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"The committee deliberated for three full days after hearing more than 11 days of evidence and ultimately decided the project would cause an adverse effect to the aesthetics of the area primarily because of the visual impact," SEC attorney Michael Iacopino said.
The project's nearness to the New Hampshire Audubon-held Willard Pond Wildlife Sanctuary played a part in the decision, as well as the opposition voiced both in testimony and written statements.
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Vestas loses wind turbine market lead to GE after 12 years
February 11, 2013 by Alex Morales in Bloomberg News
February 11, 2013 by Alex Morales in Bloomberg News
The ranking is a blow to Aarhus, Denmark-based Vestas, which first took the top spot in 2000, when it supplanted NEG Micon A/S, a Danish rival that it later bought. Vestas last week posted its second consecutive annual net loss and said it's in the middle of two "extremely difficult years," during which it's cutting about 30 percent of its workforce.
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Environmental groups accuse utilities of dodging Missouri renewable energy standards
February 11, 2013 by Brendan Gibbons in The Missourian
February 11, 2013 by Brendan Gibbons in The Missourian
Renew Missouri and seven other environmental advocacy and green energy groups filed complaints with the Missouri Public Service Commission on Jan. 30 and Jan. 31. The complaints accused Ameren Missouri, Empire District Electric Co. and Kansas City Power & Light of not complying with the standards.
A fight against a wind farm that would supply electricity to 56,000 Indiana homes and businesses continues to heat up. Opponents said they have evidence that could get the Tipton County project stopped, and put some local leaders in hot water.
Refusal of tickets over club's Swansea wind farm move
February 11, 2013 by Chris Peregrine in South Wales Evening Post
February 11, 2013 by Chris Peregrine in South Wales Evening Post
A leading opponent of the controversial wind farm scheme on the outskirts of Swansea is snubbing the Ospreys as a result of their support for the application.
Councillor Ioan Richard said he will now not take up five match tickets he has been allocated to reward people from his ward who have done good in the community.
Kingston BOH mulls including flicker in turbine regulations
February 8, 2013 in Wicked Local Kingston
February 8, 2013 in Wicked Local Kingston
The DEP only has a policy on sound pressures, Senie said, not regulations.
He agreed with Leland Road resident Sean Reilly that there was no real flicker study done for the Independence turbine. He said there was one for the O'Donnell turbines, but the study was based on smaller turbines.
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State to consider turbine-specific noise regulations
February 8, 2013 by Ariel Wittenburg in South Coast Today
February 8, 2013 by Ariel Wittenburg in South Coast Today
The state will look into drafting separate noise regulations for wind turbines, Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Commissioner Martin Suuberg said Thursday. ...Suuberg said he had no details on the regulations yet but that "There is a different quality of noise generated by turbines."
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Scale model makes case for anti-turbine crowd
February 8, 2013 by Dan Dakin in St. Catharines Standard
February 8, 2013 by Dan Dakin in St. Catharines Standard
If VanRyn's model is as accurate as he said it is, the No To Wind group has a dramatic new tool it can use to try to change the minds of people who support building wind turbines in this community.
SEC rules against Antrim wind farm
February 7, 2013 by Brandon Lawrence in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
February 7, 2013 by Brandon Lawrence in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
The New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee rejected approval of a proposed 10-turbine wind project late Thursday, but the company behind Antrim Wind Energy said it is still considering the options following the highly anticipated ruling.
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Beausejour Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc said it is becoming clear the federal government has fumbled the entire wind turbine program.
"It seems to me the government botched the procurement process if they spend over $2 million on a wind turbine that doesn't work," he said.
Inslee team downplays earlier bid to lure wind-power firm
February 7, 2013 by Jim Brunner in Seattle Times
February 7, 2013 by Jim Brunner in Seattle Times
Gov. Jay Inslee is trying to lure a struggling Massachusetts wind-power company to Washington state.
In one of his first initiatives as governor, Inslee sent a handwritten note and spoke by phone with the chief executive of AMSC, a Devens, Mass.-based firm.
Lowell Wind shipments: PSB fines GMP $30,000 over violations
February 7, 2013 by Robin Smith in Caledonian Record
February 7, 2013 by Robin Smith in Caledonian Record
State utility regulators have fined Green Mountain Power $30,000 because of five violations in its permit to ship turbine parts to Lowell Mountain last year.
GMP had reached a settlement that included a $7,500 fine over the violations with the Vermont Department of Public Service.
GV sticks with natural gas, despite wind energy trend
February 7, 2013 by Ellie Phillips in Grand Valley Lanthorn
February 7, 2013 by Ellie Phillips in Grand Valley Lanthorn
The university consulted with wind experts, and the subsequent studies in recent years show that it would take 27 years in energy cost savings to make back the money spent on a turbine-not factoring in the monetary cost of the maintenance the turbine would need during those years.
The owners of Molokai Ranch have backed out of plans to lease thousands of acres of land to a large-scale wind farm developer.
The decision likely spells the end for the Molokai portion of the Big Wind project, an ambitious plan to build about 70 wind turbines on both Molokai and Lanai and bring the electricity to Oahu via undersea cables.
Vestas' reorg midpoint report card: Sales rising, but shipments declining
February 6, 2013 by Alex Morales in Renewable Energy World
February 6, 2013 by Alex Morales in Renewable Energy World
The wind turbine maker is halfway through a two-year push to cut its workforce by about 30 percent to 16,000 as it seeks to return to profitability following two years of losses. It's reduced its cost base by more than 250 million euros of the target for 400 million euros of cuts by the end of 2013.
Wind planning in Victoria is in turmoil with a case before Victoria's planning tribunal revealing explosive telephone calls and emails between a senior government planning official and lawyers for a wind farm developer.
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Vote to remove Falmouth's wind turbines could have far-reaching impact
February 6, 2013 by Brent Runyon in The Enterprise
February 6, 2013 by Brent Runyon in The Enterprise
Falmouth Board of Selectmen's decision last week to remove the two town-owned wind turbines at the wastewater treatment facility could have implications not only for Falmouth, but for wind projects across the state and the country, according to both proponents and opponents of the project.
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Juwi Wind Energy sees report denied to Tipton County public
February 6, 2013 by Scott Smith in Kokomo Tribune
February 6, 2013 by Scott Smith in Kokomo Tribune
Tipton County officials are withholding a consultant’s report on tax abatements from the public, but not from the developers of the Prairie Breeze Wind Farm.
Maryland offshore wind plan likely to pass, but will it be built?
February 4, 2013 by Aaron C. Davis in Washington Post
February 4, 2013 by Aaron C. Davis in Washington Post
O'Malley acknowledged that he is now less optimistic that offshore wind development could begin as quickly as he hoped.
The governor also said that, given the apparent need for the industry to develop big projects that can gain cost advantages with size, he was no longer certain any state on its own could succeed in spurring development of offshore wind energy.