
Lordstown turbines continue to frustrate village officials
March 27, 2013 by Jamison Cocklin in Youngstown News
March 27, 2013 by Jamison Cocklin in Youngstown News
Mayor Arno Hill said the allure of "going green" and a fear of rejecting state grant money eventually landed the turbines on the administration building's property.
"These have basically been nonproductive from Day One. We have to live with them for another six or seven years because of the 10-year grant we received. It would have been better to put in high-efficiency lighting; in my opinion, we would have had our return back by now."
A representative with BP Wind Energy met Tuesday with Allen County Commissioners to discuss constructing utility lines in the county to extract energy coming from a future Van Wert County wind farm.
Because power relaying stations in Van Wert County are at capacity, BP Wind Energy Business Developer Roger Brown said the utility is looking to have that wind farm power extracted to Lima.
Official says Wildcat Wind Farm might expand
March 27, 2013 by Baylee Pulliam in The Herald Bulletin
March 27, 2013 by Baylee Pulliam in The Herald Bulletin
Nothing's set in stone yet, but development manager Andy Melka said there's a good possibility E.ON Climate & Renewables could move on to phases two and three of the project, expanding into Grant and Howard counties as early as this year.
Ex-professor tells senators climate data manipulated
March 27, 2013 by Brad Shannon in The News Tribune
March 27, 2013 by Brad Shannon in The News Tribune
A retired Western Washington University professor testified to a Republican-controlled state Senate committee Tuesday that climate change stopped in 1998 and that human-caused greenhouse gases are not responsible for fluctuations in the Earth's temperatures or melting polar ice caps.
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The Tipton County Citizens for Responsible Development (CRD) asked the commissioners to impose a moratorium until changes are approved in the wind ordinance to protect the health, safety and property values of local residents.
Donald Trump vows lawsuit as Scottish Government approves wind farm
March 26, 2013 by Gary Cruden in STV News
March 26, 2013 by Gary Cruden in STV News
Mr Trump had previously vowed not to complete his golf development at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire - which is due to include a second course and five star hotel - if the wind farm was built claiming it would spoil views from his course.
'Too many red flags' with wind project; No decision being made yet
March 26, 2013 by John Davidson in Gadsden Times
March 26, 2013 by John Davidson in Gadsden Times
Leesburg Mayor Ed Mackey and residents of Cherokee County came to the Cherokee County Commission meeting Monday night to protest the proposed wind project on Lookout Mountain.
"There's too many red flags," Mackey said. "I, for one, would like to keep the mountain just as it is."
Thompson said the focus should be on meeting the service needs of all Ontario residents and on protecting the most-affected rural residents, environment and family heritage in the immediate impact area.
"The news is filled with stories about those opposed to wind turbines and those supporting them. It's a never-ending war of opposing forces in many rural communities.''
Thompson said the wars are tearing the rural social fabric to shreds.
Mr Trump threatened legal action to halt the wind test centre. "I built a masterpiece. I don't want to see it destroyed by windmills. Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside," he said.
Dr Sam Gardner, senior climate change policy officer at WWF Scotland, said: "Giving the go-ahead to this offshore wind test centre is the right decision, demonstrating that no amount of bluster from US billionaires such as Donald Trump will hold Scotland back from becoming a cleaner, greener, job-creating nation."
School declines donation from wind farm company
March 26, 2013 by Sharnie Kim and Charlie McKillop in ABC News
March 26, 2013 by Sharnie Kim and Charlie McKillop in ABC News
EQ regional spokesman Graham Fuller says state schools "are places for teaching and learning".
"They are not to be seen as advocates or otherwise for development applications, individual products, services or commercial enterprise," he said in a statement.
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Fight over Scituate's wind turbine heats up as Town Meeting draws closer
March 25, 2013 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
March 25, 2013 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
The argument over whether the turbine is causing health effects has been underway since early 2012, when the turbine was turned on and residents first started complaining of health problems.
Yet with Town Meeting likely to consider a petition to bring the turbine down, both sides have grown more adamant in their opinions.
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EcoHarmony eliminates 113 turbines to get PUC approval
March 25, 2013 by John Weiss in Post Bulletin
March 25, 2013 by John Weiss in Post Bulletin
The 171-turbine, 280-megawatt project - which would have been the largest wind project in Minnesota - was reduced to a 58-turbine, 116-megawatt development by eliminating many of the turbines that had been targeted by critics. Issues remain before the project will break ground. Per Thursday's approval, Gamesa must submit an avian and bat protection plan.
Gower tourism businesses divided over revised Atlantic Array wind farm plans
March 24, 2013 by Richard Youle in South Wales Evening Post
March 24, 2013 by Richard Youle in South Wales Evening Post
Asked if he thought a slightly smaller Atlantic Array would put off visitors, Rob Grove, the owner of Carreglwyd Caravan and Camping Site, Port Eynon, said: "Absolutely not.
"I don't think it's going to make a jot of difference.